Sort Through Treatments for Hemorrhoids

July 2019

Patients often wonder, but hate to ask, what to use for hemorrhoids.

The best treatment depends on where the hemorrhoids are located...what the patient's symptoms are...and which dosage form they prefer.

OTC topicals will provide relief in many cases. There's no good evidence that Rx products (Anusol HC, Proctofoam HC, etc) work better than OTCs with similar ingredients.

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Sort Through Treatments for Hemorrhoids

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