QUESTION: Can I Use an external hemroids (aka hemroids) cream or solution on my internal or prolapsed hemroids?

ANSWER:  No, actually, I'm afraid you can't, or at least I can't recommend it, because it still counts as an internal hemrhoid.

To be clear, the reason there is such a problem between internal and external hemroid creams is because there is a vast difference between the absorption rate of skin and mucus membrane.

If a cream is formulated for external skin, as in an external hemroid, it may have 500 mg of medication in a dose but only 5 mg may make it to the bloodstream due to skin's absorption rate.

However, if applied to mucus membrane, as in an internal or prolapsed hemroid, that same 500 mg dose may wind up delivering 450 mg straight to the bloodstream, which would be at that point a serious overdose, as only 5 mg was intended to be delivered at any one time.

Pharmacokinetics is the name of the field that deals with how medications are delivered to the bloodstream and act in the body and, it's a very complicated field at that.

A prolapsed hemroid is still made up of mucus membrane, so whether it is outside of the body or not it will still have mucus membrane's drug absorption rate, which can make a cream perfectly safe for external use into a recipe for overdose.

I checked, checked again, and double checked, and there is not a cream in existence that is used externally that is also rated for internal use.

Internal hemroid creams are only by prescription, and sometimes have to be hand-compounded by a fully licensed pharmacist.

Even when an external cream is used internally, the dosage has to be recalculated for mucus tissue's absorption rate, and that calculation requires a math education that includes calculus and a good working knowledge of pharmacokinetics.

Does that perhaps make a little more sense?

One should never apply an external hemroid cream to an internal hemroid, whether prolapsed or not, as none are approved by the FDA for such; the same holds true in Australia also and possibly all developed countries.

Search Engine Optimization

Good luck in your endeavors for hemroid relief and hemorroid prevention.

Remember, this web site, like all our web sites, is an educational one. It is NOT designed to diagnose nor treat but to offer understanding, ideas and options for you to discuss with your doctor.

But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy!

Some hemroids links to other hemroid related or health related sites, but if you liked this web site on hemroids, then you may also like this one on teeth:

Also started a new web site on:

HEMORROIDES el español.