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.
You may be far better off if you are looking for immediate relief and something to help cure the hemroid to use a tablet like Venapro, and using your diet and exercise to help bring the internal and prolapsed hemroids under control over 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.
Don't forget, if you are looking for rapid relief, even a cure for your hemroids, then we have reviewed a number of natural hemroids creams, lotions and tablets, which may help you much further.
Good luck in your endeavors for hemroid relief and hemorroid prevention.
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