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Anusol (also AnuSol) is a brand of medications that can be used to treat hemorrhoids. The Anusol range includes creams, ointments , and suppositories . Anusol is now known under the brand name Tucks in the United States and some other areas, while being marketed under the Anusol name in other markets.
Both the yellowish-white, translucent, greasy ointment [1] and the smooth, off-white suppositories [2] are formulated for the relief of chronic pruritus ani (otherwise known anal itching or anusitis) [1] [2] [5] and the treatment of pain, irritation, discharge and itching associated with haemorrhoids (otherwise known as piles).
A suppository, a solid drug delivery system inserted into the rectum, where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. A micro-enema , a small amount (usually less than 10 millilitres) of a liquid -drug solution injected into the rectum.
Glycerol has a hyperosmotic effect and can be used as a small-volume (2–10 ml) enema (or suppository). [16] Mineral oil is used as a lubricant because most of the ingested material is excreted in the stool rather than being absorbed by the body. [36] Sodium phosphate. [37] [38] Also known by the brand name Fleet. Available at drugstores ...
A suppository is a dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (any opening in the body), where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. There are three types of suppositories, each to insert into a different sections: rectal suppositories into the rectum , vaginal suppositories into the vagina ...
Artesunate suppositories are used for the treatment of malaria. Artesunate is an antimalarial water-soluble derivative of dihydroartemisinin. Artemisinins are sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Artemisia annua, a Chinese traditional medicine. These suppositories are given rectally due to the risk of death from severe malaria, as described below.
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A rudimentary form of "dry" enema is the use of a non-medicated glycerin suppository. [1] However, due to the relative hardness of the suppository – necessary for its insertion into the human body – before glycerin can act, it must be melted by the heat of the body, and hence it does not take effect for up to an hour.