Leave it to the Australians, people who live fang to foot with the world’s deadliest snakes, to find a way to use an ointment for the pain of anal fissures against snakebites instead. Dirk Van Helden ...

June 22, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved nitroglycerin ointment 0.4% (Rectiv, ProStrakan Group) for the treatment of moderate to severe pain associated with chronic anal ...

An anal fissure is a tear or ulcer in the lining of the anal canal, the final part of the large intestine, starting from the rectum above and ending at the anal orifice. Anal fissures are relatively ...

A digital rectal exam, which may be painful, may be needed if a definitive diagnosis of anal fissures cannot be made based on a patient’s history. 1 Anoscopy, which also may be painful, can be used to ...

(Reuters) - Drugmaker Ventrus Biosciences Inc said its cream to treat anal fissures met the main goal of reducing pain in a late-stage trial, sending its shares up as much as 22 percent. The cream, ...