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Q: I have suffered from hemorrhoids most of my adult life. None of the things I've tried have been very effective. Do you know of any natural remedies that might help?

Dr. Wright: As you've discovered, there are plenty of options for people with hemorrhoids -- over-the-counter creams, pads, and ointments, those inflatable "donuts" to sit on, and, of course, surgery. Unfortunately, the less drastic ones aren't very effective, and the more drastic are just that -- drastic.

But my colleague Richard Kunin, M.D. (a world-class expert on the use of SSKI and other forms of iodine) has found that hemorrhoids will disappear -- sometimes literally overnight -- when a mixture of 20 drops of SSKI and 1 ounce of flaxseed oil is applied to them at bedtime. SSKI alone will do the same job, but Dr. Kunin's patients have reported that it "really stings" when applied by itself.

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