FDA calls for ban on some hemorrhoid treatments

WASHINGTON (UPI) Some ingredients of major hemorrhoid remediesare of questionable effectiveness and should be banned, the Food andDrug Administration said Tuesday.

In a report containing its recommendation, the FDA said theingredients shown not to be helpful include Peruvian balsam,belladonna and a live yeast cell derivative.

Among the nonprescription products containing these ingredientsare Anusol Ointment, Wyanoids Suppositories and Preparation H.

The manufacturers, who had claimed that the disputed ingredientswere antiseptics or promoted …