RectiCare Anorectal Lidocaine 5% Cream: Topical Numbing Cream for Treatment of Hemorrhoids & Other Anorectal Disorders - 30g Tube

Can also be used as a pain cream on other parts of the body. It works very well

Eases pain.

Hard to share details and photo-ha! Butt, rest assured it works quickly!

tattoo artist recommended this for applying before a tattoo in a painful area (chest) - you apply a decent layer and then lay over a piece of plastic wrap.

Practical item

I have ordered this a couple times now and have to say it truly does give relief, and much better than OTC name brand products. This is only Lidocaine and 5% which is stronger . No witch hazel no petroleum, no tube to insert internally. However, this is ONLY for the external areas parameter .I am not happy with receiving it delivered each of 2 separate times 6 months apart, it was not in the box package, but, was in the sealed shipping package with the tube also in the package out of the box. NO need to worry, apparently this must be the way they ship since this is the second one I have received like this . It is not a sealed box but is safe. I am wondering if it comes shipped from a country and has to be taken out of container or even in the states. my 5 star is based on the product.

I purchased this to use on a particularly painful and stubborn carbuncle in the groin area. If anyone has had these before, they know how terribly painful they can be. I purchased this as the strongest (5%) concentration of Lidocaine out there, with the hope that it would help. It did. I used it both before and after the abscess opened up and drained. It worked even on the open wound that was left at the end. It didn't heal it up, but it made the healing process more bearable.The box was the same as you get in retail stores (I've seen it in Wal-Green's). The packaging was sufficient to keep it protected during shipping. Included in the box were 10 finger-covers, latex, for applying the cream without risking contamination from germs from fingers or fingernails - a smart thing to do.The tube was a bit hard to open, the cap has to be pushed down and then turned - once or twice I ended up squirting some of the cream out accidentally, but once I got used to it, not a problem.The cream was white, thick enough to apply without it dripping or sliding around, and it didn't take a lot to achieve relief. And I did achieve relief. There is only so much a topical cream can do for a deep carbuncle, but this cream helped immensely. At the worst point, I resorted to applying a pretty thick layer, and only rubbing it in slightly, then waiting about 20 mins before applying a bandage - by that time, most of the cream had been absorbed, and the area was completely numb to the touch.Of course the deeper pain was still there - but this is a topical cream - you can't expect it to alleviate the deeper pains. It did what it was supposed to do, and did it quite well. Highly recommended.The one thing I would watch out for - once this is on and has had some time to work, be careful - it would be easy to accidentally make things worse somehow, because you cannot feel what you're doing to yourself completely. That is the risk in using any numbing agent, and this one works so well, you really must be on your guard and take that into account.Again, very happy with purchase and would absolutely recommend.

No way to give this NO STAR or I would have.I try to make it a point not to give bad reviews unless there is a huge problem. This product has a huge problem.The ingredients in the tube might well be the best for the symptoms (pruritis ani) on the market but unless the user can open the tube, it's useless. I had to resort to turning it over to my husband, a retired vascular surgeon. (Surgeons are very good at opening things). He struggled and said he thought he was going to have to resort to using pliers, but eventually got into it. We have put the top back on but are careful NOT to follow the directions of closing it tightly which I suspect defeats the purpose of the difficulty of breaking into the tube -- lawsuits!Had I not had a surgeon in the house, my only way of getting into the product would have been to use scissors to cut open the tube and then cover the exposed medication with aluminium foil and store the product in a plastic bag. Somehow I don't think this is what the makers intended.I understand the problem manufactures have avoiding lawsuits, but this one is a bridge too far.