My doctor prescribed 3%
lidocaine/0.5% hydrocortisone
cream (which took two days to get). I was also using the hemorrhoid
cream. In addition, I was using about 4-5 baby wipes to clean the area each time so that there was not one speck of anythiong left to irritate the hemorrhoids. Interestingly enough, about 6 days after that pain started, it began to decrease and after a couple more days, it was almost gone. I still had the external hemorrhoids but the hemorrhoid cream took care of them.