Lately I've been using this,

http://nutracleanse.biz

As long as you drink plenty of water.....works like nothing I've tried before

I found out magnesium in the morning and 1 liter of water before 10am works great against the dreaded plug. At least for me...

i'm trying the magnesium and increasing my water. hope it works. thanks for your help guys.

update - much more water and magnesium seem to be working? today poo has gone smaller and softer (been big and hard at the beginning for a long time). however when the poo passes, it still seems to be brushing past the fissure and the pain is really intense. ugh. and after i get random stabbing pains. been putting aloe vera on it and coconut oil. but they haven't been much help.

Do you have one of the fissure ointments?

using rectogesic glyceryl trinitrate twice a day