Hope you all had a festive and jolly Christmas and New Year!

Recently, I abandonded the use of Rectogesic due to side effects and called my CRS for a prescription of Nefedipine, as it was the only one I hadn't tried yet. I was told that it wasn't available in New Zealand, even as a compounded medicine, so they gave me a script for Diltiazem instead. I'd already tried Diltiazm once before, but it had burned so badly when I used it that I went back to using the Rectogesic. I needed to use something, and was a bit desperate, so I decided to give it another try. The burning wasn't as bad this time and passed very quickly. I've been using it every day, twice a day, for about four days now, but sadly, it really doesn't seem to be working very well.
As I've said, I been prescribed this stuff twice now, and honestly, I just can't believe that other people could find the consistancy alright for use on a fissure. It's gritty ... quite gritty! I had it prepared at a different pharmacy the first time and wasn't impressed with the grittiness (even worse the first time) so had it done somewhere else the second time.
I later spoke with the person who dispensed it over the phone and they said that "it would be gritty" because they get Diltiazem in tablet form and when they compound it, they have to first, grind the tablets up with a mortar and pestle. I explained to them, that this stuff was useless to me in this state, as I was applying it to an open wound. They were uninterested.
This time, I spoke directly to the pharmacist beforehand and gave her a full run down on the situation. She said that they prepared it in the same way, and that it was the way it would be done at any pharmacy, but she was very nice and said she would do her best to make it smooth.
Well ... It isn't smooth! It's a hell of a lot better than last time, but not smooth.
To apply, it's a bit as you would imagine sand mixed with parafin would be if you rubbed it all round and inside your bottom ... wait, no ... EXACTLY as you would imagine that being!
I know the packaged version won't be like this, but has anybody else using the compounded medicine run into this problem? Hope you guys can help!
Rant Over! Sorry! ... bit frustrated!
