My kids and husband have skin allergy to the mosquito bite. When their skin got bitten, it will immediately become red and sometimes it turned to big and hard skin just like an infection.
That’s why we always buy this Autan lotion to protect the skin from mosquito’s bite. We …

Care Plus Antiseptic First Aid Cream is a product made by Thornton & Ross Ltd of Huddersfield, England. I admit to not ever having heard of this company, nor even of the Care Plus brand, before getting hold of this stuff, but having used it once I am satisfied …

A few months ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. With this, a lot of blood works followed. Soon after, they found out that at such an early age, I also have Hyperlipidemia, a condition wherein there is elevated lipids in the bloodstream. I was terrified with what …

Chantix helped me quit smoking. The program comes in fancy boxes with little blue pills. The directions call to pick a quit date, which recommends seven days after taking the first pill in the program. So, for seven days I continued to smoke, but by the fifth day I …

Arava is a medication commonly prescribed to those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the joints. This causes pain, swelling, and deformity. In order to slow down the joint damage and relieve pain, many different …

I was introduced to this drug when I had extensive dental work. I was on this medication for 5 days to reduce inflammatiion. Low and behold, it relieved most of my osteoarthritis pain!
I waited several months before asking my doctor for a prescription. During that time …

Vicks vaporub is the best medicine for kids. The Vicks vaporub is in the form of gel, which can only be used externally. This is the best one of kids because as any other such products it is not very strong. When our kids suffer from …

Loratadine Antihistimine is a generic brand of allergy medicine designed to stop sneezing, runny nose, itchy and watery eyes, and other allergy symptoms. It is available over the counter without prescription. I tried using the Loratadine allergy medicine for weeks and it did very near nothing for me. I …

I think I’ve literally tried just about every pain reliever on the market. If I don’t have perpetual headaches, then I’ve got strange pains in my side or muscle problems due to a hectic and physically demanding retail job, where I’m lifting thirty or forty pounds worth of stock …

After a nasty cold virus, the most prevalent lasting symptoms are a cough and a soar throat. To relieve these symptoms, people should look into Non-Mentholated Halls Breezers: Pectin Throat Drops. The drops truly cool and sooth dry, scratchy throats, coming in flavors which taste like candy.
As a company, …

Depakote is a drug that is administered for the control of seizures as well as migrain headaches and manic-depressive illness (a phase of bi-polar disorder.) Like all medications, Depakote comes with a long list of possible side effects and a warning not to take this medication if you …

I become extra cautious for my wife’s overall health when I was told by my family doctor that she is pregnant. I have heard that being in good health is necessary for the concerned woman and the fetus. My wife was already suffering from an acute disease hence being …

This is one of the first products that I’ve seen for kids or adults that come in a blueberry flavor, and it was the main reason I bought it for when my godchildren visited me. I hadn’t seen them in a while, but it always seemed they came to …

I have been taking Cimetidine, which is a generic of Tagamet, for almost two weeks now. My allergist actually prescribed it to me for hives even though it is mostly known for stomach related issues. I looked it up after I left the doctor’s office and sure enough, it …

Emeset was prescribed by the pediatrician to my youngest son. He was having little bit of diarrhea like symptoms with vomiting. The syrup works wonderfully at that time and since then has become a medicine that I always keep in my shelf at home.
Emeset is manufactured and marketed by …

Most of the time, I experience cramps on my first day of period. I do not want to take any medicine during dysmenorrhea moments but since I was at the office when I experienced pain, I have no choice but to take in medicine that will make me feel …

Avonex is a treatment for MS. It is an intramuscular injection given once a week. I took it for 5 years. Flu-like symptoms are among the most noticeable side-effects.
There are currently 4 therapies available, all of which are self-administered injections and all list flu-like symptoms as …

When I am in pain, I will try almost anything to get rid of the pain. I noticed that with my body, I have to switch pain killers often. This is because my body starts to resist the effects and most pain killers will only sufficiently kill my pain …

I went to Planned Parenthood for a yeast infection, and had a great experience. It’s not just a good place for pregnancy/STD related issus, but all issues related to women’s health.
When I first arrived, I saw two elderly people handing out pamphlets and rosaries. Pro-lifers, no doubt. There was …

Due to the stress that is life, I occasionally need some sort of sleep aid. I use to purchase bottles of Tylenol PM or Bayer’s PM, but at around 7 bucks a bottle, depending on how many pills you get per bottle, it quickly began to add up…and not in …

Whenever I feel myself spiraling down the dark path of a cold, I sprint to the pharmacy for a pack of Emergen-C Cranberry Pomegranate Vitamins. The pack contains 30 packets of a powder that can be mixed with water to produce a fizzy elixir to fight off any seasonal …

I used to take prescription Prevacid for acid reflux, but a diet change lessened the reflux and eventually, I only got heartburn every once in a while after eating trigger foods. I just dealt with the heartburn and didn’t medicate because the prescription costs were getting costly when …

When my son started to go to pre-school, during the first week, he got a very nasty cold, which he in turn gave to me. My chest was all clogged up. I could barely breathe. I could feel the junk just suck in there and couldn’t get it out. …

Vital C ascorbic acid was given to me as a sample from a medical representative. She added it’s a relatively new supplement from an affiliated pharmaceutical company. I was just recuperating from a debilitating cold and thought it was fitting that I take vitamin supplements in order …

I have been using Midol since I got my first menstrual period as have my sisters. We have boxes of Midol in our medicine cabinet as there are 5 of us girls in the house. It used to work for me, never had a problem. Just popped one in …

About 10 years ago I needed a new dentist. My sister recommended the little place up the street called Quinn Family Dental. I at first didn’t know it was even there, as it was in a little house on the corner. I made my appointment, and …

Many chineses and Koreans do believe in the power of natural herbal medicines. One of these are the Korean Ginseng. Known mostly to Asian, and now Worldwide, people have turned to alternative medicinese ever since medicine prices have gone up and there is no stopping to them. Well just …

I have few scars on my legs and on my feet. I have those ever since I was young. I thought the scars will fade while I grow up.
My dad trusts this Sebo de Macho ever since. He doesn’t let our house ran out of Sebo de Macho. He …

I don’t do a lot of extreme exercising (quite the contrary), but when I do exercise, my favorite thing is to go on walks. We live not far from a park right on the water, and I like to walk there and get some fresh air. Problem is, usually …

When I started to have trouble in conceiving naturally, my gynecologist advised me and started me on a cycle with Clomid, the fertility drug. This drug is marketed by different names but in the same composition, that is clomiphine citate in various countries. It is also considered one of …

This is one of the branches of a leading drugstore in the country, Mercury Drug Store. This branch which is located in the National Highway of Dumaguete, is the newest the company has opened in this area of the province.
There is …

Recently I broke out into small itchy bumps all over my skin. I wasn’t sure what caused them, but they were very irritating. It was so bad that I would wake up in the middle of the night itching like mad. I tried just about everything I could think …

If you suffer from clinical anxiety like I have my whole life, and I’m not talking about stress that you can treat with yoga and exercise, but clinically diagnosed anxiety, Clonazapan, or Klonipin, can be a life saver.
I was once so overwhelmed with anxiety that I became dysfunctional at …

A decade and a half has passed since I was diagnosed with Diabetes. Frankly, I went into a state of depression after my doctor explained me this condition. The fact that this didn’t have any cure, made me feel hopeless. At first I thought the symptoms were minor and …

I asked my doctor to prescribe Champix after reading several newspaper articles claiming that it is the latest and most effective treatment to quit smoking.
The tablet was released in early 2007 and received quite a lot of publicity from doctors calling it the cure for nicotine addiction because …

I purchased the Relion Ultima blood glucose monitor at Walmart after learning that the replacement strips for the monitor my doctor recommended were extremely expensive.
As a diabetes patient I have used several different monitors over the years so I have a pretty good grasp on what features are standard …

Any woman who is going to deliver a baby, should surely look into the option of being given a drug known as Stadol. Stadol is not a narcotic medication, so it obtains no qualities that could be harmful to the baby like many commonly known narcotics which can …

For me, the second worse part of any cold or flu is the coughing. It’s painful and exhausting and makes all of the other symptoms worse. I have bronchial asthma as well, so the coughing is extra scary for me — I never know exactly when the …

Wellbutrin SR worked well for me for a couple of years in treatment of depression. I had tried this drug when it first came out. I have to admit that I was nervous the whole time I was on this medication because it was so new at the time. …

I remembered when I was just a newbie in the first job I had, I and my office mates ate our lunch together in the office. We all had packed lunch and we always share each other’s food. Lunch time was always the best time for us because we …

I have been experiencing terrible nausea and I am not pregnant. I have been having hormonal difficulties that are causing me to feel very sick to my stomach. When over the counter drugs no longer worked I went to the Dr. and got prescribed Prochlorperazine. At first I was …

Nexium is the brand name of a drug called Esomeprazol that usually comes in presentation of 20 and 40 mg per tablet. I was prescribed this to help me heal from an erosive gastritis, but it can be prescribed as an adjuvant treatment for any number of gastrointestinal diseases …

I am one of people who got allergic easily if i’m in the dirty room full of dust. I usually easy to sneeze because of it, and after that i will got cold and flu. It is really annoying for me, especially if i’m in the middle of a …

My whole family suffers from high blood-pressure. Even my niece was put on medication for it when she was as young as fourteen years old. I’ve been good about monitoring mine so that it wouldn’t get out of control and have even been very careful about salting my …

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had some serious problems falling and staying asleep. At first, my parents thought I was suffering from insomnia, because every time they turned around I was wide awake, so they ended up taking me to a sleep therapist who discovered that …

Since I was diagnosed of having seborrheic dermatitis, I have avoided situations that I know could trigger the symptoms. This meant that I had to prevent stress and whenever the weather changes, I make sure that I have my medication with me all the time. However, there are circumstances …

I am extremely grateful that my doctor finally put me on the Yasmin birth control pills. I should explain that I am actually not on them for birth control purposes. I need them to control a hormonal imbalance that has been badly troubling me for about three …

During my first pregnancy I had a problem with my blood pressure rising. It wasn’t really high blood pressure, but it was significant. My ankles were swollen and wrists were swollen, and I was feeling the worst. I went to my primary physician, who didn’t know what steps to …

Even as I sit here and type this, I do so in pain. I’ve had constant back pain for about the past year and a half. It started shortly after I began working at a new job after a seven year haitus raising my kids. I was always used …

As a nurse, I have given this drug to many patients and I can honestly say that this drug is one of the best gastric acid inhibitors out there in the market. Most of my patients on nexium experience less gastric complications due to the fact that the drug …