Every once in a while, I get fluid retention in my legs and they swell badly, rendering me pretty much useless until I can get medicated enough to make the swelling go down. I had a few hits and misses with “water pills” because I started taking them …

This is a drug that I was prescribed to help with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). I started out on one tablet daily of 500 mg the first week then increased to two tablets the next week then to three daily the following week. A total of 1500 mgs daily. …

It sometimes seems like I have tried hundreds of medicines to get rid of colds. I hate being sick and will usually run out to the store as soon as I feel symptoms. I hate the runny and clogged nose. I can’t stand the headaches, and the severe cough …

I have been a person with allergies all my life. I’m allergic to dust, pollen, cats, dogs, pretty much anything with fur. This has really been unfortunate for me, as I love animals and being outside whenever possible. After a visit to my allergist last fall, Singulair was recommended …

I have struggled my whole life with bad teeth and it never helped them that I was always a little negligent about flossing. From the time I was young, I hated flossing because it was always painful. My gums are very sensitive and whenever I’d floss, my gums would …

I have really hated this summer. And for the same reasons why I normally hate summertime in Las Vegas which is a desert after all and not all that far from Death Valley which is perhaps the hottest place in the entire Earth. I mean, the heat has always been …

I recently was put on prednizone, a common steriodal medication, because I had been in a car accident with a deer, and injured my left hip. The purpose of the prescription for prednizone was to reduce swelling in my hip. After approximately one day of being on …

There have been difficult periods in my life, and on a few occasions, I felt the need to seek a medication that would help me deal with the stress. My doctor prescribed Xanax, or Alprazolam, following panic attacks I experienced shortly after the birth of my son.
I …

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 …

Both of my children gag on traditional cough and cold syrups, and neither of them are able to swallow pills. Triaminic Thin Strips, however, dissolve on their little tongues without a complaint. Relief from symptoms comes quickly, usually within thirty minutes or so, and generally lasts from …

For the uninitiated, rubbing alcohol is a kind of an alcohol compound used mostly for massage. But for me and my family, rubbing alcohol has so many uses dating back to growing up as a kid in the Philippines. I remember my mother using it to clean …

Ambien is another sleep medication my doctor and I have tried in an attempt to help my chronic insomnia. Ambien in its regular formula will keep me asleep about four hours. Typically I can go back to sleep fairly easy but plenty of nights I cannot. …

Rite Aid has its own line of medications which are similar to brand-name medications but are priced more economically. Writing a version of antidiarrheal medication was several dollars cheaper than the name brand. However, I found it to be very effective. The medicine comes in liquid …

I bought a box of Nirolex Dry Cough Lozenges to try them out. I also worked my way through pretty much the whole box, as I did not want to waste them having bought them, however, I do not think that I will be buying them again.
Nirolex dry …

The White Flower Analgesic Balm has been known to me for centuries. I could not remember anymore how many years it has been in the market but I know I was still too young when I first saw my mother smelling this oil and rubbing some on his …

I’m anemic. Or at least that’s what my grandma says. I have low blood and I look pale all the time. You’ll really notice how pale I am when you take a look at my lips (when they’re not covered with a lip balm, lipstick, and a lip gloss) …

I don’t think that anyone particularly likes to deal with pain. I know that I would avoid it if possible, but it seems to be following me around nowadays. I feel like I am old and have a brittle body, though I am still in my prime. I have …

I have tried the red Sudafed when I had like the worse cold ever. My father swears by the stuff and both my brothers use it and love it. So I thought alright! Something for me to use that is not too expensive. So I took it around bedtime …

The first time I consume Redoxon is when I had sore throat a few weeks ago. I bought it because I saw the ingredients of Vitamin C and Zinc, which are really needed by our body. I bought the 10 effervescent tablet in a tube.
When I arrived home, I …

I’ve been donating blood off and on since the Nixon administration. Mostly it’s been off because there were times when blood drives didn’t seem to coincide with my location and schedule. However about ten years ago Puget Sound Blood Bank opened a collection center here in Bellingham. My wife …

Dealing with a lot of stress in my wrist area lately, I have been trying many different products to deal with it. I have tried many different pills and rubs and I am still in search of the thing that really gets rid of the pain. One product that …

There are two types of Actal in stores that I could possibly find. One has a yellow box color and the other, white. I prefer much the yellow box Actal Table Pack because of the fact that it truly pretty much relieves me from my gastric pain.
Actually, I …

I have been on these tablets for around 3 months and I’ve now got another 2 months worth from my Doctor’s. Apparently I may still be on these for some time and although I found that they worked at first, now I’m not all that sure.
So what are they …

I was looking for something to relieve the pain in my lower back. I lift a lot of heavy weight at work and pain in the lower back is the norm for me. I had tried other pain relief crèmes and didn’t have very good luck with them. Aspercreme …

I was bewildered why I frequently had flank pain accompanied by a difficulty in urinating. I thought that I had a urinary tract infection so I self-medicated by drinking a lot of water and took an antibiotic that was in my fridge. Even though I had finished the complete …

I know I am already overweight, a lot of my friends just notice the change in my body, as much as I want to cover my excess fat by wearing dark clothes it does not help at all and I can no longer deny the fact that I need …

My son came home from football practice with a huge cold sore on his upper lip that just kept getting bigger and bigger as the night went on. The cold sore really bothered him and the itchy feeling was driving him crazy.
I took him to my local pharmacy …

No one could even begin to imagine what a woman’s body and emotions go through during menopause, unless of course you are the parent of a teenager with raging hormones. The rollercoaster moods can leave our family and friends shaking their heads wondering what happened to the person they …

Dolfenal 500 mg
I had to say Dolfenal is effective depending on the person taking it.
My sister is taking Dolfenal for her dysmenorrhea and it works perfectly for her. She recommended it to me for my sciatic pain.
Two weeks ago, I had severe skin allergy attack, hives everywhere, very itchy …

I was searching for a moisturizer which was affordable yet dependable. I found many brands. One difficulty was most of the good brands were costly. Other difficulty was finding the right one for my sort of dry skin and finding one with no odor. Vaseline moisture locking lotion came …

Everybody has dealt with nausea at one point or another. I seemed to have my normal amount like everyone else until rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia came into the picture. I had to start taking so many new medicines that I was really not prepared for. The …

I have tried so many different medications to combat my insomnia,from over-the-counter medications to prescriptions, and none have been totally satisfactory for me. A friend recommended that I try Melatonin, a dietary supplement, so I figured I would give it a try.
I found a small bottle of Melatonin …

Our personal experience with Visine Eye Drops:
In our lifetime, there will come a time that we will experience eye irritation. In my case, I’ve had sore eyes and sometimes my eyes will become red and really itchy for no apparent reasons. My husband on the other hand, gets eye …

Equate: With Selenium Sulfide 1% Medicated Dandruff Shampoo is a product that I tried once but never purchased again because at the time, I was in search of a dandruff shampoo that could help ease my dandruff and dry scalp problem. Today, I have a shampoo that has helped …

I have been suffering from year round Allergic Rhinitis. This time since I could not bear it any longer because the symptoms are getting worse, I finally decided to go to the doctor and get this over and done with.
Upon checking me up, the doctor prescribed a nasal spray …

I was given this balm,by a little old lady many years ago for pains in my side.I could never find it.I asked her where she got it and she told me from Chinatown.Recently I was in the mall and went into a health food store and there it was.
It …

My kids are twelve and fourteen years old and, oddly enough, still love the Mucinex commercials, that show the little snot-looking guys taking up residence in some poor saps nasal cavities, and then the poor sap in question takes the mucinex decongestant, and you see the not guys eradicated …

When my allergies are kicking in bad, the worst thing I experience is the sinus pain and congestion, which almost always leads to headaches and the neck aches and then all-over body aches. I’m absolutely miserable when my allergies are at their worst, and I’ve very rarely found an …

I am not the unique person and I have two well-known problems with my health. I am overweight and some times I have insomnia. I feel dizzy and I am absolutely out of condition when I cannot sleep 7-8 hours a day. Sometimes I can’t sleep till 4 o’clock …

Yesterday, we had to make a trip to Madison to have our infant daughter tested for Cystic Fibrosis (she didn’t have it). This meant a trip to the American Family Children’s Hospital; a trip I can honestly say I wasn’t looking forward to, both because of the reason and …

Spironolactone (aldactone) is a prescription drug that I started using about 20 years ago for adult acne. It was prescribed by my dermatologist for hormone-related acne. It has been extremely successful used in combination with minocycline.
Spironolactone is a synthetic steroid that somehow suppresses the adrenal gland. …

I’ve been taking this fish oil supplement for several months now upon the suggestion of my doctor. I haven’t noticed any big changes in my body when it comes to its benefits since I started taking it so I can’t say for sure if it’s effective. I think the …

By my last year in college I had become accustomed to going without any sleep. That worked great while I was in school but once I got out, it became a problem. About two months after I graduated I noticed that my lack of sleeping and restful nights had …

Recofast is the name of tablets used to cure the cold allergies and this is different from Recofast pluls tablets. For example if some is suffering from cold frequently and is getting many sneezes then, the recofast is good choice. If u are having cough and headache …

About a month ago I was looking in the mirror of my phone and I noticed that I had a hair that had turned grey. This was something I was not expecting because I am pretty young so I should not have them and I was pretty upset when …

My cellphone is great and friendly user! You can view your image and video and another one is you can download many application that can be use as your daily life. Example of this is the universal remote control application. I can use my phone to remote my television …

I have been seeing Dr. Im in Amityville for more than five years now. He is truly a wonderful doctor who cares about the wellness of his patients and does all that he can in order to help them with whatever problems they may have. Dr. Im is a …

I have some particularly picky children. Even now, as young adults, they still hate the idea of swallowing a pill and would prefer any other method of taking a medication that that. So, you can only imagine how difficult they were when they were little and not feeling good. …

I never really had problems with allergies and I don’t develop rashes that much, whenever I have food allergies I just take some Virlix or Benadryl and I don’t feel the need to scratch the affected areas, so I didn’t really have any medicine for itchiness in my room …

I’ve never been a big fan of asprin products. They tend to upset my stomach. It doesn’t matter how many times I hear on a commercial or public service announcement that an asprin a day can reduce the risk of heart disease and a variety of other health complications, …