Everyone knows how bad dry cough can get, the constant coughing and the itching of the throat makes life really miserable. It one of the situations were you are completely helpless and can’t do anything to sooth yourself from the annoying itching of the throat. I tried many cough …

Since I moved to Europe, I have a problem with losing hair. I don’t know why. I think it has to do with the water or the humidity of the air in the place where I am living. When I still lived in tropical country, I had no problem …

I have tried a lot of pain reliever for my monthly menstrual cramps and fever that does not seem to cease. I have taken over the counter ones and even doctor’s prescribed ones however not all does the job. One of my favorite and reliable pain reliever that does …

In general, I am a very healthy person. I try my best to eat right even though I am not always completely successful with it. I also try to exercise regularly in order to maintain a healthy weight. Even though I do these things, I feel like I need …

It is amazing to me, considering that I don’t even have kids myself, how many childrens medicines and baby care products I’ve had in my house over the years. First my best friend had kids, and then a couple other friends had kids, and it seemed to be a …

I was actually prescribed this medication from my doctor because every night in my house I started sniffing and sneezing. The problem was that there was a slight itch and tickle in my nose which made me sniff to get rid of it. I often had fits on …

I am a contact lens wearer. Although I don’t have problem with my eyes, i wear contacts (colored) just to be different. Problem is, when I am using type of lens with lower water content (like only 35% water and the rest is polymer), my eyes can feel tired …

Duac gel is one of my maintenance drugs. I can’t do away with with it. The moment I stop applying it, my face just goes on full blown acne.
I only apply Duac gel on my acne and nowhere else. It’s not the type of topical gel that you put …

Proventil is a medication commonly prescribed for people who are obtaning intense and sometimes painful difficulties breathing due to various kinds of Asthma. Proventil is said to clear one’s bronchial passageways to help make breathing easier for people who suffer from Asthmatic tendencies. It is most commonly …

I wouldn’t say that I’m exactly a germ-aphobe, but when talking along those lines, I definitely don’t like things that could potentially make me sick, cause bacteria or germs to spread, and I always put my mouth to my elbow (not my hands) when I cough and wash my …

Immotrex is an injectable medication that can be administered to counteract the negative effects of migrane headaches. While some people feel that they are somewhat decensitized after taking a dose of Immitrex, others claim that they feel no effects, positive or negative. Immitrex is typically only prescribed …

Sometimes it can get really hard to fight the sleep. I am one of those people that don’t always have a lot of energy. It can be hard to get that get up and go into me on some days. I tried drinking coffee, but that does absolutely nothing …

I call this the knock out pill. I was diagnosed with Venous Thrombosis more than a year ago and suffered severe migraine attacks. The doctors couldn’t use blood thinners to take out the clot in my brain, because I was hemorrhaging. I didn’t want to go through surgery either, …

On July 14, 2005 I decided to make a change in my life. I traveled to Mexico and underwent weight loss surgery. I had the Lapband surgery done. This is where they place a band around the upper part of your stomach which gives you a …

I’ve been on Klonopin on and off for 7 years. I have General Anxiety Disorder which is what I use it for. I have had some good and bad experiences with it. The doctors tell me to take a certain amount at a time at 2 …

I have used a lot, and I do mean a lot of nasal sprays and decongestants. Both my husband and I have problems throughout the year with either having a cold or a sinus/allergy problem, and our symptoms are varying between us. I get the usual sinus symptoms such …

I first tried the Depo Provera birth control shot a few years ago, because I was looking for an alternative to The Pill, and this method is convenient-it requires just one shot every three months. As well, it is no more expensive than The Pill, so I decided to …

My son gets ear infections quite often, and when he complains of an ear ache I always take him into the doctor to get checked out and get on an antibiotic. Recently I had a cold and also got an earache with it. I went to the …

I was one of those who suffered from chronic heartburn- over the counter antacids helped, but they didn’t really do much to prevent heartburn, just relieve my symptoms temporarily. I asked my doctor about my treatment options and she did indeed prescribe Nexium for me. Almost immediately my heartburn …

My four year old son keeps getting prescribed Singulair chewable tablets every time his allergies act up. I give them to him like I am supposed to, one tablet every morning, but they really do not seem to help much at all. He still gets a stopped up nose …

C-lium Fibre is another type of medication suggested to my mom by our neighbor when they had a little chat about them having constipation problems. Our neighbor’s son is a doctor and he suggested the intake of C-lium fibre to her mom that may aid her digestion. C-lium is …

After going through many difficult changes in my life recently I became very depressed. I had experienced this before but was always able to shake it off. This time though I tried to feel better but just could not. I finally decided to go to a mental health center …

The EPT Pregnancy Test is the test on the market today. Normally pregnancy tests try to ascertain very early if hormone HCG is in your urine by doing this it can be determined if you are pregnant or not. EPT Test is the only test that can be used …

Of all misfortunes I’ve had this past few days, the absolute worst would be the day I contracted conjunctivitis on my right eye. I don’t know if this low-scale outbreak has been widespread in my locality but it’s happening to a lot of people lately —“ me included. …

We all know that women are more prone of having a Urinary Tract Infection because Urinary Tract of women is shorter than men.
I have suffered several bouts of UTI and most of them attacked at midnight causing me some chills and fever.
When I have a UTI, my doctor always …

Last week, I suffered from toothache. Whatever sickness I have, the most thing that I can’t stand is toothache. I can’t sleep well, can’t do my work, I feel every thing I do is like millions of ants hitting me. I quickly go out and find …

If I am the only person who has ever gotten poison ivy that did not have a rather difficult time trying to find an over the counter drug that got rid of the darn stuff, I would be readily surprised. When I got poison ivy this summer and …

I took Topimax for losing weight but it comes with a price. When it get hot in the summer, You Itch, Have Anxiety or have thought of Suicide. There is also dizziness and overtiredness. Topimax also cause me to go slow and make me goofy. I found Topimax as …

Recently moving to Edmonton and having had a baby, I’ve been enlightened to a wonderful free service known as Capital Health Link. Instead of rushing to a hospital or medi-clinic everytime one of us is under the weather, I just call a local number to speak to a registered …

Urinary infections are very painful and treatment is necessary. You can try in the beginning to drink a lot of water but mostly antibiotics are necessary.
Ciproxine 500 mg is a very good medicine to treat urinary tract infections but you need a prescription of your doctor.
If you feel burning …

I highly recommend this pain reliever because it is very effective. I take this capsule for dysmennorhea or headache. I prefer to take it than other capsules with a generic name of Mefenamic acid. This is one of my tested and trusted medicine. It would only take …

A Patient of about 52years of age came to me with history of hypertension. After examine him, I advice him for some investigation and diagnosed him Angina Pectoris with Myocardial infarction along with hypertension and tachycardia. So, I started oral Tablet Verapamil 40 mg three times a day along with …

I had a major problem with gas a little while ago. I dont know if it was what i was eating or something else, but it had to stop. I was in a posistion where i was meeting with people every day for a month and when my gas …

I am a big claritin user for long term allergy relief. However as many people have no doubt experience claritin can be a bit on the expensive side. I was dhopping in Rite Aid one day several months ago when I came across Rite Aid Loratadine Antihistamine Tablets …

I wasn’t very surprised to see that Claritin was making the rounds with their products being available over the counter and supposedly at a prescription strength to. But we all know that they wouldn’t still offer it in doctors offices as a prescription if the over the counter stuff …

Headache is a universal illness which affects the common people. The normal cause of headache varies from person to person. The different types of headaches are tension, migraine, rebound, cluster, and migraine headaches. For some, the headache needs medication; while some needs only rest or a good sleep. …

My husband and I recently took our daughter to the Emergency department of the IWK Children’s hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The IWK is pretty well reknowned locally and is hailed as being one of the best health care facilities for children east of Toronto.
I was shocked when we …

To be downright blunt, the week I was on wellbutrin was one of the worst weeks of my life. It only took a single day, a couple of hours, for me to start feeling what the companies call “side effects”. Not only did this medicine affect me …

Of all the Walgreens products I’ve tried in the last several years to treat my allergy or sinus symptoms, this is probably the most expensive in comparison to how many you get and how effective it ultimately was. The Walgreens Wal-Hist Antihistamine Tablets was almost $7 for only 16 …

There are times when I really hate karma. I mean I know that it’s necessary to keep balance in one’s life and the overall universe, but it really sucks when it comes for you. This is what happened: about a month ago my coworker kept complaining about her heartburn, which …

So i started using this stuff last summer and I am not sure how id swim so much without it! Last summer i got swimmers ear in both ears, one week after another and ah was it painful. It is a horrible feeling, i had to be out of the …

These swabs are great, I take them whenever I have a cold. In fact, with finals week coming up, I take these whenever I think I might be coming down with a cold, especially since my room mate was sick recently.
The first time I took them, I thought they …

Period pain has to be one of the worst pains there is. For me it is particularly distressing, as I suffer from endometriosis even worse, now I have hit the menopause. Unfortunately, this is a family trait which has passed on to my three daughters, so it …

Most of the time I wake up in the morning with an itchy nose, this is due to the reason that I have allergic rhinitis for a long time now. And once in a while, especially when the weather changes, I tend to itch or sneeze a lot. Years …

I was always prescribed Allegra from my doctor, but I’d tried some of the zyrtec over-the-counter products in the past. I have pretty intense allergy symptoms, so there’s pretty much nothing that I haven’t tried to treat it, especially considering those wonderful 24-hour prescription medications would maybe last me …

As the parent of an asthmatic child I feel the stress an strain of care taking for someone with an illness. I find myself in a constant state of worry that causes my own health to suffer. I want to know that the medications that my son takes for …

I was placed on Geodon as a treatment for mania with bipolar disorder. The drug is intended to be an anti-psychotic, as opposed to an anti-seizure or migraine medication, like many medications I have tried. As such, I was hopeful.
Geodon was disappointing, even with my still-low expectations. It basically …

My profession is very stressful, and unfortunately for me, it shows up in my skin. I either get dandruff or my skin asthma acts up. In my experience, my dandruff is harder to contain than skin asthma because I have not yet found the best way to deal with …

We are used to the stress tabs as multivitamins because that is more commercialized. Luckily we were introduced to the Meganerve multivitamins. It comes in different dosage such as 300, 400 or the 500 capsules. We did not have a hard time looking for this medicine as it is …

I had a fever on Friday and my cousin wasn’t home so I was alone. I only had some Biogesic (Paracetamol) in my medicine cabinet. I was too dizzy and lazy to go out or even send a text message or call my siblings and my dad. Since I …