Because I have been feeling under the weather lately, I have used quite a few different off brand medications available at the local drug store. One of the products I’ve used recently is the Equate Cold Head Congestion Nighttime caplets. As a medication, it is meant to …

I am always afraid of going to the doctor. I am not comfortable being asked when it comes to health. I am experiencing migraine headaches for sometime now. So my husband made an appointment for me at Capital Internal Medicine Association or C.I.M.A. I was …

Equate Extra Strength Pain Reliever is a store brand pain reliever. This product won’t be found in any other stores besides Walmart because Equate is a Walmart brand. The pain reliever is the store brand version of Tylenol Extra Strength Pain Reliever and Fever Reducer. The Equate product does …

I am one of those people who do not deal with a cough very well. I found that it can be difficult to function when I feel like my chest is burning. With each cough I have, my chest starts to hurt. I also hate that my cough is …

My son had a fever few days ago. I did not have paracetamol stock for the children. So I went immediately to the drug store to get the right medicine to bring down his fever. The sales lady gave me Proris Syrup forte after asking me about my son’s …

I have always had respiratory issues as long as I could remember due to being born prematurely. I would have breathing troubles during the winter season. As I grew up, my respiratory problems worsened. It finally got to the point when I was a teenager, my breathing …

Ambien works very well for a short duration of time, the common side effect to look out for is sleepwalking. This is a real sideeffect even if you have no pass history of sleepwalking. In my personal usage of this medicine 3 months into using the drug …

I have been drinking Liquid Health Calcium & Magnesium for about 5 or 6 years now. I just mix it into any drink I am drinking and drink it down. It has been a real life saver for me. I use to get horrible cramps when that time of …

I have taken Wellbutrin for about three years and it has helped tremendously with depression. One of the best things about it is that I have had NO weight gain on it. A drawback is that over time the dose has had to be increased. Currently I …

Equate sore throat spray is a medicine which is designed to lessen the pain associated with throat soreness much like the version released by Vicks which sells for almost double the price and so when I had to have my tonsils removed since they had been bothering me for …

Effexor is a prescribed medication that is taken to help reduce the symptoms of intense or even infrequent depression. The medication is raises seratonin levels in the brain and allows endorphines to be produced, in an attempt to raise one’s spirits and allow them to function despite the chemical …

There a a few things in my medicine cabinet at home that will always be there. One of these is Equate Hydrocortizone Cream. I am highly susceptible to insect bites, I itch extremely badly and I cannot help but scratch. One day my boyfriend went out and bought me …

Over the past year, I’ve encountered a serious of almost debilitating physical conditions that have been quite difficult at times to live with. Pain has been a constant companion of mine with conditions such as a pinched nerve in my back, tendonitis in my shoulder, sprained ankles that just …

If it weren’t for these little gems, I’d never sleep. After taking one, I’m asleep in a matter of 10 minutes. I get a full night’s sleep with usage. The tiny pills are about the size of a Tic-Tac so they are easy to take without water.
My doctor …

I am not a particularly enthusiastic proponent of mood-altering chemicals, especially those produced by pharmaceutical companies. However, I do believe that sertraline (known under various trade names: Zoloft, Lustral, Apo-Sertral, Asentra, etc.) may have improved my life. Please, be aware that this substance is highly contentious and can produce a …

As a child and teenager, I suffered from horrible allergies. These allergies were accompanied by headaches, watery eyes, runny nose, and a clogged nose. I think that is one of the worse feelings a person can ever have. I got tired of walking around sneezing all of the time …

I have always had a tough time sleeping but never wanted to become dependent on those prescription medications. So I went to my local pharmacy one day and asked my pharmacist what he recommended. He told me to try Tylenol PM. He said it would not …

I chose to try the Robitussin Cough Liqui Gels for my cold becuase Robitussin was a name that I am very familiar with. This stuff has been around for years and I cannot remember a time as a child when my parents did not have some form of robitussin …

I have tried Lunesta several times recently and am very unhappy with this medication. As a chronic insomniac, I am rather unfortunately, somewhat of an expert on sleep medications and insomnia in general. I have tried many different sleep medications off and on. I have to …

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 …

There was a few months at the beginning of summer when I was having some health problems and was retaining water really bad. My lower legs, ankles and feet were huge. My socks were leaving imprints in my skin. It was really bad. After having tried an over-the-counter pill …

These birth control pills are considered a high dose birth control regimen. They still allow a woman to have a period once a month, unless that woman was to skip the inactive pills and continue on with a new pack. I am not sure if there is a generic …

About a year ago I remember I was starting to have pain in one of my ears and I didn’t know why. Along with the pain I would hear some kind of popping sound. I went to the doctor about it and he told me that I had swelling …

I had serious case of itching throughout my body since one week. The first thing I tried was Itch Guard ointment and an antihistamine tablet. But, that did not give any positive result. When it becomes quite uncomfortable, I decided to consult a dermatologist. The doctor examined the affected …

The Stridex duel solutions bottle is one that I got for my girlfriend last month back I was walking through the grocery store and noticed the thick grey bottle which grabbed my attention. It looked nothing like I had ever seen before and so I noticed the thick bottle …

I have been dealing with more than enough muscle pain recently. I hate having to feel shooting pains whenever I move my arms around. I try to use whatever medications I have to dull the pain, but often find myself having to take pain killers in excess. I was …

Theraflu has been apart of my household for a very long time. I believe that it has done some justice in the winter days and that is one of the reasons why I use it. My wife doesn’t use it as often as I do because she doesn’t like …

Our family loves the therapeutic hot and cold pad from Thermionics. The 9.5” x 16” pad is a perfect size if you have a sore back or shoulders. The larger size allows complete coverage of larger muscle areas, like when the boys overwork their shoulders during karate training. Perhaps, …

Whenever allergy strikes me, it causes clogged nose–this is on top of the sneezing and teary eyes. This has been a problem to me ever since so I have been trying various products for years now to ease this problem. I have tried home-made remedies to solve this problem …

I suffer from bad cold sores. One of my favorite cold sore ointments to use that really helps prevent outbreaks and treat the cold sores naturally is Quantum Super Lysine Cold Sore Treatment. The treatment is a greenish ointment that applies on clear to the sores and lips. I …

This is one of the best seller products from Tiens and I extremely like it because of the effectiveness of the product I myself can attest. As most of us know, there are hundreds of Cordyceps Sinensis being sold in the market, but I only trust on the formulation …

Mycoban antifungal Ointment works well.It is an over the counter medicine,which i bought from a pharmacy.The pharmacist recommended it to me.I had mild jock itch .It was just difficult to walk .So i aplied th cream.The cream has to be applied 2 times for about 10 …

I have used this product with both my 9-year old and my 2-year old and it works well. The taste is a not so terrible tropical flavor. It costs around $4 and is good for providing relief without sleepy side effects. It contains Guaifenesin (the same stuff in Mucinex) …

I am a nurse and standing for long hours is a part of my job. this causes a great deal of muscle pain on my part, most especially around the leg area. One of the remedies that I do is propping up my feet above three pillows while lying down …

We always have certain kind of medicine that we store in the house. Just in case, we need a kind of medicine in emergency case, we don’t have to panic or worry since we have enough stocks in the house.
One of the medicine that I store in my cupboard …

When it comes to me dealing with pain, it is never a happy story. I find that my tolerance of pain is not very high and that I could succumb to the pain very easily. I don’t like with this happens and try to treat the pain at first …

I put my back out many years ago and therefore often get recurring pain. I always have to have medication on hand to help relieve the pain when it gets really bad. I have tried several different ointments including Icy Hot Extra Strength Pain Relieving Cream. I had tried …

I started taking YAZ about 3 months ago to help alleviate my problems from PCO and PMDD. This may be a birth control medication, but because of the severity of my PMDD & PCO, but I take this only for the symptoms and mood swings. I have …

Needing something that would relieve my runny nose, sneezing and coughing, I visited our local pharmacy only to find the shelves were cleaned out. Since it was the only medicine left that matched my symptoms, I gave Contact Cold & Flu a try.
Overall, I would say the product worked …

My baby boy has been cutting a few teeth lately, and it has been a complete nightmare for us both. Since the teeth have started to grow through his gums, he has been sucking on his hands and being fussy. I was having a really hard time with him, …

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 …

Trimox CV dry syrup was prescribed to my youngest son for the treatment of wounds on his head. It is actually a powerful antibiotic which quicken the wound healing process apart from keeping off any possibility of spreading of infection. He had three wounds on the head and when we …

For some reason or another I am really sensitive and tend to get a yeast infection every few years. I hate these times, because it is the most agonizing torture I’ve ever been through. I’ve had both my children by cesarean and much rather go through that surgery than …

I have gastritis and often times I feel pain when I didn’t eat anything, I had too much alcohol or I ate my food too fast. It’s really very uncomfortable to feel this thing especially when I am out with my friends with a little drinking spree, after wards …

The winter cold was affecting my right ear and it felt really plugged up to me. I visited my Doctor, who wrote me a prescription for ear drops, but when I got to the Pharmacy they told me it wasn’t covered by my drug plan and would cost $37. …

I used to live without thinking that I might ever have a Heart Attack. Eating what I want to and forgetting to exercise as much as I wanted. I wasn’t overweight so I thought that I was not at risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Heart attack. …

Suboxone is a serious prescription medication that is used for a very serious purpose. It is difficult for me to admit, but I previously had a serious drug problem. My drug of choice was intravenous heroin. After nearly a year of living a miserable, horrible life characterized by drug …

I experienced this intense itchiness on both of my ears 6 months ago. I kept using the cotton buds to clean my ears because I thought it was full of ear wax; and also as a way of soothing the itchiness I felt. I was afraid that …

It never fails, whenever I take some time off from work, I get sick (I think it’s because my body realizes it’s sick whenever it gets a chance to relax).
Since I do work on commission, using my sick time really isn’t an option; unless I’m in my death bed. …

One time after dining out with my family at a restaurant, I went home with crazy runs that left my stomach painful for hours. I ate something there that upsets my stomach (half-cooked food, I believed so). Just like other people who wanted to wait a little bit …