The substance called dimenhydrinate - best known by its brand name, Dramamine - is usually sold for motion sickness and other nausea-inducing conditions. (N.B. You may or may not know this, but ginger works at least as well if not better against nausea - and it has many positive side …

Hello Everyone! I want to tell you about a product that I feel everyone should have in thier medicine cabinet or carry with them.
In the past year I have experienced to accidents that involved lacerations on my hands,due to silly accidents,the first one was caused by washing a glass,the …

A couple of nights ago I slept funny and developed a huge knot in my shoulder. I asked my boyfriend for a massage to loosen it, but two days later it was still giving me jip. It was time to bring out the big guns!
Deep Heat spray comes in …

Just to hear the word Xenadrine makes me sick, it just brings me bad memories, that white plastic pot that looked like a bubble gum pot…
I used it just once and it was in a season on which I got into the idea of losing weight, and I let …

Simethicone is the generic name for Oval which can be bought without prescription and is effective for gas relief. I used oval chewable tablets for gas relief many times and usually keep this on hand. However when I was about to replenish my stock I found there were capsules …

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 …

Just after delivering my second baby, my mother bought me special vitamin to help me recover my body. The vitamin is called Bio Extra Vit Ester-C. I think it is a combination between extra vitamin C supplement and other vitamin such as vitamin B complex.
My mother said that it …

I’m pretty pro-active when it comes to catching the common cold. Any time I feel even the slightest bit “off” in that regard, I immediately start taking something of a preventative nature. Plus, I’ve started, a few months ago, taking Flinstone vitamins every day with my teenage kids (even …

I had always been a loyal customer of the different Mercury Drugstores all over the Philippines. But this particular branch in Gomez Street Tuguegarao City, Philippines ruined the good image of this store in my opinion. Every time I purchased medicines and items from their mini-grocery, they always made …

Whenever I get a cold or any kind of sore throat cough drops are one of the first things that I reach for. I like to use them mainly because they help to sooth my irritated throat but also because if I am coughing having cough drops, especially …

I purchased the Vick’s Vapor Inhaler because my sinuses were all stopped up and that is the fastest way I could think of to get it cleared up. I bought it at the drug store for $2.72. That was a reasonable cost and I know it is a product …

There are a lot of brands of Vitamin C’s in the market, but what I particularly like about Fern-C is that it’s safe to drink when you have an empty stomach and you won’t get acidic from drinking it unlike other harsh brands of Vitamin C. I think it’s …

This Tylenol cough syrup is not yummy at all. They always try to make their syrups sound like it’s going to taste like warm honey and lemon tea or something but that’s never what it ends up tasting like unless you lace your tea with menthol and eucalyptus. It …

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 …

With a younger daughter that goes to school, a lot of germs get taken back to the house. It seems like someone is always sick. She gets a cold at least every six weeks and brings it back to me. I’m sick so often that I feel I am …

My husband developed some acid reflux problems after the pattern of food and the timings at which he ate the food changed due to his work. This caused acid reflux a week ago. He had problems of reflux occuring at night time for the past one month. …

I have been using Lipitor for the past four years to help control my cholesterol. I can say that it has done what they say it will do. In a matter of a month it brought my numbers back down where they needed to be. I noticed no side …

I often suffer from nasal allergies and I was able to try a lot of tablets for allergies and nasal spray drugs but when everything wasn’t working my doctor told me to try Drixine nasal spray, I thought that it is for allergies but it is not. It is …

About a month ago, I began using Betaseron to treat Multiple Sclerosis. Previously, I had taken Avonex, an intramuscular injection, once a week. The side effects rendered me useless one day a week. Sometimes they wouldn’t be unbearable, but I could never guess when that would …

When I was still in medical school, i was always having tonsillitis, maybe because of the stress, maybe because of exposure to bugs causing this infection in the hospital. Would you believe me if I tell you I have tonsillitis almost every a month! It was a …

Although I have been off of Minocycline for about a year now, I am going to have to speak with my physician and have him write me a new prescription for this medication. I originally got on Minocycline because during the fall and winter seasons, my face will …

I’ve been taking the combined pill for the last ten years and have tried two types: Microgynon 30 and Femodette. I found that with Microgynon I put on a little weight, felt more flat then usual and would have ’spotting’ if I missed a pill accidentally, which didn’t make …

Potters Sugar Free Cough Pastilles come in little cardboard boxes with the pastilles inside. First off, the pastilles are not individually wrapped, which means that you really ought to keep these to yourself. The reason I say this is that if you are ill, in order to …

Sinupret for kids is a natural remedy for colds and flus in children. It is made from plant extracts such as european elder, common sorrel, and cowslip. The claim the company that makes Sinupret, Bionorica makes is that this product supports the upper respiratory system, strengthens the …

I recently had a baby a few months ago. I decided to do a review on my OBGYN. His name is Dr. Daniel Nahhas and his office is located in Uniontown, PA. When I found out I …

Vaseline petroleum jelly is a very effective medicine. This works for me for smoothing the lip when it becomes dry. The best thing I felt about Vaseline is the swift action. When it is very cold and whenever a sore lip problem starts I readily apply Vaseline. Some times …

Severe sinus infections are not joyous, and can be very serious. I have seasonal allergies and food allergies, and I tend to get one or more upper respiratory infections a year. I know that sinus infections can irritate the nasal passages, and cause irritation to all the bronchial tubes …

I use to think that all eye drops were the same but I recently found out that they weren’t. In fact Rohto V eye drops are in a category of their own. I first discovered this product while watching a makeup tutorial video on Youtube. One of my favorite …

Be-Total Plus is a definite must for those who get those annoying little blisters in your mouths known as ‘aphtha’ or better known as foot-and-mouth desease. This medicine is in pill form and comes in a box of about 30 pills each individually sealed. This particular medicine should be …

One of the most uncomfortable symptoms of a stomache flu or virus is the nausea that is associated with it. There’s not a whole lot that gets me down, but nausea can do it every time.
I had tried numerous products on the market for nausea, and couldn’t seem to …

I have always had trouble sleeping. And I Have tried several different kinds of sleep aids. From non proscription to prescription. I had not found one that really worked until I tried Ambien CR. This is a breat sleep medicine. The trouble I always had with other sleep aids …

Paxal, generic name Peroxitine, is used to treat depression as well as generalized anxiety disorder. The starting dosage is usually around 10 miligrams but can be raised if needed. This type of antipressant can be obtained through your primary care physician or a psychiatrist. As with most medications, it …

When I go on night shifts especially during the cold months I often suffer from gas pain. Sometimes its very disgusting because of the odor but I couldn’t help it sometimes. In addition to this problem I often suffer from being bloated and also nausea. While I was on …

I have suffered from migraines for a few years now. I’m one of the few people who get an aura before the actual headache and therefore I am able to take medication before the headache hits. Everytime I get the aura, I immediately pull out my Excedrin migraine. It’s …

Whenever I get a cold, I try to buy medicine to treat it that same day. I don’t like for my symptoms to get too out of hand and start to progress. I prefer to start treating them early so that they could be mild. I noticed some cheap …

Using some sort of antacid has become an everyday thing for me. I have been dealing with a lot more heartburn than usual and feel that it has become a burden on my life. To deal with this problem, I use multiple antacids. One antacid that I thought worked …

I have two little kids so it is must to have basic medicines at home. Like any other sensible mom I wanted to keep a remedy for my kids in case they get hurt while playing. I preferred specially a cream to use for all purpose like small cut …

I ran out of my usual vitamin supplements earlier and visited my local drugstore. I was more than eager to go back to the previous brand of vitamin c capsules since my present experience with a generic brand of the same supplement proved to be less beneficial for …

I’ve had problems with insomnia now for several years. I went the doctor route and he tried prescribing everything from Ambien to Lunesta, to Xanax to Sonata.
The prescription meds, I found were not for me. Ambien absolutely spaces me out and makes me act crazy if I don’t …

I’ve been taking Effexor, an anti-depressant, for 10 months. This is the second time this drug has been prescribed to me. The first time I took it (about 10 years ago), I was opposed to taking an anti-depressant just because I thought I could “buck up” and make myself …

I went through a pretty scary time when a relative was dying from cancer. My anxiety level was through the roof and I was borderline depressed. I was already taking an antidepressant drug, amitriptyline, but I took it for sleep, not depression. My doctor decided I needed some …

I have been debilitated by severe menstrual cramps for years. I can remember from my early teen years being doubled over in paid on a monthly basis. The pain from my menstrual cramps was so severe at times, I could barely walk. My older sister also …

When I was a kid, I was diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI). With the use of antibiotics and water therapy, I get well and got no more signs of this infection. Then recently, I am suffering with the signs of UTI again. I can feel pain in urinating …

I was able to experience what it was like to have urinary tract infection about 5 years ago and I swear I don’t want to experience it again. I was having lower abdominal pain which could be described as crampy, colicky, which was moderate to severe in intensity. …

While I was about to finish the course of antibiotics for throat infection, I develop itching and irritation in the vaginal area. It went on for a week with slight cheesy discharge later. So I decided to consult the family doctor who prescribed the antibiotic.
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My nick name is Sneezy or some unkind Spanish friends called me “Mocosa”! Why? well because for as long as I know I have been plagued with allergies. I wake up some mornings with me sinuses full, and when I blow my nose it does not all clear away. …

I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis for 14 years now. The doctors all say I had it for the last 18 years though, because I had a goiter at the age of 16. That is a symptom of the disease. Usually with regular hypothyroidism you don’t …

I have been taking the PREMSYN PMS maximum strength caplets for years now. I have always had a lot of problems with PMS(Premenstral syndrome) my whole life. It is a real problem for some women. I have all the symptoms, water weight, tension, headache, backache. I always know when …

Asthma is a chronical infection of your airways and it is not easy to live with. Airpollution, the smoke of cigarettes, allergical reactions makes everything worser.
Primatine tablets is a very good product to treat it. These tablets are used to relief your pain but also to prevent you against …

Pimples aren’t normal if you’re 25 like I am. I always get teased because of it. After my teen years, I thought that my acne problem will end, thinking that pimples are common only during the pubescent years due to change in body hormones. However, this “normal transition” did …