When I get minor scrapes and cuts I like to take quick action in making sure that they don’t get infected. I know how easy it is for wounds to get infected especially with all the germs that are going around now of days. I used to use Isopropyl …

A few weeks ago, I ended up running into a door at work and there was a key poking out of the lock and I dragged my whole arm across and ended up with quite a cut and a huge bruise, and it was so painful that I found …

I sent my husband to the store to pick up some Tylenol for me. I was suffering from some terrible back pains once again, and wanted some rapid release caplets. Of course, he came back with something else as he always does. I was a little irritated, but he …

Tylenol is one of those trusted names I’ve used many times in my youth and growing up. My mother always had it around the house and I swear, as a child, I thought it was basically a cure-all for anything that could possibly ail you. So, when I moved …

I was recently diagnosed with both Sinusitis and Rhinitis and my Doctor prescribed Amoxicillin 500mg Penicillin Tablets to be taken three times a day. Amoxicillin was not an antibiotic I had tried before, and was hesitant to switch brands. My Doctor assured me however; that this was the best …

I really hate not being well, and I would say the most common thing that I get sick with is having the Cold. I seem to catch the Cold so easily, and sometimes feel like I am always sneezing and sniffling. So I always have an inhaler in my …

I am not ashamed to admit that I take Valium, for anxiety as perscribed by my doctor, I take 5 mg Valiums, and let me tell you they really do the job for calming me down!
I was really calm and mellow when I was younger, and I faced a …

Chantix is a prescription medication that is used to help you stop smoking. I think that it really helps. It was a big step to go to the doctor and ask for the prescription but I am so very glad I did. It does such a good job …

This medicine is frequently prescribed to people with anxiety disorder or panic attacks. It helps users come down from a panic attack within minutes, or it can be used during the day to prevent panic attacks from arising. As such, it is appropriate for both chronic and …

I have used a variety of Magnesium supplements but the majority of them were poorly absorbed. My doctor prescribed me Magnerot by Worwag Pharma and to my surprise, it does a great job. After taking these pills for three months, my body feels much better and they did treat my …

This over the counter medication contains Glucosamine HCl (1500 mg), Chondroitin (1200 mg), and Hyaluronic Acid (3.3 mg) when taken as directed on the package. I suffer from torn cartilage in my knee and an inflamed bursa in my shoulder from an accident I was in. I can …

Few months back since last few weeks I was going through some tough situations of my life, and there was a lot of tension and stress on me. Because of that I could not sleep properly, and the day I used to feel very tired because of incomplete sleep. …

I will say off the top that I’ve had years of experience with Dr. Blaine Symons, but it was all at his prior location in California. He was my regular dentist for about twenty years. Wow, that feels like a lifetime.
What I love most about Dr. Blaine …

My daughter is undergoing orthodontic treatments at the moment. She started her treatment in Luxembourg but as we are living in Brussels at the moment, this was an impractical choice. About 3 weeks ago, 2 of the brackets on her braces fell off. Although it was not critical that …

Well, I’ve been to the doctor quite a bit lately thanks to a very taxing job lifting heavy boxes and going up and down ladders all day. My latest encounter with the doctor came after a very intense back pain began in my lower quadrants, usually radiating down my …

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 …

I don’t like to spend anymore money than I have to in order to feel better. If I can save a dollar or two along the way, that is what I will do. I have found that store brands are more cost effective in many ways and cough medicines …

The price tag on the Zicam Cough Max Cough Spray medication is big and the bottle the medication comes in is small. Over nine dollars for a zero point fifty-five ounce spray bottle? The only reason I gave this over the counter medication a try in the first place …

If you are a woman, you understand how miserable PMS symptoms can be. As mush as our husbands or significant others’ might joke about it, the truth is that the symptoms that come around every month aren’t funny, and they are no fun to deal with. I …

I have had some serious troubles with my wisdom teeth growing in. It has been one of the worse pains I have dealt with because it seems to radiate tremendously. I could not only feel pain in my teeth and gums but also felt pain in my throat and …

I take xanax for stress and to help calm me down. At the same time however it slows me down body and mind wise and increases my appetite. If your going through a tough time in life this is probably among the best medicines you can take to help …

My dermatologist told me that my stressful profession is the culprit for my vitiligo which is unfortunately located near my mouth. I feel very conscious about it although my friends assure me that it is not very noticeable (probably the reason why they are my friends). My dermatologist told …

It’s hard to find the best anti-diabetic medication in the market. Some claim to be very effective but eventually become a big disappointment. Over the years of being a diabetic, I have tried several medications in hope of finding the right drug which will work best for me. I …

I hate being confined in the hospital. I don’t like the smell, the sick patients and all the possible infections that I could get while I’m there. I had no choice last year, because I had to be confined due to a lung infection. I was put through several …

Lately I have been realizing that my pain has been getting worse and radiating to areas that I really did not want to deal with. The pain is intense and can last for days if I don’t rest or treat it. I have been having a lot of problems …

When I get stressed out, angry or upset I turn into an insomniac. It also happens whenever I let my emotions get the best of me. It’s not something I’m proud of, but it is something that happens and something that I’ve learned to deal with. People love to …

This product was very cheap (about $5) at my local Wal-Mart store. I have recently started taking various vitamins and supplements during the past several months. Even though initially I did not expect for these products to have much of an impact on my body and the …

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 …

After veiwing a very convincing commercial put forth by Advil for their (at the time) new product - Advil Liqui-Gels - I set out to my nearest pharmacy and bought a box.
I’ve always found that ibuprofen (the active ingredient in Advil)works well with my body aches, better than acetaminophen …

Nexium is a prescription only drug for GERD otherwise known as acid reflux. I was prescribed this medicine after having an upper GI. This medicine was effective in controlling the acid reflux. This medicine worked much better than my previous prescription-which had caused severe abdominal pain. I took my …

Colihenz was prescribed to my brother when he was admitted to hospital. He is a long term survivor of glioblastoma brain tumor Grade IV. Recently, he developed serious problem when dexamethasone was laid off. We had to admit him in the hospital where he was symptomatically treated for seven …

I think that Advil is one of the best pain relievers & reducers. It is the only one that will take my headaches away the fastest. Other pain relievers and reducers will take them away but they take a while. Not only that but sometimes they don’t help at …

My father is taking Ecosprin 150 mg tablet since last six months. He had a minor heart attack in the summer and had to be shifted to the ICU. The doctor diagnosed some cardiac related issues after Echo and ECG and prescribed him Ecosprin 150 mg along with a …

I was looking for an eye lubricator because of my frequent computer usage. I am using Hypo Tears for around two months now and worked effectively for me so far. The eyes are protected from going dry using these drops. Before using this I had seen some times my …

These are specially designed for a soar throat but what I don’t get out of these is - do they actually help, okay maybe for 3-9 minutes they may help, but as soon as some time passes that throat ache comes back and you have to eat another. The …

A cold can make the best of the best feel down in the dumps. I feel like I can barely even function whenever I am suffering from a cold. I feel that colds hit me really hard, especially when there is sporadic chages in the weather. Where I live, …

By the time my doctor had prescribed the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor 10 mg. for me to be taken at bedtime, my cholesterol had reached to over 300 and I had been on several other medicines to unsuccessfully lower it. I weighed slightly under 200 pounds at 5 foot one …

As with most American households, our medicine cabinet is chock full of pain relievers, fever reducers, PMS pills and basically every kind of pill, powder or liquid that proclaim that they have the power of taking away pain and discomfort. And being that we live in a dry climate, allergies …

I can’t understand the weather in the Philippines. Sometimes, it will rain hard then the sun will come up. Other times, it will be too hot and all of a sudden rain starts to pour. These drastic changes in weather conditions resulted to my siblings getting sick. And the …

My kids are little monsters when they are sick, but I mean that in the most loving ways possible. As a mother, the last thing I want is to see my kids sick, no matter how young or old they are. They are teenagers now and tough it out …

Savlon Antiseptic has been around for as long as I can remember, and probably much longer than that. I grew up knowing that there would always be a tube of Savlon in the medicine cabinet, to be brought out whenever there was a cut or a scrape or …

The Recofast plus is another tablet just like the Recofast tablets and the only difference between these 2 kind of tablets is that the Recofast tablets can only be taken to cure the cold, where as the Recofast plus tablets can be taken when we fall ill or when …

My son had a transplant when he was 3 years old and was put on a whole slew of medicines. I was the donor, so I was not with him the first few days after the transplant. After we both got home I realized a huge difference …

This story may not be the most fun to listen to but it’s a story. I was going through a phase where I was having major diarrhea and I couldn’t get rid of it. I went to the doctor a couple of times and he couldn’t figure out what was …

I have been recently experimenting with a lot of different muscle rubs. I have been in search for the rub that will take the pain away the most without, hurting my nose. I also tend to try more products that are mess free. One rub that I have tried …

I was recently diagnosed with Prostate cancer and told by the doctors that I would need to have a radical prostate removal.
Since I live in a small community with only one hospital to choose from, I was apprehensive about the care I would receive because I had heard …

I am a huge fan of TheraFlu products and was absolutely thrilled to find they had a patch to help relieve sinus and chest congestion. When I was a little girl and got sick, my mother was always lathering me down with Vicks Vapor Rub and, to this day, …

Moringa Oleifera (malunggay leaves)is in every 250mg capsule of Natalac. It costs P8.95 in drugstores. It is a post natal supplement which adds and helps in milk production for lactating mothers. This was not prescribed to me but I chose to buy this to increase my milk supply after …

I came across Dequacaine when I had an extremely sore throat and nothing seemed to be easing the pain. I went to the pharmacist and sought their advice. They advised me initially to give Dequacaine a go, and only if that didn’t help, or if I still …

I remember that one of my family member ever had a skin problem. The doctor said that he had fungi on her skin. And the doctor told her to buy Fungiderm Creme to use it as a treatment to her skin problem.
Actually Fungiderm creme is available in the pharmacy …