I was diagnosed in 2006 with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In my case, the pain followed a nerve pattern, which caused sharp pain, as opposed to the usual muscle pain that is associated with this syndrome. My doctor felt that the prescription medication Flexeril might help alleviate some of my pain. …

I was informed by my colleagues to try Airborne for the common cold. My entire office swears by Airborne and my colleagues are certain that it is the answer. I was reluctant to try it. With my colleagues’ endorsement, I had to try it this past …

Recent studies have shown that yes, cinnamon of all things, is one of the best things that can be consumed to help aide in the fight against high cholesterol levels. In all honesty, many doctors are now advising the elderly to sprinkle some cinnamon on their cereal or …

I have fallen in love with Apidra rapid acting insulin. I’ve developed stomach problems. I can’t always finish the amount of food that I serve up to eat. It’s really tough figuring out just how insulin to take before a meal when I’m not feeling well. The Apidra rapid …

Nasonex Scent-Free Mist Intranasal Spray, 50mcg
I was prescribed Nasonex Aqueous Nasal Spray (only available via prescription) by my doctor because I am highly prone to sinus infections. In fact, I usually get really bad ones about four or five times a year and they will last for several weeks, …

My step mother had this clinic recommended to her by a friend, and then she recommended it to me. I was excited to try since I had never gone through a medical weight loss program. I was sent the paperwork and told the initial appointment was $250.00 which covered …

I usually have a pretty hard time sleeping. There are some nights I can lay in bed for three hours before I’m finally exhausted enough to fall asleep. And when I have a backache or headache, this makes sleeping pretty much downright impossible. I did something to my neck …

Whenever I come down with a cold or flu I usually just take liquid NyQuil to get rid of any and all symptoms because it never fails to work in making me feel better. Although I love how the liquid NyQuil knocks my sickness right out, sometimes I don’t …

Imagine the worst possible cough you have ever had, none of the medicines you try seem even to make a dent on the irritation and constant coughing. It doesn’t matter what you try, nothing helps to ease the persistent cough. Well I have been there. I …

Orajel Medicated Cold Sore Brush contains point five ounces of medication for five dollars and ninety-nine cents. The Orajel medication is certainly one of the more reasonably priced cold sore medications that’s available in pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS, but it unfortunately doesn’t work nearly as well as the …

Note: Please only use this if you have a prescription. It has a tendency to be abused, but as a medical student, I want to stress that taking this stuff unmonitored can be very dangerous, possibly a death sentence.
Uses: Adderall and related drugs are for the treatment of ADD/ADHD …

I usually use Hall’s to ease a sore and scratchy throat so that I am not coughing all over the place. I saw Cold-Eeze in the grocery store one day when I was feeling particularly bad and decided to give it a try. It couldn’t hurt anything. I purchased …

Alprazolam is the generic form of Xanax and is used to treat anxiety disorders. Normally, most doctors only prescribe this medicine for a short period of time because they believe the patient will become immune to the calming effect Alprazolam gives them.
I have been having moderate to severe …

Anbesol Jr. Bubble Gum Flavored Instant Brace Pain Relief is not something my family uses for braces. Neither of my children has had to have braces 9yet). I’m quite sure the time will come. However, we use Anbesol Junior for pain when teeth are coming in, or alternately when …

It’s the dreaded cold and flu season again and I’m prepared. No, I haven’t had a flu shot; I’ve been using a natural product called Cold FX. It was scientifically developed and produced in Canada. It’s so effective that the NHL hockey players use it to …

Driclor was first introduced to me by my sister. Excessive sweating has always been my problem since I was a kid. I didn’t mind it at first but lately it has become a nuisance already so I decided to try it out. Although it is quite expensive compared to …

I am quite sure that the majority of people have heard the name of Ex-Lax and also know what it’s for. My grandmother has sworn by this product since I can remember, and praised it to the skies as the only product that could help with her constipation. However, I …

I noticed after switching bowling balls that my bowling fingers were hurting. When I looked at them, there were fine cracks in the skin where the ball had rubbed and dried them out. I knew then it was time to get out the Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy tube. …

Another quality generic drug from Berkley and Jensen is the Berkley and Jensen brand of ibuprofen. This is another pain killer that I’ve been taking for several years now. The generic ibuprofen is very affective at curing and healing minor aches and pains. The nice thing about the …

I recently had to get a five day course of IV steroids at the outpatient Infusion Center. Each infusion lasted anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. Treatment areas were equipped with TV, DVD player, and magazines. There were also coffee, tea, juice, …

MS Contin is a pain reliever that works very well. It’s for severe to moderate pain and more of chronic type pain. It has to be prescribed by a doctor and it’s not an otc medication. This is often prescribed in the hospital. This is a common prescription in …

I always watch out for my food intake since I have a sensitive GI tract. Aside from diarrhea and hyperacidity, there are times that I also experience constipation. According to my doctor, this is due to some improper food that I eat and my decreasing bowel movement. He told …

I like kits. I like having everything I might need for an emergency at my disposal and within arms reach. If I go camping for a week, I don’t want to have to pack a bunch of individual items into some make-shift container. I want to be able to …

Lately I have been willing to try almost anything to help me cope with the pain that I have been having through my hands, arms and neck. I have found a few products handy but I am always willing to try something new hoping to run into something miraculous. …

This product is so wonderful!!! I used this since I was a child and I’m still using this because I always provided me great results. So, everytime I got a cold or a fever, here it is, out came the Vicks. I must admit I even like the smell, …

The most common problem a lot of people are facing is having a high blood cholesterol level because of having an sedentary lifestyles that could affect health. I have a lot of people who I have encountered have been having this problems.They cannot help eating a lot of fatty …

Bactrim DS is a medication commonly used in the treatment of cystitis (urinary tract infection) and bladder infection. Bactrim DS has, on more that one occasion save me from the excruciating pain of a urinary tract infection. It is important to treat a urinary tract infection promptly …

For roughly the past few weeks, our apartment has been a mini-pharmacy thanks to my husband’s annual cold and congestion and my allergies that spring into action every spring when for some odd reason ALL the pine trees release their yellow poison in waves and waves of golden dust pollen. …

The new product called band aid ultra strips is the best medical bandage or adhesive bandage that I have ever experienced in all my twenty four years living in this world. In order to understand my satisfaction with this product you must understand that I have a niece who …

I am one of the many people out there that suffers from asthma and the product, Primatene Mist has been a lifesaver to me. Not only is it moderately priced, compared to what doctors want to give me, but is accessible to be purchased from Walmart or other drug …

Ugly Nail Gel is another one of those products who claims to cure toe nail fungus. They are also another company who are simply using tee tree oil as the main toenail fungus fighting ingredient. Of course like I have said before tea tree oil will kill the fungus …

I changed doctors when I relocated from the South. I’ve been hypothyroid for many years, and have been treated with Synthroid for most of them. My new doctor suggested that I try levoxyl brand instead. I am not sure why he thought it would be better, …

AZO is one of my favorite companies, and they have a whole string of products that not many people even know about. I was talking to a coworker the other day who was telling me she thought she had a urinary tract infection and the first thing I thought …

I think Trosyd, Tioconazole works just as well as Canesten Cream. I used this just some few weeks ago when I noticed the sudden growth of ringworm on my very corner of my right lips. It was so itchy and the skin was turning quite lofty, with …

One of my friends began taking a very low dose of a medication known at Buprioprian several months ago. This oral medication should be taken daily and is more or less quite similar to the chemically resembling, Wellbutrion. Buprioprian is commonly used to help people with serious …

Advil is a non steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to treat many different kinds of pain from headaches to severe muscle aches and strains. Advil is a medicine I have come to rely heavily on and usually comes through for me in the clutch. I have experienced few side …

I’ve reviewed a lot of sinus medications and sprays, mostly because I’ve used a lot. And even though I’ve reviewed almost two dozen, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t even come close to covering the different things I’ve used to try to alleviate my allergy and sinus symptoms, which have …

Allow me to blurt out my contempt toward this bi-polar weather we have here. It pours, and then it stops from time to time. At the same time, you can almost say, “it’s raining colds,” because everyone’s getting sick of it. Umbrellas out, and so should …

I’ve never really used aspirin because of my stomach. I didn’t think it was strong enough to relieve pain of any kind but my grandmother swore by it from everything from minor pain to stress. Recently my doctor has become concerned about heart, though and he recommended …

For many years now, I’ve had consistent problems sleeping, both falling and staying asleep. I guess the technical and scientific term for it “delayed sleep disorder”, which is not the same thing as insomnia. Insomnia is when you just can’t sleep at all, sometimes for days at a time, …

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 …

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 remembered when I was just a newbie in the first job I had, I and my office mates ate our lunch together in the office. We all had packed lunch and we always share each other’s food. Lunch time was always the best time for us because we …

When I was still in my elementary years, I remember I had a skin problem. I got it from not washing and cleaning myself well. I always spend my time playing around in the backyard. I returned home and ate my dinner and just washed my face. My parents …

Alka-Seltzer seems to be a little wonder drug for those with stomach pains. During an experiment using Alka-Seltzer in my chemistry lab, I was suprised to find that most of my fellow students didn’t even know what it was for! If you’ve ever been sick or been nauseated for …

If you ever get something in your eye, some people will tell you to rinse your eyes with cool water immediately. That might work if your town doesn’t use a whole bunch of chemicals in treating the water like mine —“ so I can’t do that. I …

I’m pretty much a bear to live with when I’m not feeling well, and my husband and kids are actually worse! So I tend to have all kinds of medications in the house to treat anything from a stuffy nose to sinus pressure, to headaches to chest congestion, and …

From time to time I suffer from lower back pain. The base of my spine stiffens and I find it painful to move the affected area. I bought some Ibuleve gel as a friend of mine recommended it to me.
The gel itself feels incredibly cold when you first …

Dysmenorrhea or menstrual pain is really uncomfortable and painful for women. Some women may not experience this but there are others like me, who get to experience this pain during menstrual period. It ranges from mild to severe pain. On my part, I have been suffering from dysmenorrhea since …

Originally introduced as a medication to prevent seizures Topamax has found other uses. Introduced to this medication by my neurologist last year, I had high hopes it would help my headaches. Unfortunately, I was one of the people who had side effects while taking the medication and …