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 was prescribed by my physician to include Vitamin D in my diet after experiencing a few musculo-skeletal problems. I’m a sloth when it comes to exercise and neither does my svelte frame physically permit me to do strenuous cellulite-shedding activities. But lately, I’ve been experiencing some …

Until I found Evoxac I had problems with severely dry mouth. I had tried a number of dry mouth type products with little positive effect on my Sjogren’s Disease. As a result of the dry mouth I would often have stinky breath regardless of how frequently, and steadfastly I …

Mucinex is an over-the-counter expectorant used to get the gooey mucus out of your lungs. While it costs more than your average cold medicine (about $9 at Wal-Mart) it is well worth the price. It does an excellent job of clearing mucus from the lungs as well as thinning …

Levaquin is a great super antibiotic. It is especially good for pneumonia, however lately doctors use it for really severe infections. I found it to work great, however it can only be taken for 7 days and I noticed after day 3 of one dose daily, that …

After suffering an injury to my left hand which left me in chronic pain, my doctor decided that I should go for occupational therapy. My insurance covered occupational therapy at the physical therapy department at St. Clare’s Hospital. St. Clare’s Hospital has three buildings; one in Denville, …

If you suffer from allergies and are tired of trying medication after medication, with only half working and all of them making you drowsy - you owe it to yourself to give Aerius a try. Not only does it work, but when it says ‘non-drows’ it means just that. …

I was at friend’s house and was having a nagging cough and congestion from a recent cold that I got. Seeking some kind of relief, my friend told me to try Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine. She uses it all the time and loves it. I tried …

Last week I was down with cold and cough and you know how irritating it can be, the running nose and coughing and sneezing all the time really is horrible and if not for Cetcip tablet I would still have been fighting the terrible cough and cold.
Before trying Cetcip …

A few days back when I paid a visit to my sister at her home town, I accidentally happened to slip in my bathroom and this caused a sever foot sprain. The pain though initially did not seem to be of the very severe category, gradually developed into a …

When I get aches and pains, sometimes I take over the counter anti inflammatory medications. Many times the anti inflammatories that I sometimes take include aspirin. Recently, when I had a headache I thought that I would take a couple of aspirin, but realized I was out of them. …

I started using LoEstrin 24FE as a cost-effective substitute for my Ortho Tricyclen Lo when the generic version was pulled from pharmacies for the equivalent of drug copyright infringement. My gynecologist recommended it to me because high dose pills (including the regular Ortho) make me sick and give me …

My middle child was very gassy as a baby. Who am I kidding, he still is. But he’s far too old for Mylicon Drops now. You have to know the difference between the ‘gassy cry’ and other cries, but the more you learn your baby, the more you’ll distinguish …

When my daughter was just seven months old, she had problem on her skin. I saw on her ear that she had skin rash in the area of her ear. I don’t know what was causing that skin problem on her skin. I thought she did not use any …

Anything medical to me is extremely sensitive. If I need something, I just want to get it over with. It always seems so invasive and often intrusive to have others making judgments about me or having to touch me or my family.
When the situation arose in the fall …

I was hospitalized before when I had this recurring fever. I thought I had dengue so I rushed to the hospital so I can have the proper diagnosis of what my illness was. Well the doctor found out that my tonsils were infected. They saw a puss in it …

Working while sitting in front of the computer 11 hours per day, I often feel lower back pains at the end of each day, especially at night when I am about to sleep. There are times when I don’t feel any pain at all, oftentimes it is still tolerable, …

As I get older, I have begun to develop various intolerances and even allergies to things I have never been allergic to before. I even began carrying around antihistamine pills after a couple of scares-one with MSG, and one after a bee sting; in both cases, for the first …

Equate: Lozenges Zinc All Natural Cherry Cough & Cold work well in helping to cut short the time period in which I have a cold. Not only do my colds leave me sooner, but also, taking this medicine in fact helps to reduce the severity of my colds as …

The other day, I had a bad stomach ache, and I thought that some sort of antacid might help it. So, I got some Tums Ultra, which came in a roll of 12 in mixed berry flavors. The directions say to take 2-3 tablets as the symptoms …

A couple days ago I got some Vitafusion Power C Immune Boost Gummy Vitamins for Adults. I got them because I have a hard time swallowing vitamin C tablets and chewing on the hard supplements. The supplements where just like gummy bears and very easy to chew and swallow. …

Have you ever heard of Dalacin T? Few years ago, I had to use Dalacin T frequently. Why? Because when I just grew up as teenager, I had acne problem on my face. I went to special skin care doctor or specialist then I got prescription from him to …

When I worked the night shift, I needed something to help me stay awake during the last couple of hours but I didn’t want to rely on sugary drinks to do it. I decided to try No Doz Maximum Strength Caplets to see if they would help me stay …

Do you often have problem when you are traveling with car or other transportation vehicles such as train or airplane? Some people will get dizzy and feel sick when they are traveling. And I think I had something like that few years ago.
Whenever I go out with the car, …

I have been suffering from insomnia since I was a teenager and was therefore prescribed Ambien in order to help me sleep. This medication is available at two dosage levels, 5mg and 10mg. Due to the severity of my insomnia, I am prescribed the 10mg tablets which are taken …

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 was quite disappointed with the side effects of my previous medication for my illness. This gave me a very uncomfortable headache that was extremely hard to get rid of. So I asked my doctor if he knew another drug which he could prescribe me. After several minutes, I …

YAY! Motrin came out with a PM product, and I love it! For years I’ve trusted Motrin products for minor pain relief, and it’s become a staple in my household over the years. I’ve used it for everything from lowering my temperature, which ibuprofen proucts are great for, to …

With the advent of winter, my skin started showing signs of dryness. What made my situation even worst was the fact that this dryness gave way to minor cuts formed in between my fingers. These cuts seemed to be rather painful and made me rather uncomfortable. Also the fact …

We tried this because, well, I had a cold and was coughing like mad. We had run out of the other cough syrup, and couldn’t get more of it. This one is a cough AND sore throat medicine, which is useful.
This cough syrup works, but not immediately. It is …

I used to kid around all the time and say that I was going to give my child a swig of Nyquil whenever she got a cold and was getting on my nerves. Of course I knew that this wasn’t possible because it wasn’t mad for kids. It was …

When I injured my back at work a couple of years ago, the pain was excruciating. A pulled muscle led to my entire back locking up and kept me flat on the bed for three days. My doctor wrote me a prescription for Flexeril,or cyclobenzaprine HCL, a …

At my doctor’s recommendation, I have been using Valtrex for several years to treat occasional cold sore outbreaks around my mouth. I am quite pleased with the way this medicine is performing for me.
About two or three times a year, I will get a small outbreak of cold …

About a month and a half ago I started to experience the worst possible pain in the universe. A pain that is so pervasive and insidious that once it digs its iron jaws into your face, it is all you can do to not grab a hammer and bash your …

Although I do not get that much acne on a regular basis, I’d say that from time to time I get a fair amount. If I’m ever stressed or have spent a week eating poorly, I tend to have breakouts that can be very noticeable and extremely frustrating. Although …

I am a workingwomen and I also have 3 children and my very common problem is the headache. As we all can understand, it is not really easy to work outside and even at the home. I used to get the headache every day in the evening …

For my all-too-frequent sinus infections and colds, I have pretty much tried everything that I have ever seen to treat this condition; some work better than others, and it is always a bit of a guessing game. Over the years, I have tried Sinutab, Sudafed, Tylenol Cold and Sinus, …

Prescription migraine headache medication come with lots of side effects. I have been getting migraine headaches for as long as I can remember. The pounding pain, light sensitivity and nausea are indescribable and unrelenting. When I get a migraine, all I can do is try and …

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 …

Novelgin is the name of the tablets, which can be taken when we have the body pain or light fever due to some sudden change in the body or any such things happen. I normally take the novelgin tablets when I feel a lot of tiredness or giddiness. …

I’m dealing with old age I guess and one of the issues I have is the whole heartburn situation. As a man I guess I eat fast and sometimes that doesn’t help when it comes to my digestive system but I will say that that’s why they make medicine …

Every one of us has some day or the other, had sprains and aches in the body parts. It is to irritating when a part of the body aches. It seems as if life has gone dull, then. What we usually do is rush to a doctor and pay …

I’ve suffered some serious issues with allergies over the course of the last five years that just seem to be getting consistently worse every year they occur. This year, they didn’t really start bothering me until about September, and usually it’s gone in the winter, but the sinus congestion …

There are many different medications that can be prescribed for depression, but a very common one is Lexapro. The following is based upon a family member’s personal experience with the drug, and provides information about the side effects and its intended purpose.
Although the drug did indeed assist with …

Because I was diagnosed with having Irritable Bowel Syndrome several months ago, I remained in constant battle with this illness. I would often feel the urgency for bowel movement wherever I am, also I would get this feeling of inability to completely evacuate the entire stool and as well …

My doctor recommended that I use Miralax to help with my chronic constipation. I had tried stool softeners, adding fiber to my diet and taking fiber supplements and none of that was not doing the trick. I’d been using various laxatives as needed but wanted something gentler that …

As a chronic insomniac, I have tried just about every pharmaceutical drug available and I have found Trazodone to be one of the most effective and dependable in treating my sleep difficulties.
Trazodone is actually considered an antidepressant, but my doctor thought that it would be effective in treating my …

A year ago, my doctor was worried with my health. He diagnosed me as anemic and malnourished. People used to ask me if I have anorexia or bulimia. I didn’t have any appetite back then. I’m very picky with food and I don’t eat vegetables. I don’t like to …

Fatigon is becoming one of the choice when I need to drink extra multivitamin. Fatigon is good to take when I feel too tired from the activities that I did during the day. This Fatigon multivitamin will help me to release the tired and get the new energy for …

When the question who’s scared of the dentist is asked, I used to always raise my hand, even in my adult years. But my phobia has disappeared thanks to Dr. Ronald Terry and his staff. Here are 10 things I favor about this office that deserves a 10 rating.
1. At …