I used to suffer from muscle cramps quite often. There were times when I would wake up in the middle of night clutching my calf muscle because it was cramping and getting unbelievably painful. At other times I would laugh and have my face muscles near the neck get …

I was in the drugstore the other day looking for some Neosporin and saw how expensive it was. Therefore, instead I got some of the store brand kind called Equate First Aid Antibiotic Pain Relieving Ointment. I have to say this store brand version worked much better than the …

I am a thirty-three year old woman who has been experiencing extremely painful menstrual cramps for more than half my life. Because of the intense pain, which often-times incapacitates me for the first three days of my period, causing nausea and diarrhea and a variety of other ugly symptoms, …

My boys are both in their tweens. They eat a relatively good diet, but both my primary care physician and I feel that taking a daily multivitamin doesn’t harm, and may actually pick up any nutritional slack. So, my boys take a multivitamin on a daily basis and have …

I have been suffering from indigestion problem for some time now, anything I eat I would have a bad stomach and I knew it was something related to my liver. Along with indigestion problem I also had marks on my face which however hard I tried never seem to …

After a bad experience with another diet drug, Fastin, my doctor prescribed Tenuate Dospan. Tenuate is also similar to amphetamine drugs and like amphetamines it decreases or eliminates the appetite.
I had severe side effects from Fastin, so it was my doctor’s hope that the Tenuate Dospan, which …

I don’t know what came over me that I listened to my friend when she recommend Goody’s to me, but I made the mistake of not listening to my better judgment instead. During the summer months, when our temperatures here in Vegas can hit upwards of 110 degrees, I …

I always have a bottle or two of paracetamol on my shelf as most mothers do. I used a different brand then, a hand-me- brand which is traditionally used by our family years ago for our small siblings. However, as I use them on my kids now, I noticed …

I’m a sickeningly big fan of nose drops and nasal sprays. Ever since my doctor first prescribed me an allergy nasal spray, I’ve been sold on their immediate effectiveness. And, because my allergies are so bad first thing in the morning, I definitely need immediate relief, because I don’t …

I have found Dermalogica products to be very good and have previously had samples of some of their products. I purchased a Dermalogica Acne Prone Skin Travel Kit for my holiday and it was very reasonably priced. Inside there was a foaming anti bac skin wash cleanser, a spritz …

I was getting over the flu and was all but recovered except for the dry hacking cough I was experiencing at bed time and during the night. My Pharmacist suggested I buy Benylin DM Nightime Cough Syrup for Dry Cough. I had never used a Benylin product before and …

Omeprazol is a stomach protector used mainly to avoid stomach ulcers, protecting it from, for example, aggresive medicines, or even to help in the healing process when you have a stomach problem. It comes in pills, so it’s pretty easy to take, and you don’t need to worry about …

It happens to everyone at some point or another, you eat something bad…or you just catch a stomach virus. When your stomach is not feeling its best, pepto bismol is a great thing to have around to help you out. I particularly like the liquid because I think …

No one could even begin to imagine what a woman’s body and emotions go through during menopause, unless of course you are the parent of a teenager with raging hormones. The rollercoaster moods can leave our family and friends shaking their heads wondering what happened to the person they …

I’m a big supporter of a good cough drop or lozenge, but occasionally I just want something quick and easy and hopefully something that wont leave a medicinal aftertaste in my mouth the way a cough drop sometimes will. I was getting over a cold not too long ago …

When you suffer from muscle pains, fast relief is always favorable. If you are not the type to go for ointments or plasters, I highly recommend Alaxan FR Tablet as your alternative pain reliever. It comes in capsule form and manufactured by United Laboratories, Inc., one of the most …

A few months ago I got the flu. I hadn’t had the flu in quite some time. My big problem with the illness was how congested my sinuses were. I could not breathe, but I was also in a lot of pain from the pressure behind my eyes in …

I am extremely grateful that my doctor finally put me on the Yasmin birth control pills. I should explain that I am actually not on them for birth control purposes. I need them to control a hormonal imbalance that has been badly troubling me for about three …

On the third trimester of pregnancy for my first child until after the delivery,I have noticed that both of my lower extremities are both so edematous and swollen. I can’t hardly lift them and they were so numb. The situation really gave me a hard time walking. …

I only use Petroleum Jelly whenever I have scrapes and cuts, and it does alleviate the sting, but I sometimes get the scars too. My mother bought me this Mow Sun Medical Oil which serves to soothe any pains and cuts but also kind of “closing” them as well, …

Deep Heat stinks…but the stink’s worth it! I’ve had lots of aches and pains that Deep Heat has seen me through and I’ll be using it for a long time to come. I’m not too sure about how it works, but I think it’s similar to if …

When I was young all we had was Padrax to treat worm. It was in syrup form and it tasted so bad in my mouth that I dreaded taking that worm treatment when I was a child. I remembered that my Dad and Mom had to hold …

Urinary infections are very painful and treatment is necessary. You can try in the beginning to drink a lot of water but mostly antibiotics are necessary.
Ciproxine 500 mg is a very good medicine to treat urinary tract infections but you need a prescription of your doctor.
If you feel burning …

During the course of my previous anti-diabetic medication, I encountered this pulsating headache that was very hard to deal with. I couldn’t sleep well at night. I couldn’t eat and even perform my daily tasks because of this side effect! I was absolutely infuriated with this and decided to …

For some strange reason, I am constantly having to deal with stomach pain of some sort. There is no real explanation or at least my doctors haven’t been able to find one yet. Some of it is due to menstrual cramps, but some of it seems to have another …

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 …

I have been taking different brands of vitamins ever since i was a kid. Of course, as i grow up, my body changes and i need a more complete set of vitamins and minerals, When i was about 17 years old i was very hooked with another brand that …

Sprays have not always worked great for me, but they can take a lot of the pain out of a sore throat. When I find myself suffering from a sore or dry throat that is not bad, sprays are usually sufficient. I was suffereing from a bit of a …

Vicks Vapor Rub claims to soothe you, when you suffer from congestion. It is supposed to help clear up your nasal cavities and help clear up any phlegm in your chest. I don’t usually use this product, because I don’t want to apply anything to my skin. When I …

Due to my typing for many hours and with generally dry air in the house, I developed a case of dry eyes. I’ve been using Systane drops, which work really well, but after seeing some ads on television, I decided to ask my doctor abut Restasis eye drops for …

I swear that Hyland’s has pretty much come out with something to treat absolutely everything, and I love it, and I’m always eager to try a new Hyland’s product when I find it because I know it’s all natural and safe to take, even for extended periods of time …

PrimaCare One Prenatal vitamin is a once a day pill to help promote healthy pregnancy. I like some aspects of this purple pill. I do think it has helped my hair and skin and nails like it advertises. It also advertises it helps soften stools, I do not notice …

Three days every month, when it comes closer to fullmoon, I have headaches. Most of the time I can handle the pain simply by ignoring it. Sometimes though, the pain is close to a migraine attack. If it comes to this stage I want to bang my head against …

While visiting my mother one day, I had an extremely bad backache. I had run out of pain reliever and asked my mother if she had any. She told me the only thing she had was Bayer Women’s Low Dose Aspirin Pain Reliever. I decided that was better than …

Pro-Poxy is the generic name for the pain killer Darvocet. I was prescribed it after a particularly painful wisdom teeth extraction.
When I first had the surgery done, I was given the narcotic painkiller Vicadin. For anyone who doesn’t know, Vicadin is heavy stuff. It knocks you out, or at …

I really had a problem with my weight about 2 years ago and I tried using one slimming pill after another to lower my weight, however, to tell you frankly, nothing really worked. I saw an advertisement in the television that Xenical orlistat 120mg capsule really works and …

If you have a lot of congestion deep in your chest that does not seem to want to come out, you probably need an expectorant. Normal cough medicine will not help you —“ unless it says it has an expectorant in the ingredients. I had never bought …

Combliflam a very commonly used pain killers in most of the Indian homes. When any one from the household suffers from any minor body ache my mother screams on top of her voice to but a tablet of combiflam and the pain will subside within few minutes.
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I had to fly after recovering from the flu and was still recovering from the cough part even though I was no longer contagious. I was worried about coughing too much on the flight because of the swine flu scare and decided I’d have to find a cough medicine …

As my friends wedding date approached closer, I left no stone unturned to do all the possible shopping required for the wedding. Though I did have a blast at the wedding, little did I know that I had already invited great trouble. Due to the continuous shopping spree in …

It annoys me when I wake up in the morning and my nose is clogged up and I’m having hard time breathing. This, coupled with non-stop sneezing is really infuriating. We have a garden in our backyard and my room is annoyingly located a few meters above it. The …

Anyone who has ever suffered from joint pain knows how nerve wrecking it can be. One time I was cleaning up the house for my grandmother and I started to feel a very sharp pain all through out my shoulder and arm. My doctor prescribed Motrin to be, but …

I always like to keep a small stock of painkillers handy for dealing with minor aches and pains. In my case, it is headaches which tend to cause the most grief - I am lucky enough not to be afflicted by the terrible migraines which some people have to …

This liquid suspension comes in a glass bottle of 100 ml. and is made by Adcock Ingram of South Africa. This medication was prescribed by the doctor when both of my kids had the horrible cold during the peak Southern hemisphere winter months (June-July 2009). It is …

For as long as I can remember I have been plagued with sore throats. There seems to be no underlying problem as to why I get them (I have had countless tests over the years all pointing to..nothing!.
It seems to be one of those things as my doctor …

Being an asthmatic, I always have limitations in my everyday activity. Even some simple tasks as cleaning the house or carrying some not-so-heavy objects give me some difficulty of breathing thus I consulted my doctor if he could possibly give me something that can make me more of …

Primatene OTC Products
If you have bronchial asthma like I do, then you might want to consider using Primatene over-the-counter products as a convenient alternative. I use the inhaler plus the tablets. You can pick up the inhaler off the shelf but you’ll have to ask the pharmacist for the …

I have been suffering from constipation and IBS. One of the fiber supplements I have been using to help relieve and prevent constipation along with my IBS symptoms is Yerba Prima Psyllium Husks Powder. I have been using this fiber supplement for about 2 weeks and have seen a …

Whenever I get a scrape, it seems that it burns a lot. I do not find myself getting too many scrapes, but I am always falling victim to paper cuts. Paper cuts hurt much more than some other more severe cuts though they are not very big. A while …

I began taking Xenical about three months ago and I can honestly say the results have been very disappointing. The first week I experienced absolutely nothing, no weight lost, no strange side effects, it was like I wasn’t taking it at all. The doctor told me this was normal …