In my country, most medicines can be bought over-the-counter. People usually purchase these medicines without consulting a doctor. I notice that most of my countrymen tend to buy medicine that is popular on television ads or commonly use by most people. Take for example, drugs for cough. There are …

I don’t know about you, but every time I see the Slim Quick commercial on the television set, I have to laugh, but in reality the commercial, although comical is very true about the way women’s weight fluctuate. Those commercials are very accurate for me and I am …

Since 5 years I was suffering from the cold allergy. Every day I used to get a lot of sneezes and I was fed up of this problem, which I faced almost every day. Once I decided to go to the doctor and I told about my …

I’m suffering from teary eyes and clogged nose for 3 years now and dust really make me sick. I though before that it was because of the weather. I am taking medication for it but I stopped taking any since it was not good for my health.
I just take …

Claritin is an allergy symptom relieving medicine, which is supposed to suppress allergy symptoms quickly after they begin. It’s approaching spring time, which is practically a code word for allergy season. After a particularly bad bout of allergies, I went over to the nearest drugstore to buy myself a …

My systemic lupus erythematosus or my Sjogren’s syndrome has been affecting my liver for years. My doctors can’t really pinpoint which autoimmune process is at play, but one or the other causes me to have elevated liver enzymes and an autoimmune hepatitis periodically. Part of this is functional as …

I am on the Depo Provera shot, and I have been on it for almost two years. I don’t have insurance, so I go to the health department. My docter said she wants me two get on a different birth control in two more years. The reason she wants …

They aren’t kidding when it’s said that high blood pressure is the silent killer, because when I went to the doctor for the flu, I didn’t even know that I had high blood pressure. It was a pretty high 160/ 140 though, and my doctor wanted to watch me …

There is one antibiotic that does not really have any effect on me. It is Erythromycin. I know it could not treat colds, flue or other viral infection as its products descriptions states but I know that many of my relatives and friends are cured from their tonsillitis by …

When I had my first bout with vertigo, I didn’t know what was wrong with me. All I knew was that my world was spinning and I couldn’t make heads or tails of “which way is up”. Even laying motionless had the room moving around, and it …

I have been on Cymbalta since it first came on the market a few years ago. I have MS and have suffered from depression for quite a few years. This medicine is a selective serotonin and nonrepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) used to treat depression. It may also be used …

My eight year old daughter had an unpleasant experience with a local dentist and was very afraid to go back for another dental exam. I did some research and had heard good things about Dr Phillip Greene and his staff. I called them and set up an appointment …

I was first prescribed Xanax for anxiety and panic attacks 6 years ago. In just a few minutes, it relieves the symptoms of a panic attack (trouble breathing, trembling, throat closure, rapid heart beat). I would recommend it to anyone with anxiety/panic disorder because the pill can be your …

Deworming is a routine treatment which I administer to my kids every 6 months, especially when they were younger. I never knew what things and organic matter they put in their mouths whenever they were playing even under my watchful eye. In addition, I felt that they had parasites …

Previously, when I felt the onset of a cold virus, I would drop an Airborne supplement into a six ounces glass of water and drink it. But this month, severe symptoms of a cold overtook me before I had time to react. So, my friend gave me some Zicam …

Sometime in 1970, there was an outbreak of contagious skin disease in our village. It was characterized scabby lesions on the skin which was very itchy. The people called it by a native name “kurikong” or scabies in English. Nobody could really say if that skin disease was really …

I was admitted to the hospital due to a recent asthmatic attack. I became severely deprived of oxygen that I had to be rushed to the emergency room. My parents panicked when they saw my face turned blue. I seriously thought that I was going to die. Breathing became …

The Personal Care Vaporizing Chest Rub is a brand of medication sold at Dollar Tree stores for one dollar. For one dollar, a person can purchase a four ounce jar of this medicated rub that’s designed to provide relief from nasal congestion and make a person cough less when …

After years of working with the elderly and infirm and doing a lot of lifting, I now have a bad back. When they say once your back is gone, it’s gone they aren’t lying. I’ve tried several different medications for back pain, and any other pain for that matter, …

This is a touchy subject for pretty much any woman out there. When we women say we can be unbearable to live with when we are suffering from PMS, we really aren’t kidding. It can be World War III in my house and, over the years, the symptoms have …

Have you ever heard of this old time remedy? Numotizine Cataplasm was invented by Dr. Samuel Alexander Gotcher to treat pneumonia and typhoid fever. Numotizine contains Guciacol, Beechwood Creosote and Methyl Salicylate, in a colored Kaolin-Polyol base. It’s a medication for the treatment of pneumonia, bronchitis, colds and sprains, …

I have had heartburn and acid reflux for as far back as I can remember. It is there all the time - I would wake up with it and go to bed with it. Then I ate Tums like candy and believe I was putting on weight …

Todays review is of the medication Ondansetron more commonly known as Zofran. It is used to treat nausea. It is used for cases other than pregnancy but my experience with it is only during pregnancy so I will only be discussing that and not other experiences.
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I don’t normally take lozenges or cough drops because I really just don’t like the way they taste, but because my favorite online store ever started carrying these Quantum Thera-Zinc Cold Season Lozenges in an orange flavor, I figured I could give them the benefit of the doubt and …

While driving on my way to my grandmother’s house in the province, my nape started to ache and I had this pulsating headache that was hard to ignore. I knew instantly that I was having a hypertensive attack. Rather than risk driving while my head and nape hurt, I …

amitiza (lubiprostone) is the latest addition in the treatment chronic constipation. though there are only a few medicines that are available for the treatment of ibs with constipation and symptoms does not completely subside with these medicine but lubiprostrone is most affective treatment available for people who are suffering …

I was prescribed Metformin to treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and the early stages of Type II Diabetes. It is my understanding that PCOS can cause Type II Diabetes by basically causing your body to produce too much insulin, which in turn causes your body not to be …

When I was still in medical school,I was able to experience having episodes of palpitations associated with some body weakness. I don’t know if this was due to the stress I was having or I was just only plain tired or whether I was really having a cardiac …

I must stress that I do have extremely painful periods. I am one of the unlucky women who really gets it bad, so bad that I have to take a day off work once a month (most months anyway) and my work colleagues assume I am faking it. …

Whenever I have clogged and runny nose, I sometimes use Neozep Forte Tablet. I have been using this drug alternately with my other favorite brand of nasal decongestant drug. This medicine comes in 10 mg / 2 mg / 500 mg Tablet. It contains 10 mg Phenylephrine HCl which …

As a stressed person with lots of problems on my mind, I always have trouble sleeping. I am searching for the perfect sleeping drug available, and I am active on several forums of this kind. However, the organism will create immunity to any kind of sleeping drug after a …

I am a big proponent of using generic medications whenever possible, as opposed to the name brand meds, because I dislike the idea of huge pharmaceutical companies ripping patients off; why pay much more for the exact same formula, just because of the name on the package. Recently, when …

My family doctor prescribed me this medicine for the treatment of tinea versicolor. I suffered from this skin condition when I got pregnant with my first child and no over the counter medication was able to solve my problem. One of my friends told me to try rubbing some …

As many women out there know, PMS is not just a figment of the imagination. I, unfortunately, suffer from it on a regular basis. You ladies know what I mean: bloating, aches, cramps and just a general malaise that hits you like a ton of bricks almost every single month.
That …

Chericof is a cough formula used to treat cough and cold. With children in my house one or the other is always having running nose or a very bad cold.
During winters when it is very cold my kids usually fall sick and catch cold. I give them some home …

Advil has been around for years. I remember my parents and grandparents taking it and sometimes I do too, at least for certain things. Advil is an anti-inflammatory medicine that is commonly used to treat a variety of ailments from headaches to muscle pain and arthritis. It can be …

Relafen was prescribed by my orthopedist for my lower back pain after an automobile accident I was in. My doctor order five hundred milligrams to be taken twice daily.
Well, needless to say I can’t even tell I am taking it. It has been two months now since …

For a couple of years now I’ve been plagued by a wart on my index finger. I had them frequently as a child, and always went to a dermatologist to have them frozen off. When I found out that this technology was now available over the counter, I jumped …

In the past I had often herpes in my lips, specially when my period was near. A good remedy that I found for when this happened is this cream medicine called Zovirax.
In case of getting a herpes in your lip, you have to apply it once every 4 hours …

Due to severe chronic pain I struggle to get adequate sleep, so a few months back my doctors prescribed me Ambien. They had me start at a half dose for the first week and then move to the normal nightly dose after this trial period. During …

Over the years of being a diabetic, I have tried several medications. Some I have found to give the best results and some gave the worst side effects that I know of. I could say that I have a good knowledge of the medications in the market for my …

Some time ago I came down with a bit of a cough in the flu season. Since it was a busy period of time for me, and overall because I did not want it to get much worse, I knew that I had to buy something for the cough …

I read about this supplement in my Change your Brain Change Your Body. It talked about how this drug helped the brain relax. Supposedly it helps with anxiety and also acts like an appetite suppressant. And, it is also a happy drug that boosts serotonin. I was a little …

My husband & I love to travel. By plane or long driving, we do it every holidays and weather permitting, every other weekend. I love seeing new places. I love trying out new things, I love spending time with my husband. What I don’t like is how bad I …

I had throat infection last week associated with nasal stuffiness, hard, productive cough with yellowish expectorate and chills. The throat pain was a little bit too much to the point that I could not eat solid foods. The only foods that can tolerate were warm soups and …

I am not normally a fan of taking any kind of medicine to help me either get to sleep or stay asleep. If I go through a patch when I am having difficulty sleeping, I will normally try all manner of natural methods first before resorting to the …

I reside in Singapore, a mostly humid weather country. And being on the heavy side, I tend to have chaffed skin on certain areas of the body. I came across 3B anti-chafing cream in a pharmacy a few years back and decided that it wouldn’t hurt to give a …

I always have allergic rhinitis (colds due to allergic reaction) especially when I get exposed to dust ((when i try to clean our house) and when I get exposed to pollen, which is only seasonal.
Because this allergic rhinitis is almost affecting my every day life, I decided to consult …

Anyone who has ever had a cold knows the unbearable feeling of a stuffed nose. It is the most frustrating of symptoms, forbidding a good night’s sleep, inducing headaches, and ultimately prolonging the illness. This is where the genius of Simply Saline comes in to save the day. …

I have been fighting a stubborn cold for about two weeks now. At first, it wasn’t a big deal because it was mostly just the sniffles and the occasional cough so I didn’t bother even taking cold medicine. But, by last weekend, it had gotten much worse and, since …