I am currently on this form of birth control. So far, Nuva Ring seems to be fine for me, but I have to give it a few more months to be absolutely sure. Nuvarings, in my opinion, are a mixed blessing. Yes, it doesn’t give me …

Symbicort is a corticosteroid that reduces and prevents inflammation of the airways. The three main ingredients in Symbicort are, budesonide, formoteral and lactose. These ingredients are in powder form and easy to inhale. On the container is a “counter” that lets you know how many doses you have used. …

My friend has tried to quit smoking for years, and only succeeded for short periods of time. Her longest smoke-free period was 8 months. Some of the methods that she has tried include a prescription medication, gum, cold turkey, a nicotine patch and probably more that I have forgotten. …

I have been on Methotrexate about 5 years. It was prescribed for me because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. There came a time I was fed up with the various medicines I was taking, so in an act of defiance I just stopped taking all my Rheumatoid Arthritis meds.
I …

Watson’s is another chain of drugstore here in the Philippines(mostly in Manila Area). This is a chain of store owned by the “chain” of shopping malls in the country as well, the ShoeMart or the SM. Watson’s is conveniently located in all of the SM shopping malls in the …

I was recently having problems with the side effects of my anti-diabetic medication. It often gave me these undesirable and often annoying effects that were very persistent. I often had this nauseating headache that was very apparent hours after taking the drug. This was infuriating so I asked my …

After contracting a cold, I decided to try Sinex decongestant nasal spray.
I had tried Vicks active Defence, but it was horrible and didn’t help at all, so I was hoping that Sinex would be better. And it was.
It really does help unblock you when you are feeling bunged up. …

This is a prescription medicine for controlling allergies. When I had insurance, this is the allergy medication prescribed to me. It was a miracle drug for me since the pill was small and easy to swallow. It really controlled my need to constantly itch and sneeze. My eyes were …

I have been going to this Walgreens pharmacy every since I had move here in Sun City about two years ago. It is really close so of course very convenient too. I had first went there when I had came from my doctors appointment and needed to fill …

I never try to take supplement tablet for my skin health before until a friend of mine told me that I should take Nourish skin for a better and healthy skin especially skin face.
I could see the result on my friend’s skin face. She is taking the tablet every …

After Medical City moved to its new location, I just wanted to be sick all the time. Aside from the hospital equipment, you’d think the rooms are from five star hotels. Glass windows, gorgeous bathrooms, modern furnishings; it’s all too comfortable to be a hospital room really. This is …

The drug adderall is used as a stimulant and found also to use for attention deficit syndrome in children. I myself took the drug to control my sleepiness as I suffer from narcolepsy which is the uncontrollable urge to fall asleep at inappropriate times. I found after …

When I find myself dealing with a cough, I will try to treat it the best way that I know how. I hate dealing with a repetitive cough, especially if it is painful. I find that coughs can sometimes make my chest feel like it is on fire and …

Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment comes in a really tiny tube. At first sight, I thought that this was going to last one application and all of the medicine would be finished. So to begin with, I thought that this was going to be somewhat of a waste …

This is the only alcohol free, sugar free, colorings free, pleasant tasting and non-sedative cough syrup that my husband could find at the drugstore pharmacies. It was the only safe cough syrup that I could use during my pregnancy.
I had been lucky to not have any illnesses during …

Today I woke up with my eyes looking really red, as if I have been crying all night. I was horrified to see my eyes looking this way. Not only that, but my eyes had a weird itching to it that lasted the period of most of the day.
I …

BT TN Forte a tablet for people suffering from intensive hair fall, I have been suffering from hair fall problem for sometime and have tried plenty of products to prevent the problem. To be honest I have wasted lots of money on them but none of them worked for …

I can not say enough about Regional Medical Center in Manchester, IA. I was very impressed with them within the past few weeks. I had to have surgery there and never had surgery before. All of the staff made me feel that I was their number …

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 was in the hospital awhile ago for a stomach ulcer. I taken to the emergency room at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. I was really ill, could not hold any food down, the nausea was to a point that it was replusive. The medical staff …

Allergies and such seem to run in my family. I remember when I was a kid, going to the doctor with my mother and brother so he could be tested for allergic reactions, and it was so awful to watch them as they put fifty small slices into the …

Usually, when I get a bout of heart burn or acid reflux discomfort, I just reach for a bottle of antacid tablets, and then I forget about it. The other day, I had a severe case of heart burn because we went to one of my favorite restaurants and …

I had a lot of skin rashes and irritations on my legs and feet so I resorted to using whatever I can to prevent more from coming out and to prevent my rashes from getting infected. I was so desperate when I saw my husband using a pot of …

I tried taking Piriton allergy tablets to reduce my hayfever symptoms but unfortunately they didnt seem to work for me..
I found that i felt quite sick on these tablets and they made me feel really drowsy which isnt very good when you have work and need to drive etc.
My …

I have chronic back and hip pain that has not been controlled by medication. My doctor wrote me a prescription for these patches to use. They work wonderfully for any type of surface or muscle pain. They have lidocaine or a numbing agent which is absorbed through the skin. …

Although classed as an antipsychotic, Geodon is a medication that has been found helpful for people with bipolar disorder. I was prescribed Geodon for this reason. The doctor put me on it because research had indicated that adding an antipsychotic to a mood stabilizer is often more …

I have always had low blood pressure so when I was pregnant, my obstetrician-gynecologist prescribed me Sangobion capsule to be taken twice a day. Even before I got pregnant, I have already experienced certain symptoms like headaches and pale gums and the symptoms got more pronounced when I was …

Depakote is a medication that was originally prescribed to prevent seizures. However, it has become more and more common to prescribe Depakote as a mood stabilizer to treat depression and bipolar disorder.
I was diagnosed with depression a number of years ago and was put on Depakote to treat mood …

I was officially diagnosed with fibromyalgia 2 years ago. I know I had it for at least 5 years before diagnosis though. Fibromyalgia causes body wide pain along with a host of other symptoms. Some other common conditions that go along with fibromyalgia are thyroid problems, …

I carry this medicine bag with me wherever I travel. It contains all the important basic drugs that I usually use like medicine for fever, pain, diarrhoea and nausea. I see to it that the medicines are not expired and that it is adequately stocked. Since I’m a frequent …

I always have to have something handy for constant pain during my period. I have used different kinds of medicines but the most effective one to date that I have used is Advil. Advil’s generic name is Ibuprofen which is a pain-relief drug. Since I have really bad painful …

I don’t smoke and drink liquors. I also see to it that I can eat fruits and vegetables in a week. I also don’t eat pork as well. But no matter how I tried to practice a healthy living I am still not excuse from getting flu or colds. …

Visine All Day Itch Relief eye drops are amazing. Wearing contacts sometimes irritates my eyes and causes them to become red and itchy. Now, I’m always hesitant to put any drops into my eyes, because I don’t like the way they feel, but a coworker suggested Visine …

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 love NyQuil. I’ve used it for as many years as I’ve been able to buy my own medications when I get sick, and I think it’s one of the greatest gifts bestowed by God upon man, because it works wonders for me when I have a head or …

I have tried several products that are for pain relief and am the type of person that I hate to take pills all the time for relief of chronic back pain. I have tried several of the muscle rubs or natural pain gels and cremes and can state that …

I bought dental insurance for my family and there were 8 providers within 20 miles. Aspen Dental was the closest dentist and is in a decent area. That is the best feature of Aspen Dental. If I had realized it was a chain, I probably wouldn’t have …

I’ve never had allergies or sinus problems a day in my life. That is, of course, until I moved from Arkansas to Michigan almost nine years ago. The change in climate really did a number on my body and, since I first moved here, my sinuses have become an …

Around last year this time, I sprained my ankle while wearing new high heels I had just recently bought because they looked really really cute and were on sale for a great price. Now, the reason why I sprained my ankle was because number one, I am close to six …

Methylprednisolone is a steroid that is used to treat chronic infections for people with asthma and lung conditions. It is also used for many other situations where a person has inflammation that is causing problems. I was prescribed it due to a sever ear infection. Most people have heard …

I have tried almost everything to deal with the many skin issues that I have short of going to the doctor. I have found myself in situations where my skin gets very irritated. I hate having to deal with red and sensitive skin that gets very itchy. Because of …

My husband snores and it drives me crazy. Although is not terrible every night, it is enough to wake me up and keep me awake many nights of the week. There is also no discerning pattern to it either; it does not seem to depend on food, allergies, colds or …

“Rantac” is kind of a medicine which is known for to cure gastric problems, and it also helps us to digest our food easily. And I heard in a medical conference that Rantac is very much effective to raise the pH required in some surgical patients, who needs urgent …

I have been using Tylenol PM for a number of years now. I have problems sleeping and suffer from migranes and headaches. If you use Tylenol PM often, it can get to be very expensive. Not anymore. I recently came across Exchange Select’s brand of Non-Aspirin PM. This is …

When it comes to sinus colds, I get them so often and so badly, that I usually have to take prescription medication to tackle them and get better. Otherwise, I am suffering for over a week with it. At home, I would usually use some of my …

Last week, I had my medical exams done at CIMA. I am suffering from migraine headache but my attending physician do not want to prescribe any medicine until I have my blood works reports. I am taking over-the-counter medicine and it seem not to work that well.
This …

Levothyroxine is also known as Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid and Unithroid. This medication is prescribed to patients when they have low thyroid. The medical term is Hypothyroidism. It is important that our bodies have the proper amount of the thyroid hormone. The symptoms of low thyroid are: feeling cold, very …

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 …

A few months ago I got a really bad cold. I had a migraine from all of the nasal congestion, and my cough was so bad that my chest burned each and every time I coughed. My eyes were watery and I felt like my life was over. I …

Keppra was originally designed to be used as an anti seizure medication but further research was done and is being widely used as a drug to combat nerve pain in people who have chronic back and leg pain like me. I had used some other drugs of the …