We are accustomed to seeing commercials that are half-meaning and no wonder, it took me so long before I tried Caladryl [which has the generic name, Calamine Dyphenhydramine]. I grew up ignoring its claim that it can remove swelling and itching brought by insect bites.
My usual reaction to …

You gotta hate cold sores. The fact that they are prevalent on the lips make a despicable connotation, even other misinformed people think this viral infection is as vile as STD. Anyway, my lips, in all its vain existence, suffered its lowest point when a cold sore …

Having a clogged nose is something that I think most people hate to deal with. It is not the actual clogging that bothers me, but the things that come with it. I hate that I get a horrible headache al ot of times from the congestion. I also hate …

If you’re not into condoms but still want a birth control beyond “pulling out”, you might want to try Encare Spermicides as a birth control method.
The Encare tablets look like little bullets and are soft to the touch, almost like hard lotion. They are meant to be inserted …

Our family doctor prescribed this medicine when my 7 months old baby daughter was suffering from a bad nasal congestion and cough.
At first it just seems like normal common cold and it was really a normal common cold but just that her nostrils were completely blocked and …

Before giving birth to my first (and only) daughter, I asked around what vitamins should I give her. I asked my friends who are all mothers, and those with nieces or nephews living with them on what their babies are taking. Most of them suggested that I give my …

I have fibromyalgia and have been treated with the drug amitriptyline for many years, both to help me sleep and to calm some of the nerve pain symptoms.
When I was going through a periods where my symptoms were a bit worse than usual, my doctor decided to take me off …

Catchy titles are usually a sure sale for me. I have to admit it. I’m a total sucker for obvious titles and snazzy names, even when it comes to cold medicine. So the idea of a “Cold begone” remedy, which seemed so painfully obvious to me, had me wondering …

Provigil is medicine that is used for people suffering from excessive sleepness, or people with sleep apnea. Many shift workers use this medicine to keep from getting tired toward the end of their shifts.It just helps to keep you focused and awake.
I use it just to keep me awake …

Aciphex OTC is a medicine I got when a pharmacy near me was doing a drug trial. It consists of small pills that are supposed to help you with pains of acid indigestion. The medicine’s main ingredient is Rabrezole Sodium 10 mg. It is sold in a …

I love Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drops because they remind me of when I was a kid. My father always seemed to have a Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drop in this mouth, although sometimes he did switch to the licorice flavor. If I had a …

When I reported to my new doctor that I had been taking over the counter Benadryl for seasonal pollen allergies, he recommended that I try Allegra instead. He said it would last longer and work more to prevent the reactions before they started. This sounded appealing so …

If you ever have to buy over the counter allergy medicine, then I have a recommendation over Claritin. It is called AllerClear. AllerClear is an allergy relief medication. It has 300 tablets and claims to give allergy relief for 24 hours. It can only be purchased from Costco since …

Sinus problems have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. You can name it and I have most probably already tried it. The first product that I was introduced to was a nasal spray containing ‘Xylometazoline’. This helped clear the congestion but the …

Flexable isn’t a very well known product to the public. I found it because my mother has severe arthritis problems and nothing seems to work. So that prompted me to find some other product that could offer some relief.
After scouring the arthritis world, I stumbled upon this Flexable …

Extra Strength Tylenol is what I take for headaches and various pains that I sometimes get throughout the days. It’s fast acting and very effective. One pill lasts a very long time, and even after the effects wear off I don’t find myself having to take another as the …

I have been a type I diabetic for over 25 years, about five years ago I learned about insulin pumps. I did some research and decided to buy the Paradigm 511 insulin pump from the Minimed company.
The Paradigm insulin pump was very expensive but my insurance company paid …

I go into the doctor’s office several times a year with issues with my sinuses, and I have taken quite a number of medications for it. One that I liked quite well was Ny-Tannic Oral which came as oblong tablets that were thin and about an inch long. …

PediaCare products are some of my favorites for a number of valid reasons. I have three children, and I have used PediaCare in every possible sense, because they are no longer just the electrolyte liquids that they had for when a child is sick or vomitting or has diarrhea …

Prolomet XL extended tablet is used to treat anti hypertension. Actually I am suffering from high blood pressure for the last six months, having 140/90 pressure. Doctor prescribed me Prolomet XL extended tablet to treat hypertension. Prolomet XL extended tablet consists of Metaprolol Succinate which is …

The name alone of this anti malarial was enough to make my stomach turn. When I was living in West Africa, the doctor advised me and the entire family to take Lariam. This medication was to be taken twice a week. Each box has 8 tablets at 250 …

Voltaren Emulgel is a muscle rub, like so many other you would find out there. But there is something that makes this one worth the money.
This rub was recommended by a doctor for arthritis relief but it isn’t a prescription medication. It can easily be bought over the counter …

When I was diagnosed with urinary tract infection, my ob gynecologist advised me to take Ciprobay tablets for exactly 7 days and I was to take them twice a day; one in the morning and one at nighttime. Prior to my visit I was already researching online on the …

Most of our hospitals here in Nova Scotia are what are deemed ‘teaching’ hospitals. The Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences or QEII for short is one of them. When a patient has trouble with a member of the hospital staff, the Patient Services team are there to help navigate through …

My wife has used Himalaya Pilex for more than one month. Her piles had resurfaced recently after being idle for few years. She was seeing blood during bowel movement. And, there was unbearable pain. I had already used many medicines on her with or without recommendation of a doctor, …

Getting stuck with a bladder infection or irritation of any kind is really horrible. I often find that I end up with some type of bladder irritation quite frequently. I found Hyland’s Bladder Irritation tablets and am so glad. This product is one that really works well.
The tablets are …

Everyone in my family uses Ocean nasal spray. You are not meant to share a bottle of Ocean because of the germs and bacteria so we each have our own bottle. We put each person’s initials on them so that we know whose belongs to whom. …

If you start to feel like you are getting sick, then get a box of Alka Seltzer Plus Day and Night, Effervescent Tablets. One box of this product comes with 10 pills to use during the day and 10 pills to use at night. One box has everything that …

Chantix is a prescription medication that is used to help you stop smoking. I think that it really helps. It was a big step to go to the doctor and ask for the prescription but I am so very glad I did. It does such a good job …

I don’t personally have arthritis, but have suffered a lot more hand pain than I would like. Lately I have been using wrist bands, ace bandages, and multiple pain killers to get rid of the pain. While some things work many do not, which leads me to constantly be …

I would like to share my wonderful experience with Elica. Elica is a topical ointment used to treat Eczema. I can say that this is the best skin treatment that I used.
My 1 yr old child suffered from skin asthma and her Pediatrician has prescribed Elica. Aside from the …

I have been prescribed this medication a few times now, and feel I can give a good, solid review of what benefits it provides me. This particular brand of hydrocodone is dispensed by Dispensing Solutions, provided by Qualitest Pharm. labs.
In this review, I am referring only to the …

I started taking Ambien at the 10mg dosage when I was merely 16 years old due to severe insomnia. This drug is widely prescribed and I can almost guarantee that at least one member of your extended family takes this medication. Insomnia is an extraordinarily widespread illness yet many …

I think my throat is very weak. Each time I’d take very cold drinks especially soft drinks even for just once I’d immediately end up with tonsillitis. I wonder why many people could afford to indulge in as many cold drinks as they want without suffering the same. …

Crosin pain relief is the name of a tablet, which is used to cure the headaches. Actually whenever I am suffering from saviour headaches I do take the Crosin pain relief tablet which is very safe and has no side effects and which also is very cheep. …

There is really nothing worse than being told you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, short of being told you have an incurrable disease or you’re dying. Seriously, this is probably the most inconvenient problem to experience, and it pretty much is not correctable and just has to be treated. I …

I was prescribed to take Collashot for 14 days by my doctor. I was feeling pain in the knee whenever I used to stand up after sitting for a while. It was natural for me to get tensed as knee pain below 40 years of age is not something worth …

My sleep problems began with my pregnancy. After I had my child, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. My sleep problems only got worse. I had a hard time falling asleep and when I did finally fall sleep, I couldn’t stay asleep. Lack …

I have an issue with sleeping that usually involves, well, not sleeping! Okay, so that might be carrying it a little far, but I DO have issues falling asleep. Some nights, even when I was only seven or eight years old, it would take me two or three hours …

Alka Seltzer has always been a staple medicine around my parent’s home. I remember that it used to be all my father would take for any illness that he had. Now that I am older, I do not necessarily use it all the time, but I will use it …

I was prescribed Zyprexa for depression and anxiety by my doctor making it one of the many medications I have tried to find the right one for me. Zyprexa was not it.
My first impression was that I immediately began to get tired to the point where I could not …

For about the past seven or eight years, I have been overcome by allergy attacks. I’d never had allergy problems throughout my entire youth and young adulthood, but as soon as I moved from Arkansas to Michigan in my mid twenties, I was hit very suddenly by my first …

I have a hard time swallowing vitamins and herbal supplements in pill form, but know how essential they are to help support health. One of the supplements I actually enjoy taking are the Rainbow Light Gummy Omegalicious Omega 3 Formula in Sour Raspberry. These supplements are tender like gummy …

Few weeks ago, my daughter had serious cough. Since the location of the hospital where I normally brought her is a bit far from our house now, I decided to bring her to another doctor.
The doctor gave several medicine with his prescription after he did examine my daughter’s body. …

Ever since I was a child, I always had asthma. My parents would often freak out when I had attacks. I was riding in a car with my uncle one time. He rolled down his window and lit a cigarette in the car while he was driving. I covered …

A few days back when I happen to visit my sister’s place and was having some fun playing with her kids- I accidentally happen to slip on a rough surface and ended having a bruised both my knees rather severely. Apart from trying to stop the …

Dysmenorrhea is a painful menstruation that encounter by some women monthly. This is due to hormonal imbalance and painful sloughing off endometrium during menstrual period. This is why some women like me experience this pain during the first to three days of menstruation period.
Some of my friend experience this …

Not so long ago I got sick of FLU because of the rainy season. It was hard to get along with all the bouts of sneezing and coughing. It was draining me so I made the decision to consult a physician. The doctor gave me some prescription medicines. During …

Biofreeze is a rub on pain relieving gel for minor aches and pains. I bought this product a while back after my foot was sprained. I didn’t want to use any more Tylenol or Advil since I wanted to try something new. It’s very convenient to use as it …

There are four people in my household. Myself, my husband and my two children (who are now teens), and so it stands to reason that one of us was almost always sick. If not sick, then at least feeling pretty run down or on the verge of sickness. My …