My youngest son has severe asthma and allergies. His asthma is particularly aggravated by pollen in the spring, and is also exercise induced. Although we have tried a variety of other prescription medications to help with his allergies, the one we have found to work best is Cetirizine. Cetirizine …

Figuring if Alli is FDA approved it must be a good diet pill? Their website they they publish with the starter kit only allows a numbered day of access. It takes away from the experience a litle. Their website has not worked appropriately for me yet and it’s been …

I got this diarrhea 3 days ago, I’ve eaten a food that really gave me a pain. I wasn’t able to go to work that’s why I decided to took Diatabs (Loperamide), it is for acute or chronic diarrhea. I’ve took it after meals, because I felt that I …

Aceclo Plus is my favorite medicine for tackling any sort of pain, body ache and headache, among others. It was first prescribed to me few years back for headache. Since then, I use it whenever required.

Aceclo Plus is manufactured and marketed by Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. which is one …

I first tried Caziant when I could no longer take the terrible negative side effects caused by taking LoEstrin 24FE. I was prescribed this birth control from my new Plannet Parenthood doctors who said it was much more comparable to Ortho Tricyclen Lo because it had low doses of …

I’ve been suffering from ulcer since I was in 9th grade. And I have always relied on my medications to ease the pain, but when I got pregnant with my first child I couldn’t use the one my doctor had prescribed in the past. So I was given a …

I just found another painkiller that I can buy in the pharmacy store. I am not sure how new is this product in the market, but I just heard the name now. Maybe it was already there for few years but since I was not living in this country …

I was diagnosed in 2006 with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In my case, the pain followed a nerve pattern, which caused sharp pain, as opposed to the usual muscle pain that is associated with this syndrome. My doctor felt that the prescription medication Flexeril might help alleviate some of my pain. …

I had surgery done to remove endometriosis. I was told by some female colleagues that when you have a procedure like that done, it really hurts to go to the bathroom after. So they recommended taking a laxative just to help the process be less painful.
I took their advice …

Flexeril is a medication that relaxes muscles and is usually prescribed to help decrease pain and spasms in the muscle due to strains or sprains. This medication is only intended to be used on a short term basis, usually a maximum of three weeks unless your doctor decides …

Paracetamol Tablets
I say Paracetamol is better than Codamol Tablets which are another set of tablets that have the same purpose. Paracetamol has been going on for a long time really. I like Paracetamol because it really heals you in mostly everything. If you had a headache have a tablet …

I forgot to buy my own eye drop back home which is soothing to my eyes and removes the redness and itchiness of my eye and that is why I bought an eye drop here in Mumbai.
I do get my eyes irritated especially when I am facing the computer …

When it comes to fevers and headaches, I trust only Tempra Forte. I think it is the safest and the most effective medication for ordinary headache or even fever. For my family, especially for the kids if they got feverish, I give them at once …

I have a very bad cold sore that needed quick attention. My mother mentioned that she uses Carmex when she gets a cold sore because it makes it go away quickly. I decided, for once in my life, to follow my mother’s advice and picked up a bottle of …

I am a huge fan of the Equate brand mainly because it is inexpensive and work better than most name brand medications on the market; however, I recently was suffering from a toothache and needed something cheaper than orajel, and I was completely shocked at how useless the Equate …

Type 2 Diabetes is not often something you would suffer from without other medical problems. The number 1 partner for this condition is, I believe, overweight. Okay, as I am speaking from personal experience I think I can use the correct …

What can I say about this TheraFlu product? A whole lot. Normally I really love TheraFlu. It’s one of those few medicines that don’t always taste like a medicine and tend to make me feel warm and toasty inside and out, and that relaxation, more than anything, is one …

Cleartrace Adult ECG Electrode Stickers are used with heart monitors. I became familiar with them when I had to do a heart monitor for an extended period of about three weeks. The original conductive adhesive ECG electrodes that were sent to me caused a horrible skin reaction where I …

Rolaids are like God sends for people with heart burn! I carry a roll in my purse for emergencies. They are chalky and not necessarily fun to eat, but they work. I remember the first time I ever used them, I had been to a family function where we …

Since I was child, I have been using Isopropyl Alcohol Rubbing Alcohol by Green Cross. It was my health-conscious mother’s only brand of rubbing alcohol. Believe me, she would not try any other brand, talk about brand loyalty. This rubbing alcohol has so many uses. …

Having a child running a fever can be really hectic and mind boggling. I hate dealing with myself and my kids being sick and try to do whatever I can to stop the problem ASAP. When my daughter got her vaccines before the school year started, she was not …

Someone had recommended to me that I try Mucinex because I had a cough and some head congestion that just seemed to be getting worse by the hour, but when I went to the store and checked it out, I think I almost choked on my own mucus when …

My teeth are becoming more and more sensitive as the years go by. It is not because my oral hygiene is lacking at all, but I think age and possibly enamel loss due to hard brushing over the years are contributing to this. I have switched to a softer …

I live right outside of the chattanooga Tn area. We have five hospitals in our local region. The one that I recommend the most for you children would be TC Thompson Childrens hospital. The staff are so friendly and helpful. The doctors are amazing and I truly felt that …

I remember being a walking-talking acne in high school, it was not easy or fun. I hate the fact that I can’t touch my face without hurting. It was frustrating and it pretty much consumes my time figuring out how to get rid of them. I tried all the …

During my pregnancy, especially beginning from the thirst trimester onwards my lower back started hurting a lot because of the strain from the weight of my ever-growing tummy. After a full day of work in the office, the extended hours of sitting in a chair and traveling to …

You don’t have to worry about the countless harmful side effects of this medicine, used by many as an oral contraceptive or hormonal imbalance remedy, as posted in many online feedback sites Just type Diane 35 on google and you’ll find a lot of references. Many of those, …

OTC (over the counter) product the generic to Zyrtec - which is exactly the same thing, but price for 14 tablets (2 weeks worth) is $11.89 compared to Zyrtec at $14.39
I’ve had horrible seasonal allergies since I was a kid and trying to wear mascara in middle school was …

This is one of my mother’s finds for my nieces and nephews when she visited California last year. Our family has always stayed away from antibiotics as much as possible, and when my mom saw one of her friends giving Children’s Tylenol to one of her grandkids, my mother …

When I was working for a weight loss company, my manager had something that was along the lines of hypoglycemia, but it was actually the opposite. Basically, any time she had carbohydrates, she would start to get loopy and her blood sugar would drop, so she’d always have glucose tablets …

A few months ago, I found myself dealing with a really annoying sore throat. I knew that I needed something to soothe pain, but had no idea what. I had tried some cough drops and noticed that they were doing nothing for me. I went into a store and …

In my years of being an asthmatic, I have tried several medications to get the best desirable effect with the least minimal or if possible no side effects. Finding the best drug for me is like going through a maze, you’ll never know what lies on every turn unless …

I got sick when we were at Hurricane Evacuation at a hotel. It was my whole family in two hotel rooms. It was a horrendous experience. With the recycled air and being trapped with all the other people in their rooms. The whole hotel was in complete lock down …

To say that a cold sore is an annoyance or an inconvenience would be an understatement. Cold sores make it difficult to speak with others, enjoy foods and drinks and should a person with a cold sore feel the urge to sneeze or yawn, look out, because pain will …

Since a couple years, I had a few problem with cold sores. Sometimes I wake in the morning with one and I’ve been looking for something to make it disapear quicky. A couple weeks ago, I woke up in the morning with and I noticed a little slight tingle …

Having recurring back pain, I have tried my share of creams, gels, braces, and patches. some work great, others…not so much. One that I buy often, because it works for me, is Icy Hot Extra Medicated Patch in a 5 pack box. It costs about $5 …

Okay, I have to admit, I’m a total sucker for products that have a catchy look to them. If it looks “old world” or has a catchy title or humorous catch-phrase, then I’m usually all over it like white on rice. I have some serious back problems that have …

Hello everyone. For months I’ve been suffering from terrible headaches among other things, I do not known where they come from and therefore I don’t know how to deal with them.
I tried a lot of painkillers and I ended up getting used to them and they stop having the …

Sometimes, I really get a bad head and body aches which are so intolerable that I just have to lie down. Maybe, it is the beginning of a flu or something bigger but it is very exasperating. For this type of pain, paracetamol is not good enough for me.
I …

Usually I do not like to take prescription sleep aids for my insomnia, but recently my doctor prescribed Ambien and told me it would be more effective than the over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol PM.
So, I decided to try it. The first night I only took …

I have found that for a stuffy nose, fever, body aches and pains, or nauses, Thera Flu hot medicine does the trick for me. Thera Flu is sold at pretty much all local drug stores and costs under ten dollars. Its an over the counter medicine that …

I always take Tempra Forte whenever I have the Flu or Trangkaso in tagalog. I don’t know but I have this mental thought that Tempra is for strong fevers. I haven’t tried the liquid solution of Tempra yet but I surely experienced the tablet form. Eversince I was a …

When I was in my teenage years, I was diagnosed with having Leukaemia. It is a condition where my white blood cells are in excess and that my whole immune system was just overwhelmed by immature white blood cells that quickly outnumbered the red blood cells in my body. …

During my childhood days I don’t used to drink any medicine unless I was getting sick and get some flu, and can’t hardly manage at all. But during my menstrual period I always this experienced intense pain in my abdomen which is called dysmenorrhea. The only management I am …

Reflex is a well known analgesic spray to help with muscle pain and inflammations. I had heard that name many times, but I had never thought of using it until I started to know muscle pain in my own body. That’s when, as I heard from many people that …

A couple of years ago, I became ill with a very serious case of the flu. A week into my recovery, I developed a secondary bacterial case of severe bronchitis and also an ear infection at the same time. I wouldn’t wish that week on my worst enemy.
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The leaves of Lagundi or Vitex negundo L. is a traditional Philippine herbal medicine for curing coughs. Traditionally, Lagundi leaves were boiled and the resulting broth is drunk to relieve and cure coughs. In the form of tablets, it provides less hassle in preparation. Tablets also mean that …

When I found out about cholesterol, what it is, how it affects me, and what it could lead to, I wanted to do everything possible to reduce the possibility of illness or worse. When I heard about cholesterol numbers being high, this desire became even more important. …

The colderin plus is the tablets, which are used when we have the cold infection. These are good tablets by all means but the only drawback of this medicine is that these tablets make us feel drowsy or sleepy after some time of taking these tablets. But …

It claims to relieve cramps, bloating, fatigue, backages and headaches. After 2 gelcaps and 3 hours later, I didn’t feel much different. Sure my cramps were lessened to a dull cramping sensation (Due to the 500 mg of Acetaminophen Midol contains). But after taking a 2.5 hour nap, the …