I have gastritis and often times I feel pain when I didn’t eat anything, I had too much alcohol or I ate my food too fast. It’s really very uncomfortable to feel this thing especially when I am out with my friends with a little drinking spree, after wards …

My nick name is Sneezy or some unkind Spanish friends called me “Mocosa”! Why? well because for as long as I know I have been plagued with allergies. I wake up some mornings with me sinuses full, and when I blow my nose it does not all clear away. …

I’ve had asthma symptoms for 27 years. About 20 years ago I began to have serious, life-threatening asthma symptoms and would up in the emergency room twice, including one extended hospital stay. My symptoms had subsided in the past 10 years but recently, they returned. This …

Whenever I have intense pain, I found that mixing a rub with some sort of oral pain killer works best. I like to try different rubs, still in search of the perfect one. I have found many that work just fine, but not good enough. I have also found …

I’m always willing to try different types of allergy medicines. I don’t mind. Whatever is going to work for me, I’m all over it. I think that the thing that most makes Non-Drowsy Reactine Allergy medicine the most effective is the fact that it doesn’t make me drowsy. See …

Next to childbirth, a toothache or an ear ache, the only other pain that can compare is that of a urinary tract infection. Though I don’t encounter these problems often, they do occur on occassion, and I’m left suffering through the night until I can head into my doctor. …

I take diuretics occasionally to relieve bloating and water retention. This is a problem for me once a month, and also any time I have too much salt in my diet. I always keep a diuretic in the medicine cabinet in case I need to take one. …

I don’t think I had many complaints when it came to this pain reliever. I have tried tons of different things when it comes to my period. I have tried Tylenol and ibuprofen but none really seem to give me the relief that I am looking for. When it comes …

My mother in law is very good and has a very good and loving nature. I like her a lot and also try to take the best care of her. Recently she had a problem and that is, she got some red rashes on her skin and …

I knew my time would come eventually. One of my kids was sick about two weeks ago and started sporting a fever, and I was pretty confident I wasn’t going to get it because I hadn’t had so much as a cold in more than two or three years, …

I spent 10 dollars on Alaway Itch Relief Original Prescription. First of all I don’t spend over $5 for something like this. I mean really if I need to get rid of a rash or itching then I will just try the all natural way. Alcohol has been …

It started with my youngest child. She was sick 2 weeks ago with recurring fever and a dry cough. Her older sibling caught up very fast. As an immediate remedy, I gave both of them a combination therapy of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. However, I had to also address the …

I was at my local department store checking out the allergy medicine section for an affordable allergy medicine to take to help relieve my sinus pressure, constant sneezing, runny nose, red irritated itching skin and itchy watering eyes. I was noticing most were expensive so I decided not to …

My allergies if it gets worst will cause series of infection mostly in my upper respiratory system. Just lately, because of food-releasing histamine, I have been sneezing and it eventually caused my throat to feel itchy. I really thought this was just colds but it was different. It did not …

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 …

Congestion is something that I think no one likes to deal with. I know that being congested leaves me unable to breathe properly and just plain miserable. I hate the way it wakes me up in the night, and makes it difficult for me to eat. I have tried …

A couple of months back, my grandma and I went to this derm clinic in Cavite. She was really concerned with my dandruff. I’m very much concerned because my dandruff has really been annoying me. It’s really itchy during hot weathers, as well as very cold weathers. Whenever I’m …

One of the worst things about being diabetic is dealing with injuries to the foot. I was outside and carelessly stepped on a nail. Thank goodness I’d had a tetanus shot previously. My doctor put me on Bactrim pills to keep me from getting any infection in my foot. …

I think it is so important to get the news out to those ladies who have never heard of Pyridium. I know that urinary tract infections can strike in the dead of night, and drive you wild during the night, allowing no sleep, and continuing on for days. In …

Suffering from a cold is something that I just can not deal with. I hate al of the symptoms and a cold can easily keep me in the bed for days. To insure that I don’t have to stay in bed I will take almost any medication I can …

I had become victim of a serious itching problem along with rashes in the last summer. I tried everything that had given me relief previously in more or less similar circumstances. Unfortunately, nothing was working. I had to speak to a dermatologist who prescribed some tablets along with Permom Cream. …

My brother is a long term survivor of Glioblastoma Brain Tumor - Grade IV. You will hardly find any GBM patient who is still fighting it out for six long years. The battle for him is long and what helped him is Ruta 6 and Calcarea Phosphorica 6X. I …

A cup or sip of coffee in a day is my usual routine during breakfast and going to work. I am very particular with my time travel because I need at least 2 hours to get there at my work. And due to a lot of paper works I …

I purchased the Vick’s Vapor Inhaler because my sinuses were all stopped up and that is the fastest way I could think of to get it cleared up. I bought it at the drug store for $2.72. That was a reasonable cost and I know it is a product …

Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) treatments are fairly new in the US, but have been used in China, where the system was invented, for more than ten years. It has been approved by Medicare so that it is free to everyone who has Medicare coverage.
After having had a quad …

About two weeks ago, I found myself experiencing a severe level of discomfort due to a back problem I’ve been battling on and off for over a year now. Some days it’s quite manageable and hardly noticeable, but for the most part, it’s highly irritating and discouraging, and at …

I’ve noticed that more and more people are taking aspirin for headaches in the Philippines, the Paracetamol hype has finally died down. And thank god, too because Paracetamol costs a lot more than Advil. I guess it’s because of the long term side effects of aspirin (which is not …

Hydrochlorthiazide a diuretic use to treat hypertension and to eliminate fluid from the body.
I didn’t like this medicine because I could never get use to it.It interfered with my daily life as I was urinating through out the day and this caused me to have muscle spasms.It decreased my …

When people think of Desitin, they think babies and diaper rash. And while Desitin is great for getting rid of diaper rash in babies, it can also be used by adults for a variety of things.
My husband always gets chapped between his legs during the summer months. …

I can’t understand the weather in the Philippines. Sometimes, it will rain hard then the sun will come up. Other times, it will be too hot and all of a sudden rain starts to pour. These drastic changes in weather conditions resulted to my siblings getting sick. And the …

I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) until I was in my late 30’s, Though, it was obvious I had it for most, if not all my life. If I only new then what I know now. Ironically, my father is a pharmacist, but …

The doctor put my husband on this before it went OTC. He uses it daily and has no gastric disturbances at all now. He used to sit up in pain every night. I do not like to take medication regularly so only take it when needed. Even though all …

I found that when I get sick, it is best to use one medicine for the day and one for the night. I love nighttime medicines, but know that it is not posslbe to function and go through my day after taking a nighttime medicaiton. I don’t see the …

Just recently, I was asked by my best friend to attend her wedding in Vegas. Since I live in Michigan, this meant that I would have to fly. And flying usually means that I’m going to feel absolutely nauseaous the entire time I’m in the air. I haven’t always …

This comes in a blue box with 6 individual packets of Theraflu. It is powdered medicine that needs to be mixed in one cup of boiling water. It is intended to be sipped while hot. It contains acetaminophen that is found in aspirins and helps reduce fever but if you …

When my nieces and nephews get diarrhea, the doctor usually tells them to drink plenty of Gatorade to prevent dehydration. I never really thought it worked, until I tried it myself. I had a bout of diarrhea and I was in and out of the bathroom. I thought putting …

Lamictal is a medication usually prescribed for bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is an illness categorized by extreme mood swings- manic highs, and depressed lows. That is why the illness was originally called manic depression. Lamictal helps with these mood swings. It can also be taken for …

I am a 45 year old woman and have only, for the last couple of years, been diagnosed with (ADHD)attention-dificit hyperactivity disorder. I have always had the symptoms of “ADHD” but when I was younger I only thought I was a failure, giving up before I could even get …

I use Andol in different occassions, when have the inflammation of muscles due to hard work or using continuously the same muscle, when I have high fever but not that high that it could mean a desease, with headaches. I remember this pill since I was a child and …

It’s been sometimes that I could not sleep like normal people. I have a hard time to fall asleep and if I already fall asleep, I can easily wake up even if it’s because of small noise in the room. And it’s really not nice. If I have less …

Having a little fever today? Go to the nearest drug store and get Decolsin capsules from there. I think it is the easiest way for me to reduce the fever or cough that I sometime have.. I will not wait to long to get Decolsin capsules and start to …

I would say based from my personal opinion that Advil Advanced Medicine For Pain 200 mg, Liqui-Gels works well for me. It simply absorbs completely, and it provides a fast relief for my mild to moderate pain.
The solid tablets dissolve quickly and seem to be more bio-available. …

After a hearty dinner at my sister’s ‘ wedding anniversary’ celebration, little did I realize that I was expecting something worst like this to happen. After having enjoyed the celebrations to the core, when I went down to have a good night sleep, my ‘good night’ almost turned to …

I am one of those people who do not deal with a cough very well. I found that it can be difficult to function when I feel like my chest is burning. With each cough I have, my chest starts to hurt. I also hate that my cough is …

Acidity and constipation is one thing which can be a nuisance, it gives a bad stomach and at times it can even cause severe pain around the abdomen and back area. Recently after eating all the oily and spicy stuffs I got a very bad acidity, it was acute …

I bought this over the counter medicine from the pharmacy when my 4-month old daughter had a fever after getting her immunization shots. Initially, I had no idea what to buy because I had no prior experience about taking care of babies especially when they get sick. So I …

This is the time of year when I usually come down with something and sure enough, like clockwork, I did. About two weeks ago I started coughing and had some minor head congestion but most of it was all in my chest. I’m thinking that it probably had something …

My friend told me that she was anemic but aside from having an ferrous sulfate or any iron supplement, she said she was also taking Inderal. I was really confused because I really thought it was for people who have high blood or hypertension but she told me she …

If you ever went to the emergency room for pain either from a muscular problem, headache or even kidney pain you will find the doctors to order you a shot of toredol. Toredol is the number one drug used in most emergency rooms today as it is short …

About a month and a half ago I started to experience the worst possible pain in the universe. A pain that is so pervasive and insidious that once it digs its iron jaws into your face, it is all you can do to not grab a hammer and bash your …