Verapamil is a medication that is used to treat high blood pressure. It is a medication I have been on for approximately 3 to 4 years. I have used both the standard form of Verapamil as well as the slow release tabs.
I have to say I really prefer the …

I first used Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough Liquid after my physician prescribed it for me. I had a bad productive cough and fever after I was heavily rained on in a mountain climbing expedition with a group of friends. I was having a very hard time and burning sensation …

Blood pressure is an important aspect of body health. There are lots of reason for hypertension. Majority of people having hypertension due to age factor are labled as Essential hypertension. Like other I also detect hypertension at the age of 38 and after some related cardiac and …

Botica de San Fransisco is a drug store beside the school I am working. This is just a very small pharmacy (barely 20 sq.mts. in floor area) but the variety of medicines and other medical supplies are quite impressive. I as one of their customers …

Pepto-Bismol is a miracle medicine for those plagued by the following symptoms:
Upset stomach
Indigestion
Nausea
Heartburn
Diarrhea
Pepto-Bismol provides almost instant relief to the …

Moringa Oleifera is the scientific name for horseradish tree which is also commonly known as “malunggay” here in the Philippines. This tree grows widely in the my country. I remember when I was still living in the province, we had a lot of “malunggay” trees in our backyard. My …

Carimed is a company originating here in the Caribbean that produces medicines and products for medical and health purposes. However, until recently I didn’t know that they manufactured mouthwash as well.
Carimed Original Antiseptic Mouthwash is a little less expensive than other brands such as Listerine, I guess because …

I take a lot of Vitamin C and other vitamins, to keep colds away from my poor immune system, and though I still get the occasional sinus cold, I am able to rebound in a much faster time, and do not feel as run down as I once did …

I have been using Frontline Plus on my pets for some good 2 years now however I must say I love them when I started to use them but not so much anymore. They are a great parasite control treatment for my pet dog and cat however they lose …

After I gave birth to my second child, I was so depressed because of postpartum obesity. Looking in the mirror really makes things worse. I was so insecured with my flabs. Worse I really had a hard time finding the right clothes that can conceal my excess …

Aricept is marketed as a drug for people with Alzheimer’s Disease. In speaking with my internist, he mentioned that he’s had success using Aricept in people with more ordinary memory issues, often better than for Alzheimer’s patients. I don’t have Alzheimer’s, but I often lose my keys and may …

Urgenin is a very good product if you have problems when you urinate because of problems of your prostate or you have an enlargement of your prostate after an operation.
Sometimes you have a strange feeling if you urinate, it is not painful but it is just that your bladder …

I work in a retail job, and have worked there for a little over a year now, in which I’m up and down ladders, constantly reaching for boxes that are far taller than I can actually reach, and often times I over extend my shoulders, and I can feel …

Moove is the name of the balm or gel like ointment, which comes in the tube. The moove is the must and should for me because as I have already said, I am a housewife and I have 3 little children. I have a lot of work …

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 …

If you are searching for a cheap self-medicating alternative, you might find that some websites are promoting the use of benzoyl peroxide. It is an over the counter drug that doesn’t cost much and is suppose to have antibacterial properties and that will kill the bacteria in your pores, …

Sleeping well for sure is one of factors which were very crucial for my health. Recently due to family tensions and heavy workloads at my work place, I had been undergoing a great mental trauma which always left me stressed. In all these turbulent and tribulations of life, my …

A while back I was suffering from some serious stomach pains. I didn’t know if it was something I ate or just bad luck. My stomach had been cringing and cramping the whole day. I also had the runs, which is never good. I knew I had things to …

When I started to develop problems with arthritis in my back and hands, I avoided going to the doctor at first. Instead, I decided to try Aleve for the pain, since a friend of mine swore by it.
I had been using ibuprofen, but the effects were not …

I originally bought this product because I grew up with Eczema, a sensitive skin condition that caused me to break out in rashes whenever my skin came in contact with something that it decided it didn’t like. Cortizone 10 Plus Itch Medicine skin cream was the recommended solution …

After I was diagnosed with IBS last year, after years of suffering stomach issues, I was prescribed a medication that helped a bit at first, and then seemed to stop working. My doctor had warned me that often, patients with this disease have to try a few medications and …

Curb Your Cravings
Imagine one of those patches. You know, the kind that you stick on your arm, leg or back to curb your smoking. Now imagine that same patch, only this time, it is used to curb your hunger.
Does your head hurt? Mine does after banging it against …

I have started using Zicam Allergy Relief Gel Swabs and am extremely pleased with the results so far.
I am one of those hard-core allergy sufferers, beginning as early as late February and usually continuing into mid-September. I have tried many prescription and over-the-counter allergy medications, some of them …

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 …

Xanax is one of the better medications I’ve used in the “Anti-Anxiety” family. I have held a prescription for this several years now and have had great success with it. The thing I find most appealing about it is It’s versatility. In a very low dose of 0.25mg …

One of the things that I hate most about being sick is that medicines cost so much. I don’t believe that I should have to pay an outrageous amount for some relief from sickness. That is why unless I know that the more expensive brands work I will try …

I tried taking this over-the-counter medication because I was having backaches and had trouble sleeping due to being uncomfortable because of the backaches. I didn’t want to take anything real strong that might cause dependence. I tried Advil PM because I researched this medication and learned it …

Equate Extra Strength Headache Relief contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine and was created to work in the same manner as Excedrin Extra Strength Headache Relief. It is less expensive then Excedrin is and is available at Walmart. The big reason I choose this over Excedrin was that it was …

I guess a lot of different companies want to get in on the action and create products that do what every other product does. I’ve used Advil many times in the past for the relief of cramps or headaches or general aches and pains, but never knew until just recently …

My daughter and I both suffer from allergies from time to time, she worse than I. We both have used Flonase Nasal Spray, and both of us have experienced good results when using it. In fact, I had no idea how bad my allergies could be until I used …

Working long hours in front of a computer, eight hours graveyard schedule. This was my job for five years when I was still connected to an offshore call center here in the Philippines. When I got home, my eyes will never had some rest because I still need to …

I have long been a supporter of the Compliments brand of products and so recently when I was feeling the summer effects of allergies and sinus congestion I bought their Allergy Sinus Medication. I don’t usually buy 2 in 1 products as I find either one or the other …

Working while sitting in front of the computer 11 hours per day, I often feel lower back pains at the end of each day, especially at night when I am about to sleep. There are times when I don’t feel any pain at all, oftentimes it is still tolerable, …

Since I suffer from severe low back pain, often times I have a hard time moving and most especially a hard time sleeping. I have seen the use of Lagaflex in patients complaining with back pains and muscle pains but I never knew that it also aids in sleeping …

I cannot imagine what can be worse then having your ears filled up with wax. Even using a safe q-tips and washing daily, sometimes my ears seem to fill up annoying and irritating wax. I purchased Auro Ear Wax Drops at my local pharmacy. They were …

Equate: Athlete’s Liquid Foot Spray is a product that I have found to work fairly well and it is one that I am pleased with. I feel that compared with the name brand products, this product works roughly just as well. It brings me relief and puts an end …

It’s spring here in Michigan, and this is always the time of year I first start experiencing heavy allergy symptoms, though my allergies typically carry on, on and off, for the entire year, with it worse in spring and fall. It gets so extreme sometimes that I can’t leave …

Being an asthmatic, I always have limitations in my everyday activity. Even some simple tasks as cleaning the house or carrying some not-so-heavy objects give me some difficulty of breathing thus I consulted my doctor if he could possibly give me something that can make me more of …

This Tylenol cough syrup is not yummy at all. They always try to make their syrups sound like it’s going to taste like warm honey and lemon tea or something but that’s never what it ends up tasting like unless you lace your tea with menthol and eucalyptus. It …

Early last year, I wasn’t feeling too hot so I went into the emergency room. After waiting almost a whole day, I was seen by a doctor. The doctor told me that I had a type of infection and would need to take the antibiotic Flagyl. I had never …

Everyone is different. I have been getting migraines for almost 5 years now. When I get a migraine I have to have complete silence, and darkness. I throw-up, and I can’t sleep. For anyone that has ever had a migraine knows that a migraine is …

Since I started my period during my teenage years and before I got pregnant with my first child, I experienced painful monthly cramps on the first day which hurt so much that I always ended up missing school or work because I was confined to the bed to rest. …

Xanax is a prescription medication which can be used to treat panic disorder, among other things. Panic disorder is a distressing psychological problem which I have been learning to cope with for over 20 years. There are numerous medications available to alleviate the distress during panic attack, and one …

If you have never had foot nail fungus then you have no idea how big of a problem it could be. But if you have then you can easily relate to the embarrassment that is felt by having darkened toe nails that anyone could easily notice. This problem is …

I was given this balm,by a little old lady many years ago for pains in my side.I could never find it.I asked her where she got it and she told me from Chinatown.Recently I was in the mall and went into a health food store and there it was.
It …

I was prescribed Erogel Suspension a while back when I went to the doctor with some tummy problems. This solution can be bought over the counter without a prescription if needed and it isn’t harmful to my knowledge.
Erogel Suspension is supposed to cure your tummy from feeling bloated and …

For the past 8 years I have been a sufferer of heartburn. It is a quite painful experience for the people who don’t know. It feels like your chest is on fire, because acid comes back up your esophagus and haunts you. It is hard finding a medicine that …

I have used various brands of ibuprofen for many years. I suffer from terrible sinus headaches, and I have discovered that ibuprofen is the only that that really helps with the inflammation. Equate ibuprofen has worked for me as well as any of the other major name brands out …

If you are a woman, you understand how miserable PMS symptoms can be. As mush as our husbands or significant others’ might joke about it, the truth is that the symptoms that come around every month aren’t funny, and they are no fun to deal with. I …

To be honest, I do not use mouthwash until I learned about its use. It fights bacteria that are remaining in the mouth that the toothpaste cannot eliminate. Just to have a fresh breathe and because I was curious, I tried to use mouthwash.
When I went to the grocery, …