Before leaving for my honeymoon last November, I was paranoid about getting sick (as are most brides!). I wanted to stay calm and take propper care of myself to be sure I didn’t catch any germs. We invested a lot of money into Saint Lucia, our honeymoon destination, and …

I used this stuff for three to four weeks after talking to my dermatologist on the phone. She wanted me to try some cleansing wipes, and then added a sulfide cream. She thought the combination of the two would be exactly what I needed. It has worked wondering for …

Crocin pain relief is the name of the tablets, which are taken for saviour cold and light fiver. If there is any pain or stress in the body due to cold and cough or even when we have little more temperature due to cold, in such time the …

Yesterday, while I was in the car on my way to my cousin’s party, I suddenly felt nauseous. I knew that it was another acid attack on my ulcer as I often experience such. Unfortunately, I did not have any of my usual medication on me so …

The last time my aunt visited me in Las Vegas was around March and after a full day of driving and shopping around the city, I noticed she was looking pale and her eyes were watery.
When asked, she said it was her allergies acting up but she hadn’t thought to …

I have been a diabetic patient for a very long time now. And in my years of having this illness, there have been several times that I have experienced my blood sugar levels to shoot up, especially when I munch on my favourite donut and chocolates. I know it’s …

My husband caught a bad cold over the holidays, and was driving me crazy with his continuous coughing. He managed to get some relief at night with some strong cough syrup, but for the daytime, it was not a good idea because it contains a sleeping aid and it …

I needed some paracetamol tablets quite quickly not so long ago, when somebody I was with developed a nasty headache and wanted these particular pain-killers rather than (for example) ibuprofen or aspirin. As it so happened I was in a town which had a branch of the Home Bargains …

Even though I don’t really care for Aspirin it is good to keep it in the house. When I really have bad pain or a bad headache I prefer to take Advil or Ibuprofen but I will take Aspirin whenever I am all out of Advil and Ibuprofen or …

We all know that women are more prone of having a Urinary Tract Infection because Urinary Tract of women is shorter than men.
I have suffered several bouts of UTI and most of them attacked at midnight causing me some chills and fever.
When I have a UTI, my doctor always …

If you have ever tried to quit smoking, you know how difficult it is. I had smoked for about 10 years, and I quit when I got pregnant. After I had my son, I went back to smoking occasionally. I would have ea cigarette or two …

I have been suffering from outdoor and indoor allergies and especially from hay fever allergies for the last couple of week and started taking A.Vogel Allergy Relief Homeopathic Pollinosan. It is a natural medicine that is suppose to work naturally with my body to help relieve all types of …

I can’t begin to describe the disgust that I get when I taste this stuff. I mean in all actuality, I find it hard to believe that people find the guts to take this stuff on a regular basis. I’m already not a medicine type of guy. It has …

I was prescribed Lexapro as a way to help combat my depression that I have been struggling with for over three years. I was reluctant to begin drug therapy, as I was apprehensive about how the medication would affect me. I was started at the 10mg dose by my …

I find it very funny that my best friend, who can’t stand using Advil,while I swear by it, but she can eat Motrin all day like they were Tic-Tacs while I don’t think it does hardly anything for me. Growing up, I never used Motrin because I always used Advil …

Every time I see the name of this product, I always think about those hot peppers and the chart they use to measure the heat of them. I don’t know why, but the name always makes me think hot hot hot. I’m usually a fan of IcyHot when it …

Benzonatate is used to treat a cough caused by a number of things, such as a cold, bronchitis, emphysema, or asthma. It reduces the reflex in the lungs that cause the urge to cough. You can take Tessalon Perle with or without food.
You can take it up to …

Gardening has always been my passion and I always loved taking care of my plants whenever I could take out time from my busy schedule. A few days back when I tried trimming the overgrown plants in my garden, I accidentally cut my skin on my right hand. The …

After the birth of my last baby, I needed to find a birth control pill that was safe for breastfeeding. My doctor told me there were very few options for breast feeding women; that is, there are very few hormonal birth control methods that are safe for breastfeeding …

Prilosec OTC is an excellent treatment for frequent heartburn and a inexpensive acid reflux acid reducer. This treatment is usually effective for people with mild cases of acid reflux and from my personal experience takes about 14-days to start feeling any major changes in acid reduction. It took me …

Spiriva is for those with COPD or, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It is for people who suffer from problems breathing due to the narrowing of their airways. Spiriva opens the airways to let you breathe! It works for 24 hours so you can have open airways and breathe all …

Last month, I switched from the Depo Provera shot of birth control to a pill. Before that, I had been on Depo for 3 years!
Depo Provera is a form a birth control given by vaccine. You must have a prescription; however, you can administer the vaccine yourself. The …

I have noticed that having a serious cough can be much more disruptive than people think. I found myself coughing consistently when I was trying to have conversations and get things done. It is not only annoying because coughing is disruptive and brings me unwanted attention, but also because …

My husband is a smoker and I can categorize him as a medium to a heavy smoker depending on the amount of stress he has which is plenty at the moment. I read somewhere that the 3 factors contributing most to stress are: divorce, a new job and relocation. …

Clindamycin Hydrochloride is a lincosamide antibiotic used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections and serious anaerobic infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. When taking this drug, follow the directions on the prescription label or as prescribed by the doctor. This can be …

One of the best doctors, I have ever been to. Friendly to patients and provides the best consultation. I have been to this doctor many times now. I first approached the doctor during my first pregnancy and is still consulting now. He explains every medical aspect in …

Typhoon Ondoy brought so much devastation in our lives. My family and our dog stayed on the roof for seventeen hours waiting for the flood which reached our second floor to subside. We lost so many of our things, and the first practical problem that we faced was how …

I’m not quite sure how I want to describe this place. Old, would be a start. Anyway, the reason I don’t like this hospital is because this was where my grandfather passed away. Second because they don’t follow schedules and appointments. I was supposed to get an MRI for …

Every parent that pays attention to their kids will notice when something is wrong. They may wake up coughing, they may wake up sweating, they may wake up feeling hot, feeling sick, with a cold, with a headache or suffering from some sort of the flu. There are many …

I’ve been taking Effexor, an anti-depressant, for 10 months. This is the second time this drug has been prescribed to me. The first time I took it (about 10 years ago), I was opposed to taking an anti-depressant just because I thought I could “buck up” and make myself …

Last month I experienced a burning sensation in my urinary tract and so I went to see a doctor. The doctor took my discharge and diagnosed me with a urinary tract infection. He prescribed for me some antibiotics plus Citralka syrup. At first I was doubtful if the doctor …

I suffer from chronic back pain and have searched high and low for a pain reliever that would help. Most pain relievers I have tried wear off too fast or never even get to a point where they will help the pain at all. In frustration, I went to …

Alprazolam is drug of choice in case of anxiety. Though anxiety may occur at any age, but this drug is not advisable to children. Anxiety may occur due to any reasons like death of near relative, witness of any horrible incidence, exam fear, preoperative, post-operative etc. In anxiety patients …

My personal experience with Imodium:
Sometimes, my husband and I will have stomach aches that will later turn into a full blown diarrhea. It can be because of different reasons. Sometimes we eat something that caused irritation in our gastro-intestinal tract. At other times, it is because we ingest unclean water. …

I strongly recommend this medicine for people who are suffering from ARTHRITIS. Stress is the main cause for all the diseases. A year ago, I was in very stressful state and I observed a very wierd thing. I had swelling in my finger joints and the joints were stiff. …

This will probably be my most embarrassing review ever. A while back, I caught some type of bug that was going around and I ended up going to the doctor with typical stomach-bug symptoms: vomiting and diarrhea. The doctor gave me a medication to vanquish the bug …

I was very happy with the Dulcolax Perles as they worked wonderfully to quickly relieve the discomfort of constipation, so I tried these tablets which are a different version of the same thing. These are also very good indeed, but I have discovered the pitfalls of taking two …

As my job requires speaking all day, my throat often gets irritated, itchy, and dry. I mentioned this to my throat doctor one time, who recommended that I use this product called Kamillosan Spray Solution to relieve me of my problem. He said that the product was made from …

I’ve been having issues with my left wrist aching, especially when I’m on the keyboard typing. I had been using an over-the-counter herbal cream that helps. However, it has gotten worse in the past month or so. I talked to my doctor about this and wanted something that I …

I guess it was an infection when I saw in the mirror that I had a big chick on my face. There was a pain on my tooth a day before, then in the morning I saw something wrong on my check.
I called the dentist to ask about what …

At 39 years old, I felt like an 80 year old woman. I had to stop and use a bathroom more than my pregnant sister, and it was getting old. I have lived with overactive bladder since I was a teenager but never did anything about it, …

This was one of the medications that me and my wife kept in our medicine cabinet. When our daughter was first born we were against giving medicine and that was something that we tried to stick to. But as she got older and gained more fevers over time, we …

I was suffering from a terrible cough when I started to get over a cold that I had a few weeks ago. I didn’t want anything strong that would put me to sleep because I’d already went through that stage of my cold. I just wanted something to help …

Trust Pill Tablet Oral Contraceptive is very cheap at less than 50 pesos. Everyone can buy it at a pharmacy or a generic drugstore. It is very effective for preventing pregnancy and regulating menstruation. I used it for 7 years. I started taking it in 2007 and I was …

I have been using Goody’s PM Pain Relieving Powders for a few years now. I had never even though of switching to anything else because the Goody’s worked so good. However a few months back I saw the commercial for MidNite Natural Sleep Aid and Pain Reliever. It advertised …

I came from a family who has a history of chronic asthma. I guess they passed it to me too. I’ve been struggling with asthma since I was a child. My parents wouldn’t allow me to play with the other kids in fear of having an asthma attack. I …

Anyone who’s had Buckley’s cough syrup knows it tastes awful and it works.
I bought the Jack & Jill Syrup for my kids because if they even see the adult bottle, they are ready to weep!
I have been using it on my kids and like that it’s an expectorant rather …

A few days ago, I voluntarily checked myself into a mental hospital due to severe depression. The Doctor who saw me prescribed me 50 Mg of Zoloft.
The first day that I took it, I noticed that my mouth was severely and uncomfortably dry, but there were no changes …

Equate Triple Antibiotic Ointment is the generic term for regular Triple Antibiotic Ointment, but it works just the same. The active ingredients being Bacitracin Zinc, Neomycin Sulfate, and Polymyxin B Sulfate, they are the same ingredients as in the regular version. Even the amounts are the same. …

When I was still 3 months pregnant with my first baby, I had community acquired pneumonia which caused me to have hard, nonproductive cough and slight fever. I know I cannot just take any medication because of my pregnancy. Because of this, I consulted my obstetrician. After …