Medicine Reviews
Emetrol
This medication is used for nausea. It has no asprin in it which is not allowed in pregnancy or for children so I have used it for both at the doctor’s direction.
For myself I used it to treat morning sickness and motion sickness while pregnant. …
Indapamide (Lozide) 1.25 mg tablet
There are so many anti-hypertensive drugs in the market and it’s easy to confuse one from the other. The choice is just so enormous and without a good doctor’s advice, it would absolutely be impossible to select from the wide variety of medications available. Because I also have another …
Woodward’s Gripe Water
When my daughter was a few months old, she suffered from wind in her tummy. She was visibly upset and had difficulty falling asleep. Someone recommended that I give her Woodward’s Gripe Water to relieve her pain. As soon as I gave a tiny bit of the Gripe Water, …
Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril) 25 mg
I saw this drug advertisement the other day and I have to admit that I was immediately caught by the model’s beauty. She really made the drug that they were trying to sell sound and look very effective. Since I was open to trying out new medications to manage …
Chantix
The first time i got my bottom beat for smoking i was five years old. I am now 48 years old and smoked on a daily basis from age fifteen to twenty four stopped until i was about thirty then picked it back up and have been smoking between …
Salonpas Pain Relieving Patch
I love using this medicated patch to ease any pain in my body especially associated with muscle or joint pains. It works much effective after taking a warm shower when the pores in my skin are open. The patch with menthol ingredient in it just works wonders in easing …
Dr. Scholl’s Skin Tag Remover
I had gotten a few skin tags as my skin begins to age and I wanted to have them removed. The skin tags are little excess pieces of skin kind of like moles except where moles are flat these hang a bit like icicles. The two I had were …
Lexapro
Following an incident incluiding my mother being diagnosed with brain cancer and my father attempting suicide, I went to my general practitioner. He prescribed me Lexapro 10mg, for which there is not yet a generic.
LEXAPRO is used to treat moderate anxiety as well as anxiety and in rare cases, …
Member’s Mark Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Generic Zyrtec)
Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Generic Zyrtec) —” I bought these at my local walmart a few years back because I was having some severe allergy issues. They are essentially a generic version of Zyrtec so I decided that I would try them. My hope was that they would work as well …
Solarcaine First Aid Medicated Spray
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 …
Accutane Acne Treatment
Accutane is the most popular name for the Isotretinion-based medical treatment for acne! Accutane is also now controlled by the government, and has very strict guidelines for usage of all accutane products.
There are also several other companies which offer accutane. One more form of isotretinion capsules would be Amneesteem, …
Symbicort
In hopes of quelling a recent worsening of my asthma, my allergist recently gave me a professional sample of the Symbicort inhaler from AstraZeneca, which includes the drugs budesonide and formoterol. Budesonide is a corticosteroid that fights inflammation of the lungs, and formoterol is a long-acting beta agonist …
Zestril (lisinopril) 10 mg Prescription ACE inhibitor
I have diabetes and although my blood pressure was not high enough to warrant diagnosis as hypertension at the time, my doctor felt it was a good idea to put me on lisinopril (Zestril brand) to help protect my kidneys. Apparently studies have been done that show ACE inhibitor …
Olbas Oil Inhalant Decongestant Cold & Catarrh Relief
I am writing this review of Olbas Oil with its heady fumes wafting into my nose, I reek of the stuff now and I am hoping no-one is going to call round. Yet again I am coping with a cold and I have just got over one …
Robitussin Cough and Cold Long acting Liquid
I’ve never been a fan of medicine. And honestly my wife has to force me to take it. I had a cold a while back that was lethal. I had a cough that kept me up all most all night long. I didn’t know what to do so I …
Midol Menstrual Relief Tablets
I have been using Excedrin menstrual relief for sometime now and have refused to use anything else because of how well it worked for me. However, I had to run to the grocery store for some emergency medicine because I cramping like crazy and was out of Excedrin menstrual …
Effexor XL
I have taken effexor xl for my symptom of cataplexy for my sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. While effexor is given as an antidepressant after being on it for one year,I found that I had built up a tolerance too it pretty quickly and therefore had to come …
Mucinex 12-hour Release Cough medicine
I recently had a chest cold and decided that I didn’t want the thing to get too out of hand. So I grabbed a box of Mucinex from my local drug store. I must admit that at first, I was a little confused as to which kind …
Toredol
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 …
Biogesic Paracetamol
Biogesic is common name when it comes to paracetamol. I think everybody knows Biogesic. It is what most people I know actually take. Well, I have been taking it since I was in my teens. My parents took it so it was what they let us have when we …
Blis-To-Sol Liquid 1.85 oz
I’ll be honest and say I’ve never seen ringworm a day in my life til it looked like my oldest son had it. I’m not sure how it got it or what caused it, but I at least knew enough about it to know what it looks like, and …
Up & Up Cold and Hot Extra Strength Pain Relief Cream
I have been using different products to deal with the muscle pains I have been feeling in my arms and hands. I do not have a high tolerance for pain and will try almost anything to fight it. Though I have found NSAID drugs that help with the problem, …
Paracetamol Tempra Forte
When I was younger, my mom gave me Tempra Forte syrup to rid me of my fever. I remember that it didn’t taste good, but taking ti with fruit juice or eating some candy afterward always made the aftertaste go away. Like most children, I seldom sleep or rest …
Members Mark Chewable Vitamin C: Orange Juice Flavor
Members Mark Chewable Vitamin C Orange Juice Flavor is not my vitamin C of choice. For those who don’t know the Members Mark Brad it is Sam’s clubs generic brand. Usually Sam’s club is on the mark as they advertise but I just don’t like this one. Of course …
Dollar General Assured Honey Lemon Cough Drops
Whenever I get a cold or any kind of sore throat cough drops are one of the first things that I reach for. I like to use them mainly because they help to sooth my irritated throat but also because if I am coughing having cough drops, especially …
Buckley’s Mixture, Cough Syrup
I am not a fan of cough medicines, as I usually stick to throat lozengers, but when I had a cough I just couldn’t get rid of, my pharmacist suggested I try Buckley’s Mixture. I was hesitant at first, most cough medicines I have tried have
either left me so …
Calcium Carbonate Tums GlaxoSmithKline
I have hyperacidity since I was like 11 years old. It just happened. I think one of the reasons is that my acid goes too high because I sometimes skip meals then suddenly eat a lot. Sometimes, I get so stressed and it also triggers my hyperacidity. The result …
XANAX
Xanax is used to relieve anxiety, nervousness, and tension associated with anxiety disorders. Xanax is also used to treat panic disorders. these drug is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Xanax affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety. I have not used this …
Esomeprazole magnesium (Nexium)
I consider myself as a cautious and paranoid nurse. Whenever I feel something wrong or come down with an infection, I immediately research on the symptoms and try to find out what’s wrong with me. Last month, I experienced gastric burning sensation that was worsened with eating, frequent burping …
Culturelle Once Daily Capsules
A couple years ago, I started experiencing some general digestive discomfort, mostly in the way of stomach cramping, bloating and diarrhea. It wasn’t all the time, but was consistent enough to have me a little worried. Over the course of these last two years, I have been to the …
Nature’s Bounty Melatonin as a Sleep Aid
In an effort to go “natural” many people have been turning away from big Pharma drugs in an effort to alleviate their sleeping distress. Like many other insomniacs, I want desperately to fall asleep right away, but am hesitant to take ambien or any of the OTC sleep aids …
Dijex (aluminia magnesia/methicone) medicine
dijex is basically an ant acid that is very affective for the treatment of stomach problems such as indigestion and acidity. i have taken this medicine several times and effects are visible in about an hour. you feel relief from gas and acidity. dijex contains the following ingredients
aluminium hydroxide
simethicone(activated …
Betnovate ( Betamethasone )
I had this psoriasis before and my dermatologist recommended to use Betnovate. I like this ointment because after two days of using it the skin infection was gone. It has a transparent color too which is very convenient when you are working or you are somewhere perhaps in the …
Aveeno Anti Itch Advance Care Moisturizing Cream
I have had problems with my skin for quite a few years. I don’t have problems all of the time, but it seems that weather changes and the dry season bring on the problems. I have had multiple issues with my skin becoming too dry and peeling. I even …
MiraLAX: Laxative
Colonoscopy are not fun. We all know that and we all dream them. Some of us even put it off when we shouldn’t. The colonoscopy isn’t the bad part. It is the bowel cleansing of the night before that we all dread. That is how I first learned of …
Xenadrine - Diet Supplement
Just to hear the word Xenadrine makes me sick, it just brings me bad memories, that white plastic pot that looked like a bubble gum pot…
I used it just once and it was in a season on which I got into the idea of losing weight, and I let …
GNC Feverfew
I suffer from periodic migraine attacks and there’s no respite for me when it happens. A friend of mine, a regular GNC patron, told me that FeverFew was effective for her migraine as well as menstrual cramps. She said it really acts fast.
At the mall, I had a hard …
Supradyn
Supradyn is a multivitamin tablets with Minerals and Trace elements. I came across to it when I was feeling weekness and my doctor prescribed me it.
It essentially contains all the vitamins including vit C and vit E also. When I approached my doctor complining sever weekness due to …
Metamucil
Metamucil Orange Smooth Texture comes in 2 types, sugar free and the regular sugar added formula. I am not a fan of the sugar free variety so I always buy the smooth normal flavor. The sugar free one is not bad, but the flavor is …
Levocin Levofloxacin 500mg tab
About almost 3 months ago I had a serious case of pneumonia. I had shortness of breath associated with high grade fever and cough with yellowish to greenish phlegm. I was so weak I had to be absent from my work for several days. Because of …
Trust Contraceptive Pills
I used Trust Contraceptive Pills for about 5 years. Why I use this was mainly to prevent pregnancy and second, they say it can regularize my menstrual cycle, third it can make me gain weight. I chose this brand since it’s the cheapest of all contraceptive pills available …
Viscodyne Cough formula
Viscodyne Cough formula not the best of cough formula’s .It’s good a very good menthol taste but nothing of medicinal value. I consumed more then two bottles of it but it just didn’t have any effect on my body.I was taking the cough formula after being referred by …
C-lium Fibre
C-lium Fibre is another type of medication suggested to my mom by our neighbor when they had a little chat about them having constipation problems. Our neighbor’s son is a doctor and he suggested the intake of C-lium fibre to her mom that may aid her digestion. C-lium is …
Desloratadine (Aerius) for Allergic Rhinitis
Allergic Rhinitis is one my problems when I am cleaning my house and even when the climate change it really affects my health. Allergic rhinitis is an allergy that goes with sneezing, runny nose and itchy eyes. Some times I cannot sleep when I was attacked by this …
Excedrin Quick Tabs
My entire family seems to have issues with very severe migraine headaches. It’s a problem that is common to more than one member of the family and between the six of us, we have tried almost every single remedy known to man. Not only have we tried over the …
Lysi encapsulated cod liver oil (a diet supplement)
Fish liver oil is something I was terrified of in my childhood. Like a character in a children’s book, I was forced by my parents and grandparents to ingest spoonfuls of the disgusting, smelly liquid, which made me feel like vomiting and, frankly, gave me bad breath. Despite ingesting …
Halls Mentho Lyptus Cough Suppressant
When I get a cough, the whole world knows about it. It goes on and on for weeks on end, and is a nagging dry cough that just won’t stop at any time of the day or night. If I leave it without any kind of medication, …
Assured Extra Strength Cold ‘n Hot Pain Relief Medicated Patch
Ever since I started to experience a lot of pain in my hands, I try various medications to dull the pain. I have found myself using patches often and I am always trying something new. I went into my local dollar store to pick up the Absorbine jr. Patches …
CVS Brand Ibuprofen IB Tablets 200 mg
Due to the recent recall of Motrin products for some reason all of the CVS stores in my local area on Long Island, New York, have removed even the grown-up tablets as well. I believed that it was just the children’s products but, the next day at every CVS …
Zyrtec 24 Hour Allergy Relief
I use Zyrtec 24 Hour Allergy Relief. I think it is a great product. It is convenient and easy to use. The fact that it lasts 24 hours is wonderful. I don’t have to remember to take it at certain times. It is a good value too. I get …
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