I have had allergies just about all my life. I remember getting allergy shots when I was a kid. I didn’t have to do too much else with allergy treatment until my adult years. In my twenties, I was retested for allergies. I had a …

Wheezing is a problem I have been suffering for some time now, like whenever I am doing even the slightest of work I start panting and go breathless and sometimes it is so severe that I have to take pills to keep it under control and so I always …

With the recent medicine selling prices regulation in the country, many medical aid schemes have been suffering and they have shifted the effects onto their clients, people like us, the beneficiaries.
I have been under my father’s medical aid scheme, the standard option of the Bonita’s Medical Aid scheme …

In general, Nexium is a great medicine to take to relieve acid reflux and/or heartburn. I have pretty bad acid reflux, and every time I take Nexium, I do not have acid reflux after I eat. The capsule is very easy to swallow. This is very good for people …

I hate having to deal with a sore throat. It never seems to go away and can never be treated enough. I’ve tried almost everything for my sore throat and was starting to get frustrated at all for the money I was wasting. I tired chloraseptic sprays, but that …

ProAir HFA is an aerosol inhaler. The medicine it disperses is albuterol sulfate. It is used for oral inhalation only and is available by prescription only. The one I have comes with 200 metered inhalations. That has proven to be enough for me as I have had this same …

I have not been satisfied with the results I am getting from my previous doctor. Last Friday, I finally met my new doctor, an endocrinologist who specializes in Diabetes. She is very professional and warm. After the consultation, she referred me to St Mary Mercy Hospital for the laboratory works. …

I have been taking high strength oil of peppermint tablets for a short while. I suffer with IBS and also often get indigestion. My mum had been encouraging me for months to try high strength oil of peppermint tablets and I’d been reluctant. Simply because I …

Equate Suphedrine Nasal Decongestant became a life saver during a trip up north in the winter. I travel with my wife and three kids every year to visit grandparents, and at least two of the kids come back sick, as well as one, or sometimes both of us. One …

About a month and a half ago, my dog and I were playing. His tooth accidentally hit the inside of my left wrist. I had immediate pain and a burning sensation shoot up onto the top of my hand toward my fingers. The pain and burning …

My on and off problem with canker sores for the past few weeks had made my life come to a standstill. In spite of swallowing a number of antibiotics for it, there seemed only some temporary relief as the canker sores in my mouth reappeared and never allowed me …

Last night, my son woke me up in the middle of the night. He did not walk to my room but he had cough and could not stop it. I went downs stair to check if I had medicine that I can give to him. It’s a bit difficult …

For the last few years I have been having a problem with my weight. I have tried many different types of diets and dieting supplements and precious few of them really seemed to work. One of the products that I tried and really did like was Avon’s Vita Advance …

I have dealt with Allergies all of my life and there are so many different things that I try to do to make my life easier. Allergies can become a huge pain in the butt if you don’t have anything to help relieve of the symptoms. Getting rid of …

Recently my fingernails and hair have been really brittle and my skin has been really dull due to a lack of vitamin C. So, one of the vitamin C supplements I started taking was the Natures Bounty Chewable Vitamin C with Rosehip. I like this supplement because the chewable …

Albuterol which is also known as salbutamol, is used to help prevent and treat wheezing and shortness of breath caused by breathing problems can be caused by asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is also used to prevent asthma brought on by exercise. Albuterol belongs to a class …

In the recent past I have been suffering (regularly) from bad colds and one item that I alway use is Lemsip Cold and Flu medication. This has gotten to the point that I always have a satchet of it on hand just in case. One pack contains ten satches; …

I had a bad experience with this hospital’s emergency department last month. Although I love the hospital generally because it is new and has state of the art equipments, their emergency department sucks and is worthy of a review so others who are planning to go there won’t experience …

I’ve spent a lifetime with bad sleeping habits, and those sleeping habits have been the result of an inability to fall asleep. I was diagnosed, in my twenty’s, with “delayed sleep disorder”, though it didn’t do me any good to know that I couldn’t go to sleep, much less …

There is one antibiotic that does not really have any effect on me. It is Erythromycin. I know it could not treat colds, flue or other viral infection as its products descriptions states but I know that many of my relatives and friends are cured from their tonsillitis by …

St. Clares is a Catholic hospital in Morris County, NJ. It has three campuses- one in Dover, one in Boonton which is the mental hospital, and one in Denville, where the emergency room is located. I made a trip to the emergency room on August 8, 2009, and …

Unfortunately, my grandfather recently began having some pretty serious heart problems. A pig valve that had been placed in his heart about twenty five years ago, gave out. He began experiencing breathing difficulties and was rushed to Christiana Hospital’s new Cardiac Care Unit. Typically, I am …

Cold season is probably one of my worst seasons. Because of that, I am sick for the majority of winter. This year, I decided to take a stand against it. I tried Thera Flu Warming PM. This is a syrup that warms the body just enough to burn out …

I had severe muscle pains most noted on my thighs and back about a year ago. Maybe this was because of too much exercise without prior stretching. It was really very painful to move around, walk and even worse when I try to climb up or down the …

Campho-Phenique Cold Sore Treatment With Drying Action is a product that I keep handy for my nine year old son. He is prone to licking his lips and surrounding facial skin area during Michigan winters. This leads to chapped lips, which eventually turn into lip cracks. At his very …

I purchased Contac Cold and Flu after my boss had given me some to get through the day at work when I was sick. She said they worked wonders for her so she was sure that they would work for me as well. I found the Contac in the …

Topamax is a migraine medication prescribed to me as a mood stabilizer and weight loss promoter to treat bipolar disorder and bulimia. I took it for three weeks during 2008 and hated it.
Topamax was originally designed as a migraine medication, which is standard for a mood stabilizer. Many drugs …

I only recently began having problems with sleeping at night due to pain. I have had problems with my shoulder for years, but recently the pain has really been getting to me. I am unable to fall asleep on so many nights because of the pain that I feel …

I have been going through depression, testicles pain and piles for the past few months. I went to well experienced Doctor Professor Ifftikhar. He suggested me Ginko Biloba extract with one other medicine. Ginko biloba is natural herb and it grows in United States, France, China, and Korea. It …

Cystex Urinary Pain Relief Tablets worked wonders for my pain from my urinary tract infection. Before my pain started, I thought I was starting to get a urinary tract infection, but the pain or the symptoms were not severe. A day or two later, the pain was so bad, …

I was diagnosed in October, 2009 with Panic Disorder. my attack were so bad that I got to the point where I couldn’t leave my house without fearing an attack. I knew I needed to do something about it. I went to see a psychiatrist and …

Seasonal summer allergies, or hayfever, has been afflicting me for 30 years. I am allergic to grass, trees, and weeds. Every spring it started with the itchy eyes, throat and palate, then I got the stuffy nose and sneezing. It’s like I had a hard cold …

YAZ is one of the more recent kinds of birth control to be produced. It comes in pill form, which contains both estrogen and progesterone. So how is YAZ different from other forms of birth control? First of all, rather than taking the pill on a …

A couple of years ago, my fingers started hurting me and eventually swelled up to the point I had to have my wedding band cut off. After seeing a couple of doctors, they diagnosed me with psoriatic arthritis.
I was prescribed several different medications but none offered anything more …

Gengisan is an Italian medicine i once bought when my gums were hurting a lot. Basically my gums swelled a bit and they went partially over my teeth on the bottom right hand side. As a result I kept chewing through the skin, even though i kept my mouth …

I was asked to do a CT scan to check for kidney stones. I went there in the afternoon to see what I needed to do to prepare for the test and how much it cost. No fasting needed, I just had to be ready to pee when I …

It’s quite a mouthful in the name of this product, but I got it mostly because I’ve tried everything else on the market, and it seems a lot of these sleeping aids simply lose their effectiveness after a while. I’ve been diagnosed with delayed sleep disorder, so it takes …

Have you ever seen one of those science fiction movies that tell you that you could see the future and treat certain diseases before they happened? There are a lot of movies which claim that in the future you will be able to predict things that will happen to …

Advil Liquid Gels are my go-to medicine are for almost all my medicine needs. Whether it be a headache or any kind muscle pain, Advil (any kind, really, but I prefer liquid gels) gets the job done like no other.
I have tried all the other pain relievers including …

I have a tendency of getting a sour stomach after dinner and or whenever I travel. I had plans on taking a summer vaction with the family this year but I wanted to grab a little something that would help me along the way. I got a bit tired …

Today my boyfriend and I had to go to Regional Medical Center in Manchester, IA so he could have some blood drawn. My boyfriend is not a huge fan of needles by any means, and was really dreading having it done. Well, I will say that I …

I have some medications that I like to take for pain relief, but they do not work the best through the night. I was able to fight my pain, but was still waking up in the middle of the night to dreadful pains anytime I lay on my arm …

Betadine Skin Cleanser is a good antiseptic to kill bacteria that dwells on the skin. I have been using this product since I was just a young kid. This antiseptic solution comes in a light blue plastic bottle with a brownish liquid solution inside. I usually buy the 60 …

When my health just get recovered from sick, the doctor prescribed me to have an antioxidant vitamin. He suggested me Asthin Force, once daily. I have consumed it and feel the effect.
My endurance become higher, and I don’t get sick easily although my neighborhood and some friends getting sore …

This over the counter medication contains Glucosamine HCl (1500 mg), Chondroitin (1200 mg), and Hyaluronic Acid (3.3 mg) when taken as directed on the package. I suffer from torn cartilage in my knee and an inflamed bursa in my shoulder from an accident I was in. I can …

I have to say that through all the years of my life I have never seen a headache medication in the way of a nasal spray, and that, admittedly, is the main reason I purchased the Headache Buster All Natural Nasal Spray. Okay, so another reason is that it’s …

If you have a muscle sprain or suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome then Lidoderm patches are the best things. Lidoderm patches contain the anethetic Lidocaine which is a numbing agent. I suffer from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome after I put 2 of these Lidoderm patches on for 20 …

Lately I have been suffering from really dry skin and muscle aches so I decide to try Spring Valley Glucosamine with MSM. I have notice a major difference in the way my skin looks and feels and the way my body and muscles feel. I am pain free and …

Getting sick is no fun, unless you’re a kid and it’s a school day. For adults however, getting a cold and being all congested is a very unpleasant experience, especially around the holidays. Who wants to feel sick and lousy at Thanksgiving or Christmas? I doubt many would raise …

Zolpidem is a prescription sleep aid that is approved by the FDA. Most over the counter sleep aids are just forms of Benadryl. The problem with that is that you may take Benadryl and then the over the counter sleep aids together or on the same day. That is …