I use to have ulcers which got cured. What did not get cured was the burning acid reflux which I get from my esophagus. After trying Zantac, Tagmanet and taking handfuls of tums, my doctor finally prescribed Prevacid.
Prevacid is a serious medication, and you have to follow the directions …

You know, I honestly don’t know why people rave about this pain killer. Honestly, I don’t. I know that some people will pay almost fifteen dollars a pill on the black market according to some newspapers, but I just scratch my head in absolute wonder because honestly, you couldn’t pay …

I have always been plagued with varicose veins and undereye dark circles due to dark blue or purplish veins under the eye area. These varicose veins are really unsightly and they keep me from wearing sexy shorts. I can’t even show off my beautifully shaped legs just because the …

About a month ago, I began using Betaseron to treat Multiple Sclerosis. Previously, I had taken Avonex, an intramuscular injection, once a week. The side effects rendered me useless one day a week. Sometimes they wouldn’t be unbearable, but I could never guess when that would …

Overall, I consider myself very lucky due to the fact that when Mother Nature comes by each month, I am relatively left unscathed with the terrible symptoms my other girlfriends are forced to endure. Honestly, you think they’re dying from the way they describe their symptoms! In fact, the horror …

I realize that scrapes, stickers, small cuts, etc., do not always just happen at home, where I keep my main first aid kit. I carry Mc Kesson Medi-Pak with me at all times, in my purse. This is just a small, well packaged sterile, single use, latex free (important …

Midol is one of those super medicines that comes in a bottle and can often be described as your happy pills. I used to take them all the time when they had lower doses of caffeine in them. Just the other day I picked up a new bottle …

Duac gel is one of my maintenance drugs. I can’t do away with with it. The moment I stop applying it, my face just goes on full blown acne.
I only apply Duac gel on my acne and nowhere else. It’s not the type of topical gel that you put …

I have been a long time buyer of Polysporin Antibiotic Eye/Ear drops. These drops are not cheap at about $10.99CDN plus tax but I have found them essential in our home.
I swim a lot in the summer, and found I am prone to ’swimmer’s ear’ the sensation that there …

Lasix is a prescription loop diuretic, which is prescribed for excess fluid accumulation in the body, which can arise from a variety of causes. In my case, I was having edema (swelling) in my lower legs, ankles, and fingers. The swelling seemed to be related to my …

Have you ever try to use Counterpain Balm or cream? I always have Counterpain balm in the house. Just in case that something happen with my muscle for example, I can immediately apply Counterpain Balm on top of the area where I have the pain from the muscle.
First time …

I am frequently having pain in my left leg (which lasts for about 14 days) and doctors said that there is nothing to be done with it, that pain has no disease background but is purely muscular-skeletal pain so only anti pain creams would help. There are quite a …

Amongst the characters you are going to meet in your life, Dr. Ned Culberston is definitely one you will remember. His humor is blunt and sarcastic. He is friendly and personal in a way that makes you feel as if you have known eachother since grade school. …

I got a year’s worth of Ortho Tri-Cyclin for free from Planned Parenthood about 5 months ago. I haven’t gotten pregnant since then, so it’s doing it’s main job! But in other ways, I don’t really have any complaints about this birth control.
The pills are small, like most other …

I started using LoEstrin 24FE as a cost-effective substitute for my Ortho Tricyclen Lo when the generic version was pulled from pharmacies for the equivalent of drug copyright infringement. My gynecologist recommended it to me because high dose pills (including the regular Ortho) make me sick and give me …

Ambian is a sleep aid. I started taking Ambian when my son joined the Air Force. I could not sleep, due to the fact I was going through the empty nest syndrom and him joining the military. I went to the doctor and he put me on Ambian. The …

Hold cough drops with dextro-metho-phan cough drops are one of the newest brands of cough drops that I have ever tried. I found them at my local walgreens and they were about three dollars for a package of ten. That seemed a little on the expensive side to me …

Lipitor is a drug used to stablize cholesterol, so that it minimizes any heart problems. Lipitor is considered one of the statin drugs used for this purpose. It is the type of drug that is metabolized through the liver.
My husband had been on Lipitor for approximately …

This review is about Marvelon Contraceptive Pills. I was previously using Trust Contraceptive Pills but they all made me bloat. So I went to to the OB Gyne to ask for advise. I would like to use a pill that will not make me gain weight. The doctor said …

When I decided to choose a birth control method, I was at first drawn to the Pill. However, I was immediately put off by the margin for error in its use: miss a few days, it might not work. Take them at the wrong …

I tried out the contraceptive pill cenazette which was prescribed for me recently by my doctor. This pill was prescribed for me as I have high blood pressure and am not allowed to take any normal pill however the doctor told me this one was safe because it is …

For the uninitiated, rubbing alcohol is a kind of an alcohol compound used mostly for massage. But for me and my family, rubbing alcohol has so many uses dating back to growing up as a kid in the Philippines. I remember my mother using it to clean …

About a year ago I had a bad case of dizziness which I can describe as a having a merry-go-round-ride kind of feeling. It really made me vomit a lot. Every time I changed my position, let us say from lying down to sitting up, the dizziness …

Sometime ago, I had a little problem with cholesterol. That’s why I went to a doctor to get medicine or pill to reduce the problem. Then the doctor gave prescription for me to buy medicine or tablets in the pharmacy store. She gave me Cholestat at that time. I …

My husband and I are getting older, and with old age comes health problems. My husband has chest pains, and I have diabetes. Between the two of us we need a lot of medications. We needed a place to get our medications that would have an easy process …

Desert Essence Tea Tree Oil is a wonderful natural healing medicine that can be used for almost any skin complaints. I normally buy it in small bottles as I have found it to be quite expensive. However, the tea tree oil lasts for ages, so even a …

This lately, so many works to do which make my relax time decrease. Well, what can i say, things are getting hard right now especially after the economical crisis, you must work hard if you want to keep employeed. If things got difficult like this, i usually got headache …

After the birth of two kids I find my body and bones bit weak. I took advice by my doctor and he prescribed me calcium tablets named Adcal-D3 Chewable tablets.
The Adcal-D3 Chewable tablets are for oral intake of calcium. The calcium is most important for healthy bones and teeth.
During …

I first used creatine monohydrate when I was going to the gym to do some weightlifting. It is a substance that weightlifters take in order to get stronger and to recover after a training session faster. It helped me a lot and increased my force as well as helped …

After a recent muscular back injury, my doctor gave me a prescription for Lidoderm patches (5%) in addition to oral medication. My lower back had a horrible spasm that kept me awake at night, but after applying one patch just to the lower back, my pain eased …

Every since I could remember, I’ve always had a hard time sleeping. I’d lay in bed for hours sometimes before I’d fall asleep. It’s not that I couldn’t fall asleep at all, which is insomnia, but that it just took me forever to fall asleep and then the sleep …

I have had some serious troubles with my wisdom teeth growing in. It has been one of the worse pains I have dealt with because it seems to radiate tremendously. I could not only feel pain in my teeth and gums but also felt pain in my throat and …

As a chronic heartburn sufferer I frequently turn to Tums antacid. Usually I need 3 or 4 of these little white tablets if I’m suffering from a bad attack, (usually after I’ve eaten pizza again!). This time however; I bought Tums Ultra 1000mg Strength and I’m so impressed.
These tums …

My kids are twelve and fourteen years old and, oddly enough, still love the Mucinex commercials, that show the little snot-looking guys taking up residence in some poor saps nasal cavities, and then the poor sap in question takes the mucinex decongestant, and you see the not guys eradicated …

Several years ago, when the wonders of echinacea was being discussed in journals and articles all over the globe, I found this Nature Works Flu and Cold Times product that contained organic echinacea to help combat the symptoms of the flu virus, and help prevent future problems. I wanted something …

This is what I was afraid of when my husband said that we’re gonna move to Asia. There are many Asian sickness that can get into the children’ body. Although it’s not so serious, but we always need to be aware with those sickness. Cold and cough are the …

With all the flu going around in the world right now and people with weak immunity or tension full lives getting common cold all the time, it is a real nuisance. Having to lug around tissue boxes and wipes and getting no sleep at night due to nasal congestion. …

My boyfriend had a hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. He was taking Tylenol PM every night. I didn’t think that could be good for him so I advised him to take Melatonin. He bought Melatonin 3mg, 240 tablets by Natrol from our local pharmacy.
Melatonin is an …

I have given my share of criticism about the local Shopko store here in Beaver Dam. But, I wanted to take a few minutes to praise their optical center; simply because I truly enjoyed my experience there.
A couple of weeks ago, my oldest daughter work up with a left …

I do not find myself suffering from headaches often, but when I do they are really bad. I hate having to deal with intense headaches because they basically debilitate me. I often have to take a medication that can take the headache away in order to function properly throughout …

The last time I was sick with a cold, it started out like any run of the mill cold which was nothing special or out of the ordinary. The runny nose and scratchy throat where no big deal, until all of a sudden I was hit with the …

I have used Sucrets Throat Lozenges for as long as I can remember. I even remember my childhood friend’s grandmother using Sucrets many years ago when we were only about eight years old. Every winter, I usually get a cold which is accompanied by a sore throat. Sometimes my …

Paracetamol Tablets
I say Paracetamol is better than Codamol Tablets which are another set of tablets that have the same purpose. Paracetamol has been going on for a long time really. I like Paracetamol because it really heals you in mostly everything. If you had a headache have a tablet …

It annoys me when I wake up in the morning and my nose is clogged up and I’m having hard time breathing. This, coupled with non-stop sneezing is really infuriating. We have a garden in our backyard and my room is annoyingly located a few meters above it. The …

I have had a “mystery illness” for many years. Often during the course of time, it has been suspected to be lupus, or SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.
One of the treatments for treating this illness is a drug called Plaquenil, or hydroxychloroquine. It is a bit unusual in that it …

Ibuprofen is another name for the brand name Advil. I currently use Kirkland Signatures Ibuprofen for pain management and head aches. I found that the 200mg tablets of Kirkland Signature brand have worked just as well as the brand name Advil Ibuprofen tablets. I like the …

I’ve long had issues with my teeth. When I was younger, about fourteen years old, I had a rather discouraging experience at the dentists, and walked away with a mouth full of blood because they allowed a dental student to work on my and when she used the scraper …

My daughter was finally tested by the ophthalmologist 4 weeks ago for the pain in her eyes. However, the doctor is not quite certain if the pain is just due to strain or a sign that she needs correction glasses. While waiting for the power test of her eyes …

Everyone have sometimes pain in their muscles. There are many kinds of reasons : arthritis, sprain, swelling and pain after an injury are the most frequent resasons to use Fastum Gel.
The acive substance in this product is ketoprofen.
If you are an active sporter, by example if you are a …

One of these days I have a feeling I’m going to get really tired of being a woman! We have to work full time jobs, raise children, clean houses, do the grocery shopping, HAVE those babies we’re raising, and, to top it all off, we have to have painful …