Hydrocortisone 1% is an anti-itching topical cream that has local anesthetic affects. It works very good and it does stop the itch from minor injuries or any type of skin rash or itch and it can be use for topical areas only and no where else. Hydrocortisone can be …

With the world in fear of the H1N1 flu pandemic, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are several dangerous and even more common diseases that you can get both at home or while traveling. When I planned to go to Morocco last year, I realized that I …

As embarrassing as it is to admit; I have a gas problem. This is especially true when I eat spicy or very rich foods. It is so embarrassing and there have been times that I just was unable to hold it in and embarrassed myself and my husband …

I have tried many vitamins, supplements, and herbal remedies for PMS symptoms, like bloating, mood swings, pain and other unpleasant issues, and have never found anything that works. I generally resort to taking copious quantities of Ibuprofen when the pain is bad, and generally just feeling miserable. My mom …

For few days my right eye was having a strange kind of pain, it wasn’t intense but it was bad enough to keep me away from my computer and being a freelancer it meant no work for quite some days. I knew it wasn’t a big thing but even …

I have adopted an abandoned kitten. It was all skinny and dirty, looks like someone had thrown it out of the car (which often happens in these parts) and left it to meet his faith. This little one was lucky, so many strange coincidences brought me to pass that …

Effexor is a prescribed medication that is taken to help reduce the symptoms of intense or even infrequent depression. The medication is raises seratonin levels in the brain and allows endorphines to be produced, in an attempt to raise one’s spirits and allow them to function despite the chemical …

I am a contact lens wearer. Although I don’t have problem with my eyes, i wear contacts (colored) just to be different. Problem is, when I am using type of lens with lower water content (like only 35% water and the rest is polymer), my eyes can feel tired …

I started taking this multivitamin about a month ago and so far I like it. My role as a wife and mom has been very demanding for me that I noticed a decline in energy levels several weeks ago. I decided to try this vitamin because I heard …

If you experience problems with depression, then you should ask your physician about Lexapro. I have been on it for the past seven months, and I have never felt better.
Lexapro is a well tolerated, effective therapy for those who suffer with depression. I have tried many anti depressants before, …

I always see to it that my breathe smells good, I’m hating it when I’m talking to a person and his breathe stinks. I brush my teeth three times a day or even after I ate something. I also visit my dentist regularly for cleaning. Who does not want …

I have been going to this Walgreens pharmacy every since I had move here in Sun City about two years ago. It is really close so of course very convenient too. I had first went there when I had came from my doctors appointment and needed to fill …

Since I’ve been suffering from almost year-long allergy symptoms, for the past nine years, I think the symptom that most effects me, and I find the most debilitating, is the headaches and migrains associated with sinus infections. At first, these headaches were pretty mild, and I could just ignore …

I’ve been using Piriton for years and always keep a pack handy. They’re the best tablets I have found to combat hayfever, and are also great for other allergies.
The tablets are very small, and I have found that for most of the time, I only need to take half …

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 …

My sinuses were killing me and I hate traditional nasal sprays as they always have an odour and taste terrible, Avamys fluticasone furoate nasal spray does seem to be the exception to the rule. When my Physician recommended Avamys I was sceptical and the long name simply confused …

I have fairly a long experience with Dexamethasone, a cortico-steriod. My brother was taking this medicine from 31st December, when his brain tumor (Glioblastoma Grade IV brain cancer) was diagnosed. Since, the tumor was quite aggressive, as per data of PET Scan showed, there was high swelling in his …

My daughter was complaining of illness for days. I know that kids and adults have to suffer through colds as there is no cure. The thing that bothers me is that my child was unable to sleep. It also bothered me that I was unable to sleep due to …

There are occasions when my stomach is out of whack and seems to be doing flip flops, and I need something to calm it down. In the case of motion sickness, I take Dramamine…but it makes me so tired. SO, I went out searching for an anti-nausea …

I have chronic hyper-acidity, and for those days that I am not required to take Zantac or Pariet, I take TUMS for immediate hyper-acidity relief.
I bought a huge bottle of TUMS Tums Ultra 1000 Antacid/Calcium Supplement for $5. This contains 72 tablets of 1000mg Calcium Carbonate. It comes in …

Advil pain reliever claims that it gives you fast relief from pains and aches especially extremely painful headaches. It contains Ibuprofen in every tablet. These pills work well for me but preferably for headaches and not menstrual cramps. I use these pills for headaches and it works really …

Hansaplast transparent band aids is a transparent strip. It is not quite good like other transparent strips. It peels off easily when applied to cuts. I had a cut the previous day on my hands and I used this strip for the first time. It …

Have you ever had red, irritated eyes? I have, and the one thing I can always trust is Visine. Visine removes redness from the eye in a matter of seconds, and it relieves irritation.
Visine is a sterile lubricant that gets the red out of the eyes and it moisturizes. …

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 …

Apart from the every so popular Tiger Balm is the Axe Brand Universal Medicated Oil which is my favourites. While Tiger Balm is in jar and has Vaseline like texture, Axe oil is liquid without the oily feel or texture even though it is oil.
The thing that I …

I was taking my Zyrtec, or started taking it anyway, about three weeks ago. It may seem late in the season for most people to start taking an allergy medication, but I thought I was going to escape having to deal with allergies again this year until it just …

Asthma sufferers may find immediate or temporary relief from asthmatic symptoms such as tightness in teh chest, difficulty breathing, or short windedness by utilizing a medication known as Proventil. Proventil is a medication most commonly covered by insurance companies for those who have astma that is fully blown or …

I normally get some serious breathing problems whenever I travel in new areas of different moisture content but whenever this happens, I use the medicine called Ventolin inhaler. Ventolin is a drug classified under bronchial dilators and it’s specifically used in management and prevention of asthma attacks.
I like this …

This mourning when I wake up I felt a slight pain in the back of my head. I tray to stay in my bed, eat some breakfast and drink a cup of tea, after one hour, I saw that the headache in my back of the head did not …

I rarely take antibiotics for anything, mainly because I am convinced that most illnesses are viral, and taking antibiotics is not only unnecessary and expensive, but it is dangerous as it causes antibiotics to lose their effectiveness. This last month, I became sick with a stomach, head, sinus, chest, …

Bactrim is a rather strong antibiotic that I have been on many times to ward off urinary tract infections. While many people who have urinary infections suffer from great and acute levels of pain and are unable to function, I have never had such problems. Rather, I …

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 …

When I turned 40, my gynaecologist recommended that I should do a mammogram. The last one I did was in April 2009 and unfortunately, the doctor found a little lump on my left breast. It was nothing serious he said but just to be sure, he advised that I …

Some time ago, I had two of my wisdom teeth pulled out. And after shelling out a few more hundred bucks, I was sedated and woke up in a chair in the lobby groggily thinking, “So when am I gonna get my teeth pulled?”
Needless to say, the drugs were fantastic …

I have to admit that over the last two years, I’ve leaned more towards an all-natural or homeopathic approach to treating my sleep disorder (Delayed Sleep Disorder), but sometimes, the problem really calls for a heavy duty non-prescription slee aid. I tend to change out the sleep aid products …

Sometimes, I get the feeling that doctors prescribe medications which have been promoted to them by medical or drugs representatives. Such was the case when my doctor gave me Touxium capsules. I specifically asked for capsules or anything in tablet form as I have great difficulties in swallowing liquid …

I purchased a 90 pill bottle of this supplement for about $10 from my local Wal-Mart. For the past year, I have been working hard to exercise and lose weight. While I already try to take vitamins and drink plenty of water, I was still looking for …

When I had the worst cold, I bought a pack of Decolgen Forte from the nearest drugstore. This was a medication used for colds and available over the counter. One caplet of Decolgen Forte has Paracetamol 500 mg (for fever, headaches), phenylephrine HCl 10 mg (as a decongestant), chlorphenamine …

During my second pregnancy I decided to try a different doctor than the one I had before. I had some of my friends and acquaintances recommend him to me. His name was Dr. Frederick Harlass. He is a very well known OBGYN in the city. He seemed …

Aerius seems to be the most affectibe tablet to treat my allergies. I stopped sneezing in about 10-15 minutes. What is nice about it is that there is a trial version with less tablets for people like myself who only have allergies during certain months or for people not …

Simvastatin 10mg is what I was prescribed for high cholesterol for over a year. I do not have any other known medical conditions except I am somewhat overweight. For the entire time I was on the medication, I had no side effects as listed in the literature.
My cholesterol …

There is a medication that works for migraine, it’s called Imigram or summatriptan, read below.
Migraine is the daddy of all headaches. It’s not just a headache in fact, it can make you sick, sensitive to light and noise, and sometimes it can make you temporarily blind.
I have suffered from …

I ran out of my usual vitamin supplements earlier and visited my local drugstore. I was more than eager to go back to the previous brand of vitamin c capsules since my present experience with a generic brand of the same supplement proved to be less beneficial for …

Having a headache is something I have never really been able to deal with. As soon as I feel a headache coming on, I try to take something before it gets worse. Because of this I keep some sort of headache medicine in the house at all times. The …

I grew up taking lots of Vitamin C. in my life. My mother and my grand mother never forgets to give Vitamin C, As i grow up, My mother turned to be very acidic, so she doesn’t want to take too much ascorbic acid. Until one time my Auntie …

My husand and I had three prematurely born babies that each required several week stays in Christiana Neonstal Unit in Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, Delware. Not only were were displeased with the hospital all three times that our children were in the Neotatal, but the whole process of …

Late November 2011 I received a call from my doctor that my tests came back as being positive for cervical cancer. She referred me to a cancer specialist at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City in their cancer center. From day one, everyone within the hospital complex I encountered could …

This hospital resides in Columbia South Carolina, in downtown Columbia. I have a very high opinion of this hospital and the employees who work there. Palmetto Health is very picky about who they let work in their hospital environment and they only choose the best. I gave birth to …

I wear contact lenses occasionally so I need to use some lubricating eye drops as they can cause my eyes to be dry and my doctor had prescribed some preservative-free lubricating eye drops and this was really nice and cool on my eyes. This Cellufresh eye drops have a …

A wart decided to rear it’s ugly head on the top of one of my toes and I needed to get rid of it. It was horrible looking and it appeared that it was spreading more on the top of my foot. I needed something that would work fast …