Extra Strength Tylenol is what I take for headaches and various pains that I sometimes get throughout the days. It’s fast acting and very effective. One pill lasts a very long time, and even after the effects wear off I don’t find myself having to take another as the …

I was admitted to the hospital due to a recent asthmatic attack. I became severely deprived of oxygen that I had to be rushed to the emergency room. My parents panicked when they saw my face turned blue. I seriously thought that I was going to die. Breathing became …

Because my mom and dad and several other family members spend so much time in our kitchen (and I suppose because they also are a bit on the clumsy side - peace guys!), they end up with cuts and burns rather occasionally. Plus my little nephew loves running around …

I love beach vacations but nothing irritates me more than swarming mosquitoes at night. It spoils the mood and it makes me want to crawl into bed and hide. Although I make it a point to ensure that I always have a bottle of mosquito repellent with me at …

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 …

I have always struggled with insomnia, and have tried various medications that claim to help me fall asleep and stay asleep. So, on a recent shopping trip I picked up a bottle of Tylenol PM because it was on sale.
The label says that the Tylenol PM will help …

When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I had a terrible experience dealing with the side effects of the first drug that my doctor prescribed me. It gave me these frequent headaches that were very hard to deal with even with analgesics. So I asked my doctor if he could …

Price: $0.05 per sachet
For the following symptoms: Cold, flu, sore throat, headache, fever.
This is one of the over the counter medicines I use quite regularly, especially around the cold and flu season and it has worked wonders for me over the last few years that I have been using …

I wouldn’t say that I’m exactly a germ-aphobe, but when talking along those lines, I definitely don’t like things that could potentially make me sick, cause bacteria or germs to spread, and I always put my mouth to my elbow (not my hands) when I cough and wash my …

I was prescribed Spiractin to help deal with the effects of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), including abdominal pain, excessive hair growth and difficulty losing weight.
Within a week I began to notice that I was losing weight, eventhough I was not dieting or doing any more exercise than I …

My mom had always told me to take my vitamin C daily to keep healthy and make my immune system more resistant to viruses. I never really took her seriously though. Until one day I felt this nasty soreness in my throat. It felt scratchy and difficult to swallow. …

Have you ever heard of this old time remedy? Numotizine Cataplasm was invented by Dr. Samuel Alexander Gotcher to treat pneumonia and typhoid fever. Numotizine contains Guciacol, Beechwood Creosote and Methyl Salicylate, in a colored Kaolin-Polyol base. It’s a medication for the treatment of pneumonia, bronchitis, colds and sprains, …

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 …

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 …

I’d always associated Chloraseptic products with the sore throat spray, and even some cough drops or cough syrup, but I guess more companies are making strides to expand their product line, and I was pleasantly surprsied to find their Chloraseptic Allergen Block Gel. It was definitely one of the …

Cefoxim dry syrup which is available as Cefuroxime Axetil for Oral suspension USP is very good Antitussive for dry cough and cold. It gives intant relief from throat pain and its effect is generally long lasting than other antitussives and expectorants available in the market. However it falls under …

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 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 …

My doctor told me that I need to get some nasal spray to help when my sinuses get blocked during allergy season. I decided to try Afrin since I had seen the name since I was a little girl and thought it must work if it has been around for …

As every person that I know, I have caught a cold many times, and as everyone knows, there’s nothing that can cure it. However, something to help us to feel better meanwhile the body fights the sickness is always welcome, so I have tried many different kinds of flu …

I never actually thought that Visine would help me but it did. I was riding my scooter when my felt an insect get into my eye. My left eye was teary even though I had it closed. I could feel the insect squirming under my eyelids. And it was …

Many people do not even realize that they do have sleep apnea. They snore, loudly, away every night. If YOU find that you are disturbing others while you try to sleep, and find yourself choking awake, gasping for air, you just may have sleep apnea that will need a …

I have a scoliosis (curve) in my upper back and it seems every so many months I develop muscle spasms between my scapulae. Recently, I went to a large party at a banquet facility where the DJ was set up on the dance floor behind me. I …

I’ve been working in the call center for three years and I’ll tell you that schools and day cares aren’t the only places that catch colds effortlessly. About once or twice a year I end up catching a cold despite my efforts of wiping my work desk with anti-bacterial …

Today I woke up with my eyes looking really red, as if I have been crying all night. I was horrified to see my eyes looking this way. Not only that, but my eyes had a weird itching to it that lasted the period of most of the day.
I …

Ibuprofen is a really good medicine for anyone that has something like a dentist or orthodontist appointment, there’s many different brands for it, but I use the brand that’s just called Ibuprofen. I always get pain in a lot of places since I have Marfan Syndrome, and I also …

While searching for other people’s opinions of this birth control drug, I found this site & decided to present my own view. The drug is made so that you are only supposed to have a period every 3 months. I have taken it for approximately 12 weeks. …

I am a mother of two boys and a house wife. My youngest is 5 while the older one is 7 years old.
My youngest son is allergic to shrimps; when ever he eats that he always gets allergic reactions on his skin. Once in a family gathering my son …

Redoxon is a pretty famous brand of Vitamin C tablets, which are effervescent. I started taking Redoxon a couple of years back, in order to combat the flu season.
My father who was a pharmacist recommended that we take 1 tablet a day as a start. I started to follow …

In my experience, Paroxetine (also known as Paxil), is not a medication that I would strongly recommend. It is used for the treatment of depression, anxiety, ocd, and panic disorder. Being on a dose of 20 mgs is not very high, but it’s where my experience lies. …

The T.E.N.S machine provides pain relief without drugs. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation is a means of directing very controllable electrical pulses to the area of the body where pain is experienced to provide relief.
The machine is very small and portable. There are four pads that are placed around the …

Voltaren Emulgel is a muscle rub, like so many other you would find out there. But there is something that makes this one worth the money.
This rub was recommended by a doctor for arthritis relief but it isn’t a prescription medication. It can easily be bought over the counter …

My two year old daughter is susceptible to cough and she gets it quite often. I like to give her Prospane Dried Ivy cough syrup because it is herbal and it was also prescribed to me while I was pregnant. The problem with the Prospane cough syrup is …

Zicam really works! This stuff definitely saves me every winter from getting colds. The way it works is if you feel a cold coming on, you start using Zicam. You can also start using it if you already have a cold to make the cold …

Hydrocodone is a generic prescription for Vicodine. This prescription is for pain management. After breaking my ankle, I was in a lot of pain. The attending physician prescribed Hydrocodone for me. Because Hydrocodone may be habit forming, my doctor only prescribed a few pills with …

Last August, my sister (my only sibling) was diagnosed with Stage IV Kidney Cancer. In November, I saw our family doctor for a routine check-up, and was horrified to hear him tell me that my enlarged thyroid showed extreme characteristics of being cancerous. Of course, I immediately …

Both of my children gag on traditional cough and cold syrups, and neither of them are able to swallow pills. Triaminic Thin Strips, however, dissolve on their little tongues without a complaint. Relief from symptoms comes quickly, usually within thirty minutes or so, and generally lasts from …

I had surgery done to remove endometriosis. I was told by some female colleagues that when you have a procedure like that done, it really hurts to go to the bathroom after. So they recommended taking a laxative just to help the process be less painful.
I took their advice …

100% pure tea-tree oil is the absolute best antiseptic I have discovered. In fact, it is so powerful that, if I use it on a sensitive area (face, etc.), I have to dilute it with water. If I have any skin blemishes, tea tree oil clears the …

I really hate acne or pimple. I thought I will not get pimple anymore because I’m no longer a teenager. But few days ago, I saw few acne on my skin face. Oh no, I really did not expect this. I know that I have sensitive skin face but …

Vein Matrix supplement
Being a typical girl I am not afraid to declare that all those needles totally freak me out. I literally squirm when those monstrous nurses poke needles all over my body hungry for just an ounce of my blood-they find none. This is because it was virtually …

Since I suffer from chronic heartburn, I tend to buy and try many antacids. First of all, I have to admit that name brand products usually do work better than off-brands. Also, the really off-brands you get from the dollar stores don’t work very well at all. …

ZICAM has many different products out now. I came across this product last week. It comes in an green and white box and is found in the allergy section - not the cold section.
Zicam Intense Sinus Relief Nasal Decongestant with cooling menthol and eucalptus. This nasal …

Amitriptyline is the generic name for the tricyclic antidepressant Elavil. (I believe it is also marketed under several other names.) I have been on this drug for 23 years. Although it is an antidepressant, it is often used for other reasons– neuropathy symptoms, chronic pain, etc.
My reason for …

When it comes to fevers and headaches, I trust only Tempra Forte. I think it is the safest and the most effective medication for ordinary headache or even fever. For my family, especially for the kids if they got feverish, I give them at once …

Dealing with a sharp shoulder pain, I find myself trying new pain pills more often than I would like. I don’t often take aspirin because I did not think it was as safe as other medicines, but I will if absolutely necessary. When the pain kicks into my shoulder …

I got poison ivy once as a child, and it was the worst experience of my life, and very scary too, because I had no idea what it was and wasted a lot of time before telling my parents, worried they would rush me off to the hospital never …

I often get pretty bad headaches, but they are not bad enough to be considered migraines. I asked my doctor about what over the counter drug is best to use for head aches and she told me to use Motrin. She said that taking a Motrin and …

Cleartrace Adult ECG Electrode Stickers are used with heart monitors. I became familiar with them when I had to do a heart monitor for an extended period of about three weeks. The original conductive adhesive ECG electrodes that were sent to me caused a horrible skin reaction where I …

Since I gave birth to my son a few years ago, I have constantly been afflicted with back problems. My partner suffers from the same conditon too. A while back, I was window shopping in and I noticed a product called ‘Curaheat Back and Shoulder Pads’. I thought it …