I have two children, and as a mother, I absolutely hate seeing them when they are sick which, thankfully, hasn’t had to be all that often over the years. There’s nothing worse than a child crying because they don’t feel good, but you don’t know what’s wrong or how …

I recently had a baby at the new Presbyterian Hospital in Rockwall and I have mixed feelings about it. I love the location. It is so much closer than all the other hospitals. The rooms are huge compared to other hospitals I have seen. The delivery room was nice. …

The Equate extra strength pain reliever is an inexpensive alternative to Tylenol extra strength. Both contain the same active ingredient called Acetaminophen which is the actual ingredient which provides relief when you have a headache. The Tylenol extra strength retails for $4.50( 80 caplets) and the Equate version retails …

Endocet might as well be called the sister of Percoset, a medication most commonly prescribed by physicians for patients experiencing low to moderate symptoms of pain and discomfort. Endocet can sometimes eleviate pain, however, for certain patients in cases where Percoset may not agree with one’s body by …

When your child is sick it can be very troubling. That is why I make it apriority to get medicine to treat my sick child when symptoms start to occur. Even adults have hard times dealing with cold symptoms and I hate to see my daughter go through that. …

I always have high blood pressure. I think its because one, it runs in the family, second, I love to it albeit I am not overweight. They say exercise is important to combat and dissolve all the fatty food you ate but sometimes I have high blood pressure no …

For roughly the past few weeks, our apartment has been a mini-pharmacy thanks to my husband’s annual cold and congestion and my allergies that spring into action every spring when for some odd reason ALL the pine trees release their yellow poison in waves and waves of golden dust pollen. …

I usually don’t get sick all that much. However, when I do get sick, I really get sick. This is especially true in cold and flu season. I usually get a cold at least three times a year and the flu at least once.
When I do Theraflu …

We should all take precautions to remain fresh and clean by cleaning our hands and feet a few times a day to avoid the accumulation of dust particles on our skin. Taking precaution is always better and comfortable than cure.
If proper care of the skin is not takes, it …

They say that those who rarely speak tend to have more bacteria in their mouths and throats than those who often speak. I guess that could be the reason why I’m always having sore throats and those pesky mouth sores because when I’m in the office there are no …

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 …

When it comes to drug stores, Walgreens has always been my number one choice. I think it is because my town really only has Walgreens stores. When I was living in San Antonio, I noticed that they also had quite a few CVS stores and dropped in on it …

I’ve always been in a sticky situation because I love the water and I love going off in boats in the ocean, as do my circle of friends. But, I get motion sickness really easily, so much so that taking my eyes off the road as a passenger …

To say that Triaminic Expectorant cough formula works well is an understatement. I recently had a bad cough from a cold. For the first few days, the cough wasn’t that bad. It was simply a dry cough that didn’t interfere too much with my day to …

I’ve noticed that over the years, I tend to feel my arthritis problems more when the weather is rainy or it has been a very long day. I notice the arthritis problem the most in my fingers, wrist and left shoulder. When it is possible, I like to take …

I have tried a lot of smoking cessation programs and products that are available in our country. But only 1 product was able to help me quit for good. I am a smoker and everyday is a struggle, but not anymore. Chantix, or Varenicline, is a twice a day …

Neutrogena On the Go Acne Treatment is awesome! Sometimes you don’t feel like using a face wash to treat a couple of pimples, and other times you wish you had something that you could put on your blemish and leave it on all day and let it work. This …

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 …

My brother visited me and during the last week of his stay with me, he developed throbbing toothache. The toothache was so bad that no home remedies worked and he spend two sleepless nights. Even the mouth washes and sensitive toothpaste did not help him. Finally, I reached out …

I have been constipated for the past few days and my mother recommended that I try using Dulcolax. She often would take Dulcolax when she has problems with constipation, so she swears by this medicine and gave me a single tablet. Actually I have heard of Dulcolax tablets being …

Some people may not see lip balm as medicine. If you have a problem with really dry chapped lips, it is definitely medicine. I don’t have a particular lip balm that I use. I usually just try to keep my lips moisturized with something. I live in the desert …

Neosporin is a medication designed to treat cold sore in the mouth/lip area and it does its job as best as an over the counter medicine can.
Cold sores are no fun and they can happen without an provocation. When you get them, you know it as they are incredibly …

One time I was having bad colds. My clogged nose would disturb my sleep as I could not breathe well. It was like something was blocking the air from entering my noise. It was really a bad feeling. As I woke up in the morning after a very disturbed …

The name of this product sounds so funny but this is a good product. Bye bye fever can be used for your kids. When they have fever, you can put this Bye Bye fever on their forehead. It help a little bit to bring the fever down. Of course, …

Robitussin Cough and Chest Congestion helped me with chest congestion that I had with a bad cold. The active ingredient in Robitussin Cough and Chest Congestion is Guaifenesin which is an expectorant. An expectorant is a medication that loosens up and thins mucous, making it easier for it to …

This was one of the medications that me and my wife kept in our medicine cabinet. When our daughter was first born we were against giving medicine and that was something that we tried to stick to. But as she got older and gained more fevers over time, we …

Yuck! They taste good at first and then the bitter taste hits you. These are a round chewable with a hard white coating and taste like cherry…at first. You are supposed to not eat or drink fifteen minutes before or after you take it. You are also supposed to …

It sometimes seems like I have tried hundreds of medicines to get rid of colds. I hate being sick and will usually run out to the store as soon as I feel symptoms. I hate the runny and clogged nose. I can’t stand the headaches, and the severe cough …

As soon as I saw an advertisement for Advil Migraine in a liquid-filled capsule, I wanted to try it; in my experience, the liquid-filled tablets work faster than the traditional pills. Although I rarely get migraines, I have never found anything over the counter that helped my really bad …

I have struggled my whole life with bad teeth and it never helped them that I was always a little negligent about flossing. From the time I was young, I hated flossing because it was always painful. My gums are very sensitive and whenever I’d floss, my gums would …

My stomach tends to have gases, and for people who knows that experience, it can be really painful. It feels swollen too, what can be very bothersome. For when this happens, Aero-red is one of the medicines that I have tried to help my stomach to feel better.
Aero-red is …

I’ve had this non-productive and nagging dry cough for 3 days now. I hate having a cough because this made me very uncomfortable in public and also with the way I breathe. I would often get a tight feeling in my chest and no matter how many times …

I have my fair share of acne scars. Even in my mid twenties, I struggle to keep blemishes at bay. To fight my acne, I use Neutrogena products. One of my favorite products is the Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment.
On-the-Spot Acne Treatment, a maximum strength effectiveness product, is true to …

This week I had an abdominal CT scan. It’s not an uncomfortable procedure, unless you are claustrophobic. The worst part of this (excepting the radiation exposure of course) is having to drink two bottles of barium suspension, 450 ml each.
This helps the scanner to see …

I take a lot of Vitamin C and other vitamins, to keep colds away from my poor immune system, and though I still get the occasional sinus cold, I am able to rebound in a much faster time, and do not feel as run down as I once did …

Abilify is an anti-psychotic medication. This means that it is intended for the treatment of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. In some cases, Abilify is also used to treat bipolar depression. In fact, you may have seen ads or TV*/8 commercials advertising the use of this drug for …

Abort73.com is a site on abortion. As a person who is interested in the abortion debate, I have looked at many abortion-related sites. I have looked at sites that are pro-life, pro-choice, and in-between. In my opinion, Abort73.com may be the best site out there.
Abort73.com is mainly aimed at …

I suffer from severe migraines several times a month. They were so bad I couldn’t leave bed until there were gone. The symptoms including vomiting, sensitively to light, and general discomfort. Imitrex is a drug that is taken in a shot form. The first time …

Since I do not have a very high tolerance for pain, I find myself keeping an assortment of pain pills around the house. I am not too picky with brand names, and really just look for medicines that make me feel at ease. One medication that I have tried …

I have been taking different brands of vitamins ever since i was a kid. Of course, as i grow up, my body changes and i need a more complete set of vitamins and minerals, When i was about 17 years old i was very hooked with another brand that …

When I gave birth to my second child, I got hemorrhoids. It hurts like hell. I couldn’t even stand up. I thought I was going to die every time I went to the bathroom. My doctor gave me medicine; it was gel type and had to be rubbed on …

I have Diabetes. My doctor told me that having Diabetes is also associated with having high cholesterol. It could also be a genetic thing. In my case, it was proven through blood works. I was given statin (Zocor) medications to control my high cholesterol levels. Of course, I was told …

Advil PM Pain Reliever/ Nighttime Sleep Aid come in tubs of tablets. Actually, I think they are more like caplets, and there are 80 of them in a tub. They claim to be able to help with sleeplessness associated with minor aches and pains because they contain …

Recently I had noticed that my usually clear skin waw becoming a paradise for zits. Over the summer I broke out and it just never cleared up. I had white heads, black heads, and full blown cystic bumps. This never happens to me so I was …

I have a good deal of pain thanks to a bad back, junky knees, and due to some broken bones when I was younger and careless. For the most part, I leave it untreated, and on bad days, I might take a Motrin or two which seems to …

I have been fighting some sort of cold or allergy for about three weeks now. At first, I thought I had the flu. But, none of my symptoms add up to that and I’ve had to simply find way to find some relief until I can finally get it …

I have always had respiratory issues as long as I could remember due to being born prematurely. I would have breathing troubles during the winter season. As I grew up, my respiratory problems worsened. It finally got to the point when I was a teenager, my breathing …

Mucinex is an over-the-counter expectorant used to get the gooey mucus out of your lungs. While it costs more than your average cold medicine (about $9 at Wal-Mart) it is well worth the price. It does an excellent job of clearing mucus from the lungs as well as thinning …

The hospital though seems swanky from outside and seems to have good facilities but a closer look will let you know how terrible their service is.
We had to wait for hours before they sent us the ambulance that was promised long ago. The ambulance service …

I have had Dr. Bassi now for my internal medicine doctor for the past 3 years - so have my Mother and my Husband. We are all very satisfied with him as a doctor. I am very convinced this man is in the right profession. He …