Southeast Alabama Medical Center is one of two hospitals in Dothan, AL and has been serving the area for over thirty years. It is a leader in health care.
Having been in the hospital for the birth of my two children and having had several family members stay; I …

I have had serious allergy issues for the last seven years, ever since I moved from Arkansas to michigan, and the change in climate was like a slap in the face. The minute I got out of the car in the Michigan wilds (anything that isn’t a big city …

Chantix is a prescription medication used to help patients quit smoking. I had smoked for about 20 years, and was ready to quit. Even though I was not a heavy smoker, only about 4-5 cigarettes per day, I still found it quite difficult to break the smoking …

Paracetamol is commonly used to reduce fever and sometimes to relieve pain like those in headaches and muscle pains. Once taken, the effect lasts usually up to four hours.
I have a four month old baby who recently had fever after being immunized at …

Asmanex is the common brand name for Mometasone.
This medication comes in a handy device called an inhaler.
It is used to prevent wheezing and shortness of breath for people with asthma. It is what they call a corticosteriod. It reduces the swelling in an asthmatics airways. It is a daily …

If you aren’t familiar with the idea of taking Melatonin supplements, then you may not realize how helpful it can be. Especially for someone that has a hard time getting to sleep or staying asleep. My significant other has had sleeping problems just about his entire life. It takes …

I have been using this product for years. I was probably brought up with it, as my parents always had one as far as I can remember in the house. So I am thinking back about 20 years, so they must have been on the market for quite a …

I have suffered from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease off and on for 15 years. I have tried a variety of medications, and recently my doctor recommended Pariet rabeprazole sodium tablets.
Pariet is available by prescription only, and is relatively inexpensive when compared to Prevacid, the super drug for acid reflux disease. …

Antacids have been something that I have taken a lot of. With constant heartburn it is kind of hard to shy away from them. I remember one antacid that I used, which I did not really enjoy and it was the Tums Quick Pak Instant Dissolve Antacid Powders. I …

When I developed a serious case of bronchitis after a flu episode, I was given a prescription for Cipro antibiotic to take for two weeks. When I read the leaflet included in the bag, I got a little worried about the strength of this drug and its many …

About two years ago, I was going through some pretty big changes in my life, including starting a job after a seven year haitus raising my kids, and buying our first home, after years of living in a paid-for mobile home, not to mention my husband’s adoption of my …

To me, Ecotrin is a very effective pain reliever and anti inflammatory. I have a neck and shoulder problem that sometimes causes me horrific pain. Nothing really seems to help except rest, because i can’t even turn my head when the pain of my pinched nerve strikes. …

I have allergies, allergic rhinitis specifically. I don’t know how I got this but they say it is hereditary. I have been careful all my life. I don’t go out to bars because second hand smoke would cause me incessant sneezing and runny nose. I have cut all pollen-producing …

Not to be confused with Robitussin DM, this Tussin DM cough syrup if I remember correctly is a knock-off brand by Rite Aid or CVS or one of those kind of neighborhood corner store pharmacies. You can easily compare the ingredients, though and they are pretty much the same, …

About a little over a year ago, I went to the doctor to discuss getting on birth control to help treat some very painful conditions that were occuring as a result of menstruation (I promise this DOES have relevance to this medication in the title), and so, short of …

I used to have some Sinusitis attacks. Those were actually but few but whenever they came I would say that I would feel really bad and helpless. I’m glad thought that I’ve not been having this for long because of daily intake of Vitamin C, daily exercise …

I’ve used this medication and talked to pharmacists about it. In my observation it doesn’t work. I work in a drugstore, and I tell customers that all the time.
You’re supposed to take it at the first sign of a cold and it will decrease the severity and duration …

There was a few months at the beginning of summer when I was having some health problems and was retaining water really bad. My lower legs, ankles and feet were huge. My socks were leaving imprints in my skin. It was really bad. After having tried an over-the-counter pill …

I get awful muscle cramping and spasms. Some of it is due to lupus, some to fibromyalgia, some to irritable bowel, but ultimately all too often for comfort of functionality. At night I am often kept up by my muscles twitching unless I take Flexeril to help relieve some …

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 …

It tastes like Robitussin, that’s what someone will say when something they drank tastes like cough medicine. Aside from the popular association with the brand name, Robitussin is one of my trusted cough medicines. Especially when I have that dry itchy cough that won’t go away; or when that …

Few people enjoy driving to the pharmacy and picking up medications, so I found it hard to believe that my neighbor was not using one of the many available services that will mail order prescriptions and ship them right to your door. When I asked her why she …

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 …

Unlike lipitor the cholesterol medicine zetia is quite different. I tried many others they would not budge my cholesterol level down. I was then placed on crestor with zetia and it made all the difference. Zetia works not directly to the heart but rather through …

It’s the rainy season now so many of us have colds these days. I am not exempted to this phenomenon. I get runny nose and sometimes my colds even get worse and I get terrible headaches. It’s really such a bother to me. I only want to stay in …

Cymbalta is one of the newer antidepressants. Its generic name is duloxetine hydrochloride. It is available in 20mg, 30mg and 60mg capsules.
I have been battling depression off and on for fifteen tears. Just when I think I’m doing o.k.; it hits me. Like a ton …

We always have certain kind of medicine that we store in the house. Just in case, we need a kind of medicine in emergency case, we don’t have to panic or worry since we have enough stocks in the house.
One of the medicine that I store in my cupboard …

Protonix medicine is a proton-pump inhibitor used to treat GERD/Acid reflux. I just started using Protonix for a couple of days and I am very happy with the results. I do not feel the burning in my esophagus after I eat anymore. Protonix is great for people who cannot …

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 …

Ibrufoben is a generic name for over the counter medicines that eases you of pain or they are simply anti-imfammatory medicines that treats dental pain, menstrual cramps, head ache, migrane, nasal canal pain, backache, non serious joint pains. I always have them in my cabinet and in numbers. I …

I am fed up of writing reviews with the word —˜phlegm’ in them, but we are talking phlegm again with this one as I am reviewing Bell’s Mentholated Bronchial Balsam and I think it is excellent stuff. Out of all the many decongestants and expectorants I have been …

This review is for Children’s Advil suspension. I bought a 4 Fl OZ bottle of the Blue Raspberry flavored liquid for my almost 5 year old daughter because she has been getting some pretty bad fevors lately. I alternated with this Advil and a children’s Tylenol. I would first …

Azo Yeast tablets are tablets that can help relieve symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection. They are homeopathic in origin. I like these tablets because they are inexpensive at 6 dollars a bottle at Walmart.
Anywhere you buy them online also they retail anywhere from five to eight …

Rarely do I suffer from oral sores but when I catch one, it really bothers me a lot. Its really very painful to have oral sores often times I can’t eat and drink hot beverages. Since I work in the hospital I often encounter medicines for certain kind of …

Five years ago when I got a scald burn on my elbow, I didn’t think that one day I would find a solution or an ointment that could clear my ugly scar. I believed that my scar was permanent. I remember visting a dermatologist after one year just to …

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 …

I’m very busy with my work and taking cared of my family, some times I really failed to take my multivitamins or Vitamin C. Now a days, we are really prone to some illness most especially from different kinds of weather that occurs. We need some vitamins that will …

I want to tell you about a new medicine my husband found for arthritis, Advil Liqui-Gels The bottle states that they are for Migraine Relief, but my husband has found that they work wonders for his arthritis. Each capsule has 200mg of Ibuprofen, so he only needs two …

Ever since I was little boy, Eno Sparkling Antacid Solute has always been around and has been a big part of the family although it is one of those things one tends to take for granted.
The first time I used Eno was when I had a hectic stomach ache …

When my second son was born, I decided to cover him with complete vaccines protection. For the first baby, I had relied on the Indian Government vaccine program. At that time, I was not completely aware of this entire vaccine stuffs. Needless to say, my first son isn’t completely …

Around four years ago I was prescribed opioid painkillers as a means to manage pain from an injury to my knee. For years I took Darvocet, Tramadol, Vicodin and Oxycodone on a daily basis so I could get through my ten hour work shifts that required me to be …

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 never suffered from allergies, but it wasn’t until meeting my husband that I saw first hand how annoying, worrisome and even debilitating allergies can be from watching my husband suffer for many years. He tried every non-prescription allergy medication there was, and never got much relief from …

Recently I had some kind of skin reaction that made me break out into what seemed like hives. They were little itchy bumps that were mainly on my arms and legs. I would wake up in the morning and it seemed like brand new bumps would pop up out …

I have been taking Abilify for bipolar disorder in 10 or 15 mg pill form daily on-and-off for three years - since I started Prozac. My relationship with the drug has changed over time, becoming more favorable since the beginning.
The first time I took Abilify was on an empty …

Whenever I have really bad cramps, I like to take the strongest medicine I can find. Since I don’t get menstrual cramps often, they are really intense when I do get them. Ever since I had my tubes tied, it seems that the pain is worse and leaves me …

My auntie gave me a Colon ACH (Advanced Colon Health) sometime ago. When I received this from her I was not really excited. I thought I did not need that because after all I am into healthy eating and have regular bowel movement. As I read, this product …

I get terrible allergies in my eyes during the spring and fall months. If my eyes are really burning and itching, the cure for me, without a doubt, is Benadryl. Within twenty minutes after taking this over the counter medication, my eyes cease all watering and itching …

I have suffered for years from acid reflux and was put on prescription medication for this and it really helped a lot no more heartburn and i could eat whatever i wanted. Well after switching jobs we lost our coverage for medications and i didn’t realize how expensive my …

To those who have no patience with the trouble of preparing home-made solution to the first signs of Colds or do not have the means to do so Cold-EEZE is highly recommended. To discourage the symptoms of Colds so that it could be controlled immediately I would say Cold-EEZE …