It seems lately that I can be absolutely anywhere when the pain hits me. I try to stay equipped with pain killers, but don’t always remember to bring some with me on my daily ventures. On one occasion, I went from feeling okay to feeling excruciating pain in a …

Having a good dentist is valuable when one is living overseas. Dr. Berg, a German dentist who has settled here in Botswana is the best one you can go to. His clinic is a bit far from the center of the capital, Gaborone and I normally can go only …

It’s a shame to admit that I used to wet my bed when I was a child. My mom often got annoyed whenever that happened. At times I got punished, other days, I got scolded big time! I remember that I had a really hard time controlling my urge …

Karri family clinic that claims that it treats people,not diseases is not true. In my experience, it is a place where people are cheated. Situated in the Tampines Central community clinic, it would impress anyone on first looks and the patient caring approach of Dr.Leslie Tay.
On two or …

I have always had trouble sleeping. And I Have tried several different kinds of sleep aids. From non proscription to prescription. I had not found one that really worked until I tried Ambien CR. This is a breat sleep medicine. The trouble I always had with other sleep aids …

I knew I had to stop smoking, but I was sceptical about Nicotine patches until I went to a stop smoking session and was given NicoDerm Step 1. 21mg Nicotine Patches, to help me break the habit. This Step ! was designed for smoker like me who habitually smoke …

My husband, ever since he was a young kid, has always been a fan of chest rubs, like Vicks. I always know when he’s feeling poorly, because he’ll come out of the bathroom, right before bed, smelling like a hospital with Vicks rubbed all over his chest to help …

This last year I have suffered from way too many colds and two too many flu’s. I recently started to develop a cold again due to my daughter bringing germs home from school. The whole family has been sick and though I had plenty of children’s medicine, I did …

I don’t smoke and drink liquors. I also see to it that I can eat fruits and vegetables in a week. I also don’t eat pork as well. But no matter how I tried to practice a healthy living I am still not excuse from getting flu or colds. …

My boys are both in their tweens. They eat a relatively good diet, but both my primary care physician and I feel that taking a daily multivitamin doesn’t harm, and may actually pick up any nutritional slack. So, my boys take a multivitamin on a daily basis and have …

Many moons ago, when I was unemployed and relying on my significant others income, and I had no insurance, I went through an awful period of having toothaches that were pretty much constant, and I was living off of Tylenol arthritis and sucrets to numb the area. It worked, …

I, unfortunately, have the pleasure of suffering from seasonal allergies. I also, once in awhile, struggle with insomnia. I find that the Walgreen’s brand of Benadryl, which is called Wal-dryl, works to kill two birds with one stone. Funny enough, I find this store brand works better and faster …

During the rainy season in the Philippines, the hospitals are packed with children, 90% of them sneezing, coughing or nursing runny noses. A lot of doctors in the Philippines generally prescribe antibiotics, but my family is cautious when it comes to medicines. So my mother, who adores western medicine, …

With four of us (myself, my husband, and our two kids) living in our household, there usually isn’t a month that goes by that at least one of us isn’t feeling up to par. We tend to like to take as many preventative measures as possible, and really just …

Chantix is a prescription medication that is used to help you stop smoking. I think that it really helps. It was a big step to go to the doctor and ask for the prescription but I am so very glad I did. It does such a good job …

Ambien is a medication used for sleep. It is supposed to relax you enough so that you can fall asleep, not just put you to sleep as previous sleeping pills have done. When I was having a lot of trouble sleeping, my doctor prescribed this for me. …

The reason I bought Daktarin Oral Gel is because I have Stomatitis or what they call mouth sore. I got it when I change the toothpaste I usually use. Truly, every time I change my toothpaste, mouth sore always happen after and I need to suffer a week or …

I have been taking this medication for well over a year now, after I switched from Yasmin. The reason why I didn’t like Yasmine is I found that I stacked on around 10 kilograms from the hormonal change (despite eating well and exercising regularly). Also, Yasmine was …

Dexamethazone Elixir is Cortio Steroid that is used for people with chronic asthma and also for treating croup attacks. I have reviewed other steroids and I do not feel highly about them. But if your child needs it then what can you do? This is the medicine that many …

One medication that continues to be on the market though used less often is Fioricet. Fioricet is an old school migraine medication that was prescribed to me back in 1993 when my migraines began. For several years, a combination of Fioricet and a drug called Elavil worked …

So, about two weeks ago, I went into my Doctor’s office complaining of pain in my right side and lower back, which was radiating all down my leg and through my abdomen on the right side, and at first, because the pain seemed localized on the right side I …

I was prescribed Geodon (20 mg twice a day) to take the edge off my anxiety. My daytime dose caused me to experience an early afternoon crash, so I had to start taking the entire 40 mg at night. This change started to help, but apparently, not soon enough …

I went to this Pondok Indah Hospital few times. I need to get acupuncture treatment in this hospital few years ago to lose some of my weight. I could say that the hospital building is very well maintain. I could see every time the cleaning man or lady do …

Are you or anybody you know suffering from constipation?,cannot just get that hard stools out and too painful?.Well,if you agree with all these questions,then be relieved.Solution is now available,in the form of an excellent medicine,Lactus constipation syrup.My mother suffers from all those I mentioned above.She tried various alternatives and …

I went through a pretty scary time when a relative was dying from cancer. My anxiety level was through the roof and I was borderline depressed. I was already taking an antidepressant drug, amitriptyline, but I took it for sleep, not depression. My doctor decided I needed some …

When I have had serious pains in the past, I have relied a lot of Tylenol and other acetaminophen products. I kind of steered away from these products for a while, until it felt like the other medicines were no longer working. I went to a nearby Wal-Mart store …

I have been using my Littmann Classic II Stethoscope in my medical practice as a physician for more than 4 years now and I can really say that it is indeed a great help for me in examining patients and arriving into the right diagnosis for each case I …

One of the best tablet that I normally use for pain killer. Sometimes, we have a little headache because of stress or not feeling well. Then for me, that’s the time to take Aspirin Bayer tablet. Since I can get this tablet easily from the store, I never …

I had recently come back from vacation and I had one of the worst sunburns. On the last day of our vacation, I decided that I really wanted to get lots of sun, so I remained in the sun all day. Between the sun reflecting on the water, and …

Bactrim DS is a medication commonly used in the treatment of cystitis (urinary tract infection) and bladder infection. Bactrim DS has, on more that one occasion save me from the excruciating pain of a urinary tract infection. It is important to treat a urinary tract infection promptly …

This medicine helped me reduce the duration of my cold symptoms. It really does work. It offers better results if you take it right when cold symptoms start. The great thing about it is that it is non drowsy and not exactly expensive. You can also get a dollar …

I don’t normally shop at Kmart, but have recently been noticing a lot of sales that they have had going on. I found myself picking up some cough drops when my throat was feeling scratchy and I could feel a serious cough coming on. I noticed a large bag …

I remembered when I was just a newbie in the first job I had, I and my office mates ate our lunch together in the office. We all had packed lunch and we always share each other’s food. Lunch time was always the best time for us because we …

I had a severe case of abdominal colic a few months ago which as can be described as on and off pain that seemed to be moving around within my abdomen associated with some unusual fullness within my stomach. I was also experiencing some nausea. To tell …

A few days back, I happened to be suffering from severe cough and cold, which indeed was making me feel quite miserable. Though the cold symptoms didn’t seem to be the very severe kind during the initial stages, the condition worsened so much that I realized that I had …

From time to time I suffer from lower back pain. The base of my spine stiffens and I find it painful to move the affected area. I bought some Ibuleve gel as a friend of mine recommended it to me.
The gel itself feels incredibly cold when you first …

Two weeks ago, my son had high fever. The first day, I thought it was just a simple fever that will be fine if I give him paracetamol syrup from a kind of brand that I have in the house. But pity that he did not want to drink …

My husband & I love to travel. By plane or long driving, we do it every holidays and weather permitting, every other weekend. I love seeing new places. I love trying out new things, I love spending time with my husband. What I don’t like is how bad I …

My son was sick a few weeks ago. He was running a fever and had a sore throat. I woke up with these symptoms the other day. One of the joys of motherhood is catching your child’s colds! I decided to take myself to our …

Congestion is something that I think no one likes to deal with. I know that being congested leaves me unable to breathe properly and just plain miserable. I hate the way it wakes me up in the night, and makes it difficult for me to eat. I have tried …

I put my back out many years ago and therefore often get recurring pain. I always have to have medication on hand to help relieve the pain when it gets really bad. I have tried several different ointments including Icy Hot Extra Strength Pain Relieving Cream. I had tried …

Theres a huge difference when it comes to Tylenol P.M and Advil P.M. The reason I started using Advil P.m was because it makes me feel different and plus it ’s non habit forming. At first I wasn’t believing this because thats the same thing I heard about Tylenol …

A cough is something that I absolutely despise. I hate dealing with the chest burning and the fact that you can’t control when the cough will come and go. I also hate those coughs filled with mucous. They seem to especially hurt during that time and is really disgusting. …

I hate generically lumping myself in a specified PMS category of women, but I’ll admit that I’m really rather moody and irritable a couple days before my period, so much so that my husband and children have marked those days on their mental calendars and avoid me at all …

Basically we picked this group of dentists on our approved dental insurance list. They have not let us down. We had a lot of dental work because both my husband and I had been out of the U.S. for years. We had been unable to find a dentist that …

About 9 years ago I quick smoking. I had smoked for about 4 or 5 years. I got hooked on them pretty quick. I had a really hard time trying to stop smoking. I had heard that there was a medication that could help me …

I was prescribed to use Lidemol by our company physician when I was complaining about the returning itchiness of my skin behind my ears. It has become really itchy and flaky at one point. If I would scratch it, I would have dead skin cells underneath my nails or …

My 1 year old daughter is having a bad case of atopic dermatitis (skin asthma/allergies), that even the usual cream steroids won’t do her skin any good.
When we visited her pediatrician for another consult, she was prescribed with a new cream named Ezerra. At first, i was hesitant because …

I have used both Neosporin and Equate brand triple antibiotic ointment, as well as a few other brands, and I think they are all great.
The thing I like best about Equate is that it is cheap! I mean why would someone want to pay something like six dollars …

My eldest son has pretty bad asthma. We know his triggers (cats, molds, dust mites) but even keeping his allergens under control, when he gets a bad upper respiratory infection his asthma kicks into hyperdrive. Because of this, at the first sign of any respiratory trouble his allergy specialist …