Medicine Reviews
E. Thomas Krembs
I have had Tom Krembs for a dentist since I was a kid and I am 50 years old now. He has retired and I have a new dentist. It is just not the same.
Dr. Tom was an absolutely wonderful dentist or perhaps you could call him …
Abuteral or Abuterol Inhaler
My tip is not to use Abuteral or Abuterol steroidal inhaler at all costs. I had used it while I had pneumonia that turned into long term bronchitis, literally feeling like my lungs were burning each …
Inoflox Ofloxacin: Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
Inoflox Ofloxacin is a prescription medicine that is used to treat urinary tract infections. After my 3rd child my uterus and bladder never returned to their original position and they are now both tilted. I know that sounds funny but it is true and what that means is I …
Premarin
Premarin is a medication for menopause.It is the worst feeling in the world to be hot when everyone around you is cool and calm.
Premarin has many benifits.It protects the bones keep the heart safe prevents vaginal dryness,and a host of other things,but a lot of women take it for …
Anti-diarrheal liquid softgels from Rite Aid (Rite Aid Brand)
Rite Aid has its own line of medications which are similar to brand-name medications but are priced more economically. Writing a version of antidiarrheal medication was several dollars cheaper than the name brand. However, I found it to be very effective. The medicine comes in liquid …
Lyrica
I have suffered from chronic back pain for over 15 years. The pain ranges from mild to severe. When it’s mild, I can manage it with Ibuprofen. Recently the pain became severe, and I also began to experience more widespead pain.
My doctor suggested that I try …
Band-Aid Brand Plastic and Sheer Strips
When I was young I used to call all plastic strips by the name Band-Aid. I did not know then that Band-Aid is just a brand name. All I thought was the plastic strip is Band-Aid and Band-Aid is plastic strip. It was not until I grew older that …
Cystex Fights Pain and Burning Urination
Next to childbirth, a toothache or an ear ache, the only other pain that can compare is that of a urinary tract infection. Though I don’t encounter these problems often, they do occur on occassion, and I’m left suffering through the night until I can head into my doctor. …
Cetirizine Children’s Allergy Medication
My youngest son has severe asthma and allergies. His asthma is particularly aggravated by pollen in the spring, and is also exercise induced. Although we have tried a variety of other prescription medications to help with his allergies, the one we have found to work best is Cetirizine. Cetirizine …
Decolsin Capsule
Having a little fever today? Go to the nearest drug store and get Decolsin capsules from there. I think it is the easiest way for me to reduce the fever or cough that I sometime have.. I will not wait to long to get Decolsin capsules and start to …
Morrisons Mentholated Balsam for Chesty Coughs
This Mentholated Bronchial Balsam is an excellent remedy for chesty coughs and I would totally recommend it. It is also suppose to relieve a sore throat but I cannot attest to that as my throat is not particularly sore, although it does give a pleasant warming feeling as …
MS Contin pain reliever
MS Contin is a pain reliever that works very well. It’s for severe to moderate pain and more of chronic type pain. It has to be prescribed by a doctor and it’s not an otc medication. This is often prescribed in the hospital. This is a common prescription in …
Sudafed PE nasal decongestant
I had $6 in my pocket the day I wasn’t feeling well, and stopped at the grocery store next door to my work to get something, and really the only reason I bought this Sudafed PE Nasal Decongestant is because it was on sale and that would leave me …
Miralax
I have used miralax both for myself and on children. In the United States where I live this product has only been over the counter for a few years. Before that it was only by prescription. Back when it was prescription I did use …
Bactidol Mouthwash
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 …
Dilinct Syrup Bronchodilator and Expectorant 200 ml
My dresser already looks like a mini home pharmacy as it is laden with all sorts of medication. When you have kids, this is pretty normal but for us, as an expatriate family, we often get different medicines depending on where we go. As such, I would have medications …
Analgin pills, metamizolum natrium Pliva
I think that Pliva is a very good farmaceutical company and their drugs aren’t very expencive either.
This tablets have 500 mg of metamizol natrium and it is a very strong anti-inflammatory drug with the analgesic and antipiretic effect, metamizol is a pain reliefer by itself. This drug is used …
Cleveland Pediatric Clinic
This last week I tried Cleveland Pediatric Clinic again. I stopped using them years ago because of the two to three hour wait for an office visit. I decided to try them again for my children’s well child checkups.
The Dr I saw, Trina Taylor, told me she didn’t have …
Solmux Syrup for Kids
I live in cold place in the Philippines and more often than not children suffer from colds and cough easily. One time my daughter catch a cold and ended up having cough as well because of post nasal drip. I have a problem giving my daughter certain medications even …
Callus Removers
My mother had developed a callus on the bottom of her foot near her toes. A Podiatrist wanted too much money to remove it, so our Pharmacist recommended Dr. Scholl’s Ultra Slim Callus Removers. After falling prey to other not-so-good Dr. Scholl’s products, I was initially hesitant to buy …
Tums Extra Strength Chewable tablets
I have been diagnosed with GERD and have taken a proton pump inhibitor daily for about four years now. Occasionally, I have what is called “breakthrough reflux” which is a period where for some reason, my prescription medication is not taking care of the problem.
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Medicard
This is the best health card I have so far compared to our old health card. In my previous company, they provided us a health card and I am happy to say that Medicard is the number 1 health provider here in the Philippines. They offer the best doctors …
Thecort Creme
When my daughter was just seven months old, she had problem on her skin. I saw on her ear that she had skin rash in the area of her ear. I don’t know what was causing that skin problem on her skin. I thought she did not use any …
Thermacare Heatwraps
I had the chance to use this heat wrap when I had a mild sprain on my back after I fell down in the bathroom. My sister in law recommended this product to me because she used it when she sprained her hip joint and it worked well …
Disudrin Syrup
When my child was less than 1 year old she got a cold. It is her first time to caught a cold, we dont know what medicine to give to ease her congested nose, so my husband decided to buy medicine for cold for infants. The pharmacists recommended Disudrin …
Aqua-Ban Diuretic Water Pills
I take diuretics occasionally to relieve bloating and water retention. This is a problem for me once a month, and also any time I have too much salt in my diet. I always keep a diuretic in the medicine cabinet in case I need to take one. …
Walgreen’s Muscle and Joint Analgesic pain relief gel
This is a Walgreen’s muscle and joint ointment comparable to Bengay. It comes in a yellow tube that has Muscle and Joint written in big bold letters. It is a greaseless gel that also has a vanishing scent.
When I was pregnant, I acquired the worst pain from sciatica …
Fess little noses - saline nose drops
I first discovered this product, called fes a few weeks ago, when my 5 month old baby had a really bad flu. She had a blocked up nose, where she could hardl breathe from and she also was coughing up alot of phlem all the time. I was really …
Liptor
Liptor is a tablet, when taken daily helps to reduce cholestral in the blood stream and thereby helping to prevent angina, strokes and heart attacks. It is to be taken when dieting.
I lost weight whilst taking this tablet. However, this was possibly due to the diet …
Benzoyl Peroxide 5%
I will be reviewing about a medicine that is significant and highly-used today, Benzoyl Peroxide.
Benzoyl Peroxide is basically for acne treatment. I have tried lots of brand that offer Benzoyl Peroxide but I stick to the B.P (benzoyl peroxide) that my dermatologist gave me for the sake of having …
Depo Provera
As a person who has had painful periods for years, I’ve tried many different types of contraception to reduce the pain I experience every month. I started off on Cyclessa, then tried Yasmin, then OrthoNovum, and then OrthoEvra, the patch. Next I tried OrthoMicronor, which is a progesterone-only pill …
TheraFlu Vapor Patch, menthol
I’m usually the type of person who would prefer to take an actual medicine to help alleviate my symptoms, NyQuil being my favorite product of all time to take for this reason because it helps me sleep too, so it never really dawns on me all that often to …
Mucinex For Kids! Mini-Melts Bubble Gum Flavor Granules
My kids are little monsters when they are sick, but I mean that in the most loving ways possible. As a mother, the last thing I want is to see my kids sick, no matter how young or old they are. They are teenagers now and tough it out …
Claritin Liqui-Gels
I used these allergy tablets to treat my hives which have been making me uncomfortable for some time. After I gave birth to my first child, I was itchy all over my body because of rashes that just occurred without warning. It started as tiny dots on my skin …
Tylenol Severe Congestion Medicine
One time I had such a bad cold that I thought I would never ever be able to breathe again. I have long since stopped using medicines like TheraFlu (although it’s good) and Sudafed, because I didn’t like the “medicine head” nor the dried out feeling that I …
Nadina Thwaite - Doctor
When I first started visiting Nadina I didn’t really like her, she seemed kind of stand offish and cold. But I kept going to see her and I’m glad I did.
Nadina is a great doctor. I started visiting her when I got colds and flus and she was …
Adderall XR
I’ve always noticed that I had a short attention span, but I never thought that it was a serious problem until I was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) during my junior year in college. After talking over my options with my doctor, I was prescribed Adderall XR. …
Gas-X Extra Strength Anti-Gas 125mg
Gas-X Extra Strength Anti-Gas 125mg is an outstanding medicine to relieve gas, pressure, bloating and discomfort related to gas build-up. The softgel easy to swallow pills are truly easy to swallow, as I am one of those people that experience trouble while attempting to swallow a pill.
Gas-X Strength Anti-Gas …
Metformin Hydrochloride
When I was first diagnosed as a diabetic in 2003, the doctor put me on Metformin Hydrochloride. Ironically enough my mother and father both took the pills at one time, but my dad was taken off them because he experienced some bad side effects. I started off taking one …
Treatment of arthritis
If you become older many persons suffer the disease of arthritis. It is something that can’t be cured because there is some damage in the joints of your body.
You can feel it on every place of your body and it can give a terrible pain in your muscles. Very …
Lo LoestrinFe birth control
Before I had my son, I was never really interested in engaging in anything sexual. You could say that I was indeed, waiting to find that special person. And when I finally did find him, my plans on waiting didn’t fan out as I had planned.
I ended up getting …
Voltaren Gel for Wrist Pain
I’ve been having issues with my left wrist aching, especially when I’m on the keyboard typing. I had been using an over-the-counter herbal cream that helps. However, it has gotten worse in the past month or so. I talked to my doctor about this and wanted something that I …
Zostrix Capsaicin
This is a cream that many physicians will prescribe if you have arthritis pain, to relief the discomfort. It is actually ‘pharmacist recommended’ so it is pretty good, aside from what my parents have said about it. This medicine/cream comes in a 60g and will last you more than …
Motrin IB (ibruprofen)
Motrin IB is a medicine that can be found at just about any drup store. The term, “IB” refers to ibruprofen.
I remember as a teenager, I use to get menstrual cramps very badly. I used many medicines on the market to try to alleviate them, such as Pamprin …
Tienshi Zinc Capsule
One of the nourishing supplements of Tienshi products that I personally like and tested proven safe and efficient in giving my skin clarity due to pimples or acne breakouts. I have used this product for six months and I can testify faithfully that my skin has never been so …
IWK Children’s Hospital
My husband and I recently took our daughter to the Emergency department of the IWK Children’s hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The IWK is pretty well reknowned locally and is hailed as being one of the best health care facilities for children east of Toronto.
I was shocked when we …
Aricept for Memory Problems
Aricept is marketed as a drug for people with Alzheimer’s Disease. In speaking with my internist, he mentioned that he’s had success using Aricept in people with more ordinary memory issues, often better than for Alzheimer’s patients. I don’t have Alzheimer’s, but I often lose my keys and may …
Gold Bond Medicated Foot Powder
When I was younger I had a really bad problem with sweaty feet. I would probably still have this problem today if I ever wore shoes, but choose to wear sandals all of the time. I hate my feet feeling sweaty. It does two things. The first thing is …
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