I don’t have kids of my own, but my best friend has two children, and I watch them for her on a pretty regular basis. I’m the cool “auntie”, and they’ll come for a week or more to visit and give their mom and dad a chance to relax …

These are probably some of the more expensive sore throat lozenges, the Cepacol Maximum Numbing Sore Throat Pain Relief Honey Lemon Lozenges which only come with 18 and cost about $5, but that’s what I end up with when I send my husband to the store to get me …

I had a major problem with facial hair! I would use facial hair removal creams weekly to get rid of my facial hair, but at times, I would get an ugly rash from the creams. I tried plucking, but it was so painful, plus the amount of …

About 10 years ago I experienced my first panic attack. My heart was racing and I felt like I just need to leave and leave immediately. Since that time, I have had several panic attacks and now suffer from claustrophobia, agoraphobia, and social anxiety.
I went to a Dr. finally …

When I returned after a long week vacation with my family, my stomach started showing signs of indigestion. Due to indigestion my stomach started aching and I was not able to eat any kind of food for the rest of the day. This is when I decided to visit …

Nasonex Scent-Free Mist Intranasal Spray, 50mcg
I was prescribed Nasonex Aqueous Nasal Spray (only available via prescription) by my doctor because I am highly prone to sinus infections. In fact, I usually get really bad ones about four or five times a year and they will last for several weeks, …

I ate too much at a restaurant and too fast, so my tummy ached so much I couldn’t move and I wanted to throw up. I went to the pharmacy to pick up some meds because I know there is a medication for that but Domperidone was not …

I bought NeoCitran recently, when I was panic-stricken with colds. By this time, my dependable stash of Cold-Fx had ran out and I had nowhere else to turn to!
Pricewise, Cold-Fx is double the price of one box of NeoCitran, which contains 10 pouches. So I thought if …

When I decided to choose a birth control method, I was at first drawn to the Pill. However, I was immediately put off by the margin for error in its use: miss a few days, it might not work. Take them at the wrong …

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 …

While driving on my way to my grandmother’s house in the province, my nape started to ache and I had this pulsating headache that was hard to ignore. I knew instantly that I was having a hypertensive attack. Rather than risk driving while my head and nape hurt, I …

When I go on night shifts especially during the cold months I often suffer from gas pain. Sometimes its very disgusting because of the odor but I couldn’t help it sometimes. In addition to this problem I often suffer from being bloated and also nausea. While I was on …

My daughter and I both suffer from allergies from time to time, she worse than I. We both have used Flonase Nasal Spray, and both of us have experienced good results when using it. In fact, I had no idea how bad my allergies could be until I used …

My nephew usually suffer from very severe eczema. For the longest time, I have always been looking for a product that can help relieve his symptoms, and most of the products I have come across never worked too well.
Some time back, about a month ago, I went to …

I have tried several different types of pain relievers to help get rid of my headaches. I decided to try Vanquish pain reliever to see if it was any different than anything else I have used in the past. I have heard of Vanquish before and have had a …

Every once in a while I will exercise too hard and strain my back muscles. It is very painful and it is often when I reach for some Advil and a heating pad. However, sometimes I do not have the luxury of a heating pad so I have …

I first heard about this medication from my mother, who had heard about it on the Oprah Winfrey show, I think. Anyway, my mother suffers from many things. She is in her late 70’s, has artherosclerosis, high blood pressure and several other smaller things. She lives …

I think everyone knows that dealing with stomach woes is a nuisance. I have a very sensative stomach and digestive system. I get heartburn daily and I can easily get sick. I have used Pepto Bismol in the past for these issues. Since I love to save money, I …

This is the leading drugstore in the Philippines today and I don’t think that would still change. They have so many branches and are also present on almost all malls, big or small. They have almost every thing you need when it comes to medicines and drugs. …

Just after delivering my second baby, my mother bought me special vitamin to help me recover my body. The vitamin is called Bio Extra Vit Ester-C. I think it is a combination between extra vitamin C supplement and other vitamin such as vitamin B complex.
My mother said that it …

You know, I’ve read this somewhere in a magazine which I cannot recall what name it was that in order to achieve a flat tummy, you should either stand up after eating or lie down. It will help maintain a flat tummy. I actually observed this many times. Usually …

I have been a type I diabetic for over 25 years, about five years ago I learned about insulin pumps. I did some research and decided to buy the Paradigm 511 insulin pump from the Minimed company.
The Paradigm insulin pump was very expensive but my insurance company paid …

My doctor prescribed me Prilosec after I get a terrible stomach ulcer from taking Ibuprofen on an empty stomach many times. I would take the Ibuprofen on an empty stomach because I’d be in pain (typically from menstrual cramps) and want fast relief but not have any food near …

One of my friends began taking a very low dose of a medication known at Buprioprian several months ago. This oral medication should be taken daily and is more or less quite similar to the chemically resembling, Wellbutrion. Buprioprian is commonly used to help people with serious …

For all those people who doesn’t know aboutTramadol, it is supposed to be a non-addictive pain reliever and so very popular because of its non-addictive properties. In my quest of trying to find something to relief me from my chronic pain problems my doctor decided to prescribe me this …

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 …

I remember, as a child, the good ol’ days of my mother or father lathering on a ridiculous layer of vicks vapor rub to our chests when we were feeling congested and, generally speaking, just plain icky. The stuff smells obnoxious and very medicinal, but I have to admit …

There are many medicine in the pharmacy stores or drug stores that you can get if you have cough problem. Normally, people would like to buy those kind of medicine for the cough problem but they don’t want to go to a doctor for the prescription of the medicine …

I think that Advil is one of the best pain relievers & reducers. It is the only one that will take my headaches away the fastest. Other pain relievers and reducers will take them away but they take a while. Not only that but sometimes they don’t help at …

A year ago, my doctor was worried with my health. He diagnosed me as anemic and malnourished. People used to ask me if I have anorexia or bulimia. I didn’t have any appetite back then. I’m very picky with food and I don’t eat vegetables. I don’t like to …

I decided to try a new birth control called Yasmin and it was terrible!!!
First of all the first four days I had the worst headache of my life and then at the end of the pack on the pills where you get your period the headache came back.
I …

While I am not a fan of sleeping pills of any kind, as I find they leave me drowsy in the morning and can be addictive, there are times when I find I need something to get a good night’s sleep, especially if I am experiencing some kind of pain. …

Himalaya Liv-52 is a great capsule especially in case of liver disorders, recent I was hospitalized due to jaundice and the main cause of jaundice is liver disorder. I had gone yellowish and had become thin as a log as a result of the jaundice attack and thus I …

I lived through this product ever since I was a kid, and now, even at my mid-twenties, I still use this everyday as I can’t go on with my routine without having to use this. Vaseline is perfect for anyone, suitable for all ages since it’s for burns, cuts, …

It happened once that I disregarded my rhinitis. And whenever I am working on my Macbook, I felt that like my eyes were bulging and I felt dizzy. I went to my doctor to seek help and he prescribed hyprocel for my medicine.
Hyprocel is an antibiotic. I took …

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 …

Pelentan is an anticoagulant and it helps to keep your blood from geting too dense or too liquid.
My grandpa has problems with his hear for almost 40 years now, his doctors are all really surprised that e is still alive. he also has problems with his blood and if …

I bought these Tablets online after a good friend of mine from America had lost a good amount of weight after getting prescription drugs from her Doctor which were called Phentramine. Over in the UK I had searched and searched for such tablets, but couldn’t find anything in the …

My husband has chronic lung disease, so he’s been on many different inhalers in the past few years. I was frightened as I read the print out from the pharmacy on Formoterol Powder Inhaler. When almost the entire page of the printout is about the dangers, you wonder if …

Whenever I get sick, it seems like the whole family is sick. I still think it is due to my daughters exposure to sick kids at school, but will never really know. We were all suffering from colds, and my daughter is much like me and has a hard …

I am writing this review of Olbas Oil with its heady fumes wafting into my nose, I reek of the stuff now and I am hoping no-one is going to call round. Yet again I am coping with a cold and I have just got over one …

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 …

Heel is the name of the company, though I’m not sure it’s catchy at all. Every time I see a product by this company, I always end up thinking that there’s no way this company has anything at all to do with medicine and more to do with foot …

I am one of those people that always seems to get sick when the weather changes from hot to cold. And it’s not just sneezing. It’s coughing and the whole works. Living in Florida, I enjoy the fact that 90 percent of the year is hot or warm so …

Buckley’s Cough Syrup is the worst stuff I have ever put into my mouth. Ooh my gosh, it tastes terrible! It’s sort of how I imagine it would be to drink liquid Vicks Vapo-rub. Just awful. I used to be force fed this stuff as a child and the …

I am the kind of person who seldom falls sick or catches a cold but when I do which is once in a blue moon I will get it really bad.
But then sore throat is something that I get quite often. When I am ever down with cold it …

I get a stomach ache whenever I skip meals. I usually experience this burning sensation in my abdomen after one to two hours of a meal. Eating something after a meal that I have missed out aggravates the pain. That’s why I see to it that I eat small …

It is a painkiller used mainly during neck and body ache manufactured in India by Johnson and Johnson. It is a formula of Tramadol Hydrochloride and paracetamol. This medicine should be taken under the guidance of Doctor or by regular medicine practitioner. My mother brought this medicine and she …

Metamucil Orange Smooth Texture comes in 2 types, sugar free and the regular sugar added formula. I am not a fan of the sugar free variety so I always buy the smooth normal flavor. The sugar free one is not bad, but the flavor is …

Upon coming in to work today I realized that I might have made a mistake by not calling out. Not only was my monthly friend in for a visit, but also it was a hellish visit that seemed to include not only cramps but also nausea, chills, and even …