I have been suffering more pain than usual and wanted to get away from taking NSAID drugs. Though those type of medications work best for me, I found that it was upsetting my stomach quite often. In fear of developing ulcers I decided it was time to move away …

When I started to have trouble in conceiving naturally, my gynecologist advised me and started me on a cycle with Clomid, the fertility drug. This drug is marketed by different names but in the same composition, that is clomiphine citate in various countries. It is also considered one of …

I did a big boo boo the other day when I was at a friends house and she lives in a very small apartment and has two long-haired cats that I didn’t realize I was allergic to until I’d been petting it and then, as I sometimes naturally do, …

I absolutely dread dealing with heartburn of any kind. The only problem is that I seem to get heartburn all of the time. It even haunts me in my sleep and wakes me up multiple times a night. To deal with this problem, I have tried multiple antacids. One …

I’ve been to the doctor more than a few times (ahem) in my life, and it’s always for a variety of problems. However, one of the things I go to the doctor the most for, at least a couple times a year, is a urinary tract infection, or the …

Topamax is a migraine medication prescribed to me as a mood stabilizer and weight loss promoter to treat bipolar disorder and bulimia. I took it for three weeks during 2008 and hated it.
Topamax was originally designed as a migraine medication, which is standard for a mood stabilizer. Many drugs …

Cold and flu season is my worst time of year. Cursed with chronic sinusitis courtesy of my grandmother, I am always on the hunt for the next big medication to keep me breathing clear, and free in the winter.
This season, Advil has released something I think I …

When it comes to kids you have to be careful when it comes to the medicines that you use. You also have to watch what type of laxatives that you give them. You don’t want to force their body to digest something that is either harsh or rough on …

Due to the attack of severe cold, apart having a stiff body and running nose- my ear ache seemed to be just unbearable. Sometimes the ear ache would become so severe that it would give rise to a severe headache too. Although pain relievers and my doctor’s prescription of …

I’m a frequent sufferer of colds and other respiratory-tract problems - I was dreadfully asthmatic when I was a kid, and although I’m much better now, I still get sniffly whenever the weather turns cold and wet. I live in a tropical country which has dry and wet seasons, …

I may have some negative things to say about this medication, but I still recommend it. I am on the lowest dosage possible and it has improved how I feel dramatically. It took three weeks for me to notice any difference. I find this to be a long time …

It is winter time , and that means that sore throats and the flu are going around. I just got over the worst sore throat I have had in a couple of years , and I give the credit to my fast recovery to this wonderful medicine. Normally I …

I’ve seen Aleve in drug stores, Wal-Mart and Target stores all the time. I recognize the name but I had no idea I was using it until I looked in my medicine cabinet. It was next to the Advil bottle and the two sort of look alike. I had …

After I gave birth to my son, I was in a lot of excruciating pain. I had a cesarean and the doctor did not prescribe any pain killers to me after the procedure. I instead was told to take Motrin, like it was the best thing for pain. I …

I am not the unique person and I have two well-known problems with my health. I am overweight and some times I have insomnia. I feel dizzy and I am absolutely out of condition when I cannot sleep 7-8 hours a day. Sometimes I can’t sleep till 4 o’clock …

I obtained a 4 ounce bottle of this oral spray recently as part of a trial offer. They charged my credit card for the bottle and shipping and handling.
The number one problem with the trial offer is that they admit it takes much longer than the trial to …

For some reason that I still have yet to discover, I’ve broken out into small little itchy bumps all over my skin, but mainly on my legs and feet. I have many bumps on my feet, some of them are so close together that they just look like one …

I have had a few difficulties with getting to sleep at night. It gets even worse when you mix this with a cold. I found that the congestion mixed with the other body aches I was having was a recipe for disaster. I noticed myself dragging and not being …

I was so good at evading cold and flu this year it was beyond possible so it was only a matter of time before I got a little bit sick, and here we are my nose is running and was not cooperating with me at night - refusing to …

I decided to give Naturade Herbal Expectorant a try. It was available at my local grocery store and seemed like a good alternative to traditional cough medicines. The flavor was a bit strong. I thought that it would have a better taste to it. Taking …

When I was kid, my mom had a very hard time convincing me to take medicinal tablets. She often crack the tablets into pieces so that I can take it. Sometimes she poured the crack tablets in my meals but I can still feel the taste, its bitter and …

I have to take one Bayer Low Dose aspirin everyday. The reason I have to take one everyday is because I had heart surgery two years ago. Well this aspirin is pretty good. I think Bayer makes a good product. I have not had any side affects or stomach aches …

I seemed to have inherited bad teeth from my mom and have struggled with them all my life. For years as a kid, I had cavities, weak teeth, and tartar problems. Then when I switched to a different dentist as an adult, he recommended some good products to try …

I think that I am going to have to be on some kind of medication for the rest of my life. That is upsetting because I always considered myself pretty stable. That is until a few years ago. I went through what I can only call a nervous breakdown. …

I first tried this product at the hospital after giving birth to my daughter. All throughout my pregnancy I had painful and itchy hemorrhoids which I only treated with natural means for fear of harming the baby in my belly. Due to the strains of pushing the baby out, …

If you are traveling on Route 202 in Pennsylvania, shortly after you hit the West Chester area, you are sure to note West Chester Hospital on the right hand side of the road. This state of the art medical complex is sure to impress most people. It offers …

For every person, allergy is a nightmare when it strikes. I am very particular in caring for my skin, so much so that I could probably assess each pore, in every inch of my skin. A radical change certainly freaks me out. I think everyone who …

If you are perimenopausal or in menopause and cannot take estrogen or do not want to take hormone therapy, you might want to try to take a supplement known as Remifemin. Remifemin is a supplement used years ago for such things as hot flashes, bloating, sleeplessness and …

My husband caught a bad cold over the holidays, and was driving me crazy with his continuous coughing. He managed to get some relief at night with some strong cough syrup, but for the daytime, it was not a good idea because it contains a sleeping aid and it …

I was diagnosed with psoriasis by my dermatologist in the year 2001. I was depressed about it since she told me that there is no cure to totally eliminate the skin condition. However, it can be controlled and totally disappear for couple of years by using topical creams, …

If you’re like me, then you are a frequent sufferer of headaches, migraines and other tensions in your head that drive you crazy. So many questions are asked, all of which are annoyingly obvious. “Do you drink enough water?”. Yes. “Is it your eyes?”. No. It just seems to …

Tablet Avil is an anti-allergic medicine. I always prefer to take Tablet Avil for common cold. Tablet Avil is wastely used medicine our country. Almost everybody knows it , even he is medical person or not. It is most commonly used in common cold and any other allergic …

Allergy medicine can be expensive, but I needed some to help stop my sneezing and wheezing so I tried given Equate Non Drowsy Allergy Relief a try which I believe is a store brand and it seemed to work just as good as the name brand allergy medicine. The …

When my kids were younger, they could be rather picky about the kind of medications they took. We moved from Arkansas to Michigan when my oldest was just five years old, and me and both my kids started to experience allergy symptoms almost immediately because of the sudden and …

I am not a particularly enthusiastic proponent of mood-altering chemicals, especially those produced by pharmaceutical companies. However, I do believe that sertraline (known under various trade names: Zoloft, Lustral, Apo-Sertral, Asentra, etc.) may have improved my life. Please, be aware that this substance is highly contentious and can produce a …

Having two kids make me know lots of thing about the medicine. Especially the one that we can use to cure cold or cough that the kids normally get. Small kids often get cold or cough. Especially when the winter season is coming, I have to get ready with …

I’ve never had a problem, over the years, taking medication to make me feel better. I figure, in this day and age, there’s really no reason for someone to needlessly suffer the symptoms of colds, flus and general aches and pains when things are readily available to make these …

Katinco Ointment, is one good product for pain and itch. I was able to test the product myself and since then I kept purchasing Katinco for first aid relief for headache or any body pain and itchiness. I am glad Katinco even made a Katinco stick which looks like …

Most of our hospitals here in Nova Scotia are what are deemed ‘teaching’ hospitals. The Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences or QEII for short is one of them. When a patient has trouble with a member of the hospital staff, the Patient Services team are there to help navigate through …

3 months ago, I was diagnoised with Bi-Polar/ADHD. I have just started my regiment with Adderall XR and I love it. I feel like the fog has been lifted. I was struggling at work to stay focused and alert. I was easily distractied and very …

Andrews Sparkling Salts is a product that provides relief for upset stomach and indigestion. But recently I saw one which claims it supplies Triple Action, meaning it relieves headaches from overeating in addition to the 2 other reliefs it already provides.
Like the original Andrews Sparkling Salts it comes in …

I had a case of Community Acquired Pneumonia about three years ago which caused me to have a very hard cough and moderate to high grade fever. The complicating problem was that I was also three months pregnant with my second baby. Because I was already expectorating yellowish …

For anyone who has been suffering from hemorrhoids, ultraproct might sound a bit too familiar. It’s actually a gel type medicine that is used to cure anal itch and hemorrhoids; and embarrassing as it may sound I have used it in the past. I actually keep one in my …

Every other day I see to it that I get a healthy dose of my exercise. That would be a 2 hour jog in the treadmill and another hour of my favourite cardiovascular class in the gym. I like to call this my cardio day since everything that I …

After Medical City moved to its new location, I just wanted to be sick all the time. Aside from the hospital equipment, you’d think the rooms are from five star hotels. Glass windows, gorgeous bathrooms, modern furnishings; it’s all too comfortable to be a hospital room really. This is …

My teenage son laughs about how I write so many reviews, and gets a big kick out of it, and about three months ago, was reading over my shoulder a review I had written on a nasal spray that I bought for my allergies. He was the lucky child …

Unfortunately, diarrhoea is one of the symptoms of a virus I have had lately and the last time I had diarrhea this badly was following a bad pint of Scrumpy about twenty years ago which literally had me running for the lavatory and included one disturbing moment when I …

When my son was newborn(21 months ago), we had terrible trouble trying to feed him due to the fact he always seemed to have a blocked nose.
He was too young for cough and cold remedies and trying to keep his nose airways clear was nigh on impossible, until we …

When my nieces and nephews get diarrhea, the doctor usually tells them to drink plenty of Gatorade to prevent dehydration. I never really thought it worked, until I tried it myself. I had a bout of diarrhea and I was in and out of the bathroom. I thought putting …

Since I happen to wear my glasses for practically the whole day, to my horror I discovered that I had developed some black marks on both the sides of my nose( where my glasses actually rested). Though initially these marks did seem light and would often get …