It seems that I get a cold entirely too often. I hate it, but it seems my body will succumb to a cold very easily. I also have problems getting sick a lot, because my kids bring home germs and pass them along to me. I have taken entirely …

I’m a huge fan of Mucinex but hate the fact that it’s as expensive as it is. So I was thrilled when I found Walgreens Mucus Relief PE Sinus Congestion Immediate-Release Tablets and knew it was the Walgreens version of Mucinex and it was SO much cheaper. Mucinex is …

Primatene Mist is for Bronchial Asthma so if you have anything outside of that then I wouldn’t recommend you mess with this medicine. The only reason why I bought this was because my inhaler was not in my reach. I was all the way across the world and my …

Does E45 cream help to relieve dry skin conditions?
E45 cream is designed to relieve and treat all manner of dry skin conditions, including more severe conditions like eczema and dermatitis. There are many hand creams on the market including more cosmetic varieties of moisturising cream. Yet many cosmetic …

I was recently put on sulfasalazine for my rheumatoid arthritis. I had a bad reaction to the sulfasalazine and had to go to urgent care and then later to the emergency room. Both places gave me a shot of solu-medrol 125 mg.
Solu-medrol contains methylprednisolone. …

I tried this medication early this year, when I still used to work in a stressful work environment. I was on a seemingly eternal search for the magic bullet that will get rid of my acid reflux once and for all.
I guess there is no such magic bullet, …

I had a bronchial pneumonia when I was just five years old and from then on I always have problems with heavy cough and phlegm whenever I’m down with fever or flu. I’ve tried almost every OTC drug on relieving heavy chest and dry cough and Ventolin is the …

A couple years ago I tried Yasmin as a birth control and the impact it had on my body was very extreme! I’d previously been on ortho-tricyclen some time before that and after all the weight gain and water retention, I decided to “quit” birth control for a while. …

I developed a serious case of bronchitis that was not responding to the usual treatments and antibiotics. As a last resort, my doctor put me on Levaquin—“ a strong broad spectrum antibiotic that tends to be reserved for serious illness.
I tend to read up on every drug …

When I am sick, I try to stick to using trusted medication that will get my through my cold quicker. On some occasions it seems like my body gets used to my regular choices and does not take away the symptoms the way it should. I was using Theraflu, …

I tried the Wal-Zyr all-day tablets a while back, and found that they didn’t really last all day like they claimed, and lost their effectiveness by the time my symptoms kicked into overdrive at night, and sometimes, the effectiveness seemed to be dependant on how often I was inside …

Although I don’t get hangovers often, when I do they put me out for a good part of the day. Usually I am only a light drinker, but I have had those occasions where I am having a really good time with friends and find myself saying “okay, one …

In this kind of fluctuating morning hot spells alternates with sudden hot showers in the afternoon, most of the small children can easily catch cold and cough. My child falls into this category, she has been coughing for endless day with thick nasal discharge.
Visiting the local doctor prove to …

These days many people have problems with sleeping. A stressful life, emotional problems or even problems which can’t be declared can give you this trouble.
If these problems takes too long, staurodorm is a good medicine. Only a half pill before you are gonna sleep can solve your problems. In …

I have had a cavity in my back right tooth for a short while. I haven’t gotten it taken care of because of lack of health insurance. I didn’t know what I could use for the pain. I was taking pain killers, but I was looking for something to …

As my job requires speaking all day, my throat often gets irritated, itchy, and dry. I mentioned this to my throat doctor one time, who recommended that I use this product called Kamillosan Spray Solution to relieve me of my problem. He said that the product was made from …

Mucinex DM is a cough medicine and cough expectorant that you can purchase over the counter. Mucinex clears up nasal congestion and helps relieve sinus infections more quickly than most medicines currently on the market. It does cost slightly more than other medicines on the shelf but is …

Midol is one of those super medicines that comes in a bottle and can often be described as your happy pills. I used to take them all the time when they had lower doses of caffeine in them. Just the other day I picked up a new bottle …

I have had GERD issues for more than a dozen years and over those years, I tried several medications without success at giving me relief, and also after some had caused side effects that left me and my joints feeling like a 90 year old woman, instead of one …

Cough Syrup is one thing for which I always use with caution. There is quite high possibility of side effects in this case. I live in an area where sudden temperature change is a mundane phenomenon. And, in this climate, I am prone to cough problem. Recently, I have used …

Allergic rhinitis is really a big problem to me, it makes me feel very uncomfortable and worst it turns out to be a cold after wards, because I often suffer from this I ended up consulting a physician about this. He told me that I really do suffer from …

I have been suffering from a lot of muscle strain recently, and felt that the pain and the swelling was slowly becoming unbearable. I have been cutting back on how many oral medications I ingest and try to find pain relief through ointments and gels. I felt like I …

I don’t often have problems going to the restroom, but have found myself dealing with this issue a lot lately. I know that my mother has had this same problem for years and asked what she suggested. She told me to try the Equate Women’s Laxative Tablets. I did …

In one of those miserable days, I woke up with a mild headache, which eventually grew more painful to forbid me to sleep. It occurred early in the morning, and I had barely 3 hours of sleep before then. Sleep usually acts as antidote for headaches, but …

This was such a nightmare. I started taking this medication almost two months ago, in addition to my diet and exercise regime. I didn’t have a lot to lose, mainly about twenty pounds or so. I am pretty active, working out several times a week, but the weight just …

Zolpidem - best known under its various trade names (Adormix, Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar, Damixan, Hypnogen, Ivedal, Lioran, Myslee, Nytamel, Sanval, Somidem, Stilnoct, Stilnox, Stilnox CR, Sucedal, Zoldem, Zolnod, Zolpihex) - is one of the most widely prescribed sleeping pills.
I used it for two years (intermittently, although often every …

My brother is diagnosed with high grade recurrent glioma —“ a deadly brain tumor (either Astrocytoma Grade III or Glioblastoma Grade —“ IV). He was previously operated for Grade II Glioma in 2008. This was terrible news for my family. To add to the problem, he became totally unconscious …

Wheezing is a problem I have been suffering for some time now, like whenever I am doing even the slightest of work I start panting and go breathless and sometimes it is so severe that I have to take pills to keep it under control and so I always …

I’ve had problems with insomnia now for several years. I went the doctor route and he tried prescribing everything from Ambien to Lunesta, to Xanax to Sonata.
The prescription meds, I found were not for me. Ambien absolutely spaces me out and makes me act crazy if I don’t …

When I was a kid, I used to lay in bed for hours, unable to fall asleep and sometimes with quite a feeling of the “jitters”. I was unable to lay still and could never get comfortable and, as I got older, had to resort to taking sleeping pills …

I always have trouble with my stomach. I mean, if I skipped meals or drank too much soda/coffee/tea, I would always suffer of hyperacidity and frequent belching. So I went to a gastro-entorologist to have my stomach checked, and he prescribed Zantac 75mg for me to try out for …

Most of my family members use this skin cream since a long time but I never found a particular use for it until 3 months back when I started developing a kind of skin allergy on my upper arms and legs where the skin was getting dark with red …

Last week, I had a splitting headache. It occurred just above my eyebrows then a fleeting pain also in the maxilla of my face. When I feel headache with this kind of frequency, there is only one illness to be blame and that is my sinusitis. I was very sure …

When I get an episode of acid reflux, a couple of antacid tablets usually does the trick. Recently, we went to a wedding, and while I was eating dinner, I noticed that my meal was extra spicy. I really did not thing anything of it at the time, but …

Having a clogged nose is something that I think most people hate to deal with. It is not the actual clogging that bothers me, but the things that come with it. I hate that I get a horrible headache al ot of times from the congestion. I also hate …

Equate Extra Strength Pain Reliever brought no relief to me. I tried using these pills instead of Tylenol for my occasional headaches, hoping to save on the cost, and they do not help. Maybe it is just me; my husband says he had used Equate pills before and they …

If you are having trouble sleeping at night your doctor may prescribe Lunesta, which is a sedative and sometimes called a hypnotic.
Lunesta is used to treat insomnia by affecting chemicals in your brain that become unbalanced and cause sleep problems. This medication causes relaxation to help you fall …

Borocillina is like a lesser version of an aspirin. It basically has all the positive effects of an aspirin, but not he negative ones. In my personal opinion it also works a lot better and much, much faster.
Every time I have a splitting headache, but only when I have …

Yes I know, not a subject that many of us women feel comfortable talking about, but lets face it this is something that a lot of us suffer with from time to time! So let’s get it covered and sorted out here!
Feminine Itching can be caused due to thrush, …

I have indoor and outdoor allergies that cause my nose to run, my eyes to water and my asthma to act up. One of the homeopathic medicines I take to help treat my allergy symptoms and relieve them is the Heel BHI Allergy Homeopathic Medication Tablets. I find the …

Yesterday I finished the 14-day slimming program of Defiligne Yves Rocher.
Before beginning this program I was taking Defiligne Starter Silhouette 10 also Yves Rocher but did not work. After my failure with Silhouette Starter Defiligne 10 Yves Rocher the women in the store advised me to start …

When I was still in medical school, i was always having tonsillitis, maybe because of the stress, maybe because of exposure to bugs causing this infection in the hospital. Would you believe me if I tell you I have tonsillitis almost every a month! It was a …

I had a very bad cold sore on my lip which was very painful. I wanted to get rid of the pain and the ugliness of the cold sore and someone suggested Abreva. I decided to give it a try. I purchased a .13 oz. tube of Abreva at …

Although I have it under control now, for a few years I had high blood pressure and had to take medication. The one my doctor and I felt good about, for me to take, was Diovan HCT. This is sort of a puzzling drug because though it …

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 …

When I was in my early adulthood, I was diagnosed of having Iron deficiency anaemia. I remember I used to have symptoms like fatigue and irritability. My skin was also pale and my friend would sometimes tease me as Edward Cullen’s brother. There were also activities that I had …

I purchased the Vick’s Vapor Inhaler because my sinuses were all stopped up and that is the fastest way I could think of to get it cleared up. I bought it at the drug store for $2.72. That was a reasonable cost and I know it is a product …

In 2008 I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. My doctors told me there was no cure and no treatments and I would have to wait it out.
So there I was for two years, exhausted and suffering from painful aches. Luckily for me I was referred to …

Recently I had to go to my general practitioner because my right ear was completely blocked up. I couldn’t hear a thing out of it; and before long it was giving me a severe headache. Just resting my head down to sleep became a terrible chore, and even if …

This hospital is amazing. Despite being in the Emergency Room, it was a great experience. At first I was very nervous, because it was about 2am on a Friday night and the waiting room was completely full. I had a feeling that the wait was going …