A random drug for a random headache, I took Paracetamol instead of Ibuprofen to ease myself of headache. I was warned by my sister that constant doses of Paracetamol can potentially make the bones brittle. I ran out of Advil a long time ago and wanted something …

The last 3 days are unbearably hot. When my husband came back the other day, he said that the dashboard in his car showed it was 47 degrees C. I was luckier as I did my errands in the morning and rushed back home as soon as I finished …

I was born as a Taureans (Taurus zodiac), and therefore i’m easily have problems with my nose, i’m easily got influenza.
It was back in my 5th birthday when i realize i’m allergical to the dust. Everytime i enter a room that have dusty environment, my nose start to snotting. …

During my child hood I suffered from asthma. This was something that I couldn’t get around. No matter who many times my parents took me to the doctor. I was still suffering badly from asthma. In my adult years, I—˜ve tried all type of ways to relieve my …

Ever since I was a kid, I know that we never forget to buy Vicks VapoRub. It would always be stashed in one of our shelves in the kitchen area. It’s a clear and sticky ointment and it’s very effective and useful. When we were kids and we are …

I doubt I’m the only one who has ever done this, but when I’ve got some sinus and chest congestion going on, I’ll boil a pot of water, cover my head with a towel and bend over the steaming water to help clear everything out. It isn’t the most …

I think my throat is very weak. Each time I’d take very cold drinks especially soft drinks even for just once I’d immediately end up with tonsillitis. I wonder why many people could afford to indulge in as many cold drinks as they want without suffering the same. …

Alprazolam is the generic form of Xanax and is used to treat anxiety disorders. Normally, most doctors only prescribe this medicine for a short period of time because they believe the patient will become immune to the calming effect Alprazolam gives them.
I have been having moderate to severe …

My son had a planters wart on his foot and we worked through a number of products to try to find something that works. I had read you could just cover a planters wart with duck tape for a few weeks to get rid of it. I just want …

So this is the second time I’ve been sick in the past two months so I’ve been trying different remedies to get better. For this second bout I decided to keep my purchases cheap so I bought the cheapest of cold remedies, which goes by the brand name ‘Exact’ …

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 …

Retin-A (common name for tretinoin) is a topical form of Vitamin A commonly known to treat wrinkles and acne. You have seen this product on the ads in the past. Though not often showed on TV as often as before, it had earned a good reputation for effectively delivering …

If you are a diabetic like me, you are probably familiar with the use of insulin. In order to make your daily shots, you need reliable insulin syringes. The first time I was told that I will be needing insulin shots, I was scared to death! It is …

I have to admit to having a slight strange addiction to pain relieving patches and creams. There’s nothing better than coming home from a long day at work and slapping on a patch and feeling that fantastic hot and cold sensation work over some very over-worked muscles. I work …

Due to the stress that is life, I occasionally need some sort of sleep aid. I use to purchase bottles of Tylenol PM or Bayer’s PM, but at around 7 bucks a bottle, depending on how many pills you get per bottle, it quickly began to add up…and not in …

I gained a lot of weight, almost 60 pounds, during my pregnancy and after I gave birth I find it hard to go back to my original shape. In fact, I have tried many exercise programs like aerobics and dancing. It did help but the moment I sweat out …

Hello dear friends, today let us talk about the very common problem that we face every day or most of the day. And I am going to talk about the problem of joint pains or such kind of body pains; it may be the sprain in the neck …

I have always suffered from short, brittle and sparse eyelashes and believe me, I have tried almost all the eyelash stimulators available on the market. But I must say that none of them worked as well as the LiLash Purified Eyelash Stimulator. This product comes in a gray-colored tube …

I do not always have to deal with itchy skin, but do have to deal with it often enough when the weather is going wild. It is like my skin goes through these cycles with each weather and season change. My skin can go from normal to irritated within …

The Equate brand of suphedrine is nice off brand version of of the allergy medication. I’ve taken this this medication several times over the past few years whenever I have seasonal allergies or any type of allergic reaction at all. The small red tabs are easy to swallow. …

I just received a sample of the New Chapter Holy Basil Force Supplement and have been trying it for the past two days to relieve physical and mental stresses away naturally and I must say they work well. In the sample pack, I received two round oval shaped soft …

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of finding yourself with a broken tooth that either suddenly happened or is suddenly hurting, then you know how much pain they can cause. Swelling, tingling, stabbing sensations all over the sides of your face, down into your jaw, up into your nose …

I had a friend last year who gave me some Burt’s Bees products because she found out that she was allergic to something in one of the products and didn’t want to risk trying out any of the other ones, and I got a whole armful of some …

Ever Since the season has changed, I have been walking around sneezing like an idiot. I know what it is I just don’t want to except the fact that I’m dealing with these irritating allergies. Everything that I have tried from over the counter to prescription drugs, heve not …

My doctor recently put me on trazodone to help with insomnia. I am on the 50 mg dose. Taken at higher doses it helps with depression, anxiety, and chronic pain also.
I have weird reactions to medication sometimes, so I cut the pill in half to …

I started on Paxil CR 25 mg per day as treatment for my depression and anxiety. It made me sleepy for a week or so while it was building up in my system, but I felt the depression lifting after about 3 days. My anxiety was less at that …

I sometimes have problems with my lower back and shoulders aching. While I am not really sure that I know the exact cause of the problem I do know that the pain starts in my shoulders and works its way down into my lower back. It can range from …

In my quest to find products that would suppress my rather strong cough so that I could sleep at night and not bother other people, I found Vicks Chloraseptic Throat Spray. It cost $6.49 for a 6 oz. bottle and was well worth the cost. The liquid was green …

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 …

After suffering from a yeast infection twice in one month I was looking for a way to keep it from coming back, I started taking cranberry pills and that kind of helped. But I ended up suffering from one again. I went and bout Vagisil because it was cheaper …

I had this huge open gash on the corner of my lip that just wasn’t healing because every time it got wet it would reopen. It just didn’t want to heal, even with the first aid ointment I was applying to it daily. The opened gash would constantly bleed …

My boyfriend had a hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. He was taking Tylenol PM every night. I didn’t think that could be good for him so I advised him to take Melatonin. He bought Melatonin 3mg, 240 tablets by Natrol from our local pharmacy.
Melatonin is an …

Titralac is an over-the-counter treatment for the prevention of acid reflex diseases, you can find it at any local drug store and it sells for about 4.00 for a 36 count bottle. The pills are flavored like spearmint which is the reason why I initially decided to give these …

Do not know about the welfare systems in other countries, but I do know from others here in the U.S. how backwards it can be. I know there are people who abuse the system to keep from earning a living the old fashioned way, but there also are people …

With growing age, the worst health problem I have ever been facing is my oral health. Though I try my best brushing my teeth religiously twice a day, I still encounter tooth aches every now and then. So whenever I encountered a toothache, my life just seemed miserable. Eating …

I have taken Armour thyroid for years. This is the only medicine that has helped me. I am hypothyroid, overweight as a result, and can tell a huge difference if I have been off of it for a day due to the pharmacy not having it.
I was on synthroid, …

PrimaCare One Prenatal vitamin is a once a day pill to help promote healthy pregnancy. I like some aspects of this purple pill. I do think it has helped my hair and skin and nails like it advertises. It also advertises it helps soften stools, I do not notice …

YAZ is one of the more recent kinds of birth control to be produced. It comes in pill form, which contains both estrogen and progesterone. So how is YAZ different from other forms of birth control? First of all, rather than taking the pill on a …

My antihistamine before was Benadryl but I changed it to Allerta because it was more accommodating to my lifestyle. Benadryl can be auspicious if I have a loose schedule. However, that isn’t the case most of the time.
Most of my allergies go away with regular sleep but some of …

I have suffered for years from pollen allergies, and I also suspect from many other random outdoor plants and who knows what else. It happens every spring, and lasts into autumn. My main issue is that it never seems to be the same things that I am allergic to, or …

I have been fighting a stubborn cold for about two weeks now. At first, it wasn’t a big deal because it was mostly just the sniffles and the occasional cough so I didn’t bother even taking cold medicine. But, by last weekend, it had gotten much worse and, since …

Small Smiles of Dothan is a pediatric dental office located on the main highway as you head North out of town. The location is good with no real competition to find a place to part and the traffic you encounter on the way there being the worst part of …

After having two kids, I decided not to get pregnant again as I want to be able to working full-time again. With two kids running around, I knew I needed to find a job and be able to set aside some cash. After consulting with my OB-gynaecologist and after seeing …

I had the chance to get admitted at this hospital when I was still in the Philippines. It is a family-owned business which spanned three generations already. Although I knew the owners who are well-known family in the community, it didn’t influence me much in my decision to …

Gengisan is an Italian medicine i once bought when my gums were hurting a lot. Basically my gums swelled a bit and they went partially over my teeth on the bottom right hand side. As a result I kept chewing through the skin, even though i kept my mouth …

I waded through mud and muck in order to get out of the village where I was stranded because of Typhoon Ketsana/Ondoy. I had no choice but to walk barefoot in waist-deep brown water littered with the debris of the typhoon. I could feel the sharp objects with my …

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 have been taking care of stray cats, which resulted into a mild case of ringworm on my arm. No big deal, I thought, there’s all kinds of over-the-counter stuff that will take care of that. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I wish I hadn’t wasted my time on over-the-counter …