I have suffer from motion sickness all my live. I really envy those who are able to read while sitting in the car or even when flying. I am one who needs to pop a couple of pills prior travelling and keep my eyes on the road and keep …

Hello friends, I am a mother of 3 little cute children. When my second son was just a baby he used to have some teething problems. The teething problems are those problems, which the babies normally face at the time when the new teeth, appears in their …

Whenever I get a clogged nose it drives me insane, especially how only one nostril will open up at a time. I get clogged nose all the time, because I recently started suffering from allergies whenever the seasons change. Whenever my nose starts getting clogged I then get a …

Several weeks ago, I began experiencing lower back pains that couldn’t be attributed to anything else currently going on, medically, for me. About two hours after the pain began, I started noticing an urgency to urinate and just KNEW it was a bladder infection. Once you’ve had that kind …

Just last month I was having severe stomach upset. I had felt like I was going to be sick all day long, but then ate my dinner a little too fast and I was regretting it for the rest of the night. I actually had my husband run to …

I had a bad shoulder pain last week but because of too many patients coming to my clinic, I still decided not be absent despite of the pain.
Luckily, a medical representative visited my clinic and introduced me to this new medication Rheuflex Tenoxicam 20mg tablet which I only …

I have only ever used Fybogel to relieve constipation and I like the way it really works but it is natural rather than a drug and it works gently. Fybogel is a sand colored powder that you can buy either in a tub or you can buy a …

In my never-ending personal quest for the perfect antacid, I have stumbled upon Rolaids in the supermarket pharmacy isle early this year. There’s a tablet type or more like Lifesaver format and Cheerios combined. There’s always a first time to try something, so this is how it …

When it comes to sinus colds, I get them so often and so badly, that I usually have to take prescription medication to tackle them and get better. Otherwise, I am suffering for over a week with it. At home, I would usually use some of my …

This is a paedatric anti-pyretic susupension prescribed for treating fever. My baby(now around 18 months old) has been using this medication since she was a year old.Intially she was prescribed Crocin Paedatric syrup for fever but it didn’t quite suit her. She was thereafter precribed Junimol , dosage - …

I consider myself as having had a very close call with a dangerous substance. When my acid reflux had gotten complicated by a (temporary) bout of constipation from my irritable bowel syndrome, my doctor decided to put me on Reglan. It was to be a short term fix, as it …

I have been recently building up my at home first aid kit. With two children, I have come to realize that I need to keep things around the house in case of an accident. My little boy loves running, jumping, and playing rough. I know one day he may …

Mifegest Kit is widely used for the purpose of abortion of pregnancy of maximum 10 weeks. I had given this medicine to my wife only recently when the pregnancy test kit showed positive result. My sister who is an OBGyne had prescribed this kit.

Mifegest Kit is a combi pack of …

I often suffer from menstrual cramps ever since I started my monthly period. Most of the time I have to take in pain relievers just t be able to go on each day of my menstruation. Its a very uncomfortable feeling and what I like to do during this …

In my excitement of shopping for my sisters marriage —“ the dust and wind seemed to take a toll on my eyes. My eyes slowly turned red and the worst part of it was the itching that I felt especially on the corner of my eyes. Although I tried …

I had terrible cold and influenza few days ago. I think I was too late to take vitamin C, so I had to suffer from this terrible sickness. The fever came together with the cold and it really disturb my works. I could not concentrate doing my job with …

I used to hate Diatabs tablet. It was so big and so hard to swallow and besides its grayish color made it look quite dreadful. I tried several times to take that whenever I had no choice but it was really hard for me. So whenever I would suffer …

I was really nervous about taking my son to Dr. Tasha Grieger at first. I was having a hard time accepting that my son needed a child’s psychratrist. I knew that something was wrong with my child, but I was just having a hard time accepting it. His medical …

I am taking more than 4 medications for my illness. This was very important to prevent my bones from losing mass, strength and density. I have been prescribed with multivitamins, medications to regulate the calcium in my blood and as well as injectable drugs to promote good bone reformation. …

The worst urinary track infection that ever occurred to me was in 1992. My son was barely four years old then and while I was putting him to sleep when I suddenly felt a very sharp pain that was hardly bearable that I really cried hard. I felt a …

I have a history of motion sickness. Sometimes I take medication for it and sometimes I don’t. It’s the times that I don’t is when I regret it. One particular incident comes to mind. My daughter’s school was having a celebration on a lunch/dinner cruise type …

It used to be, whenever I got a headache, all I could do was go to bed and sleep it off, wasting my day.
So, when my wife recommended I try Excedrin Migraine, I was more than willing to give it a shot. And, I found my new drug of …

First of all, I am not an Endocrinologist. I am a patient. I’ve been taking Synthroid for two years now since I had radio-ablative Iodine therapy for hyperthyroid from Graves’ disease. I am now having hypothyroid and will have it for the rest of my life. It is …

I am a huge fan of the Equate brand mainly because it is inexpensive and work better than most name brand medications on the market; however, I recently was suffering from a toothache and needed something cheaper than orajel, and I was completely shocked at how useless the Equate …

I can’t understand the weather in the Philippines. Sometimes, it will rain hard then the sun will come up. Other times, it will be too hot and all of a sudden rain starts to pour. These drastic changes in weather conditions resulted to my siblings getting sick. And the …

When I was a kid growing up. My mother always used alcohol for all my cuts and wounds. During my adult years, I have come across Hydrogen Peroxide. Its has been a huge life saver for me and my family. Whenever my kids and I …

Equate is a store-brand typically associated with medical care items from Wal-Mart; in this case, the Equate medicine is a generic acetaminophen pill similar to Tylenol, but much lower in price. I was able to get 100 of the Equate pills for less than a 24 pack of …

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, …

I have had problems in the past with my blood pressure bring a little elevate. I remember one doctor telling that taking a baby aspirin a day can help moderate my blood pressure. I don’t often have to deal with this problem, but recently have been noticing the same …

During one of my recent stays in the hospital after undergoing a surgery, I had developed a condition which is known as oliguria. This meant that my urine output was lower than what the health care team wanted. My values fell on the alarming value which raised the flag …

I’ve always enjoyed taking a homeopathic approach to medicine and health care. That’s not to say I don’t take tablets and medicine in a box, that has lab-created ingredients in it, but I do tend to gravitate more towards products that at least contain SOME natural ingredients. I think …

I have to frequently use headache pain relief to get rid of excruciating headaches. I spend a fortune in Ibuprofen products to get that relief. I am not sure why I get the headaches so frequently, but I have since I was a child. Spending all that money for …

I love my nieces dearly and I would not trade them for anything. However, when it comes to being sick they are definitely not the easiest children to please and they make sure that everyone around them knows that they are sick. One of the ailments that my nieces …

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 …

In the 3 years that we have been living here in Botswana, there is only one clinic where we would go to for our medical needs and that’s Independence Surgery. I really don’t know why it is named as such as I don’t think they are doing any type …

My visit to Eckerd Pharmacy Store #3308 was a pleasant experience. The parking lot was spotless and there were several cars present. With my walk through of the store, the shelves were well stocked and aisles were clear of product. The hanging signs over the center …

I had back pain problem for few days already. I did not remember anymore what was happening. What I know is that I have a serious back pain when I woke up in the morning.
That’s why I went to a doctor to get some medicine to cure and …

If one needs to lose weight, but would rather like to cheat their way so they lose it fast, drinking any phentermine drug is the most popular way to so.
Phentermine works as appetite suppressant. Weight reduction is achieved through the chemical composition of the medicine which helps release …

I was admitted in a hospital due to an infection in my liver. At first I was baffled by my symptoms. My sleep-wake pattern was inverted. I was awake at night and asleep by the day. I had trouble concentrating on things and also had difficulties with my coordination …

Recently my ten month old had gone in for his booster shots and later that night came down with a fever and was miserable. By the second day he was barely opening his eyes, mucus was draining into his mouth and he could hardly move… it broke my heart! …

My stomach tends to have gases, and for people who knows that experience, it can be really painful. It feels swollen too, what can be very bothersome. For when this happens, Aero-red is one of the medicines that I have tried to help my stomach to feel better.
Aero-red is …

My experience with Piedmont Hospital of Atlanta, Georgia, was exceptionally different than my past hospital experiences. The staff of nurses was very considerate of my needs and the needs of my family members. In my two week stay there, I felt as if I had really come to know …

I always keep Benedryl on hand because I have a few allergies, and though my daughter doesn’t have any such as I do, when she gets sneezy and has itchy or watery eyes, or when she has sinus problems, I give her a dose of Children’s Benedryl-D Allergy & …

Anyone who has had a serious allergic reaction unexpectedly and had to be taken to the hospital, may have received a dose of Fenergan via the IV. When given through an IV, Fenergan tends to be fast acting and does obtain the innate ability to ward off major allergic …

Ever since I was little child I have been suffering from skin rashes, although not too seriously. At the age of 5 I had already visited several specialists on this matter, by no treatment seemed to cure these rashes completely. They came in the winter and disappeared in the …

Depo Provera is one of the most common forms of the pill to hit the market in recent years. Obviously, its purpose is to prevent unwanted pregnancy. I, however, unlike many people, found the medicine to not agree with my system at all. Not only did …

Several years ago, my friends noticed that I was getting more and more sluggish. I frequently felt tired and became intolerable to cold temperatures. I was weak and had a hard time concentrating on important things. So, I decided to have myself checked with the doctor. Numerous blood tests …

Prone to headaches and upset stomach during stressful times or periods of not eating well, I was happy to see Alka-Seltzer Extra Strength in my local drugstore. I’d used regular strength Alka-Seltzer for years, but found that its effects wore off more quickly than I’d desired.
So, where does …

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. …

I have been smoking for the last 9 years about, and I am tired of carrying this habit along. I spoke to a doctor about quitting and he told me that he could give me a prescription to help me. I had heard of Wellbutrin and thought that he …