I was admitted to the hospital due to a recent asthmatic attack. I became severely deprived of oxygen that I had to be rushed to the emergency room. My parents panicked when they saw my face turned blue. I seriously thought that I was going to die. Breathing became …

I cannot stand having headaches, I have not tolerance for them. However, when I turned 16 I started getting headaches very frequently. They range from mild and tolerable to a full fledged migraines in which I wish someone would just remove my head. I usually take Excedrin headache and …

This is one of the essential first aid items that should always present in our medicine cabinet. My family and I have been using this for some time now and we still continue to patronize it because of its effectiveness in treating minor cuts and burns. I love how …

Fortunately, among the prescription meds imposed upon me by my doctor, there’s one that actually worked. To make a long story short, I had dealt with mucolytic drugs for my cough since it began, and they were also part of my prescription, which, regardless of whatever brand name …

My wife had developed dysmenorrhea six months after giving birth to our last baby. She was having serious menstrual cramps along with irregular bleeding. I had to take her to an OBGyne. After proper examination, the doctor prescribed a contraceptive pill along with another medicine. They are supposed to be …

I do not find myself suffering from headaches often, but when I do they are really bad. I hate having to deal with intense headaches because they basically debilitate me. I often have to take a medication that can take the headache away in order to function properly throughout …

Seroquel is an anti-psychotic medication. This means that is prescribed for mental disorders such as schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder. These are disorders which cause the sufferer to hear voices or have hallucinations.
The main side effect of this medication is extreme tiredness. In people who are severely mentally ill and …

I had a cold and with it came a cough and a bad headache. Now I don’t always like taking medication just for a common cold, but I felt that I needed something for this one because I had a severe headache and a hacking cough. The …

I found this drug to be very, very helpful. As rule I do not like to take medication for stress, but I have come to understand that being stoic and avoiding all meds for “just” stress is not always the best advice.
Being anxious or losing sleep is not healthy. …

I’ve been using Halls as a child, but I’ve always hated them. that cherry flavor they have was horrid! But, now I buy the Halls Fruit Breezers in Cool Berry and I enjoy them so much more. they aren’t sickly tasting like nasty medicine, and instead, …

I have trouble with eczema. I will get these little bubbles on my skin. They really itch. That is usually the beginning of a new eczema spot for me. The tiny tiny bubbles go down but the skin will get really dry and start cracking. …

I started using Diane-35 pills mainly for contraceptive. Before that I have been using morning after, and decided that I should really drink it daily instead of the morning after. I also knew that it could make my skin clearer.
After one month of using it, I definitely saw the …

Advil is one of those things that I pretty much grew up on. For as long as I can remember my parents have taken advil for minor aches and pain. I have to admit that now that I am an adult I too use advil for many different …

When ever myself or any of my patients had enteric fever,ENT infection, post- operative or any kind of fever with unknown origin, I prefer to start Tablet Ciplox (500mg for adult and accordingly for children) after blood investigations. Every time it gave me very good result. It is …

Asmanex is the common brand name for Mometasone.
This medication comes in a handy device called an inhaler.
It is used to prevent wheezing and shortness of breath for people with asthma. It is what they call a corticosteriod. It reduces the swelling in an asthmatics airways. It is a daily …

Middletown Valley Family Medicine, Family Practice in Middletown, MD
I have been going to Middletown Valley Family Medicine, the family doctor’s office in town, since my family moved there ten years ago. The employees are wonderful, from the secretaries to the nurses to the doctors. They are always friendly and helpful, …

We bought a package of this flu and cough medicine last year to help my mother when she was having a bad chest cold. It is not a pill but is a powder that you dissolve in hot water to make a lemon flavored drink. Ever since she …

I am one of the unfortuante few in the working class who has to deal with pain on a consistent basis. This makes working sometimes unbelievably difficult, and there have been days I’ve gone home from work almost in tears because my level of discomfort has escalated beyond the …

One product that I am very familiar with is Icy Hot Medicated Patches. I used this product quite a bit while playing sports and always had decent results. They are readily available at any walmart or drug store and are a great way to relieve sore muscles or even …

To say the least, this is a medication I would never recommend! It was originally prescribed to me to help control anxiety attacks. I was to take it whenever I was anxious as a means of calming myself down.
This medication worked. In fact, it worked very well! Whenever I …

If you are looking for an ointment that helps to treat minor cuts, scrapes, and burns without spending a fortune, you need to try the Equate brand Triple Antibiotic Ointment. You can get this ointment at any Wal-Mart. This ointment is the less expensive alternative to Neosporin …

I am one of those people who think that it is very important to have a well thought out vitamin and mineral regimen to help keep ourselves and our families healthy and happy. I really believe that Omega-3’s are one of the most beneficial vitamins that we as human …

My wife complained about severe pain on her buttock. General pain management medicines couldn’t give any relief to her. Gradually, the problem was increasing and within a week it had become very tough for her to bend forward. I fixed an appointment with a physician. The doctor quickly diagnosed the …

Upon moving into our house, I made a point to find a family doctor that would be suitable for myself, my husband, and our two pre-teen boys. I stumbled across Anchor Bay Family Medical Clinic while trying to find some place that accept PPO insurance. Since I’d never heard …

I have tried different products for sprains and body aches. And, I have found Volini as one of the best. I don’t like taking pain relief tablets as overuse can lead to many side effects. Further, cream is also not a regular option for me because of work related issues. …

A lot of my friends are quite sick at the moment. It seems that there is a virus in circulation. In the past weeks, I always felt that I will be sick or am on the verge of being sick. I think that it is also partly due to …

I recently switched from Tylenol PM Pain Reliever to Equate PM Pain Reliever and I am very happy with the switch! I originally tried the Equate brand because it was much cheaper than the Tylenol brand, but I did not think it would work as well, but it …

I developed an embarrassing fungal foot infection from a pair of old shoes that I really should have thrown away long before I did. I tried treating the itchy blisters with over the counter fungal treatments, which had always worked in the past, but this infection was too …

Whenever I use to get minor injuries and cut, the first thing my mother applied was this Neospirin ointment or powder.It’s a a composite part of our first aid box since years and even today when her grandson gets those minor bruises she rushes up with the same little …

I bought this because it was about half the price of Brand Name Ibuprofen. It came in an economy size bottle and I figured it would work for general pain relief or cramps.
The potency seems to be consistent. I take the same dosage I would for the …

A few months ago I got the flu. I hadn’t had the flu in quite some time. My big problem with the illness was how congested my sinuses were. I could not breathe, but I was also in a lot of pain from the pressure behind my eyes in …

I am highly allergic to bee stings of any kind (wasp, hornet, yellow jackets etc.) and when I am stung I must go directly for Benadryl and my doctor prescribed emergency anti-histamine shot. I take the Benadryl with the shot because sometimes the emergency prescription shot is not …

This product KINERASE is the best alternative to glycolic acid peels that you get from the dermatologist. I used to get glycolic peels from my doctor at $75 per treatment. KINERASE comes with 15 treatments per box and the whole box is $75. And the results are very comparable. …

Zyrtec covers indoor and outdoor allergies. I was taking Allegra until I found out I was pregnant. My doctor told me that Zyrtec was safe to use during pregnancy, so I made the switch. You only need to take it once a day. At first, …

Some time ago I contracted an eye infection. I’m not even sure what it was or where I contracted it up to now, but by the time I managed to get my general practitioner about it and another problem, it was not as severe as it was before.
I …

I say I am allergic to this medicine my doctor says I only have a reaction to it.Same thing as far as I am concern.
It runs in my family,non of my kids can take it either.It makes us vomit and have diarrhea and stomach pain.
I am told that all …

When my baby wasn’t feeling so well, there was not much I could do. I am unable to medicate a baby of course, and the humidifier just wasn’t cutting it for him. I wanted something that would put him at ease during this terrible time. I found a product …

Fish liver oil is something I was terrified of in my childhood. Like a character in a children’s book, I was forced by my parents and grandparents to ingest spoonfuls of the disgusting, smelly liquid, which made me feel like vomiting and, frankly, gave me bad breath. Despite ingesting …

I found Cerebrovit Active in the drug store few weeks ago. Actually I was searching for another product that I can give to my children but I could not find it. Then I found Cerebrovit Aktive that I can give to my children as a replacement for the product …

I have had chronic pain issues for most of my adult life. I don’t usually require medication beyond what I can pick up over the counter at the local drug store, but occasionally I need something stronger. On a few such occasions, I went to the doctor hoping for …

I use to think that all eye drops were the same but I recently found out that they weren’t. In fact Rohto V eye drops are in a category of their own. I first discovered this product while watching a makeup tutorial video on Youtube. One of my favorite …

My husband gives me a hard time on occasion because I tend to snore when I am or am not sick, though I use the excuse of being sick often enough. When I DO get sick, however, it’s usually worse and so I was really thrilled when I found …

I first heard about Zyban through news reports claiming that it was a miracle cure to stop smoking. Since I have made many attempts to quit smoking over the 15 years that I have been a smoker I felt that it was worth a try.
The instructions that I was …

I have a very bad cold sore that needed quick attention. My mother mentioned that she uses Carmex when she gets a cold sore because it makes it go away quickly. I decided, for once in my life, to follow my mother’s advice and picked up a bottle of …

I was diagnosed in 2006 with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In my case, the pain followed a nerve pattern, which caused sharp pain, as opposed to the usual muscle pain that is associated with this syndrome. My doctor felt that the prescription medication Flexeril might help alleviate some of my pain. …

The antibiotic Amoxicillin is very effective for colds, flu and fever. Last two weeks ago I got ifflicted by flu and fever so I consulted a doctor. The doctor prescribed me with three medicines to be taken for five days. I took the doctor’s prescription religiously trusting that it …

I discovered another effective fever reliever in Bioflu. This blue capsulated medicine was given to me by my officemate when I started to feel symptoms of flu. I was then about to go home because my body felt heavy, my joints were quite aching and my body temperature …

I have been on this birth control for nearly 5 years now. This birth control allows me to have my period every three months. I’ve considered switching to the other forms of birth control that allow you to have it every 5 years or more but they are more …

I have been on these tablets for around 3 months and I’ve now got another 2 months worth from my Doctor’s. Apparently I may still be on these for some time and although I found that they worked at first, now I’m not all that sure.
So what are they …

I’ve been taking Gaviscon in some form or another for quite a long time for indigestion and heartburn. I’ve tried a lot of other forms of indigestion over the years, but none come close to this one.
It was especially useful when I was pregnant as it …