I’ve used Chloraseptic Spray for years to calm sore throats, but I never was very keen on letting my child use it, even when she got old enough to. with her, I prefer to use medications that are specifically made for children. I bought her the chloraseptic …

This last year I have suffered from way too many colds and two too many flu’s. I recently started to develop a cold again due to my daughter bringing germs home from school. The whole family has been sick and though I had plenty of children’s medicine, I did …

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 …

I believe some of you ever heard about Purol brand. In my own country, Purol is a known brand that make powder for allergic skin. But in Europe, we can also find Purol ointment.
I always have this product in the house. One of my kid often get allergic reaction …

Several years ago, my husband and I decided to quit smoking. My doctor prescribed Wellbutrin to curb cravings, and also as an anti-depressent. My husband and I each took our respective medication exactly as the doctor had prescribed it.
My husband had no problems with the medicine. …

Let’s see. Right now I have about four different kinds of cough syrups, four different kinds of cold and flu tablets, two medicated chest rubs, three bags of cough drops, and another handful of allergy medications sitting in my pantry, all purchased within the last three weeks because I …

When I was a kid, there was one cough or cold syrup I remember taking religiously, and that was Dimetapp. As I got older and had kids of my own, I seriously thought that maybe Dimetapp wasn’t as popular as it used to be, because it wasn’t nearly as …

When I went in a Mission Field for two weeks with my officemates, I had the biggest mistake of my life. I left my emergency bag and hence was without any vitamin C or herbal supplement and other first aid medicine too all through the one week …

I am a mother of two healthy children at the age of 29. At my early age I decided to have an IUD for family planning purposes.
For your information, IUD is a small object that is inserted through …

I was prescribed Xanax to help deal with anxiety. I was prescribed the lowest dose, and I was supposed to just take it as needed if I felt like I was having a panic attack - ie. shortness of breath, shaking hands, stressed out, etc. Although I …

I was having headache one time. It was really a bad one. It was throbbing and it made me feel nauseated.
Because of this I decided to be absent from work so that I can have a full day of restful sleep. I scanned my box of sample medications …

I guess a lot of different companies want to get in on the action and create products that do what every other product does. I’ve used Advil many times in the past for the relief of cramps or headaches or general aches and pains, but never knew until just recently …

Having a sore throat can make me feel really down and out. I hate dealing with the sharp pains that make it uneasy for me to swallow. I hate also that scratchy feeling that always makes swallowing anything feel weird anyway. I think that sore throats not only hurt, …

I recently purchased the Abreva Cold Sore/Fever Blister Treatment. The product is pretty self-explanatory. Every so often, I get cold sores around my mouth. I am the sort of impatient person who wants an overnight cure even though I know that one does not exist. That said, I love …

There are a number of medications freely available for purchase without a prescription in drug stores and grocery stores that are designed to ease the symptoms and discomfort associated with cold sores. Generally, these medications aren’t cheap. The Releev 1-Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment medication, for example, runs for …

Note: Please only use this if you have a prescription. It has a tendency to be abused, but as a medical student, I want to stress that taking this stuff unmonitored can be very dangerous, possibly a death sentence.
Uses: Adderall and related drugs are for the treatment of ADD/ADHD …

Acid Ease is a herbal tablet that I ran across about a year back, when my acid reflux flared up and my regular tablets weren’t doing the job anymore. I needed to increase doses and I was getting some unwanted side effects because of this.
This is how my quest …

I’ve never been a fan of medicine. And honestly my wife has to force me to take it. I had a cold a while back that was lethal. I had a cough that kept me up all most all night long. I didn’t know what to do so I …

I had an injury not long ago, thanks to my large breed dog and an intrusive neighbor, that was causing me to lose sleep due to my nite time pains, and aches. After about three nites of lying awake miserable, counting sheep and trying to ignore my intensified misery due …

I was at the office one day when I felt my abdomen become distended. It was hard and rigid to touch. I don’t know if it was something I ate or was it because of my late lunch. So I turned on my computer, Googled some remedies and found …

I suffer with terrbile hayfever and it usually makes my summer miderable! I tried Benadryl towards the end of last summer and they realy worked. One tablet is to be taken each morning and they cost about gbp6 - $10 for a pack of 7 tablets.
The first thing i …

This comes in a brown bottle with Nature Made written on it and Iron written in big letters. This is a small white circular tablet. The cap is child safe but is easy for adults to open.
During pregnancy, my iron levels were low so my doctor asked me …

The generic name of Prodin is Fluoxetine HCl. It is an anti-depressant or I think is commonly known as Prozac. It comes in the form of a 20 mg red and white capsule. I started taking it once a day. After seven to ten days I felt much better. …

I travel by plane a lot, but using Dramamine never occurred to me until a friend mentioned it when we went on a cruise ship. She would take a half a pill each morning and then before bed to make sure she didn’t get sea sick. What a concept! …

Voltaren Emulgel is a muscle rub, like so many other you would find out there. But there is something that makes this one worth the money.
This rub was recommended by a doctor for arthritis relief but it isn’t a prescription medication. It can easily be bought over the counter …

The last time I was sick with a cold, it started out like any run of the mill cold which was nothing special or out of the ordinary. The runny nose and scratchy throat where no big deal, until all of a sudden I was hit with the …

I tried to use Merit few years ago. They said Merit was made of herbal and traditional ingredients that can help us reduce our weight. And since I always have problem with overweights for so many years, I tried many kind of diet products in my life. And that …

My kids seemed to really benefit from the childrens version of this product, and Boiron has been a pretty reliable product line for us over the last many many moons, so when I started to show symptoms of the flu, I decided to try the adult version for myself. …

I have the problem of acid indigestion. I really didn’t want to spend a fortune on prescription medicines. Sometimes the indigestion isn’t really that bad. I could probably go the whole day with nothing. I asked the pharmacist what I should do. He suggested I take Topcare Acid Reducer …

I think the only real reason I picked up this product was because of it’s $3 price tag. My husband and I support a family of four off a very limited income at times, and when my kids get sick, it pains me to spend $7 on a product …

I have been battling heartburn for years. It is very hard to deal with at times, especially because I have to switch out medications often. I needed something quick, because I was just dying from the chili I’d had earlier that day. I ran into the local dollar store …

I have usually always gone for brand name ibuprofen tablets for all kinds of pain relief. There has always been a part of me that says, even if they are more expensive, they must be more expensive for a reason, they must work better or something. However, …

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 …

I used to have no issues with eating any dairy food especially milk. I used to drink milk a lot but not having any stomach trouble. But lately, I noticed I developed lactose intolerance which I could not explain why. I now have difficulty digesting lactose found in …

The appearance of acne on my face almost leaves my face looking dull and lifeless. Though the pimples are not of the very severe kind and tend to go away after having treated them religiously with an anti- acne product- the presence on my face almost left …

Hi, my name is Kristin Weingartner and I have a 3.5 year old son who has congenital glaucoma. He was born with this eye disease and has had to have multiple surgeries to control eye pressure. He also has been on a wide array of eye drops …

Soffell mosquito’s repellent is one of a product that I often use in the house. Actually we also use another mosquito’s repellent. We did not really stick to one brand of mosquito repellent. But we do always have a sock of mosquito’s repellent. So if I go to …

The Equate extra strength pain reliever is an inexpensive alternative to Tylenol extra strength. Both contain the same active ingredient called Acetaminophen which is the actual ingredient which provides relief when you have a headache. The Tylenol extra strength retails for $4.50( 80 caplets) and the Equate version retails …

Sometimes after a hard days work, you come home, sit down and are simply exhausted. You decide to try and get to sleep, but then you realize something you have forgotten to do at work. You are then unable to sleep even as exhausted as you may be. This …

Crosin syrup can be used whenever our kids suffer from extreme cold, cough and fever. If the fever is not too high in degrees the crosin syrup can be used for them. I use it for my child, whenever he falls ill due to fever or extreme …

Have tried Theraflu Nighttime Severe Cold medicine couple of times on separate cold experience occasions. While the taste of the product(Natural Lemon flavor) was acceptable, the way how it worked on me was extremly unpleasant.
I took this medication after dinner about an hour before bedtime. It started working instantly …

Simvistatin is a cholesterol-lowering prescription medication that my husband was prescribed, along with Zocor, by his doctor at the VA. Together, they appeared to have caused him joint and leg muscle problems., as well as lowered libido. His doctor pretty much disregarded my husband when he described …

Heraclene is the brand name for Dibencozide. We used this drug in the hospital to stimulate the appetite of our patients who are recovering from critical cases such as strokes and depression. When I gave birth to my baby she was only 2.2 kgs which is a low birth …

My allergies that sprung on me this year at the beginning of this month have gone rogue and decided to attack the rest of my body now. I’ve ended up with a lot of drainage that has caused some serious chest congestion with a lot of uncomfortable coughing and …

Utabon is a medicine recommended when you have a nasal congestion. It can be used in case of a cold, rhinitis, or sinusitis for example, but in my case I have only used some of the times that I have caught a cold.
This product comes in a small bottle. …

One time while I was waiting for my shift to end I had a migraine attack which was very terrible. I tried to massage my temples hoping it would offer a little relief but there was no difference at all. I went home immediately right after my duty because …

I’ve bought some dastardly products in the past, but this one takes the biscuit. I bought Lakota The Original Joint Care Formula for my husband after he had his knee scoped. Lakota came highly recommended by my Pharmacist, for relieving joint pain of all types. My husband has mild …

Around four years ago I was prescribed opioid painkillers as a means to manage pain from an injury to my knee. For years I took Darvocet, Tramadol, Vicodin and Oxycodone on a daily basis so I could get through my ten hour work shifts that required me to be …

Remember the original st. joseph orange flavored chewable baby aspirin. Sometimes they would taste great but for some children the taste maybe a little tart to the liking. Now it comes in a great cherry flavored which is much easier on the digestive tract and vvery pleasant …