My doctor started prescribing Topamax for me to help prevent and reduce the frequency of my migraines in 2004. This was about a year or so before Topamax was officially approved for the prevention of migraines; it started out as a seizure medication. I was reluctant to start on …

I have always had respiratory issues as long as I could remember due to being born prematurely. I would have breathing troubles during the winter season. As I grew up, my respiratory problems worsened. It finally got to the point when I was a teenager, my breathing …

This type of medicine is excellent for constant migraines, they reach my head like mad! I can’t be bothered now trying paracetamol, codemol all these medicines that try to put your mind at rest, so I thought I would try something completely new. That’s when I heard of Hopi …

I can not live without Strepsils Lozenges Original Flavor every time I have sore throat. It comes in different flavors: original flavor, honey, lemon, strawberry and more. I prefer the original flavor though I have tried other flavors as well. It can be bought by box or just one …

dulculax bisacodyl is the most affective stimulant laxative available. its relieves constipation by stimulating the movement of the intestines. this is the msot powerful and affective laxative in the market and i have used this laxative to treat constipation and it effects better than other laxative. but it is …

I was very happy with the Dulcolax Perles as they worked wonderfully to quickly relieve the discomfort of constipation, so I tried these tablets which are a different version of the same thing. These are also very good indeed, but I have discovered the pitfalls of taking two …

I obtained a 4 ounce bottle of this oral spray recently as part of a trial offer. They charged my credit card for the bottle and shipping and handling.
The number one problem with the trial offer is that they admit it takes much longer than the trial to …

When it comes to dissolving cold medicine, in tablet form, normally I’m an akla-seltzer girl, but I had mistakenly sent my husband to the store to find me some medication when I came down with the cold HE managed to give me last week. I haven’t been sick in …

A co-worker of mine began suffering heat flashes at work, and she showed up every day exhausted, saying that she had not slept very much because of night sweats and hot flashes all night long. She tried everything her doctor suggested, and finally began hormone replacement treatment, and nothing …

If you become older many persons suffer the disease of arthritis. It is something that can’t be cured because there is some damage in the joints of your body.
You can feel it on every place of your body and it can give a terrible pain in your muscles. Very …

It’s hard to leave some open wounds and scratches in our skin. For many years I’ve been using Mediplast with acrinol sterilized plastic strips If I have some small open wounds and scratches unto my skin.
This plastic strip and safe because it is sealed strip that is clean and …

Our household has had its share of sickness over the past few months. It’s cold and flu season, and there seems to be even more of it going around. I recently had a cold that turned into a painful sinus infection. I was extremely congested, and …

Over the course of the last nine years, I have taken more kinds of allergy medications than I care to count. Probably more than most people have taken in their lifetimes. I’d never experienced allergies before I made the move from Arkansas to Michigan, and the change in climate …

I have always been a fan of Excedrin to take care of my chronic headaches. Since I suffered a stroke, my doctors told me not to take pain killers that have aspirin in them. Since I am prescribed a high dose of pure aspirin each day, I still needed a …

Chloraseptic is a numbing throat spray that relieves a sore throat fast. When I have a sore throat, I walk around with a bottle of cloraseptic in my hand. It may not have the best taste in the world, but when it comes to numbing and relieving my pain, …

I have always had allergic rhinitis. There are bad days and there are worse days. Whenever I go and sleep over my Aunt’s house, I always have it. The bedroom can be very dusty and my nose can get really stuffed because of it. Every time I go there, …

I suffer from insomnia quite frequently (in fact, its 4 am and the fact that I’m typing this at this time proves it!) and I have been looking for an over the counter sleep aid. I recently tried Rite Aid Sleep Gel. These are blue gel pills that …

I am allergic to wasp, bee, hornet and yellow jackets stings. Whenever I am bitten, I apply ice immediately. If no ice is applied and I am bitten on the foot, in 30 minutes time my affected foot will swell to two times its normal size. …

The doctor prescribed the Bisolvon Chesty syrup for my three year old daughter when I took her to the clinic to get help for her bad cold. she was suffering from occasional fever, blocked nose and heavy chesty coughing.
The doctor examined her and said that she has a lot …

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 …

Novelgin is the name of the tablets, which can be taken when we have the body pain or light fever due to some sudden change in the body or any such things happen. I normally take the novelgin tablets when I feel a lot of tiredness or giddiness. …

Target has a maximum strenght nightime sleep aid. It is a diphenhydramine based sleep aid that I take when I am having difficultysleeping. This sleep aid comes in a bottle with 32 softgels. Eeach capsule contains 50 mg of diphenhydramine.
I find going to sleep to …

One of the most useful products I have found in a long time is the Vicks stick, this is a product that I had seen a friend use when he had a cold and I thought it looked cool so I decided to give it a try and I …

Sometime in January of this year, I was admitted to the hospital due to an asthma attack. I forgot to buy a new canister that day and was left alone in the house. Fortunately, I was able to call someone to bring me to the hospital. I recall that …

Antibiotic ointment is something that I have tried to keep around the house for the past year. I have had plenty occasions where my children or myself have gotten a cut or scrape and I had nothing around to use at all. I don’t like to spend a lot …

Amoxyclav 625 is an antibiotic medicine which I was prescribed when I had a wound over my thigh. It worked wonderfully and the wound got healed within two days. Since then, it has become one of my favorite antibiotics for the treatment of variety of bacterial infections.

Amoxyclav 625 is produced …

My doctor decided to try a different approach with my illness. I was getting better actually with the previous medication that I had but he was hoping for a far better response. So he told me that he wanted to prescribe me with Iron Dextran (Dexferrum). I was actually …

Since I spend a great deal of time on the phone at work, it isn�t uncommon for me to develop a sore throat by mid-week. For this reason, something that can always be found in my desk drawer are Ricola Herbal Throat Drops.
I’ve looked at similar drops at the …

This is an anelgesic on the base of ibuprofenum, and each pill contains 400mg of ibuprofenum which has antiinflammatory, and analgeticheskoy moderate analgesic activity. I usually use this pills when I have strong headaches or during the pain of my period. Each pill has a film protection so they …

I have had trouble sleeping for the past few months. I’ve tried all types of different ways to actually help me sleep better. After searching for different methods, I decided to go ahead and try Ambien. I docotr has been telling me about it for the past couple of …

Back in 1995, I was diagnosed of having Diabetes. I never really realized that I was sick. There were just times that I would feel extremely weak and sweating profusely. Other times, I would feel that my skin is flushed. I thought this was just an effect of stress …

Recently when I started falling ill quite regularly for no particular reason I was advised to start taking Berocca Multivitamin Tablets to improve my immune system to combat those annoying flu bugs that wreck havoc on your body. I was advised to take 1 berocca multivitamin effervescent a day …

One of these pills a day, helps in blood thinning and for the purpose of hearth protection. I do appreciate so much the orange flavor and cherry as well because it makes me feel like it isn’t a pill I’m taking but a chewable candy. I think it is …

I’ve been to the doctor more than a few times (ahem) in my life, and it’s always for a variety of problems. However, one of the things I go to the doctor the most for, at least a couple times a year, is a urinary tract infection, or the …

Not to be confused with Robitussin DM, this Tussin DM cough syrup if I remember correctly is a knock-off brand by Rite Aid or CVS or one of those kind of neighborhood corner store pharmacies. You can easily compare the ingredients, though and they are pretty much the same, …

My doctor normally writes a prescription for me for Lasix for water retention problems that affect me in relation to my monthly menstrual cycle.
When my blood pressure reading got a little higher than normal, he decided to take me off the Lasix (which I only used as needed) and …

I have had a problem with insomnia all my life. I will do good to get 5 hours of sleep at night. I have gone to the doctor and they gave me prescription medications but they always made me feel so bad that it wasn’t hardly worth it.Some of …

Aspirin was never the type of medicine that I would have considered using for body aches while sick. However, I had read on the internet that aspirin helped a women with body aches better then Ibuprofen and did not mess with her stomach either. Since I had the flu …

I have a sister who is 26 years old and her common problem is the Cold and headache. My sister is very allergic to dust and whenever she goes outside by walk, due to a lot of air pollution and dust, my sister sneezes a lot and that …

Last year, I went on a camping trip with some friends, in the middle of the summer when my allergies and hay fever was usually at its worst. The weather was humid, raining and hot, and the mosquitos were out in force, and so not only was I getting …

Tempra Forte is a brand name of Paracetamol that is produced and distributed by Bristol-Myers Squib in the Philippines. Tempra forte is an analgesic made specially for adults, it is prepared in tablet or syrup form. I personally take this drug whenever I am sick and I can say …

This capsule was prescribed by the pediatrician of my son when he was still a baby because I complained that my son was not really gaining weight and drinking milk as much as I want to. So the doctor prescribed this medicine and what she asked me to …

Allergies and such seem to run in my family. I remember when I was a kid, going to the doctor with my mother and brother so he could be tested for allergic reactions, and it was so awful to watch them as they put fifty small slices into the …

I have an autistic seven year old son and have faced many obstacles trying to get him proper therapy that he requires.
At the end of April 2009, Arch opened its doors to help many children in the Lehigh Valley that are affected by autism. I called this agency …

My experience with Dr. Snell was incredibly bad. I know that the majority of his patients are satisfied with his work and that the majority of his surgeries are successful. My daughters’ surgery was not successful.
I think that it is important to know all of the successes and …

Ikadryl syrup is another brand of medicine that you can use when your kids have cough problem.
Same as the other kind of medicine that you can give to your children, Ikadryl syrup have fruit taste as well. But this one is using apple taste for this medicine syrup.
Ikadryl can …

Few days ago, I had a little wound in my toe. But I did not really give any attention to it. I thought it will cure by it self if I keep it clean. But I was wrong. The more I walk the bigger the wound grow. So I …

I was suffering from some really severe arm and shoulder pain. I think I may have a problem with my hands, but haven’t seen a doctor about it as of yet. The pain starts in my hands then radiates up to my arms. It ends in my shoulders and …

When I go on night shifts especially during the cold months I often suffer from gas pain. Sometimes its very disgusting because of the odor but I couldn’t help it sometimes. In addition to this problem I often suffer from being bloated and also nausea. While I was on …

Lantus is an injection insulin for treating diabetes. It is a slow acting and long term insulin. Patients are required to take one shot daily. I found that Lantus works well in helping to control my diabetes.
Like other insulin, Lantus has to be stored in the …