My wife and I have had to use Express Scripts because that is a requirement of our health insuriance(Blue Cross), the requirement is the only reason that we are using express scripts, if we actually had a choice we would be getting our perscriptions locally at Krogers or Walmart. …

I recently had to visit the Rite Aid pharmacy in Coloma, MI to fill a prescription. While the pharmacist said the prescription would be ready within an hour, I returned 2 days later to pick it up, and the cashier knew nothing about it. She finally found the prescription …

I went to a Nutrition Specialist to get some advices about how to lose my weight. She gave me some list for the foods that I should and I should not take when I want to eat.
It’s a big list. Well, I had a hard time to follow the …

For many years now, I’ve had consistent problems sleeping, both falling and staying asleep. I guess the technical and scientific term for it “delayed sleep disorder”, which is not the same thing as insomnia. Insomnia is when you just can’t sleep at all, sometimes for days at a time, …

I was cleaning my room the other day. Since I haven’t cleaned my room for some time, the dust and dirt just accumulated. I transferred all the furniture out of my room and cleaned every single corner. I made sure that everything would be spotless and neat. Right before …

For me CVS pharmacy is one of those stores that I hate but at the same time I love it also for many reasons. Let me explain why I hate the place, most of the things are very expensive there and if you need to buy something like Oreos …

It annoys me when I wake up in the morning and my nose is clogged up and I’m having hard time breathing. This, coupled with non-stop sneezing is really infuriating. We have a garden in our backyard and my room is annoyingly located a few meters above it. The …

I suffer from constant migraines ever since a car accident nine years ago. I tried almost every over the counter medication that is out there. Excedrin worked for a little bit, then the caffine in it made me sick to my stomach whenever I would take it. …

My husband caught a bad cold over the holidays, and was driving me crazy with his continuous coughing. He managed to get some relief at night with some strong cough syrup, but for the daytime, it was not a good idea because it contains a sleeping aid and it …

I used to suffer from muscle cramps quite often. There were times when I would wake up in the middle of night clutching my calf muscle because it was cramping and getting unbelievably painful. At other times I would laugh and have my face muscles near the neck get …

When I get sick, I typically prefer a medication that will not make me drowsy, because I work a full time job and have two teenagers at home who need supervision from time to time, two dogs to walk on a daily basis, and lots of laundry and house …

I hate to admit it, but I’ve taken a lot of medications over the course of the last year, for a variety of problems that have been popping up like weeds in my body. Some of the most recurring problems I have are congestion due to allergies, but then …

For a few years I have used Thera Flu off and on when I have had sore throats. So when I saw the Thera Flu Natural Apple Cinnamon Flu and Sore Throat Packets I wanted to try them. I really saw them at the perfect time, because my throat …

The actual drug name for this is beclomethasone dipropionate aqueous suspension, which is a corticosteroid. Mine was made by ‘genpharm inc.’ but you can get this under any other brand name and it would be pretty much the same. This is used to treat stuff like hayfever or if …

When I was still 3 months pregnant with my first baby, I had community acquired pneumonia which caused me to have hard, nonproductive cough and slight fever. I know I cannot just take any medication because of my pregnancy. Because of this, I consulted my obstetrician. After …

Tylenol is a long standing company in medicine, known world wide as a good way to get relief from slight pain or minor headaches. A few years ago they came up with gelcaps, which are promised to provide even faster pain relief. So, being someone who frequently gets migraine …

Whenever I get a cold, I try to buy medicine to treat it that same day. I don’t like for my symptoms to get too out of hand and start to progress. I prefer to start treating them early so that they could be mild. I noticed some cheap …

I got burned by the muffler of my scooter and it was a terrible burn. The doctor said it was just minor and it would heal fairly well. But I didn’t want to take my chances so I asked for something to help it heal faster. He gave me …

During my time of the month, I can get some really bad cramps. This past time, the cramps were really kicking my behind. I did not really want to go out and purchase medication specifically for cramps and decided to use some pills that I found in my husbands …

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 …

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. …

I work in a retail job, and have worked there for a little over a year now, in which I’m up and down ladders, constantly reaching for boxes that are far taller than I can actually reach, and often times I over extend my shoulders, and I can feel …

I had a premature delivery and though my health was fine,the conditions of my babies were critical. I was blessed with twins a babay boy and a baby girl. The Doctors at Maharani Shantadevi Hospital, Baroda, there Dr.Prasanna and her team had given up hope,they asked us to move …

I tried Depo Provera which is prescribed by a doctor and then administered by injection as a method of birth control.
The benefits that I saw in making this choice was that I did not have to remember to take tablets which were more effective if taken at the …

Working while sitting in front of the computer 11 hours per day, I often feel lower back pains at the end of each day, especially at night when I am about to sleep. There are times when I don’t feel any pain at all, oftentimes it is still tolerable, …

I do not often have a problem with being gassy. I honestly never really had this problem, until right after I gave birth to my son. It seems like I was gassy all of the time, and it was giving me some bad pains and cramps in both my …

When I was in my late teens, I developed a mystery illness which has, to this day, not been diagnosed with any certainty. At the time, lupus was suspected, as well as fibromyalgia. Since my blood work initially showed some inflammation, the first attempt at treating it was anti-inflammatory …

This is my additional boost of Ascorbic acid Vitamin C aside from my Enervon-C tablet. This is so because I strongly believe in the power of Ascorbic acid in promoting good health and energy to active individauals like me.And I am only using FERN-C Ascorbic …

Heartburn has been my worst enemy for the longest. I quite frankly get tired of dealing with it, but haven’t been able to get rid of it fully. In the mean time I jump from medication to medication to see which one will work best for me. One that …

Tramadol is the generic equivalent to Ultram, which is a narcotic-type pain reliever used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medication is an extended release medication and is used for people that need around the clock pain relief. This medication can be addictive.
I was prescribed this …

If you ever find yourself in need of a cardiologist in the Colorado Springs area I would deffinately recommend Parkside Cardiology. Although i mainly deal with Dr. Brian Metz who I honestly believe to be the best cardiologist, I have had dealings with almost everyone in the practice over …

Recently I had some kind of skin reaction that made me break out into what seemed like hives. They were little itchy bumps that were mainly on my arms and legs. I would wake up in the morning and it seemed like brand new bumps would pop up out …

The last time I had a cough I saw an irresistible bag of cough drops on sale. I don’t usually purchase this brand but found that it was considerably low in price. I was able to buy a package consisting of 70 cough drops for only a little over …

Dysmenorrhea. A lady’s greatest enemy. You would strongly agree with me only if you yourself have been through the same situation. I started my first menstruation when I was 10 years old. On that day, seeing blood stain on my underwear was enough to shock me. However, things went …

I have had Dr. Bassi now for my internal medicine doctor for the past 3 years - so have my Mother and my Husband. We are all very satisfied with him as a doctor. I am very convinced this man is in the right profession. He …

Very few things in life make me feel miserable as catarrh does. I don’t get it too often but when I do it usually involves a lot of pain on my forehead, which usually painkillers alone cannot relieve.
Before my daughter was born I would normally just try to sleep …

I really can’t even count the number and types of allergy medicines I’ve experimented with over the course of the last eight years, but the list is extensive and, surprisingly, the ones I’ve found that work the best are these Walgreen knock-off products. I’m always a fan of generic …

Due to an operation I had last year, I was prescribed with several post-operative medications to manage my pain, the inflammation and my hyperacidity. I was placed in a liquid diet as soon as I was conscious but still was not allowed to eat foods that needed to be …

I generally have great results with Tylenol products so when I felt some allergy symptoms coming up I decided to try it. I was expecting this product to be effective because with almost all other medicines of this brand I had great luck so there was no reason …

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 …

Zolpidem - best known under its various trade names (Adormix, Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar, Damixan, Hypnogen, Ivedal, Lioran, Myslee, Nytamel, Sanval, Somidem, Stilnoct, Stilnox, Stilnox CR, Sucedal, Zoldem, Zolnod, Zolpihex) - is one of the most widely prescribed sleeping pills.
I used it for two years (intermittently, although often every …

When I was plagued with a cough that just wouldn’t go away, I tried every cough syrup known to man. It was pathetic how nothing seemed to help. My father had a similar problem, and his doctor gave him what he called —˜the pearls’. I had no idea what …

I started using this product when I was on the second trimester of my pregnancy. It was a friend of mine who was also pregnant at that time who mention to me about Osteocare and I decided to give it a try using this product because I learned …

Until a few years ago I had no idea what Botox was and I had never heard about it and then I started hearing the starts talk about it on TV and say how everyone in Hollywood was getting it because of how great it was. I thought that …

My mother gave Oralit to me when I had a problem with my stomach. At that time, I got diarrhea and had to vomited few times. My mother was worried that I could get dehydration. That’s why she immediately went to pharmacy store to buy Oralit.
Oralit is a …

I’ve used Equate Triple Antibiotic Ointment for years. The ointment has come in handy many times when my children experienced minor cuts, insect stings and mild burns. The ointment sooths immediately and works well when applied to the gauze portion of a bandaid. You then just wrap the bandaid …

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. …

Mucinex DM is an over the counter medication useful in treating congestion and coughs. Every Mucinex tablet contains 1200 mg guaifenesin and 60 mg dextromethorphan HBr, which aids in suppressing coughs and loosening up mucous, respectively. I purchased Mucinex at the recommendation of my physician when a family member …

Benadryl Allergy Medicine —” I have suffered from seasonal allergies since I was a child. One of the medicines that my mother used to always give me was Benadryl. For as long as I can remember Benadryl was her go to medicine for anything that I might have had an allergy …

Like many women, I’ve had few urinary tract infections in my life time. They’re not fun at all, but they’re easy to fix. Azo doesn’t help you heal, but it makes the process much more bearable.
The less severe UTI’s are bladder infections. They cause a lot of discomfort in …