I have had severe excessive sweating or what they call hyperhidrosis, in clinical term, ever since puberty. It ruined my social life because most of the time I would just prefer to stay at home and not go out with friends for the fear of being embarrassed with unsightly …

Advil PM has never been my choice of nighttime medicine, mostly because I think liquid medicines work best when trying to get yourself to bed and if it is a matter of pain then there are many others that do the same with a lower price tag, but when …

Botica de San Fransisco is a drug store beside the school I am working. This is just a very small pharmacy (barely 20 sq.mts. in floor area) but the variety of medicines and other medical supplies are quite impressive. I as one of their customers …

I have had 3 photo-rejuvenation procedures in my life, in three different cities and three different clinics. The best one by far, not just for price but for the customer care I received and the confidence I have in the staff and the procedure, is Laser Rejuvenation Clinics and …

Recently, I have been using Lactaid pills whenever I am eating something that has any form of dairy in the ingredients. After finding a cheaper brand of pills, and trying those, I am missing my Lactaid pills for one simple and very vain reason, the taste. I can’t really …

I recently had a baby a few months ago. I decided to do a review on my OBGYN. His name is Dr. Daniel Nahhas and his office is located in Uniontown, PA. When I found out I …

Zicam Cold Remedy was recommended by a good friend who swears by this treatment. She said that if you use Zicam at the beginning of a cold, Zicam will reduce and eliminate symptoms within a day. I don’t get colds very often, but when I do, I cannot afford …

Having a good dentist is valuable when one is living overseas. Dr. Berg, a German dentist who has settled here in Botswana is the best one you can go to. His clinic is a bit far from the center of the capital, Gaborone and I normally can go only …

D cold total, the all in one solution for cough, cold and body ache. It has been quite a while since I was suffering from cough and cold and being a minor issue I ignored it for some time. But slowly it started taking the toll on my body …

A few weeks back, when I happened to be suffering from severe cold and cough- my life felt just miserable. What really made me feel uncomfortable was the fact that I was unable to breathe comfortably since my nose seemed blocked due to congestion. Though I somehow managed during …

I used this medicine mainly each time I have acid indigestion. Due to the demands of my work, I usually don’t eat on time which makes my stomach produce more acid in there. I would have period of stomach disturbance which felt like something is pushing the wall in …

The name of this product sounds so funny but this is a good product. Bye bye fever can be used for your kids. When they have fever, you can put this Bye Bye fever on their forehead. It help a little bit to bring the fever down. Of course, …

Equate sore throat spray is a medicine which is designed to lessen the pain associated with throat soreness much like the version released by Vicks which sells for almost double the price and so when I had to have my tonsils removed since they had been bothering me for …

I don’t often take aspirin as my choice of pain reliever or fever reducer. I howe4ver was tired of not getting the results I wanted from acetaminophen. I didn’t want to take ibuprofen because it seems like my body has become so used to it that it doesn’t work …

I do not like taking medicines in a liquid form but sometimes I have to and in this case, I always choose the one which is the most drinkable and which is the most tasteless. Aspegic fits the bill. It is in a powder form and is quickly soluble …

There have been difficult periods in my life, and on a few occasions, I felt the need to seek a medication that would help me deal with the stress. My doctor prescribed Xanax, or Alprazolam, following panic attacks I experienced shortly after the birth of my son.
I …

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 …

Migraines happen to almost everyone, with a wide variety of symptoms that come along with the brain-splitting headache. For example, my mother gets nausea along with her headache, while I go completely numb on the opposing side of my body (i.e. a migraine focused on the left side …

With the recent medicine selling prices regulation in the country, many medical aid schemes have been suffering and they have shifted the effects onto their clients, people like us, the beneficiaries.
I have been under my father’s medical aid scheme, the standard option of the Bonita’s Medical Aid scheme …

I had been spending a lot of time on my feet and they needed some TLC so I bought Earth Therapeutics Elementals, Foot Repair Balm. The soles of my feet were dry and chafed and my skin was starting to crack, so I hoped this Foot Repair Balm would …

I often have to lift very heavy items on my job and that means that I end up with back pain at the end of most days. I needed something that would help relieve some of the back pain so I tried Bengay Pain Relieving Ointment. I purchased ultra …

Extra Strength Tylenol is what I take for headaches and various pains that I sometimes get throughout the days. It’s fast acting and very effective. One pill lasts a very long time, and even after the effects wear off I don’t find myself having to take another as the …

I’ve noticed that over the years, I tend to feel my arthritis problems more when the weather is rainy or it has been a very long day. I notice the arthritis problem the most in my fingers, wrist and left shoulder. When it is possible, I like to take …

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 …

I originally bought this product because I grew up with Eczema, a sensitive skin condition that caused me to break out in rashes whenever my skin came in contact with something that it decided it didn’t like. Cortizone 10 Plus Itch Medicine skin cream was the recommended solution …

Thanks to a new city ordinance that prohibits residents from parking their cars on their lawns (even residents like us that only park on a small part of the yard), I was recently forced to expand my driveway to fit our second car (the city also has a beautiful …

Have you ever heard of Asifit? Asifit tablets or pills are a good medicine or pill that can help women to produce more milk to give breastfeeding to their baby.
Asifit can be found in the drug store or supermarket. Since the function of this tablet is as supplement, you …

I have been recently experimenting with a lot of different muscle rubs. I have been in search for the rub that will take the pain away the most without, hurting my nose. I also tend to try more products that are mess free. One rub that I have tried …

My husband and I have a difference of opinion when it comes to the best cold medicine out there (or one of the best anyway). When he’s sick and asks me to get him something from the store, my first instinct is always to bring home the TheraFlu packages …

It is difficult when you are ill because it precludes you from working. And then you will have to take a leave of absence. Your salary gets deducted and worst, you will be suffering during the days that you have the illness. This is what happened to me that is …

It has been four years since I was diagnosed with type II Diabetes. My General Practitioner had put me on a million little pills, and some not so little ones. We even tried Insulin, it was like a dose of extreem PMS and Menopause all in one daily shot.
Finally …

I went to my family doctor for sore throat last week. When I went to doctor I already had sore throat for 4 days. I never had cold or fever with this sore throat or any cold for more than a year now. …

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 …

When I was a teenager, I suffered a few years with a mystery illness that eventually turned out to be fibromyalgia. During the course of figuring out which treatments were going to work for me, a sleeping issue was addressed. People with fibro sometimes have a lot of trouble …

I have severe springtime and summertime allergies and sometimes allergy medications do not work well for me, but I recently started taking CVS Pharmacy Allergy D Allergy and Sinus Relief Tablets and I must say they worked shockingly well and only cost me five dollars for a box of …

My son had a transplant when he was 3 years old and was put on a whole slew of medicines. I was the donor, so I was not with him the first few days after the transplant. After we both got home I realized a huge difference …

Equate Brand Naproxen Sodium pain reliever is Wal-Mart’s generic version of Alleve. I have been taking Alleve for many years to help relieve headaches and body aches, which worked really well. The only complaint that I had while using Alleve was the price—¦these pills were getting quite expensive.
At …

I hate having a cold. I do not know anyone who particularly enjoys it except for kids who get the day off school than I guess there is a silver lining there. However, for adults having a cold severely interrupts our day and mine is no different. …

Diprosone Cream is a topical cream which is manufactured by Schering-Plough. It comes in a squeeze tube and is available in a cream or ointment form. This cream is available only by prescription. I have been using this cream now for more than 27 years.
I use this cream …

I recently had a period where I was extremely bloated, and wanted to find a natural diuretic product that I did not need a prescription for. I purchased Sundown Naturals “natural water pills” in the vitamin section of my drugstore. It was a good deal, because the package had …

In today’s world, people are way too dependent on drugs. Although I believe that medicines, such as Xanax, do provide relief of certain problems, I also believe that people use these drugs as a way to deal with everyday problems, such as stress, or simply just living. I have …

A few years ago I had an anxiety attack and did not know what was happening. My Husband rushed me to the hospital and I thought that I was dying. My hands stiffened and I was hyper-ventilating. The nurses told me that I had to breathe or my organs …

I have dry eyes. When I first started working with my eye doctor she gave me Optive to use for the dry eyes. I used it throughout the day. Optive is a moisturizing eye drop made by Allergan. My eyes did better while using it. …

I got sick when we were at Hurricane Evacuation at a hotel. It was my whole family in two hotel rooms. It was a horrendous experience. With the recycled air and being trapped with all the other people in their rooms. The whole hotel was in complete lock down …

I don’t see chewable sleep aids all that often, and certainly none that taste good, but I have to say I was pretty impressed over all with the Midnite Tablets. It’s a little on the pricey side, at about $10 a box, for a 30 count, but I found …

My doctor diagnosed me with bipolar disorder with a high occurrence of manic episodes a few months ago. Since then he has put me on a variety of medications, the most recent being Abilify. He started me at a dose of 5 mg per day, then moved the dose …

I think that anyone can agree that migraines are not a joking matter. I cannot stand any type of headache and a migraine is really unbearable for me. I can’t really concentrate when I have a really bad headache and find that I cannot focus my eyes because the …

A few months ago, my mom had a severe left ankle pain and swelling. It was already giving her problems for more than a week. I tried giving her the usual non-steroidal analgesics such as Naproxen and Ibuprofen but she complained developing some epigastric pains after intake of the …

I used to have flawless skin, but a couple of years ago I got a three-inch cut on my foot because of ill-fitting footwear. The wound was very deep, with disgusting pus coming out of it, but I thought it would heal just like the other cuts I have …

I experience hyperacidity from time to time which I can describe as a somewhat gnawing, burning sensation in my upper abdomen which I usually feel if I skip a meal or when I being tensed. Sometimes I feel it when I drink soda or other acidic drinks …