I sometimes have problems with my lower back and shoulders aching. While I am not really sure that I know the exact cause of the problem I do know that the pain starts in my shoulders and works its way down into my lower back. It can range from …

The painful tingling sensation that I had been feeling in my hands was starting to become worse. I have found myself dealing with this pain as best I know how, but have to switch medications often. My body is one of those that can get used to a medication …

As a nurse, I have given this drug to many patients and I can honestly say that this drug is one of the best gastric acid inhibitors out there in the market. Most of my patients on nexium experience less gastric complications due to the fact that the drug …

I was officially diagnosed with fibromyalgia 2 years ago. I know I had it for at least 5 years before diagnosis though. Fibromyalgia causes body wide pain along with a host of other symptoms. Some other common conditions that go along with fibromyalgia are thyroid problems, …

I bought a box of Nexcare brand Bandages with 3M Ultrafabric technology. I love this product. THe bandages ahear well, stay on tight when you get them wet, and flex nicely with movement. They are great bandages to use on “owies” of any kind. Whether …

I had a hard time concentrating because of my headache. I always experienced this feeling –annoying, painful and consistent headache. I really can’t enjoy the things around me. I can’t go to places where I want to go. My headache was very disturbing. It was killing me. I took …

It has always been important for me to be able to manage my pain. I have not treated my body well and find myself aching often. Though it seems I would be used to pain, considering that I feel it every day, I would much rather keep the pain …

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 …

Good Sense Naproxen Sodium Tablets are simply a generic version of Aleve. I usually do not take Aleve but I do every now and then for joint pain and arthritis. I purchased this medication and my local dollar store for $1.00. The box contained 100 220mg caplets …

Morris Health Mart located at 2405 Sycamore Drive, Morris, IL, is a nice pharmacy that is always a pleasure to visit. The personnel is nice ant helpful, and your prescription is usually ready within minutes. It is also a store selling many other things - cosmetics, hair products, candies, …

One of my friends who is a college undergraduate student has a lot of trouble focusing and keeping material in her head. She was having a lot of trouble focusing in her classes and so she started to look for something which would help her get through her problem. …

I like to take cough drops in order to get my throat feeling better and to stop the incessant hacking that I sometimes get from a dry throat. My father uses Halls Defense Vitamin C Drops and suggested that I do the same to get the extra vitamin C …

I tried this product when I was sick with a flu last year. I wanted to go for a natural remedy before resorting to drugs. Several people, including my pharmacist, told me that this could not only make me feel better, but would also prevent me from getting sick …

Every month when I have my period, I suffer from Dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is characterized by severe pain in the lower abdomen, often radiating to my lower back and even thighs. I also have loose bowel movement when it occurs. Every month I would often suffer for days because it …

This is the first blood pressure monitor we have in our house, we bought it about 4 years ago because my mother had hypertension so I used to mesure her blood pressure every day. This monitor is really easy to use, it has 2 buttons, one to turn it …

I’m suffering from itchy skin rashes for 5 months and my ING panel doctor referred me to this dermatologist in Damansara Specialist Hospital (DSH). Dermatologist is quite rare in this area so to have my trusted doctor introduced one to me, is actually a very good thing.
I went …

Prozac is one of the oldest antidepressant medications available. I’ve been taking Prozac for over a year now to treat depression. It seems to help but it makes me so tired. Prozac makes me feel “spacey” for lack of a better word. I seem to be less anxious when …

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 …

I find usefull the fact that Zicam Intense has the instructions written on each package so this way, if for some reasons you isn’t sure anymore how to use it, you’ll have the possibility to look on it at anytime to refresh your memory about the directions. …

For the past few months I have been trying to stop smoking off and on. It’s a very hard habit to break. And I realized that once I Decided to take a chill pill on it. I was starting to see my health decline so I wanted to take …

During the holidays, we travel quite a bit. I sometimes have motion sickness and have to get a prescription from the doctor. However, the prescriptions tend to leave me groggy and I cannot enjoy my trips as much. While I was at the local pharmacy, I …

Few years ago, I had a little problem on my skin. The itchy skin feeling that I had needed to get special medicine and treatment from Skin specialist here. So I went to the skin specialist doctor then I asked for a medicine that can help me curing the …

Lately, my children are often exposed to a cold, this may be due to the rainy season which is being intensively in my place. However, I was never worried, because I always provide Demazin Cold Relief Syrup at home. If symptoms of a cold have appeared, I will immediately …

After I gave birth to my second child, I was so depressed because of postpartum obesity. Looking in the mirror really makes things worse. I was so insecured with my flabs. Worse I really had a hard time finding the right clothes that can conceal my excess …

Another cough syrup I discover the works fast is Ascof Lagundi. Ascof is made from herbal plant called Lagundi. It is a syrup made by Pascual Laboratories. After, trying the two syrup for cough, which one is working but slow and the other one works fast and a lifesaver, …

Being a first time mom is really difficult because you have to deal with a lot of firsts. One of the first things that I had to deal with was diaper rash. My son developed them and he cried every time he pee because it ached.
I first used an …

I recently took my 4 year old to the Presbyterian Hospital Emergency Room in Rockwall after work one day for persistent neck pain. We got there about 6:15PM and was out by 7:15PM. I was absolutely amazed how fast we got in and out of there considering it is …

The weather these days is so unpredictable. Sometimes, it is extremely hot in the morning and then at night time, it suddenly rains heavily. This is not good for everyone’s health, A lot of people got sick here in my place. Just recently, I have experienced a runny nose …

Like so many other Internet retail websites, Drugstore.com has some definite positives and negatives. One of its primary positive aspects is the fact that this website offers broad and comprehensive “one-stop shopping” under one cyber-roof for a huge assortment of medications, oral care, skin care, hair care, makeup, …

I started using these Excedrin headache relief tablets two months ago because I noticed them when I was shopping and I figured I would give them a try. They came in a huge green bottle that grabbed my attention and they were on sale so I decided to go …

Aloe vera is an extremely widely used natural product with a vast array of beneficial effects. The juice is drunk for its aid to digestion and is said to help sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome. There is not much scientific fact to back up this claim but it is …

Family Dollar All Day Pain Relief is a so so product. It is cheap and it sort of works. That makes it a 5 to me. Keep reading and I will tell you more about why I like and do not like this pain reliever at the same time. …

Getting to the peak of the mountain during our mountain trekking is the most important goal that I set prior to starting our adventure. Reaching the top is not an easy task since we are in constant battle with physical stress, time and dehydration. To combat these, I make …

I bought the Jamieson Calcium Magnesium with Vitamin D at the T&T Supermarket. It was one of those impulse buying decisions, and for a good cause. You see, it was on sale for half the price, and at 200 caplets for the price of 100, I felt …

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 …

Many times I get a very irritating cough which lasts for a several days. It is a very ticklish cough. I used to buy many different kinds of cough mixture from chemists. They always cost me a lot of money, mostly because I had a habit of buying different …

Ponstan SF is the brand name for mefenamic acid. Since somtimes. I have a low pain tolerance depending on the pain I am feeling, I have tried a lot of generic and branded mefenamic acids but because I keep using them it turned out that I somehow became tolerant …

When I get really bad neck and shoulder stiffness and pains, I like to use the Arnicare Arnica Gel. I find it really helps soothe away my pains and stiffness naturally without harsh pain relieving pills. I even like that it does not have any fragrance or colorings in …

Following an incident incluiding my mother being diagnosed with brain cancer and my father attempting suicide, I went to my general practitioner. He prescribed me Lexapro 10mg, for which there is not yet a generic.
LEXAPRO is used to treat moderate anxiety as well as anxiety and in rare cases, …

I was so sick during Easter that I thought something seriously was wrong with me, but it was either the flu, food poisoning or as my doctor put it an “irritable bowel.” Okay, irritable bowel. I was so nauseated and sick I couldn’t even go out without …

Chericof is a cough formula used to treat cough and cold. With children in my house one or the other is always having running nose or a very bad cold.
During winters when it is very cold my kids usually fall sick and catch cold. I give them some home …

I have had problems in the past with my blood pressure bring a little elevate. I remember one doctor telling that taking a baby aspirin a day can help moderate my blood pressure. I don’t often have to deal with this problem, but recently have been noticing the same …

I have started using this cream when I was four months pregnant. It was my husband who encouraged me to get this since it was my first pregnancy. He thought that it would prevent me from getting a stretch mark later on after my pregnancy. I …

I have a vasculitis disease called Wegener’s Granulomatosis. This disease is systemic so I have to have a special type of doctor, rheumatologist, to monitor my health and the progress of my disease. When I moved to Carson City from Las Vegas, I asked my rheumatologist for a good …

Stomach ache, and gastric problem is very common in many people, and I also face that kind of problem, especially when I eat too much, I really feel pain in my stomach, and also sometimes I suffer from gas problems. So, I took an advice from my physician, and …

I have had a “mystery illness” for many years. Often during the course of time, it has been suspected to be lupus, or SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.
One of the treatments for treating this illness is a drug called Plaquenil, or hydroxychloroquine. It is a bit unusual in that it …

I had been using this particular mucolytics for years, ever since I was a child, and this has never failed to cure my illness. Fluimucil is used for removing phlegm and mucus that is stuck in your throat or even in your nose, everytime I have a flu I …

I needed to get an MRI and some bloodwork done. These are standard tests that I’ve had numerous times. This time, however, I was unable to use my right hand. I was stressed and the condition was getting progressively worse daily. I was no longer …

I recently bought the Wal-Mart Equate Orange Flavor Children’s Aspirin at my local store because my doctor just told me it was a good idea for me to take one half a regular aspirin every day or a whole baby aspirin every day to thin my blood slightly as …

About once a year, I get a cold sore and suffer through it for about a week. This year, I decided to try Abreva Cold Sore Medication, something I had read about as a more effective treatment compared to the usual numbing, protecting gels and creams. I …