In all my years I must have taken hundreds and hundreds of medications, most of them being over the counter medications for various ailments, but not too many of them can compare to AZO Standard Urinary Pain Relief. For the sake of this review, I will refer to …

Some time ago I came down with a bit of a cough in the flu season. Since it was a busy period of time for me, and overall because I did not want it to get much worse, I knew that I had to buy something for the cough …

This was one of the few pharmacist recommendations that I’ve taken and have actually liked. Okay, the pharmacist was a little impartial because it was a Walgreens pharmacist and obviously Wal-zyr is their store brand version of Zyrtec I’m assuming, but that doesn’t mean that I wasn’t going to …

I was recently diagnosed with Prostate cancer and told by the doctors that I would need to have a radical prostate removal.
Since I live in a small community with only one hospital to choose from, I was apprehensive about the care I would receive because I had heard …

I hate being confined in the hospital. I don’t like the smell, the sick patients and all the possible infections that I could get while I’m there. I had no choice last year, because I had to be confined due to a lung infection. I was put through several …

For some reason I have had plenty of aches and pains the last few years. The worst aches were my backache and my toothache. For quite some time my mom was telling me to try BC powdered aspirin. She told me it provided fast relief. I hadn’t heard much …

Although I do not get that much acne on a regular basis, I’d say that from time to time I get a fair amount. If I’m ever stressed or have spent a week eating poorly, I tend to have breakouts that can be very noticeable and extremely frustrating. Although …

I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly looking forward to using this spray, but I absolutely loved the cough/chest cold syrup from the Vicks Formula 44 line that I tried, so I was still willing to give this one a shot. Usually, honey and lemon medicines just taste like …

I have been struggling with acne problem for years. I have tried different acne products and different dermatologists too. However, all of them seemed to just help temporarily while some, I just got immuned. The worst part, most of them made my skin really dry and sore.
I got fed …

This medicine comes in a small plastic bottle. It is .5 fl oz. It is used to relieve eyes of redness due to allergies or smoke. It also works to moisten dry eyes and soothe away its effects.
This product is comparable to Visine. The shape of the bottle is …

As with any other birth control pill, you are suppose to take Lutera at the same time once a day, every day. i followed all the directions accordingly and well… to put it mildly, these pills suck! I’ve been taking them for 3 months now and my body is …

I saw this drug advertisement the other day and I have to admit that I was immediately caught by the model’s beauty. She really made the drug that they were trying to sell sound and look very effective. Since I was open to trying out new medications to manage …

I was prescribed Metformin to treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and the early stages of Type II Diabetes. It is my understanding that PCOS can cause Type II Diabetes by basically causing your body to produce too much insulin, which in turn causes your body not to be …

Not getting enough sleep has been a constant problem in my life, for as long as I can remember. Even as a pre-teen, I remember laying in bed, getting up two hours later and crying to my mom that no matter what I did, I just couldn’t fall asleep. …

I have a dead toenail since a long time now or so I thought. My little toenail on my left foot is completely black. It does not hurt nor is it uncomfortable but just that it looks dead and black. It is very unsightly, I did not even want …

I’ve been working in the call center for three years and I’ll tell you that schools and day cares aren’t the only places that catch colds effortlessly. About once or twice a year I end up catching a cold despite my efforts of wiping my work desk with anti-bacterial …

I happen to be one of those who suffer quite frequently from congestion, -mostly due to allergies which progress into congestion and cough. I had tried prescriptions, and every over the counter medication I could get my hands on. The only thing that I seemed to accomplish with …

This is a touchy subject for pretty much any woman out there. When we women say we can be unbearable to live with when we are suffering from PMS, we really aren’t kidding. It can be World War III in my house and, over the years, the symptoms have …

I decided to try a new birth control called Yasmin and it was terrible!!!
First of all the first four days I had the worst headache of my life and then at the end of the pack on the pills where you get your period the headache came back.
I …

I usually don’t get sick all that much. However, when I do get sick, I really get sick. This is especially true in cold and flu season. I usually get a cold at least three times a year and the flu at least once.
When I do Theraflu …

The Advil Extra Strength tablets sure do the trick. I’ve be having headaches lately. I don’t know why, but it happens in the mornings when I just wake up. These gel tablets are roughly the size of peanuts, but only slightly thinner.
I got a bottle of Advil Extra …

My aunt sent this to my mom because hypertension runs in the family. So anyway it’s a relief just by being automatic, thank god because I don’t know how to accurately read a manual blood pressure aparatus. It takes about 30 seconds all in all to pump up and …

Whenever I have a simple cold and I’m suffering from nasal and chest congestion, I use Personal Care Vaporizing Chest Rub and Mucinex DM Expectorant Maximum Strength and Nasal Decongestant Tablets. Whenever I’m sick with a rather persistent and nauseating cough, I use either Zicam Cough Max Cough …

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 had a sickness for like two months. I went to the doctor three times and was given three different diagnoses. First I went in and he said it was allergies, so he gave me an allergy medicine and sent me on my way. I returned to him two …

I have a friend that was contacted with genital herpes, unlucky for her! She was diagnosed with herpes and of course she was really depressed about it. She doesn’t know what to do and as her close friend at that time I encouraged her to follow the instructions and …

Diaseptyl is one of the health care products I usually have in stock at home wherever it is. Often, I get minor scrapes or bruises while working in the garden to cooking and even cleaning. Having kids around running in the house also makes it indispensable to always have …

I was bothered recently by an itchy foot with peeling and redness, and I self diagnosed the problem to be athlete’s foot. It has plagued me several times in the past so I know how to recognize the problem. When I went to Walmart to pick …

About three years ago, On Christmas Day, I woke up with an excrutiating ear ache. I’ve had them before and I have to say that the pain is actually worse than child birth, and since I’ve had two children, I can say that with some authority! In the past, …

If you are suffering from migraine, then topomax might be a medication you are apt to try. It truly is a great medication for the severe pain migraine can cause. However the only side effect it can have is that it can put some increase pressure on …

I have really, really bad allergic rhinitis, so I see to it that when I travel I always carry with me a couple of tablets of Neozep Forte. Neozep Forte is used as an over the counter product for allergic rhinitis, symptoms of common cold and the flu. For …

I had a lot of success in the past trying another Dristan product that was a nasal decongestant in tablet form. My son was down with allergies and these tablets really seemed to work for him. I, on the other hand, tend to have no reaction to most over-the-counter …

NY Doctor Profile.com is a great website to find a physician state wide or even check on a physicians credentials. It gives you the physicians, medical school background, as well as any organizations he or she belongs to and most importantly if the physician had any legal …

I asked my doctor to prescribe Champix after reading several newspaper articles claiming that it is the latest and most effective treatment to quit smoking.
The tablet was released in early 2007 and received quite a lot of publicity from doctors calling it the cure for nicotine addiction because …

This liquid suspension comes in a glass bottle of 100 ml. and is made by Adcock Ingram of South Africa. This medication was prescribed by the doctor when both of my kids had the horrible cold during the peak Southern hemisphere winter months (June-July 2009). It is …

I hate nasal sprays. They freak me out. I’ll be honest. The thought of sticking something up my nose and then spraying a liquid into my skull just doesn’t seem like my cup of tea, but honestly, after a really bad bout of allergies a couple years ago, and …

Kids are too playful, they don’t mind if they get dirts on their clothes after a long hour of outdoor activities. But when they get open wounds and bruises they will mind to stop and just cry at one corner. This what my young sibling experienced just yesterday while …

We all experience sometimes aches and pains that are stronger than minor discomforts. When I have minor aches and pains, I manage to simply try to ignore it until it simply goes away.
However, when I have moderate to severe cramps, Tylenol 8 Hour works like charm; it simply never …

I got poison ivy once as a child, and it was the worst experience of my life, and very scary too, because I had no idea what it was and wasted a lot of time before telling my parents, worried they would rush me off to the hospital never …

I never had the chance to try this Vicks cough syrup until last Sunday when I felt a was getting a really bad cough and colds. This medicine has been in our refrigerator for some time now since my husband had his bouts of coughing some few months ago. …

I was diagnosed of having hyperthyroidism a few years ago. It was quite hard to accept that I had this illness. Before I was diagnosed, I was puzzled and mystified by the strain of symptoms that I experienced. I was very irritable and perspired a lot. The trembling in …

I have found an easy and drug-free way to relieve my frequent nasal congestion : the Nasal Aid Nasal Strips. It worked really well for me. Nasal Aid Nasal Strips are like clear band-aid looking strips with a flexible backbone and some sort of medical grade adhesive on the …

Prevacid is an acid reducer for those who have problems with heartburn, acid reflux, coughing and problems sleeping because of the acid reflux. When someone has acid reflux, it can cause damage to the esophagus, so it is important to take medication to help stop the acid.
This medication …

I changed doctors when I relocated from the South. I’ve been hypothyroid for many years, and have been treated with Synthroid for most of them. My new doctor suggested that I try levoxyl brand instead. I am not sure why he thought it would be better, …

I have had this incessant cough for the past few days. It annoys me when I’m in work and I keep on coughing. I had this tightness in my chest and I just couldn’t breathe properly. My work deals with a lot of people that’s why having a pleasant …

Oh, Wal Green’s, how I loathe you ! And yet, I’m so drawn to you at the same time. I have so many gripes about the pharmacy I don’t know where to start. The only reason I stay with them is because I’m too lazy to get my medicine …

Being diagnosed a year ago of having Addison’s disease to me came as a big shocker. I didn’t realize that the signs that I’ve had were already the symptoms of the disease. I kept ignoring those until my aunt noticed it and was quite worried, so she had me …

I would like to share my experience with a wonderful medicine, Bonnisan for babies. My 2.5 year old son often suffers from gas especially when he overeats something. My mother-in-law once suggested Bonnisan, a digestive tonic for infants. Whenever I take my son to a party or when he …

I have a very fussy 8 yr old. She hates the taste of nearly every medicine we have tried. Takes me hours to get a spoonfull down her, untill Triaminic Cherry flavor. 1 dose she was hooked. Now she even takes her medicine on her own. Sometimes even asks …