Effexor is a prescribed medication that is taken to help reduce the symptoms of intense or even infrequent depression. The medication is raises seratonin levels in the brain and allows endorphines to be produced, in an attempt to raise one’s spirits and allow them to function despite the chemical …

Okay, so to say I have sleeping problems is a major understatement. The smallest thing can totally interrupt my sleep in the strangest of ways. I’ve always had problems falling and staying asleep and was, not too long ago, clinically diagnosed with Delayed Sleep Disorder, which is totally different …

After a day of hardy work especially having engaged in activities that involves use of water; I suffered from numbness on both extremes. A condition which I took time to understand it causes. I tried different medications but to no avail. This medication included vitamin B complex and some …

I bought HolistiCare Ester C tablets few days ago. My daughter said that she haid painful throat, so I immediatly try to get extra suplement for her. I want her to get extra protection for any kind of virus and bacteria that can come inside her body. I know …

I have this wonderful over the counter medication for everything from anxiety to sleep problems. I first discovered it when I was a child. I had very severe asthma and my mom would give it to me instead of harsher medications sometimes to relieve the anxiety which …

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 …

I have used many lozenges over the past few years and most of them pretty much work the same. Recently I ran into some lozenges that were really impressive. I was feeling a little sick due to the inconsistent weather where I am living. It seems like it goes …

There are times when I get really stressed out, and it affects my sleep where I will lie awake all night with a million things going on in my head and I cannot shut down and actually get any rest. On those days, when I do finally fall …

If you are having trouble sleeping at night your doctor may prescribe Lunesta, which is a sedative and sometimes called a hypnotic.
Lunesta is used to treat insomnia by affecting chemicals in your brain that become unbalanced and cause sleep problems. This medication causes relaxation to help you fall …

I wasn’t very surprised to see that Claritin was making the rounds with their products being available over the counter and supposedly at a prescription strength to. But we all know that they wouldn’t still offer it in doctors offices as a prescription if the over the counter stuff …

My allergies that sprung on me this year at the beginning of this month have gone rogue and decided to attack the rest of my body now. I’ve ended up with a lot of drainage that has caused some serious chest congestion with a lot of uncomfortable coughing and …

Deep Heat stinks…but the stink’s worth it! I’ve had lots of aches and pains that Deep Heat has seen me through and I’ll be using it for a long time to come. I’m not too sure about how it works, but I think it’s similar to if …

Funny story about this crappy product that they claim to keep you from getting sick. I fell for it unfortunately but I must admit that the marketing tactic is what had me going and that is why I fell for it. My wife and I like to travel a …

Recently, my gums became swollen. It happened in a matter of hours, and it scared me to death. I couldn’t really associate any tooth pain with it, just my gums, and I’d never had anything happen like that before. My dentist prescribed a pain killer and …

I have been using Midol since I got my first menstrual period as have my sisters. We have boxes of Midol in our medicine cabinet as there are 5 of us girls in the house. It used to work for me, never had a problem. Just popped one in …

Scholl Cracked Heel cream is a white antiseptic cream,which I purchased for my cracked heels.For the past one year,I had this problem throughout with the intensity of it increasing and decreasing.Last week i bought this cream and applied for 3 consecutive days 2 …

My four year old daughter was diagnoised with asthma at the age of two. She suffered with severe wheezing and coughing in which the doctors could not seem to control. She was given several medications but until the Advair HFA, the ashtma was not controled.
Since starting the medicine …

My seven-year-old daughter suffers from allergies year round from dust to trees to pollen. We have discovered, after trying every over-the-counter product for allergies, as well as several prescription medications, that Zyrtec is the best for relief of her symptoms. The 10mg chewable tablet tastes good enough …

I noticed some itchy, red spots on the back of my neck. They were right where my shirt was rubbing against my neck every day. I couldn’t just change and not wear that shirt anymore (it was part of my daily uniform).
I went to the doctor and showed …

Been having terrible headaches lately, and upon consultation with my doctor, he said that my sinus is blocked. He gave me a really expensive brand of nasal spray, so I had to look for an alternative. The pharmacist recommended Sinutab Nasal Spray, as it is more than 300% cheaper …

I had never heard of the Red Cross Toothache Complete Medication Kit until I recently had a tooth pulled. After about a half hour of the dentist yanking and twisting with different gadgets, and the tooth still not coming out, he decided it best to saw the tooth …

Mefenanic Acid are used for temporary relief of pain cause by arthritis, toothaches, or menstrual cramps. I rarely use anti pains like mefenamic acids because i am not used to drinking medicines and i try to bare with the sickness and be healed the natural way.
I went to …

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 …

Recently I found myself suffering from autumn allergies to pollen and grass so I bought Aerius Allergy Non-Drowsy Antihistamines to help with my symptoms. Typically I only suffer from summer allergies, and found my regular summer time antihistamines were not working in the fall.
Aerius Allergy Pills were quite expensive …

I put my back out many years ago and therefore often get recurring pain. I always have to have medication on hand to help relieve the pain when it gets really bad. I have tried several different ointments including Icy Hot Extra Strength Pain Relieving Cream. I had tried …

My child has Severe Factor five deficiency. Amacar or the generic Aminocaproic Acid 25% is what I give him every six hours for mucus membrane bleeding. It will stop the bleeding normally within two or three days. My son has indicated that the syrup medicine taste …

This drug is used to treat hypertenion.It is considered a water pill that lowers the blood pressure and elimate fluids from the body.
When I first started taking the medication my blood pressure was border line which means it was higher than it should have been but not at the …

Any time I get a really bad sinus infection or double-ear infection, my doctor prescribes me Augmentin because it is my preferred medicine. See, I have reactions to almost all of them, though they are mild. This drug’s reactions are the least troublesome.
Augmentin is a penicillin antibiotic …

When can you use Otrivin? I normally use Otrivin when I have problem with my nose. Flu can caused running nose. And sometimes, I had a hard time to breath because the nose is closed when I have flu.
And that’s the time when I use Otrivin. I normally …

A few years ago I developed the worst winter cold of my life. I could barely breath and couldn’t get out of bed for weeks. I knew it was something more than the common cold so I took a trip to see my doctor.
“Leviquin is what you need,” he …

My regular grocery store had a ThermaCare person to hand out samples of the product. I took one of the samples to give it a try. Although I didn’t have to pay for mine, the cost of a purchase at the grocery store would be $6.37 for a two …

By the time my doctor had prescribed the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor 10 mg. for me to be taken at bedtime, my cholesterol had reached to over 300 and I had been on several other medicines to unsuccessfully lower it. I weighed slightly under 200 pounds at 5 foot one …

I had this huge open gash on the corner of my lip that just wasn’t healing because every time it got wet it would reopen. It just didn’t want to heal, even with the first aid ointment I was applying to it daily. The opened gash would constantly bleed …

After beginning my job at a shoe store in September of 2008, I began experiencing severe and very painful muscle spasms. Sometimes it would be sharp shooting pains, and sometimes it would be a dull ache that would last hours. It wouldn’t matter what position I was in, if …

I have had a lot of problems in the past with arm pain. I am not quite sure of it, but it seems that I am developing carpal tonal syndrome. I hate dealing with the pain and will take almost anything I can get my hands on to kill …

I gained a lot of weight, almost 60 pounds, during my pregnancy and after I gave birth I find it hard to go back to my original shape. In fact, I have tried many exercise programs like aerobics and dancing. It did help but the moment I sweat out …

I was prescribed Effexor for anxiety and depression and continued taking it for seven months.
The most noticeable difference for me over the first week was increased tiredness which helped me because I had been having trouble getting to sleep. Over time this became irritating because I could not …

I find this Bronchial Mixture from Sainsbury’s own brand to be an adequate expectorant which soon gets me expelling the phlegm from my lungs, but an ineffective cough suppressant. I have had a couple of bad cold viruses in succession and I am entirely fed up with the …

I am fed up of writing reviews with the word —˜phlegm’ in them, but we are talking phlegm again with this one as I am reviewing Bell’s Mentholated Bronchial Balsam and I think it is excellent stuff. Out of all the many decongestants and expectorants I have been …

I rushed to fast to workout yesterday without even bothering to stretch and warm-up. I missed working out so much that I had to run into the studio without worrying about stretching my muscles first. I came in the middle of the class, picked a spot and followed the …

Ugly Nail Gel is another one of those products who claims to cure toe nail fungus. They are also another company who are simply using tee tree oil as the main toenail fungus fighting ingredient. Of course like I have said before tea tree oil will kill the fungus …

Early last year, my father was complaining of severe cough. He said it started when he was exposed to smoke from a public utility vehicle. The cough is the productive kind and even with the use of Robitussin, it does not improve. He went to see a doctor and …

Recently after experiencing a minor cold attack- I was left coughing and sneezing most of the time during the day. Though this condition remained tolerable, the think that really made my situation even worse-had to experience blocked nose. The fact that I was finding it difficult to even breathe …

I wear contact lenses occasionally so I need to use some lubricating eye drops as they can cause my eyes to be dry and my doctor had prescribed some preservative-free lubricating eye drops and this was really nice and cool on my eyes. This Cellufresh eye drops have a …

I saw the advertisement for Vicks first defence at a time when I was feeling a little under the weather. I felt as though a cold might be around the corner, and won over by the advert I went out and purchased the product.
You get a small bottle of …

I will try almost anything to reduce the acid in my chest and avoid dealing with pesky heartburn. Though I don’t mind taking antacid tablets, my body sometimes become resistant to them, and I find myself needing to try something different to get rid of my heartburn woes. One …

I have been looking for something to deal with my dry skin areas. The skin becomes dry, starts to peel and eventually looks like a nasty rash. I hate dealing with this problem because it can happen on any part of the body. I especially hate when it happens …

I am now in my 40’s. In the last quarter of last year, I was worried because my menstrual period has become irregular. I was not pregnant nor stressed at work to have caused the condition. I was about to consult a doctor about it when a friend …

The Stridex duel solutions bottle is one that I got for my girlfriend last month back I was walking through the grocery store and noticed the thick grey bottle which grabbed my attention. It looked nothing like I had ever seen before and so I noticed the thick bottle …

A few days back, I happened to be suffering from severe cough and cold, which indeed was making me feel quite miserable. Though the cold symptoms didn’t seem to be the very severe kind during the initial stages, the condition worsened so much that I realized that I had …