During my monthly general check-up, the doctor saw a small cyst in my ovary. It’s only 2cm in diameter and he said I have nothing to worry because things like this usually goes away but he told me to come back again within three months. If it becomes bigger, …

I have trouble sleeping at night. There are times that I would just lie in bed for hours trying to find the right spot and right moment to get the sleep that I badly needed. I have tried several home remedies for sleep including milk and taking a warm …

Six months ago, I visited my doctor complaining of depression and anxiety. He prescribed Effexor XR. So, I went on the internet and began looking this drug up. On messageboards and personal pages, people who had taken it said it was a horrible experience. Among the complaints listed were …

If I can find a generic brand of something I trust, then that’s exactly what I’ll end up buying because who doesn’t like the idea of saving themselves some dollars with which to buy a nice Starbucks coffee, or half of one anyway because that Starbucks is expensive! I …

Everyone in my house has been sick for a couple weeks now, including our infant daughter, who is too little to take any medicine to help her stuffy nose and cough.
We want her to be able to sleep at night and have been setting up a vaporizer in her …

I get stuck with allergies in the summer time. One of the products that I used to use all the time was Benadryl. A friend told me that I should try out Wal-Dryl. That it is like Benadryl but is the Walgreens version of it.
For about half of …

I have had multiple muscle problems over the past few years. I do not like going through intense pain and opt to buy medicated rubs for my muscle aches. I have always hated the messiness of rub and thought that it was not even worth it at certain times. …

When you suffer from muscle pains, fast relief is always favorable. If you are not the type to go for ointments or plasters, I highly recommend Alaxan FR Tablet as your alternative pain reliever. It comes in capsule form and manufactured by United Laboratories, Inc., one of the most …

I first heard about this medication from my mother, who had heard about it on the Oprah Winfrey show, I think. Anyway, my mother suffers from many things. She is in her late 70’s, has artherosclerosis, high blood pressure and several other smaller things. She lives …

My baby had mild diarrhea with frequent passing of motion. I just consulted a doctor near by. He prescribed Loperamide syrup. This grape flavored syrup is effective. I gave just this single syrup to my 14 month old baby and diarrhea was gone after the medicine …

My grandmother has high colesterol and she takes Omega3 pills from NaturalHealth . She doesn’t have really high colesterol but old people get scared immediately when some value is above or under the normal. So she started taking Omega 3 Natural Wealth. I don’t know what effect they had …

I have been diagnosed with GERD and have taken a proton pump inhibitor daily for about four years now. Occasionally, I have what is called “breakthrough reflux” which is a period where for some reason, my prescription medication is not taking care of the problem.
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As a person that is severly allergic to just about everything out there (dust, hair, pet fur, flowers, and strong smells), I think Claritin is the medication that can do it all! Even the 10 mg dose!
Claritin is one of the new over the counter medications …

In my experience Lacto Calamine is a medicine as well as cosmetic. It worked more as a cure for the rashes and red patches in my face due to sunlight. My skin is very much sensitive to sun. Before one of my doctors recommended Lacto Calamine lotion, I could …

I have unfortunately suffered from depression, which would simply not have been able to go without medication. I have only just recently switched my medication from Faverin 100 to Mirtazon tablets, which are meant to be taken once a day.
I switched from Faverin because I found that my …

Armour thyroid medication is made from desiccated pig thyroid. For me, Armour works better than synthroid, which is the most prescribed medication for thyroid problems.
Armour thyroid helps with the muscle aches and fatigue more so than synthroid did. I did take synthroid for a number of …

In 2003, I was diagnosed with hypertension. It was a difficult realization but those are the facts and realities of life. When we reach that certain age, it brings us to the conclusion that dusk is almost at hand. I did not suspect that I had hypertension despite the …

Since I have started using Equate medicine products, I have become rather satisfied at how much better they work when compared with name brands such as Tylenol or Advil. One day I had come down with a cold–bad coughing, sore throat, the works–and when I went to Wal-Mart to …

I thought my dry, itchy, irritated, burning eyes was a result from moving to a dry climate and having contact lenses. After months of trying every non-prescription eye drop medication that I could find, and spending way too much money, I finally decided to ask a doctor about it-just …

I have been experiencing problems with heartburn for over 2 months now and it is/was a nightmare. I had it almost every day and it really hurts, I have tried tons of natural medicine nut sadly none helped. I was referred to this medicine online and it is said …

One of the best doctors, I have ever been to. Friendly to patients and provides the best consultation. I have been to this doctor many times now. I first approached the doctor during my first pregnancy and is still consulting now. He explains every medical aspect in …

When I went to the doctor some time ago, I was diagnosed with an ear infection, and Cataflam 50mg Tablets were one of the three medications that was prescribed for me.
The Cataflam was a strong painkiller that was prescribed for me in order to numb the excruciating pain …

I’ve been suffering from ulcer since I was in 9th grade. And I have always relied on my medications to ease the pain, but when I got pregnant with my first child I couldn’t use the one my doctor had prescribed in the past. So I was given a …

These bars are made of psyllium fiber like the powder. The are slightly healthy as they have fiber but there are a lot of not natural ingredients too.
We have used these bars in my family for over 10 years. My husband is a daily …

I have been having a lot of issues with muscle pain recently. I have always noticed that my muscles can start to ache very easily, but recently the pain was becoming more intense. I had been using many methods to get rid of the pain, but wanted to find …

After prescribing several antidepressants that weren’t working well for me, my doctor recommended that I try Cymbalta. Cymbalta has changed my life; I feel happy again. Unlike some of the common antidepressants on the market, Cymbalta targets two of the chemicals in the brain which intensifies the …

Synogis injections are given to infants during the first five months they are alive after birth when born prematurely. These injections are not cheap and usually cost about $2-$3,000 per shot without insurance. Yea, they cost a pretty penny. They are, however, prescribed by physicians to …

Yesterday, suddenly I had to sneeze all the time. I did not know why and then it continued until the afternoon time when I had to go out with my kids to the shopping mall centers.
Then I felt that my nose started to have a problem as well. Oh …

When a cough hits, I can’t do my job, which is in the customer service field. That means, I’m on the phone most of the time during my shifts. As an adult, the one cough syrup that I’ve taken the most is Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough Liquid. …

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 …

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 first used creatine monohydrate when I was going to the gym to do some weightlifting. It is a substance that weightlifters take in order to get stronger and to recover after a training session faster. It helped me a lot and increased my force as well as helped …

Whenever I got severe pain due to indigestion, my mother would give me Maalox Plus Tablets, so until now I got that habit. But lately though I feel that it is not only plain indigestion that is attacking, so I search and I learned about heartburn. I thought when …

If you aren’t familiar with the idea of taking Melatonin supplements, then you may not realize how helpful it can be. Especially for someone that has a hard time getting to sleep or staying asleep. My significant other has had sleeping problems just about his entire life. It takes …

I had acute bacterial sinusitis 6 months ago which caused me to have stuffy nose with yellowish nasal discharge. I had a severe case of throbbing headache especially around the eye area and high grade fever. It was so bad I had to absent from my work for more …

Levaquin is a great super antibiotic. It is especially good for pneumonia, however lately doctors use it for really severe infections. I found it to work great, however it can only be taken for 7 days and I noticed after day 3 of one dose daily, that …

As every migraine person knows (I hate the word ‘patient’ or ’sufferer’) migraine is a killer… I am 55 years old and have migraines since I was 7. Life has been hell… until 1991. In that year the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo came with a new medicine: Imigran! That is …

I’m a huge fan of taking a warm shower in the morning before I get to start my day and do my daily tasks, it’s so refreshing and helps me with starting my day with so much energy and get-up-to-go power. It’s a really great thing and it’s what …

Anyone who has had a serious allergic reaction unexpectedly and had to be taken to the hospital, may have received a dose of Fenergan via the IV. When given through an IV, Fenergan tends to be fast acting and does obtain the innate ability to ward off major allergic …

My doctor recommended that I use Miralax to help with my chronic constipation. I had tried stool softeners, adding fiber to my diet and taking fiber supplements and none of that was not doing the trick. I’d been using various laxatives as needed but wanted something gentler that …

When I deal with my pain, I don’t always like to take the same old caplets. I often look for different medications to try and will try almost anything once. Since I am so used to my pain medication coming in pill form, I was intrigued to see some …

I was just recently prescribed this progesterone only pill. I was given this one because I am breastfeeding. My baby was six weeks old when I began taking these pills. By the third day I had started my period. I know breastfeeding doesn’t always keep your period away but …

Pepcid Complete is a very effective product and I use it when a bout of heartburn strikes. As a registered nurse, I am aware of the popularity of certain medications and their effectiveness. Pepcid is a medication that is frequently prescribed for our patients who suffer from …

Vicks Sinex 12 Hour Nasal Spray For Sinus Relief - 0.5 Oz —” I really hate being sick. This is especially true when it comes down to being sick because of allergies. That is why the last time I came down with a bad sinus infection I asked …

Upon moving into our house, I made a point to find a family doctor that would be suitable for myself, my husband, and our two pre-teen boys. I stumbled across Anchor Bay Family Medical Clinic while trying to find some place that accept PPO insurance. Since I’d never heard …

I began taking Klonopin 1mg tablets approximately one year ago in order to control my anxiety. After expressing my symptoms of anxiety to my psychiatrist who was currently treating me for insomnia, he prescribed me Klonopin originally at the 0.5 dose. He increased the dose from 0.5mg twice daily …

I had surgery done to remove endometriosis. I was told by some female colleagues that when you have a procedure like that done, it really hurts to go to the bathroom after. So they recommended taking a laxative just to help the process be less painful.
I took their advice …

It was year 2007 when I was rushed in the hospital because of severe stomach pain and non-stop diarrhea. I am pretty sure that that time that I was food poison. The nurse got sample of my urine, blood and stool. My urine and blood were fine but after …

When I have aches and pains throughout my lower back, I like to take the Natures Way White Willow Bark Supplement. The supplement contains salicin in it, which is a natural chemical in white willow bark that is similar to aspirin, and helps reduce aches and pains in the …

This review is for Children’s Advil suspension. I bought a 4 Fl OZ bottle of the Blue Raspberry flavored liquid for my almost 5 year old daughter because she has been getting some pretty bad fevors lately. I alternated with this Advil and a children’s Tylenol. I would first …