My biggest complaint about buy cold or flu medicine is that you cannot pick and choose your symptoms, and therefore take exactly the medicine you need to treat only the symptoms you are suffering from. For instance, all of my colds are sinus related with a fever, and my …

I like to eat spicy food. And I also like to buy food from the seller that stand next to the street if I think the food have good taste. But sometimes, I should realize that those food that they sell next to the street can be a dirty …

Sleep is not something that is always accessible to me. It seems like sometimes I just can’t go to sleep and other times, I am to busy to go to sleep. I hate being tired and groggy all the time, but for months that seemed like my life. In …

I have recently noticed myself having a lot more sinus pressure. I don’t usually have allergies, but this month have been dealing with a lot of nose itching and sniffling. I hate having the sniffles, especially if I am not even sick. I decided to purchase something for this, …

Ever since I was 23 years old I have been battling an anxiety disorder, with many ups and downs. I’m not sure why we as a whole have this need to “fix” things ourselves but it wasn’t until I was 44 years old that I got this demon …

Eno is the kind of powder, which is packed in a sachet, and it also comes in big quantity. Now u must be asking, what eno is? Ok let me tell u. The eno is the very good medicine which tastes like lemon juice and which is …

Every september, my husband’s work gets together and has a softball tournament that they train for for months. It’s all the stores in the district competing against each other. My husband is very athletic and I never anticipated he’d have an accident while playing softball of all things, but …

Although I am living now in a place where malaria is not endemic, this sickness still exists but more in the north of Botswana. It was always advised by the doctor to take any anti malarial if I would go to areas where malaria is present. My family and …

One of the herbal supplements I have been taking to improve circulation in my body and relieve inflammation caused by autoimmune diseases is Nature’s Way Butcher’s Broom Root. I like this herbal supplement because it contains 940 mg of Butcher’s Broom in each capsule. I like that the supplement …

I suffer from terrible spring seasonal allergies. Ragweed, pollen even grass being mowed can reduce me to a mass of sneezes and coughs complete with runny eyes. When my drug store was out of my regular brand of over-the-counter allergy pills, I asked them to recommend another.
Non-Drowsy Reactine Allergy …

I am from India and using this product for some months now. Finpecia is a cheaper version of propecia and is produced by cipla here in India.it is a very cheap but effective substitute for propecia as the ingredients used in both the version is just about the same. …

Indian Food and acidity are like brothers and sisters and to cope with it we need to have a good medicine in our first aid box and in our family it is Gelusil tablet which we prefer the most.
Gelusil tablets are the best because it gives almost instant relief …

This is a paedatric anti-pyretic susupension prescribed for treating fever. My baby(now around 18 months old) has been using this medication since she was a year old.Intially she was prescribed Crocin Paedatric syrup for fever but it didn’t quite suit her. She was thereafter precribed Junimol , dosage - …

A friend of mine who happens to work as a medical representative sent me some medicine samples. When she heard about my frequent allergic attacks, she gave me Alnix Antihistamine and told me to take the product sample once my allergic rhinitis comes back.
One day, I was so …

Last week I was diagnosed by my doctor with a respiratory infection. I have severe nasal allergies, and it is often difficult to get anything like a sinus infection or bronchitis to clear up easily once I have it. My doctor opted to skip the milder …

I make it a habit that every day before I go to work; I spend an ample time in the bathroom to eliminate all the waste. Today was different; I was having loose and watery stools. It was more than the usual time it took me in the bathroom …

I don’t regularly use Tums, but I decided to give these a try after battling a stomach flu and wanting something to ease my digestive difficulties. Part of why I never use Tums is the flavor, but when I saw that these were peppermint flavored, I decided to give …

Just a few weeks ago I was having symptoms of Gastroenteritis. While I didn’t have much of a problem with vomiting, I still had a lot of very severe stomach cramps as well as a feeling of nausea when the time would come for me to consume anything. The …

I use to have ulcers which got cured. What did not get cured was the burning acid reflux which I get from my esophagus. After trying Zantac, Tagmanet and taking handfuls of tums, my doctor finally prescribed Prevacid.
Prevacid is a serious medication, and you have to follow the directions …

Since everyone in our house is at some stage of the flu right now; including me having a chest cold, we decided to take some steps to help get it under control. One of those steps was purchasing the Triaminic Flowing Vapors Portable Vapor Fan for both our bedroom …

I’m really not much of a pill taker, but in the last year or two I’ve had some back pain and some knee issues, so have ended up using more aspirin than I’m used to. Bayer has always been the family’s preferred brand, and I trust it.
I’ve tried …

About a year ago I remember I was starting to have pain in one of my ears and I didn’t know why. Along with the pain I would hear some kind of popping sound. I went to the doctor about it and he told me that I had swelling …

My allergies get so bad sometimes, it seems like I can’t stop sneezing. They are especially bad if I’m around cats. Dogs don’t bother me at all, as I have two dogs and I don’t even sneeze at all when I’m around them, but cats are a …

My babies have always had very sensitive skin, and tended to rashes very easily around their necks where those adorable little baby fat folds can tend to develop. They would also develop such sensitive skin irritations around their knees and thighs. Well, after trying virtually every single …

I love all of the Sudafed products because they realy do work and i always recommend them to friends and family.
I think they are the best cold and flu tablets you can buy over the counter and they are not very expensive - About $6
As soon as i feel …

I’m going to talk about my great discovery two years ago, or at least to me it was a great discovery.
I have this little problem, well not too little problem, a BIG problem that all women who take the pill have…. I get lots of spots on the face …

I don’t know if you ever see this Norit tablets in your country. But here, people often give suggestion to others to take Norit tablets if they have diarrhea problem and stomach problem.
I often took Norit Tablets if I have stomach and diarrhea problems. Norit Tablets have black color. …

My whole family suffers from high blood-pressure. Even my niece was put on medication for it when she was as young as fourteen years old. I’ve been good about monitoring mine so that it wouldn’t get out of control and have even been very careful about salting my …

One of the most uncomfortable symptoms of a stomache flu or virus is the nausea that is associated with it. There’s not a whole lot that gets me down, but nausea can do it every time.
I had tried numerous products on the market for nausea, and couldn’t seem to …

I used this stuff for three to four weeks after talking to my dermatologist on the phone. She wanted me to try some cleansing wipes, and then added a sulfide cream. She thought the combination of the two would be exactly what I needed. It has worked wondering for …

Manufactured by Dabur India Limited, a reputed pharma specializing in ayurvedic formulations. This is an ayurvedic formulation for dry cough, sore throat and upper respiratory trac disorders. It contains ayurvedic elements like Tulsi, Jasti madhu(honey), adrak(ginger) and various herbs. Has a very sweet honey syrup like taste and is …

Over the past 6 months I have had the flu 6 times. I don’t know exactly why I have to keep dealing with the burden of being sick, but it seems to keep following me. Dealing with the flu I have tried using tons of products to try to …

This is a vaccine that is supposed to protect you against 4 types of HPV (human paillomavirus) and the 4 types are 6, 11, 16, 18. Of course, there are SO MANY types out there, so you may ask, “how is protecting only 4 types going to help me?” …

It amazes even me sometimes the kinds of products I come across. I like to try new products on a regular basis mostly because I just never know what’s going to work better than others. Any time someone in the house gets sick, I typically pick up something different, …

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 …

Whenever I get a cold, I try to buy medicine to treat it that same day. I don’t like for my symptoms to get too out of hand and start to progress. I prefer to start treating them early so that they could be mild. I noticed some cheap …

My pediatrician has prescribed a name brand cough syrup called Pancough for my children on several occasions; Coldcough PD Syrup is the generic version of Pancough syrup. As with most medical insurances, our prescription benefit requires us to get the generic version, and thus my children have used …

Strepsils is a good lozenge which, in my opinion, is effective for the ff. uses:
1. temporary relief of sore throat - for me, this means that your throat will not hurt/itch so bad while the lozenge is in your mouth. However, shortly after it is completely dissolved, …

Xanax is helpful in reducing or eliminating anxiety and panic attacks. Most doctors prescribe this in a small dose of .25 mg, and that can work most of the time. Usually the next higher dose of .5 mg works for extreme anxiety or psychosis brakes.
This …

“Nelson’s Drug store” is one of the oldest pharmacies located in the corporate area. My aunt used to tell me once while driving by that it has been there for nearly a hundred years have passed by since then.
I had not shopped there until after I graduated from …

Recently I had to go to my general practitioner because my right ear was completely blocked up. I couldn’t hear a thing out of it; and before long it was giving me a severe headache. Just resting my head down to sleep became a terrible chore, and even if …

Anbesol Jr. Bubble Gum Flavored Instant Brace Pain Relief is not something my family uses for braces. Neither of my children has had to have braces 9yet). I’m quite sure the time will come. However, we use Anbesol Junior for pain when teeth are coming in, or alternately when …

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 …

I had a severe case of sore throat about 5 years ago which caused pus formation on both of my tonsils and severe difficulty in swallowing even of liquid foods. Because I always have tonsillitis almost every month (maybe because of too much stress), I decided to undergo …

I’ve been in search for a good medication for my seborrheic dermatitis. It’s a condition where my scalp gets very itchy, inflamed and becomes scaly. I have tried a few medicines in the past but wasn’t impressed by the side effects that it caused. So, decided to ask people …

Typically, in my first aid box I like to keep a tube of A plus D First Aid Ointment, but lately it has been a bit pricy so I just did not repurchases, which was a bad thing because apparently our first aid kit did not have anymore left …

In these modern days, the food we consume is mainly of the “Junk” variety and whilst it tastes good, sometimes looks good; it is generally not that good for us. It is an old saying that now is relevant of “Prevention is better than a cure” and it has …

When it comes to medicine, I’m very cautious. I like to know what I’m getting into and what I’m putting into myself. I want to talk one of the nastiest things I’ve dealt with when it comes to my feet. I had a wart on the bottom on my …

Effexor is a medication that most doctors prescribe for depression. I myself have been on Effexor 2 times in the past. The first time I did not remain on it long enough to really see any effects. But, the second time, was a whole nother story.
The …