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’ve been going to Dr. Mark Berger for regular cleanings for a few years now. He is conveniently located close to my home and I can always get an appointment scheduled within a few weeks’ time, compared to some other dentists I’ve seen in the past that were somehow …

Flonase is a nasal spray designed to relieve allergy symptoms. It appears as if I have developed allergies in the past couple of years and I’m not sure what I am allergic to. With the summer comes my allergies, and some days are worse than others. I tried quite …

My youngest son, who is just barely a teenager, is almost never sick. Never really has problems with allergies and has had a cold or the flu maybe three times in his entire life. I’ve definitely lucked out. And, because he’s pretty much not had to take medication ever …

After having great fun at my cousins wedding last month, I was in for some great trouble. The fact that I just gobbled everything (all the delicious fried to spicy food) without actually taking care to see that my stomach didn’t quite respond well to this type of food; …

This story may not be the most fun to listen to but it’s a story. I was going through a phase where I was having major diarrhea and I couldn’t get rid of it. I went to the doctor a couple of times and he couldn’t figure out what was …

Cough drops are a must when I get sick, because I will begin to cough pretty severely. My two main brands are Halls and Equate. They both seem to work well for me, and although I have tried others they are usually the ones that I go back too.
I …

I was prescribed to use Lidemol by our company physician when I was complaining about the returning itchiness of my skin behind my ears. It has become really itchy and flaky at one point. If I would scratch it, I would have dead skin cells underneath my nails or …

When I have a headache, I reach for the bottle of Tylenol Extra Strength 500 mg EZ Tabs. The pills really work wonders for me. They are great for basically any kind of pain. I use them when I have a headache and for menstrual cramps. …

One time, I suffered severe abdominal cramps in the office. It first started with tolerable minor spasm on my abdomen. But when I sat on my computer table, I was disturbed when I felt the cramps getting sharper and painful. That was the first time I ever had …

Typhoon Ondoy brought so much devastation in our lives. My family and our dog stayed on the roof for seventeen hours waiting for the flood which reached our second floor to subside. We lost so many of our things, and the first practical problem that we faced was how …

Diffrin is a topical acne gel prescription medication which uses the active ingredient .01% adapalene gel to fight acne and breakouts in teens and adults. I first tried this medication three months ago when I ran out of my old medication and was looking for something less expensive to …

I have been suffering from a lot of muscle strain recently, and felt that the pain and the swelling was slowly becoming unbearable. I have been cutting back on how many oral medications I ingest and try to find pain relief through ointments and gels. I felt like I …

Poison ivy is all over our yard so we were trying too digging it up and get rid of it properly with suits and masks and we still go rashes. The rashes we itchy and red, but one skin care product we used to help relieve the itching and …

Like many other women in the united states I suffer from sever headaches and migraines. Although I usually try to tough it our there are times that I just cannot take the pain and must take something. I had one of those times about 8 months ago. I was …

The worst thing about have seasonal allergies is that once one symptom begins the rest of them are sure to follow. My biggest symptom is the sneezing: I don’t just sneeze once and that’s it, I end up having a thirty minute to hour long sneezing marathon. The downside …

Phentermine is a an appetite suppressant prescribed by doctors for weight loss. It works best when paired with other medicines. You might remember when it was paired with fenfluramine and marketed as FenPhen.
Although FenPhen was found to be dangerous phentermine by itself is perfectly safe when …

Whenever I have cold or allergy, I will take Actifed immediately. Within few days, the cold will be gone. It is a very effective medicine for people who has cold and allergy. Or better yet, there is Actifed that you can take if you have sinusitis problem.
When my children …

Sometimes I get heartburn but not too bad. Actually the really bad bout of heartburn I had was fifteen years ago when I was pregnant. In my third trimester of pregnancy, I got really bad heartburn, but since then it never really affects me that it’s so severe …

When I injured my back at work a couple of years ago, the pain was excruciating. A pulled muscle led to my entire back locking up and kept me flat on the bed for three days. My doctor wrote me a prescription for Flexeril,or cyclobenzaprine HCL, a …

I was give a prescription for Welbutrin by my doctor who said that it would help me with my mood swings. If you only knew how much my husband thanked the doctor before we left her office.
I was reading the directions and the little notes about things that might …

In my several years of being a diabetic patient, I have tried several drugs to test which one is more effective and would give me the least or if possible no side effects at all. I have jumped from one medication to the next just to see which drug …

We keep this medication in our medicine cabinet for the occasional time when someone has heartburn. My father has suffered from ulcers in the past so he has to guard against having heartburn. Zantac 75 can be taken as a preventative as well as a treatment for heartburn. …

I use this eye lubricant drops in some occasions when I have very dry eyes due to working long hours in front of the computer. I don’t use it as often as I did before though when I still worked as a programmer. My previous job required me to …

I had been troubled by a severe pain on the right hand side of my head and in my ears, which I later had found out was the result of an ear infection. Before I went to the doctor to get a diagnosis and some prescription medication, I had …

Being one of those people who tends to get sick more than three times during the fall and winter seasons, I am always trying out new cold and sinus medicine.
I tried out Mucinex DM last year. It did nothing for me. The box claimed that it would loosen …

In our household, there should always be pain-reliever medicines. My dad for one always complains of back pains, shoulders pains, etc. but almost all of us in the family usually suffer from really bad headaches. I for one don’t experience it much but when I do, it’s something that …

I recently have developed some low back pain and right leg pain. I became concerned because I could barely walk, and I am an active person. I decided to go to one of my friends orthopaedic doctor who helped her with back symptoms.
Resurgens Orthopaedics is …

Carisoprodol (Generic for Soma)
Carisoprodol is the generic name for the brand name Soma. This is a muscle relaxant medication used for muscle spasms and other neurological pain. This medication is highly addictive and very over prescribed by physicians. I am a certified pharmacy technician and primarily work in the …

Amoxyclav 625 is an antibiotic medicine which I was prescribed when I had a wound over my thigh. It worked wonderfully and the wound got healed within two days. Since then, it has become one of my favorite antibiotics for the treatment of variety of bacterial infections.

Amoxyclav 625 is produced …

Information about Claritin:
Loratadine is the generic name of Claritin. Clairtin comes in different forms. It can be in tablets, syrup, liquid gels or in rapidly-disintegrating tablets. It is an antihistamine that is taken orally for the relief of the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Among this symptoms are
runny nose, watery …

I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) until I was in my late 30’s, Though, it was obvious I had it for most, if not all my life. If I only new then what I know now. Ironically, my father is a pharmacist, but …

What adult does not remember the infamous blue jar of Vick’s Vapor Rub? I have very vivid memories of that product being used around my house as a child and now that I am an adult. I certainly have carried on the tradition. Whether the reasons are sentimental or …

Being hydrated for me is equally important as getting the right exercise. Drinking water during a vigorous exercise just doesn’t provide the much needed electrolytes for our body to perform well. So people from various companies make energy drinks for us to consume. But for me these energy drinks …

I am a constant sufferer of heartburn, so I am always trying different products to try to get rid of it as much as possible. I knew all about Tums, and wasn’t much of a fan. In the past I’ve taken them and after a while they just don’t …

I few months back, I was diagnosed of having pyloric stenosis. A condition, in which the opening of my stomach leading to my intestines is partially obstructed, thereby was interfering with the emptying of my stomach properly. Among other major symptoms that I encountered was the uncomfortable bloating of …

Okay, so I read in an article awhile back about home remedies, that one of the greatest things anyone could have in their house was apple cider vinegar, because it can be used for pretty much anything at all. And I’ve tried it for a number of problems, most …

I developed a serious case of bronchitis that was not responding to the usual treatments and antibiotics. As a last resort, my doctor put me on Levaquin—“ a strong broad spectrum antibiotic that tends to be reserved for serious illness.
I tend to read up on every drug …

I used to buy Breathe Right Nasal Strips when I was sleeping in a room with a rather picky roommate, who claimed that he never snored when he slept. Of course, I did catch him snoring a few times, but I wasn’t one to argue.
So I …

I’ve been taking Effexor, an anti-depressant, for 10 months. This is the second time this drug has been prescribed to me. The first time I took it (about 10 years ago), I was opposed to taking an anti-depressant just because I thought I could “buck up” and make myself …

Because I was diagnosed with Leukaemia when I was in my late teens, I had to undergo several cycles of chemotherapeutic agents. During the therapy, I would experience several side effects like dryness in my skin, extreme fatigue, general malaise, diarrhoea and probably one of the worst—”the intense nausea. …

Crux syrup is made of pure herbs. This syrup is used for dry cough and even for cold and its symptoms. It is only used for adults. My uncle is a doctor, and once he had come to our home when I was badly affected by …

Levaquin is an antibiotic usually prescribed for lung, sinus, skin and urinary tract infections. It kills certain types of bacteria. I was prescribed this antibiotic for a skin rash. The doctor called it folliculitis, which means an inflammation of the hair follicles. It was a painless skin …

Accutane is one of the strongest anti-acne drug there is so you will first be sent to a dermatologist because other family physicians will not prescribe this. This drug is pretty expensive - a couple hundred dollars but if you are covered by the insurrance, then you are good …

Working for hours in front of the computers give a very stiff back and that results in some sever back pain finally. I am an accountant in a reputed firm and have to work for around 10-12 hours daily in front of the computer sitting stiffly on the chair …

It annoys me when I wake up in the morning and my nose is clogged up and I’m having hard time breathing. This, coupled with non-stop sneezing is really infuriating. We have a garden in our backyard and my room is annoyingly located a few meters above it. The …

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 am not a big fan of the flavor of these drops at all. I buy these for one reason alone, they work. Halls makes others that taste much better and which I actually enjoy sucking, but if I have a really bad cough I always turn …