Medicine Reviews
Magnesium Hydroxide (Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia) oral suspension
Whenever I’m stressed I feel this sharp burning sensation in my stomach which often radiates to my sternum. I also experience this when I skip meals and then binge eat on the next meal. Eating food even makes it worse. I have tried several home remedies for this like …
Abilify Treatment and Autism
I have a teenage son that has Autism. For years we have tried counseling, life-style adjustments, and other methods of reaching him. The hardest thing that we have had to cope with was his rising anxiety and frustrations. They could be brought about from the smallest thing and it …
Abreva for Cold Sores
If you’re like me then you get a cold sore at least every 1-3 months. Which, to put it mildly, is really irritating. Then, one day, my sister mentioned she had tried a new medicine, called Abreva. I figured, what the heck, I’ll give it a try. And am …
Xelent Cefaclor 500mg capsule
I had throat infection last week associated with nasal stuffiness, hard, productive cough with yellowish expectorate and chills. The throat pain was a little bit too much to the point that I could not eat solid foods. The only foods that can tolerate were warm soups and …
Sumo L 650 ER (Paracetamol Extended Release Tablets)
Paracetamol is my first choice as a medicine for the treatment of body pain and fever. Recently, I had started to realize that my old brand is not giving optimum result when it comes to body ache. That was Paracetamol 500 mg. There was no issue with fever, though. I …
Mucopect Syrup
When my son was still a small baby, he got cough.He was just few month old at that time. I don’t know why he could get the cough. I guess it had to do with the people around him. Maybe they were the one that gave the virus to …
The Charles Dental Group
First of all, just to be clear, when I went to The Charles Dental Group, they were at another location. They’ve closed that office and merged in with a pre-existing location. I’ve had contact with them, but haven’t actually been to this physical office. However, the …
Bausch & Lomb Soothing Eye Wash
If you ever get something in your eye, some people will tell you to rinse your eyes with cool water immediately. That might work if your town doesn’t use a whole bunch of chemicals in treating the water like mine —“ so I can’t do that. I …
C-lium Fibre
C-lium Fibre is another type of medication suggested to my mom by our neighbor when they had a little chat about them having constipation problems. Our neighbor’s son is a doctor and he suggested the intake of C-lium fibre to her mom that may aid her digestion. C-lium is …
Children’s Nyquil
I used to kid around all the time and say that I was going to give my child a swig of Nyquil whenever she got a cold and was getting on my nerves. Of course I knew that this wasn’t possible because it wasn’t mad for kids. It was …
Mylanta
If you happen to have a sour stomach then I think you might want to stay away from Mylanta. I know it may sound crazy but it’s the truth.It’s not the greatest medicine in the world when it comes to actually relieving stomach pain. I had a sour stomach …
Benzalkonium Cl Cetrimide - Drapolene cream
Being a first time mom is really difficult because you have to deal with a lot of firsts. One of the first things that I had to deal with was diaper rash. My son developed them and he cried every time he pee because it ached.
I first used an …
Pain Erase
I have suffered from knee pain for years from falling on them several times over the years (call me a klutz!). I have been told by my doctor there are signs of osteo arthritis and she wanted to prescribe typical pharmaceutical drugs for the condition. I choose …
IMITREX Migraines Treatment
I suffer from severe migraines several times a month. They were so bad I couldn’t leave bed until there were gone. The symptoms including vomiting, sensitively to light, and general discomfort. Imitrex is a drug that is taken in a shot form. The first time …
Zantac 75 Heartburn Relief Pills
I thought that there would be nothing on the market that I could use to beat my heartburn. I have tried a million quick fixes and was to the point where I did not want to suffer heartburn at all. I got a recommendation on the Zantac 75 heartburn …
Seasonique
While searching for other people’s opinions of this birth control drug, I found this site & decided to present my own view. The drug is made so that you are only supposed to have a period every 3 months. I have taken it for approximately 12 weeks. …
Primatine tablets to treat ashtma
Asthma is a chronical infection of your airways and it is not easy to live with. Airpollution, the smoke of cigarettes, allergical reactions makes everything worser.
Primatine tablets is a very good product to treat it. These tablets are used to relief your pain but also to prevent you against …
Spring Valley Ginkgo Biloba Herbal Supplements
I have suffered lately from an illness and so far I am feeling much better after treatments, but I have seemed to have a hard time concentrating and focusing my attention on work. My friend told my to try Spring Valley Ginkgo Biloba Supplements and I just picked some …
St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City
Sickness is rampant these days and prevention is getting hard. When it reached that level, we all need to have a good and reliable healthcare facility to treat us. And that’s when St. Luke’s Medical Center comes into the picture. This is located in the heart of E. Rodriguez …
Liptor
Liptor is a tablet, when taken daily helps to reduce cholestral in the blood stream and thereby helping to prevent angina, strokes and heart attacks. It is to be taken when dieting.
I lost weight whilst taking this tablet. However, this was possibly due to the diet …
Centerville Clinics Inc
My son was sick a few weeks ago. He was running a fever and had a sore throat. I woke up with these symptoms the other day. One of the joys of motherhood is catching your child’s colds! I decided to take myself to our …
Nexium
The little purple pill you see on advertisements for heart burn relief. I can tell you that I had a horrible time on this pill. My doctor thought my cough was from acid reflux disease. I never heard of such a thing but from further research I discovered that …
Purell Hand Sanitzer
Purell hand sanitizer can be seen everywhere these days, thanks to the recent outbreak of swine flu. Walking out a door? Put on some hand sanitizer first. Going into an elevator? Put on some hand sanitizer. Going to the library? Hand sanitizer. Eating? Had sanitizer. However, what gets a …
Chantix
Chantix helped me quit smoking. The program comes in fancy boxes with little blue pills. The directions call to pick a quit date, which recommends seven days after taking the first pill in the program. So, for seven days I continued to smoke, but by the fifth day I …
Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) 100 mg tablet
I have had Diabetes Mellitus for almost 19 years now and to tell you honestly, this illness is definitely not easy to live with. Back in the year that I still didn’t know that I had diabetes; I used to be hungry and thirsty all the time. At first …
Chantix (varenicline) Tablets
I wanted to write about my experience with Chantix tablets, known as varenicline. I have been a smoker since my late teens. I quit cold turkey when I was pregnant but trying to quit cold turkey on any other occasion was always a battle that I lost. Over the …
NasalCrom
I love this product. I developed allergic rhinitis over a year ago and am not someone who relies on medication for any but the most serious of diseases, so I put up with the symptoms(for me, mainly sinus related)for months until they progressively worsened to the point that I …
Aspirin
Even though I don’t really care for Aspirin it is good to keep it in the house. When I really have bad pain or a bad headache I prefer to take Advil or Ibuprofen but I will take Aspirin whenever I am all out of Advil and Ibuprofen or …
Advil Cold and Sinus
I use Advil cold and sinus medicine as my first choice cold medicine when I actually get sick to help me stay on the job by controlling my symptoms. I have a chronic sinus infection, so when I come down with a cold or when the weather changes …
1 oz. Aveeno Active Naturals 1% Hydrocortisone Anti-Itch Cream
During the summers, I like to go hiking from time to time and will sometimes hike around the woods in my back yard. However, I know that before I go hiking I have to make sure that I have some hydrocortisone in the bathroom because invariably I will end …
Advil Liqui-gels
Advil is a well known over the counter medicine for pain relief and cold and sinus allergy relief. The active ingredient in Advil that relieves pain is ibuprofen, which is a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug. There are many other pain relievers that contain an active ingredient called acetaminophen, which can …
Equate Non Drowsy Allergy Relief Antihistamine Tablets
I was at my local department store checking out the allergy medicine section for an affordable allergy medicine to take to help relieve my sinus pressure, constant sneezing, runny nose, red irritated itching skin and itchy watering eyes. I was noticing most were expensive so I decided not to …
Kwan Loong Pain Relieving Aromatic Oil
I discovered this massage oil by chance when I went shopping at an Asian store few months ago. I was pregnant and I was looking for an oil that I can use for massaging. This one was recommended to me by the Chinese guy in charge at the counter. …
Doxazin
These pills have antihypertensive function and they help to reduce the hypertension. My husband had hypertension before the operation and the doctor prescribed Doxazin. He takes only one pill every morning. At first he was very sleepy all the time and had hadaches but they say that it a …
NUROFEN for children
I have a 21 month old son who has recently been through the mill(and still is)with teething pain.
I decided to try Nurofen for children (ibuprofen) because Calpol simply wasn’t working. This medicine is a miracle worker Within 15 minutes of taking it, he was a happy little man again! …
Sunrise Hospital
I decided to visit this hospital as I suddenly decided to go for tubectomy. Some of our friends recommended it and I decided to give it a try. I called up the hospital and I was able tosee the doctor the same day. They fixed the …
Equate Muscle Rub Cream Medication
Equate muscle rub is something I first tried because a personal friend had suggested it to me, he is a professional trainer and so I listened to him when he explained that this crème would provide the relief that I needed for my muscles. I was having a problem …
Unwanted 72 Emergency Oral Contraceptive Tablet
Whenever I made unprotected physical relationship with my wife, I rely on Unwanted 72 for protection against unwanted pregnancy. There is very little option available in the Indian market for regular contraceptive tablet/pill (to be taken daily for contraception purpose), and hence emergency pill comes into my mind more …
Adderall XR
Note: Please only use this if you have a prescription. It has a tendency to be abused, but as a medical student, I want to stress that taking this stuff unmonitored can be very dangerous, possibly a death sentence.
Uses: Adderall and related drugs are for the treatment of ADD/ADHD …
Breathe Right Strips in Clear Version
Like many women out there I have a wonderful spouse for whom I would do anything. This includes making the purchase of breathe right strips. However, to be perfectly honest this product was purchased mostly for myself rather than my spouse. My spouse, whether he wants to admit it …
Alaxan FR Tablet
Alaxan FR is the latest innovation inline with Alaxan medicines and for me it is really better compared to the regular tablet. Alaxan is already known for its effective ways of curing body pain. Now that they have Alaxan FR with FR meaning “fast result” the product was made …
Redoxon Double Action effervescent
The first time I consume Redoxon is when I had sore throat a few weeks ago. I bought it because I saw the ingredients of Vitamin C and Zinc, which are really needed by our body. I bought the 10 effervescent tablet in a tube.
When I arrived home, I …
Ibuprofen 600 mg
Not too long ago, I had major surgery, a 4 1/2 hour operation. When I got back into my hospital room after the surgery, the pain was starting to get worse. After I cam out of the anesthesia and was able to drink water, the nurse asked …
Ibugesic plus Syrup
At the beginning of this month I got some fever plus some slight pains and I did not want to take any tablets so I was prescribed for Ibugesic plus Syrup. This syrup contains Ibuprofen and Paracetamol and is formulated as a suspension.
I noticed that this syrup worked so …
Emetrol (to relieve nausea, upset stomach, and vomiting)
Emetrol is an over the counter medication that relieves nausea, upset stomach, and vomiting. It is safe to use between adults and children as young as two. It is supposed to calm and aid the horrible side effects of relentless nausea like, stomach cramps and vomiting. In my experiences, …
Children’s Motrin
I have used Children’s Motrin for my daughter. At times when she had a fever, this product reduced her fever very quickly. To me, it works much faster than Chidren’s Tylenol and the fever stays down for a longer period of time. My daughter never minded …
Rohto Tears
When I sit too long in front of my notebook, sometimes I have red eyes. And sometimes it really hurt as well. If I can see that I get red eyes, I will not wait any longer to put eye drops on both eyes. And for this, I choose …
Rainbow Light Gummy Omegalicious Omega 3 Formula
I have a hard time swallowing vitamins and herbal supplements in pill form, but know how essential they are to help support health. One of the supplements I actually enjoy taking are the Rainbow Light Gummy Omegalicious Omega 3 Formula in Sour Raspberry. These supplements are tender like gummy …
Fleet Saline Laxative
Last year I was instructed to use Fleet Saline Laxative before an x-ray test procedure. It was to clear out the intestines to improve visability, I suppose. If I had known then, I would have opted to fast for a week first instead of taking this laxative.
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