I had received Releve Cream and spray a couple of months ago and used it for minor aches and pain. However, on this particular occasion it really proved its value. My husband came home from work one Friday evening barely able to walk. A piece of …

Migraine runs in our family. It started with my grandmother then to my mom, uncles and aunt. Some of my cousins have it and unfortunately I inherited it too. When my mom has migraine attacks, she literally cannot do anything but lie down in bed. She remembers wanting to …

I have always been a huge Tylenol fan, but I did buy a bottle of Advil last month just to try it out. I had often wondered why some people prefer Advil to Tylenol, so I thought I would experiment a bit to compare these two popular brands …

For some reason, the Nasonex which has been working really well to control my eleven year old’s nasal allergy symptoms quit working effectively for him. As a result, his pediatric primary care physician decided to switch him over to Flonase. Our insurance company will not pay for the brand …

Nasty head colds are already making the rounds early in the fall this year and I was lucky enough to get one of my very own. I usually go looking for something that will make me feel better mentally, like a medication that is a hot drink, or zinc …

Antibiotic ointment is something that I have tried to keep around the house for the past year. I have had plenty occasions where my children or myself have gotten a cut or scrape and I had nothing around to use at all. I don’t like to spend a lot …

I am always somewhat skeptical about medications that claim to prevent or get rid of colds and the flu, and other viral infections. I do believe you can do your best to eat well, exercise, wash your hands, get enough rest and all the other preventative steps to prevent …

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 …

I have been struggling with constipation for 3 days now due to a drug that I took. It takes me 30 minutes in the bathroom what would normally take me 5-10 minutes to empty my bowels. This caused a problem for me since I’ve made this a habit every …

Simvistatin is a cholesterol-lowering prescription medication that my husband was prescribed, along with Zocor, by his doctor at the VA. Together, they appeared to have caused him joint and leg muscle problems., as well as lowered libido. His doctor pretty much disregarded my husband when he described …

Whenever allergy strikes me, it causes clogged nose–this is on top of the sneezing and teary eyes. This has been a problem to me ever since so I have been trying various products for years now to ease this problem. I have tried home-made remedies to solve this problem …

During the past fall season, I have really gotten into trying different lozenges to alleviate pain that I may have in my throat and chest without having to take medications and becoming drugged. I try to use lozenges whenever I have a cough that is not really accompanied by …

As a parent, you should know that you can not give medicine to your kid easily. You need to know exactly what is inside the medicine that you want to give to your kids. Or even better, you need to talk with the doctor to make sure that you …

Allergies are the worst kind of disease to suffer from, it makes life very miserable and I have even cried out loud due to the unbearable itching I suffered from. I developed a allergy against Brinjals sometimes back and it really was a very bad one. Rashes formed all …

It has been four years since I was diagnosed with type II Diabetes. My General Practitioner had put me on a million little pills, and some not so little ones. We even tried Insulin, it was like a dose of extreem PMS and Menopause all in one daily shot.
Finally …

I want to tell you about a new medicine my husband found for arthritis, Advil Liqui-Gels The bottle states that they are for Migraine Relief, but my husband has found that they work wonders for his arthritis. Each capsule has 200mg of Ibuprofen, so he only needs two …

There a a few things in my medicine cabinet at home that will always be there. One of these is Equate Hydrocortizone Cream. I am highly susceptible to insect bites, I itch extremely badly and I cannot help but scratch. One day my boyfriend went out and bought me …

Do you often have problem when you are traveling with car or other transportation vehicles such as train or airplane? Some people will get dizzy and feel sick when they are traveling. And I think I had something like that few years ago.
Whenever I go out with the car, …

My children are very young and I feel that I am still learning as I raise them. I have never had to deal with a small child having a sore throat and did not know what I could give my five year old daughter for this problems. I had …

It always seems to be a chore searching for a good doctor, dentist or other health professional. There are a lot of things that come into play during the decision making. Are they close enough? Do they take your insurance? What do others say about them? If you’re …

If you experience problems with depression, then you should ask your physician about Lexapro. I have been on it for the past seven months, and I have never felt better.
Lexapro is a well tolerated, effective therapy for those who suffer with depression. I have tried many anti depressants before, …

My elder brother is a Glioblastoma Multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer, patient. He is under treatment since 2013. Living for four years is NOT normal for a GBM patient. It is happening because of Ruta Protocol we are following after exhausting all options in the conventional treatment, like …

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 …

I use Excedrin frequently to take care of my headaches and to relieve myself of other aches and pains due to soreness after a lot of heavy exercising. I did not realize that they offered a product for menstrual pain until I happened to find a little pink bottle …

I reside in Singapore, a mostly humid weather country. And being on the heavy side, I tend to have chaffed skin on certain areas of the body. I came across 3B anti-chafing cream in a pharmacy a few years back and decided that it wouldn’t hurt to give a …

Last week I was down with cold and cough and you know how irritating it can be, the running nose and coughing and sneezing all the time really is horrible and if not for Cetcip tablet I would still have been fighting the terrible cough and cold.
Before trying Cetcip …

I got my wisdom teeth pulled out and had a tough time of it. You see, I was given something for the pain and didn’t know I was allergic to it. They gave me Tylenol with Codeine (T3or4) so I took it right away.
When I got home, I was …

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 …

I absolutely think the anti-depressant zoloft is horrible. I started taking it after my doctor prescribed it for depression and anxiety. At first I didn’t feel anything but after two weeks I started to feel terrible. This medicine made me feel like a total zombie. I was spaced out …

Have you experienced symptoms such as characterized by pain in the head (usually one-sided), a sensation of spinning or whirling motion, nausea, vomiting, and a morbid dread and avoidance of light? I have. It’s called Migraine. I consulted a friend who has been suffering years from Migraine and told …

Levaquin is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections.
The other name for Levaquin is Levofloxacin. It stops the growth of bacteria.
Take it once a day with or without food. Drink a lot of fluids while on this medication.
It is not recommended that you take medications containing …

Muscle spasms should not have to be a way of life. I noticed that I was having them primarily on the left side of my body. The spasms would show up first in my arm and then sometimes in my leg. I, personally, think that it was probably a …

My mother, who is now a seller a distributor of this Monavi anti-oxidant berry juice, first came into contact with this wonderful product after one of her customers suggested it to her since she had been experiencing problems with her arthritis and pains in her bones. She went …

Whenever I occasionally get constipated, I normally use laxatives. One of my best laxatives is known as Miralax. It’s not only me who prefers to use this drug but also my family members.
This medicine called Miralax is used in treating constipation. I like this bulk forming agent because …

This is a fruity tasting medicine that kids seem to like (unlike adult Benylin).
It contains two active ingredients,5mg Dextromethorphan hydrobromide(an antitussive)to help stop coughing, and0.625mg Triprolidine hydrochloride (an anti-histamine)to stopsneezing, runny nose and watery eyes,in each 5ml dose.
my son has just about tried every medicine for coughs and colds …

I and my sister both have terrible allergies sometime. I went on vacation with her a few summers back and my allergies did not agree with the climate. I did not ahve any sort of medicine with so my sister gave me some of her Mucinex D. She …

Hello friends, all of us or most of us are having the same problem and that is nothing else but itching. Due to wearing some tight dress or due to sweating we get some fungus infections on our skin and it makes us to itch the skin, which …

I have had some serious back pains ever since I gave birth to my daughter. I have tried multiple medications to work on the back pain, but many of them barely do a thing. I was thinking that maybe I should focus on a medication exactly for back pain. …

Sinus colds are the worst, and I get them anytime the weather changes, so in other words, I get them often. Before letting them get worse, I try and treat them with over the counter medications such as Alka Seltzer Cold and Sinus Medicine in their Non-Drowsy Formula. …

Celebrex is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is known as a cox-2 inhibitor. It, and similar drugs like Vioxx and Bextra were developed to provide a better alternative to Aspirin for many arthritis type conditions. I take it for ankolyzing spondylititis, which is an inflammation of …

Think of pain—¦and the first think that comes to mind is an anodyne that gets rid of it. Think of anodyne and the first name that comes to mind is Bodrex! Headaches become common with age, and what becomes equally common is the one name associated with it for …

Several years ago I signed up to be a Melaleuca distributor. While I liked a few of their products, it wasn’t beneficial for me to pay the membership dues with the quantity of product I was personally using. One product I do still get from a friend is Melaleuca …

I was diagnosed with RA about 6 years ago. Due to my service in the military. I woke up one day and just couldn’t get out of bed. Scary it definitely was.Of course I was sent to a rheumotologist and the first thing they did was put me on …

I think it’s very interesting as well as amusing as to how each person considers what is the best medicine for pain relief. Earlier in another review, I had stated that I thought Advil was my go-to pain pill, whereas my best friend’s standby was Motrin. Well, for my grandmother, …

Tylenol is a long standing company in medicine, known world wide as a good way to get relief from slight pain or minor headaches. A few years ago they came up with gelcaps, which are promised to provide even faster pain relief. So, being someone who frequently gets migraine …

This lately, so many works to do which make my relax time decrease. Well, what can i say, things are getting hard right now especially after the economical crisis, you must work hard if you want to keep employeed. If things got difficult like this, i usually got headache …

This is a shot that you get once every three month to prevent pregnancy. The pros are that you get one shot every three months and do not have to worry about anything in between the shots. Also you do not have a period while taking the …

If you or your child gets diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, chances are the doctor will recommend Ritalin as a way to counter the effect of both of these. First off, this little white pill called Ritalin is a very powerful drug but it really does work exactly as …

When the question who’s scared of the dentist is asked, I used to always raise my hand, even in my adult years. But my phobia has disappeared thanks to Dr. Ronald Terry and his staff. Here are 10 things I favor about this office that deserves a 10 rating.
1. At …

When I was 19 and needed desperately to lose some weight, a doctor gave me a prescription for Fastin, along with a 1300 calorie diet and exercise plan. I recall some warnings about possible insomnia, but I was not prepared for the full effect of this amphetamine-type drug.
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