Since I was a kid I’ve been choking down liquid cold and flu remedies. They all taste gross to me and give me heartburn. Tylenol now has their medicine in pill form so I jumped at using those as an alternative. The liquids work great — …

I have a hard time sleeping and staying asleep. My husband’s snoring did not help. So, he tried the Breathe Right Nasal Strips. They worked really well. His snoring went down significantly. He has been using them for over a year now.
The …

I don’t know what I ate last week, the allergic symptoms just started to flare up all of a sudden. At first I felt a little itching in my mouth which then progressed to some difficulty swallowing and then my breathing started to become laboured. I then experienced nausea …

This product was very cheap (about $5) at my local Wal-Mart store. I have recently started taking various vitamins and supplements during the past several months. Even though initially I did not expect for these products to have much of an impact on my body and the …

Depression is the basis of many other diseases that can be fatal. Depression if not taken care can lead to be fatal as well. We have several different classifications of depression. I would like to briely describe each one in this article and write several more articles on …

Sometimes, my daughter will come home from school with a present for me, usually whatever bug that has been going around amongst her friends. She hardly ever gets sick, but seems to be a carrier and brings it straight to me. The nastier bugs she brings is …

I got a year’s worth of Ortho Tri-Cyclin for free from Planned Parenthood about 5 months ago. I haven’t gotten pregnant since then, so it’s doing it’s main job! But in other ways, I don’t really have any complaints about this birth control.
The pills are small, like most other …

This capsule was prescribed by the pediatrician of my son when he was still a baby because I complained that my son was not really gaining weight and drinking milk as much as I want to. So the doctor prescribed this medicine and what she asked me to …

I used to have a problem with cold sores. I didn’t get to many but, they would show up every now and then. I really hated cold sores. They made me very self conscious and hurt. I tried so many cold sore remedies. One …

I have always had seasonal rhinitis. It’s something that I have struggled for several years now. I get an allergy from almost anywhere and anytime. In the morning is usually the worst time of the day that I get my allergies. My siblings would often laugh at me because …

Southeast Alabama Medical Center is one of two hospitals in Dothan, AL and has been serving the area for over thirty years. It is a leader in health care.
Having been in the hospital for the birth of my two children and having had several family members stay; I …

“Locorten-Vioform Ear Drops” was one of the medications that I was prescribed by my general practitioner some months ago after I was diagnosed with an ear infection. I was instructed to take two drops thrice a day into my infected ear up until my follow up visit on the …

This is one of the first products that I’ve seen for kids or adults that come in a blueberry flavor, and it was the main reason I bought it for when my godchildren visited me. I hadn’t seen them in a while, but it always seemed they came to …

I ate too much at a restaurant and too fast, so my tummy ached so much I couldn’t move and I wanted to throw up. I went to the pharmacy to pick up some meds because I know there is a medication for that but Domperidone was not …

When I have a headache, St. Joseph Safety Coated Aspirin can be the best treatment of all pain relievers. There are other generic brands I could buy, but I trust St. Joseph and don’t mind paying a bit extra for this brand name. I really like the safety coating …

I have been sick for almost two weeks. The change in the weather here in Sydney always give flu virus scare to many. Everytime the season changes there are lots of people, especially kids, who get sick and experience fever, diarrhea, cold and cough.
During the …

Sometimes when I get soo tired fro physical activities, back aches,and strained neck muscles seem to kill me. I also suffer from Myofascial Pain Syndrome ( when there are specific tender trigger points on my back muscles). The causes of all these are usually generall, fatigue,overly repetitive motions or …

It seems like someone is always suffering from some sort of congestion in my house. It passes along from one person to another starting a never ending cycle of people being under the weather. I hate feeling like I can’t breathe through my nose and it drives me completely …

Metamucil Orange Smooth Texture comes in 2 types, sugar free and the regular sugar added formula. I am not a fan of the sugar free variety so I always buy the smooth normal flavor. The sugar free one is not bad, but the flavor is …

I hate dealing with a sore throat, as I am sure everyone does. It makes it hard to swallow and talk, which is too things that are necessary throughout my day. I also always seem to suffer from a sore throat whenever I have a severe cough. I wanted …

I live in the mountainous region of the Philippines which is basically a tropical region. During the cold months which is from September to February I often suffer from allergic rhinitis especially during the early morning and late afternoon. My head nurse who happen to suffer the same problem …

I have started using this cream when I was four months pregnant. It was my husband who encouraged me to get this since it was my first pregnancy. He thought that it would prevent me from getting a stretch mark later on after my pregnancy. I …

I have been using this supplement for over two years now to relieve muscle cramps and the pain they cause in my legs as a result of fibromyalgia.
I highly recommend magnesium to anyone who has a similar condition or is just struggling to maintain an overall sense of …

My asthma was out of control and nothing was working to help relieve the breathing difficulties I was having. Not even prescription medicines. Therefore, I was in the drugstore looking for other options that might help give me some breathing relief can ended up trying the Primatene Mist Inhaler. …

When can you use Otrivin? I normally use Otrivin when I have problem with my nose. Flu can caused running nose. And sometimes, I had a hard time to breath because the nose is closed when I have flu.
And that’s the time when I use Otrivin. I normally …

I found out about the supplement Melatonin after browsing the Web on sleep problems and decided to give it a try. First I tried taking 3 mg tablets and it helped some but not a lot so I increased it to 2 tablets (6 mg) and WoW! it …

I pills is the name of the tablet which is taken to avoid the birth of the baby after having the physical relationship between a man and a woman. Actually it is enough to take one tablet for the whole month, which works so that the women will …

I have allergies through dust and due to some changing climate I experienced sinusitis. And when this happens I can’t do my work, I had nasal congestion and even sneezing the whole day. When this happens I can no longer concentrate to my work and even household chores.
My friend …

Diarrhea. It happens. And it has to be one of the worst and most uncomfortable part of being sick, or if you’re unfortunate enough to get food poisoning as I did one time about a year ago. I had bought some sushi from Ranch 99 store in Chinatown because as …

Rebate programs have become increasingly popular in recent years. This is especially true in drug stores where there are now established rebate programs. Below is my review of 3 programs that I have found to be excellent.
#1 Rite Aid
Rite Aid has the best rebate program. Running on a monthly …

My youngest son has mild autism. One of the things he had a lot of trouble with when he was younger was holding his stool. This is a common problem for autistic children. As a result, his bowels don’t function as easily as they should. The solution our primary …

I have been battling heartburn for years. It is very hard to deal with at times, especially because I have to switch out medications often. I needed something quick, because I was just dying from the chili I’d had earlier that day. I ran into the local dollar store …

I cannot stand having a cold or congestion. Yet, at the same time, I don’t take a lot of cold medicines because they leave me so groggy during the daytime. I like to get stuff done in the daytime. I found that with the Vicks Dayquil …

I have allergies and sometimes I get a scratchy throat that itches very bad. This sometimes makes me cough, and can be very uncomfortable. Sometimes, because of the allergies, I will start coughing and it’s can be embarrassing if I’m in a meeting at work. Usually the …

I take Paxil medication. When I was on the regular Bridges to Access program, I took it for free. Then, the 5 year patent ran out, and Paxil came up with PaxilCR, a different medication, as it lasted all day. The PaxilCR became the new drug of choice, here, …

Trying to find a good remedy for an upset stomach can be difficult. Most times, I don’t want to eat anything, even medicine, when I’m not feeling well. It can be especially hard to try to drink a liquid medicine. Then I discovered that Imodium makes these great chewable …

My youngest daughter has been telling me for the past days that she is not feeling good. I think it was because of the travelling we were doing in the past month and the frequent change of environment. In addition, the weather has really been funny lately (especially for …

There are times that I just can’t stay awake and I need to use something to help me. I had heard a lot of good things about Vivarin helping others stay awake, so I thought I would give it a try. I found Vivarin at my grocery store while …

When I began having stomach problems one of the medications that the doctor who I went to prescribed was “Glenmark Sugar Free Relcer Gel”. At the time I was happy to feel that it would help relieve a lot of the discomfort I was feeling.
While I no longer use …

I first tried this product at the hospital after giving birth to my daughter. All throughout my pregnancy I had painful and itchy hemorrhoids which I only treated with natural means for fear of harming the baby in my belly. Due to the strains of pushing the baby out, …

My brother swears by this stuff, as he has a diet where he eats mostly bad stuff and has a lot of discomfort afterwards. Me, however, it has yet to work for. I have tried taking it numerous times and have gotten no relief from the pain at all. …

I have a very bad habit of biting my tongue accidentally. I usually do it hard, and this usually leads to formation of very painful ulcers on my tongue. These make it very difficult for me to eat, and also make me generally uncomfortable during the day. When …

I like the outdoors. On the weekends, I go with my friends hiking in the mountains. I never imagined that I would have a dangerous encounter with one of nature’s aggressive insects. As usual we would hike for about 2 hours then find a nice spot to rest and …

At some point in our life we experience pain. I have started to get headaches on a somewhat regular basis and was very happy when I discovered Advil tablets. I had taken Advil previously years before, but it had been a while. Advil does an amazing job of getting …

This medicine is for high blood pressure patients, and it is very much effective. Sadly I am a high blood pressure patient, and friends believe me it is the worst disease ever, you just not allowed to do anything you want. My physician told me to take “Stamlo Beta” …

I started taking cymbalta for 2 weeks, when I started feeling the sudden urge of wanting to jump off the train track. I became so frightened and knew it was not the right thought,but the urge to jump was with me for an entire 24 hours even after …

Because my mom and dad and several other family members spend so much time in our kitchen (and I suppose because they also are a bit on the clumsy side - peace guys!), they end up with cuts and burns rather occasionally. Plus my little nephew loves running around …

Apo-indapamide, or simply known as indapamide is a drug prescribed to people with high blood pressure (hypertension) because it is a diuretic. People have high blood pressure because of the water from the sodium, thus more pressure, thus they need a diuretic to ‘excrete’ the water out of the …

I tried Mucinex Max Strength Tablet to help relieve a terrible cold that I had that lasted over a week. I had such a bad cough and was extremely congested that I was unable to get rid of mucus. I had a constant cough, but was unable …

Dextromethorphan, based on my research, is a substance used as a cough suppressant. This is the substance we can usually find in cough syrups or cough lolly or lozenges.
This substance is found in the medicine that I am using right now and that is Vicks Formula 44. I am …