Earlier on at the beginning of the year, I had an accident at work. The stairs was slippery and I fell down a couple of steps even though I had almost finished descending it and ended up hurting my lower back. At first, I guess that the adrenaline of …

My husband and I were out at the mall’s foodcourt and I had ordered a meal in a sizzling plate. As we were about to sit down, my husband accidentally bumped the sizzling plate and it hit my elbow. The part of my elbow that touched the sizzling plate …

I’ve used Chloraseptic Spray for years to calm sore throats, but I never was very keen on letting my child use it, even when she got old enough to. with her, I prefer to use medications that are specifically made for children. I bought her the chloraseptic …

My arms and shoulders have really become a problem over the past few months. I have tried a few different pain killers to try to fix this issue and found some really good ones. One medication that I tried and thought worked great was the Motrin PM Pain Reliever …

Working in the call center has disrupted my sense of time and my hormones. I used to have a very smooth and fair complexion, but due to stress and changing pattern of sleep I started having large pimples on my face and back. My menstrual cycle has …

Lunesta is a medication made with the intention of allowing the user to more easily drift off to sleep. I have tried Lunesta two or three different times. The medication does make me drowsy but has rarely helped me to fall asleep. It is easy to …

Some times I have trouble falling asleep, as many people experience. Some nights when I finally do fall asleep I have quite a struggel staying asleep. For some reason I wake up on the hour and look at the clock, all night long. Needless to say, some nights …

I have struggled with sleeping issues for years, and tried many prescription and non-prescription sleep medications over the years. Some work for awhile, some work but make me very groggy, some are expensive, and some have other side-effects that are not very good for me. I keep trying new …

Botica de San Fransisco is a drug store beside the school I am working. This is just a very small pharmacy (barely 20 sq.mts. in floor area) but the variety of medicines and other medical supplies are quite impressive. I as one of their customers …

I was contemplating on what vitamins I should give to my puppies as Nutripet vitamins for dogs is good but the vets and my friends who also have dogs suggest that I buy some human medicine because they were apparently better. I was contemplating on choosing between Tiki-Tiki and …

Cefoxim dry syrup which is available as Cefuroxime Axetil for Oral suspension USP is very good Antitussive for dry cough and cold. It gives intant relief from throat pain and its effect is generally long lasting than other antitussives and expectorants available in the market. However it falls under …

This review of Chloraseptic Throat Spray goes hand in hand with my review of the antibiotic EES that I took when I had strep throat. The Chloraseptic Throat Spray was also in my cache of remedies for the strep throat episode as well. For a little background …

I had a slight fever the other day and decided instead of taking my usual tablet which is more suited for aches and pains I would take a Panadol Extra Strength tablet instead.
These tablets come in packs of two and it is recommended that you take both of them …

Loose motions can make life hell, it not just takes away the energy from the body but the frequent visiting of the toilet is very annoying most of the times. It takes away the water from the body and leaves you completely lifeless and drained. Loose motions are mainly …

For a period of time I was feeling a little sick. After a quick self-diagnosis, I found out that I had a slight fever that was climbing rapidly into a severe fever. I quickly went over to the drugstore and got myself a box of NyQuil Cold and Fever …

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. …

I recently received a prescription from my psychiatrist for oxycodone at a dose of 5/325; meaning 5 mg of oxycodone and 325 mg of acetaminophen or tylenol. My doctor prescribed this medication due to the fact that I was in a rather serious car accident in which n=my car …

I have had stomach cramps and pains for a long time before I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It was miserable. Day in and day out I had a hard time doing much of anything because the cramps were so bad. Finally, my doctor …

Castle Dental is one of those chain dental offices. There’s about three or four in the Austin area but the one on south Lamar boulevard is the closest one to where I live so my family and I go there. We don’t generally got to Castle Dental unless there’s …

As my pregnant sister and I were shopping for hospitals years ago, trying to find a good birthing hospital, we came across different hospitals that are truly deserving of our appreciation. Although we ended up in a different hospital, because of health insurance acceptability reasons, I cannot help admiring …

Vicks vaporub was one medicine I was familiar since my childhood. Even today, I use it onmy child. I make sure that this vicks is used sparingly on my child. My child even loves to apply this on his body. I use it when any one …

When it comes to food there is nothing I will not try, except for spicy food–there is something about the spiciness which makes me not enjoy the food and all that I end up tasting is heat. A few of my friends and I were at a college football …

Sometimes when I have a sore throat I like to use Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat Syrup. It is a nice thick sweet tasting syrup that helps coat my throat and ease the pain and stinging away from it. When my throat is dry it helps soothe the dryness and …

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 …

Lot of travelling and working for many hours continuously leave me less room for myself even to attend to my basic needs like using a washroom and I usually suffer from urinary track infection and hard stool. I do not like to use washrooms at other places I visit …

I used to take one cough tablet and cold tablet each, but now I found out Panadol had a tablet that can be used for both colds and flu, I had bought a pack which was 20 tablets, and the pack had cost approximately $16t, it is a bit …

I used to take Tylenol Extra Strength Pain Reliever & Fever Reducer for pain that I would get in my back. I still get the occasional pain, especially on days where I need to do more lifting and moving than usual, so I didn’t stop taking this pain reliever …

I am always a victim of headaches due to stress and traffic when I’m going to and fro from home and school and, of course, I don’t always rely on tablets for pain relief because taking too much of such things is bad for the system. And besides, if …

I have had the change to use Errin which is a Contraceptive Pill. I has been woking good so far I have n ot had any complications. But you also have to kep in mind that things work differently for different people.
I started using this product right after I …

Ortho-Tricyclin seems to be a pretty popular birth control pill and it is definitely my preferred method. Women have a lot of different responses to birth control because it affects hormone levels (and hormonal responses vary greatly among different people).
However, I have had a positive effect with this one …

Recently, I went to the eye doctor because I realized that everything was looking blurry whenever I had my contacts in and while I was on the computer, and if I persist on staying on, I’m bombarded by this nagging headache that just makes me want to hurl. I figured …

The EPT Pregnancy Test is the test on the market today. Normally pregnancy tests try to ascertain very early if hormone HCG is in your urine by doing this it can be determined if you are pregnant or not. EPT Test is the only test that can be used …

Dexamethazone Elixir is Cortio Steroid that is used for people with chronic asthma and also for treating croup attacks. I have reviewed other steroids and I do not feel highly about them. But if your child needs it then what can you do? This is the medicine that many …

I have always had a problem waiting for pain medications to get into my system. Though I have luck with a lot of medications, they don’t work quite fast enough to me. I was having some serious ankle pain, after I fell into a hole. I had noticed a …

Niccip Plus, the best antibiotic available around to fight viral fever and other similar disease. Niccip plus is available in two forms tablets and syrup. While the tablet is preferred by the adults the doctor normally prescribes the syrup for children below the age of eight. It is the …

I was diagnosed with acute neuritis once in my life. The affected body part, of all the functional parts, involved my left hand. At such condition, I feel a surge of painful sensation running along my wrist. It’s the result of poor body mechanics at work, …

I got sick when we were at Hurricane Evacuation at a hotel. It was my whole family in two hotel rooms. It was a horrendous experience. With the recycled air and being trapped with all the other people in their rooms. The whole hotel was in complete lock down …

I have been a patient or visitor at many a health places and have to say that this hospital is a cut above. The maternity wing is very well equiped with all the medical necessities and comfort items such as a TV and a large window overlooking outside. The …

I have had horrible heartburn recently. I wanted relief, which I didn’t get from Tums, but I didn’t want to start taking something serious. I know that all medicine is at least somewhat serious, but I have heard of a great number of people starting heartburn medicine and being …

I remember once, when I was about ten years old, I woke up one morning with a persistent ringing in my ears. By mid-afternoon, the ringing became a painful thing and it had me in tears. I remember lying on the couch crying, and my oldest sister came over …

When I am trying to fight off a cold I like to suck on Zand Elderberry Zinc Herbal Lozenges. They provide my body with zinc which helps fight off the cold and it contains natural herbal extract in it that help support my immune system. Best of all I …

My boyfriend had a hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. He was taking Tylenol PM every night. I didn’t think that could be good for him so I advised him to take Melatonin. He bought Melatonin 3mg, 240 tablets by Natrol from our local pharmacy.
Melatonin is an …

I am on the Depo Provera shot, and I have been on it for almost two years. I don’t have insurance, so I go to the health department. My docter said she wants me two get on a different birth control in two more years. The reason she wants …

Ultram ER 300 mg (tramadol) is a non narcotic pain control agent that is designed to work as a time released agent. I used Ultram for my back pain and found that I had a lot of break through pain after sleeping through the night or would wake …

My quest to lose weight is not yet over. I am still trying to bring back my normal weight before I go back to school this June. I don’t want to see myself wearing my school uniform in this overweight size that I have right now. I did a …

I took Primosa Evening Primrose Oil in soft gelatin capsule form because I wanted to improve my cervical mucous. It has to be taken 2 capsules or depending on what your physician will tell you.
For me, I took it 2 capsules daily where one capsule of Primosa contains 500mg …

Benicar is a medication used to treat hypertension.As medication goes,I guess it is okay for young people in the beginning who have only slight hypertension and you don’t have to use it for five or more years.
I would say anyone who has had high blood for years it is …

A random drug for a random headache, I took Paracetamol instead of Ibuprofen to ease myself of headache. I was warned by my sister that constant doses of Paracetamol can potentially make the bones brittle. I ran out of Advil a long time ago and wanted something …

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 …

Finally a contraceptive pill that works against acne! This pill was recommended by my dermatologist and not by my gynecologist, mind you. I was surprised when I found out that it was a contraceptive, when all along I thought it was an oral medication for my acne. Apparently, she …