Even for such a simple task as finding a cost-effective pain reliever, or cure for headache, it could be quite a challenge finding oneself in the over-the-counter drug aisle of Shoppers Drugmart.
I timed myself and it took me a good five minutes before I decided to buy Life Regular …

As a chronic heartburn sufferer I frequently turn to Tums antacid. Usually I need 3 or 4 of these little white tablets if I’m suffering from a bad attack, (usually after I’ve eaten pizza again!). This time however; I bought Tums Ultra 1000mg Strength and I’m so impressed.
These tums …

My daughter was just turn to six months old when the doctor gave me a prescription for some extra vitamin which is called AD Plex. She need to take extra vitamin at that time because she was already stop drinking breast feeding. I was pregnant for the second time …

This particular cough syrup is a little different because it does two things from just one bottle. When you are buying a cough syrup it is important to get the right one. There are two types one being a suppressant and the other an expectorant.
This bottle of Robitussin …

As a woman who is lactose intolerant, I avoid dairy. The effects of dairy on my system are simply too unpleasant to indulge in the temporary fix from cheese or ice cream. However, even though I eat a lot of broccoli and other greens with calcium I still take …

It was my first year of motherhood when I was introduced to Calpol Paracetamol. My infant was having fever after he was vaccinated and I was so worried. It was the first time he had fever ever since he was born and I was so worried despite the fact …

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 …

I started on Paxil CR 25 mg per day as treatment for my depression and anxiety. It made me sleepy for a week or so while it was building up in my system, but I felt the depression lifting after about 3 days. My anxiety was less at that …

If you aren’t familiar with the idea of taking Melatonin supplements, then you may not realize how helpful it can be. Especially for someone that has a hard time getting to sleep or staying asleep. My significant other has had sleeping problems just about his entire life. It takes …

I have had a problem with reflux for about ten years. I’ve been on over the counter medications on and off over that time, which worked fairly well, but I have recently found more relief with a prescription medication called Protonix, a proton pump inhibitor that stops my stomach …

Aciphex Delayed Release Tablets
I take this medicine for acid reflux. All those years of spicy food and smoking has finally caught up with me. I take Aciphex on a regular basis. I usually take once a day (20mg) before my morning coffee. It doesn’t upset my stomach at all. …

I’ve had problems with insomnia now for several years. I went the doctor route and he tried prescribing everything from Ambien to Lunesta, to Xanax to Sonata.
The prescription meds, I found were not for me. Ambien absolutely spaces me out and makes me act crazy if I don’t …

For anyone who has children antibiotic ointment is a staple for life. I do not have my own children but I do happen to have three lovely nieces. They are wonderful children who never cease to amaze me, but they are also the most accident prone children that I …

An herbal supplement I use daily to help me handle stress better is the Natures Answer American Ginseng Root. It comes in a plastic supplement bottle with 90 vegetarian capsules supplements in it. The supplement is affordable and worth using to help deal with stress naturally. The ginseng root …

I suffer from really debilitating period pain every month and for some inexplicable reason my doctor recently took me off my prescribed medication which was the anti-inflammatory drug, Naproxen, that was working and put me onto another painkiller which just does not work. This meant that I was …

Having a child running a fever can be really hectic and mind boggling. I hate dealing with myself and my kids being sick and try to do whatever I can to stop the problem ASAP. When my daughter got her vaccines before the school year started, she was not …

Neosporin has been around since I was a child. I have been around it for such a long time that my medicine kit just does not seem complete without it. I have the generic brand too, but I had a coupon about a year ago for this product …

My fiance was recently admitted to Home Hospital overnight and I couldn’t be happier with the service we received here. Along with St. Elizabeth, Home Hospital is part of the Arnett medical system here in Lafayette, and accepts all major insurance companies.
When we arrived at the hospital with …

When I was young all we had was Padrax to treat worm. It was in syrup form and it tasted so bad in my mouth that I dreaded taking that worm treatment when I was a child. I remembered that my Dad and Mom had to hold …

While I thought I had hit every hospital in the NYC area, I was totally shocked when I had a D & C at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. I did not think that such a great efficient hospital existed in NYC with the way healthcare is. …

I am reviewing the Aquaphor Healing Ointment, branded by Eucerin, that comes in a 1.75 ounce squeezable tube. I am totally in love with this product!
I started using it about 9 years ago when an Ears, Nose and Throat Specialist suggested it to me. As a child, I suffered …

As almost everyone knows about me, I have had problems with muscle aches. These problems especially occur in my lower back and my knees. I don’t know why it happens to me, but it has been happening ever since I gave birth to my first child. I’m always looking …

I’ve had nasal allergies for as long as I can remember. Since my doctor recommended NasalCrom, I’ve been coping so much better. I don’t know why so many people tend to poo-poo nasal sprays - despite the fact that a nasal spray directly targets a nasal allergy …

When I went in a Mission Field for two weeks with my officemates, I had the biggest mistake of my life. I left my emergency bag and hence was without any vitamin C or herbal supplement and other first aid medicine too all through the one week …

I was prescribed Lexapro as a way to help combat my depression that I have been struggling with for over three years. I was reluctant to begin drug therapy, as I was apprehensive about how the medication would affect me. I was started at the 10mg dose by my …

It’s a new clinic in our area although in some places, they already have established branches. I was quite thrilled when I discovered them for they are very near the place where I live and for someone like me who seldom visit the mall (where most of the …

Who has not heard the famous slogan “Relief from indigestion, heartburn, diarrhea, and stomach upset.” on the Pepto Bismol commercials. It seems to be a bit ridiculous for a set of commercials but none the less their actually quite right. Pepto Bismol has been around for as long …

I have been using this product for about 10 years now. Before Excedrine came out with this there was nothing that I could take for my migraines that was not prescription. The headaches would linger for days sometimes. I tried regular over the counter pain relievers, but nothing worked …

Last year, I went on a camping trip with some friends, in the middle of the summer when my allergies and hay fever was usually at its worst. The weather was humid, raining and hot, and the mosquitos were out in force, and so not only was I getting …

Everyone falls sick and fight diseases in his or her life many a times. In spite of taking all care, we still fall ill, maybe due to less immunity in the body or some external infections. Once ill, one naturally has to go to a doctor and then start …

I got this for my 11 months old baby daughter when she was down with cold and nasal congestion. She is susceptible to cold quite often because she tends to sweat a lot especially on the sides and at the back of her head and that makes …

I was actually prescribed this medication from my doctor because every night in my house I started sniffing and sneezing. The problem was that there was a slight itch and tickle in my nose which made me sniff to get rid of it. I often had fits on …

I have been an obstetrics patient at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania twice — a vaginal birth in 2004 and a C-section in 2006. I must say that both experiences were extremely pleasant, or as pleasant as giving birth can be. Both of my admissions …

Alprazolam is drug of choice in case of anxiety. Though anxiety may occur at any age, but this drug is not advisable to children. Anxiety may occur due to any reasons like death of near relative, witness of any horrible incidence, exam fear, preoperative, post-operative etc. In anxiety patients …

I have been taking high strength oil of peppermint tablets for a short while. I suffer with IBS and also often get indigestion. My mum had been encouraging me for months to try high strength oil of peppermint tablets and I’d been reluctant. Simply because I …

I have never felt better since I started taking this product. I usually get sick four to five times each year, well it has been one year since I started and I never visited my doctor this year. The transfer factors boost my immune system so I get more …

I have taken sleeping medicines before. I have tried a few different brands and found that few of them actually work without causing any side affects. One of the first brands that I ever tried was Tylenol PM.
I decided to try this medication because headaches were keeping me up …

When I started wearing contacts my optometrist gave me two solutions for my contact lenses. One solution for cleaning and the other is for soaking. So, I bought 1 pair of big bottles and another pair of small bottles so I can bring it over wherever I …

I often keep my grandchildren overnight at my house. When they were infants, they would sometimes be a little cranky and it would be because they needed some stomach relief from gas. This happened mostly when they were very small infants but in any case, I really needed something …

I am not a particularly enthusiastic proponent of mood-altering chemicals, especially those produced by pharmaceutical companies. However, I do believe that sertraline (known under various trade names: Zoloft, Lustral, Apo-Sertral, Asentra, etc.) may have improved my life. Please, be aware that this substance is highly contentious and can produce a …

This product proved to be moderately successful to me. I used Dr Scholls ultra thin corn remover for about a week and it did give me some temporary relief. But it never worked as a full solution. The primary advantage I see with this one is the ease of …

One of my friends who is a college undergraduate student has a lot of trouble focusing and keeping material in her head. She was having a lot of trouble focusing in her classes and so she started to look for something which would help her get through her problem. …

My doctor prescribed me Yasmin because I desparately needed another contraceptive due to the fact I wasn’t able to stand out the bad side effects of the previous pills anymore. In fact, I’ve tried many and many brand but no one was working. This one was no exception and …

Ronnie Clinic or better known as Klinik Ronnie in this area is a very good clinic which I frequent a lot. There are actually 2 doctors who work for the clinic. The main doctor which is Dr Ronnie normally works during the daytime while a younger doctor works at …

Recently, my weight has been gradually diminishing. I weighed lesser than a hundred pounds which was really alarming. Given my poor state, I always fall ill of sickness every now and then. My rail thin physique and my undeniable prevalence to diseases made my mom so worried. …

When it comes to heartburn, it is like I can never fight it off. I hate the way it makes me feel and it has been haunting me for the past 6 years. Though I don’t get it as often as I did before I lost weight, I do …

I’m a frequent visitor in my doctor’s clinic. Every week, I come back to get my blood tested and other medical procedures done. This was because of the illness that I had which required constant monitoring. Months ago, I was diagnosed of Paget’s disease. It’s an abnormal formation of …

I live in an area where it is pretty dry. It is desert, so I don’t have to worry about too many different insects. One thing I do have to worry about is the mosquitoes, that plague my city. I live close to the Mexican border and many of …

Well, I was suffering with a bout of cold and cough combined with occasional fever and this was constantly irritating me. I couldn’t eat well and didn’t want to drink anything;but, at the same time, was going high on medication.
One morning, just before I went to office, I picked …

I had a severe case of abdominal colic a few months ago which as can be described as on and off pain that seemed to be moving around within my abdomen associated with some unusual fullness within my stomach. I was also experiencing some nausea. To tell …