I have been suffering from a lot of muscle strain recently, and felt that the pain and the swelling was slowly becoming unbearable. I have been cutting back on how many oral medications I ingest and try to find pain relief through ointments and gels. I felt like I …

Anyone tossing around the idea of quitting smoking may want to talk to their attending physician about the possibility of being prescribed Zyban. This medication can only be obtained with a prescription from a physician but can be a useful tool when trying to quit smoking. I …

My youngest child has a very sensitive skin. When she is bitten by an insect or develops rashes because of things in the air or whatever she ate, she starts scratching. And when she begins to do this, she has difficulties to stop even if I tie her hands …

I have really hated this summer. And for the same reasons why I normally hate summertime in Las Vegas which is a desert after all and not all that far from Death Valley which is perhaps the hottest place in the entire Earth. I mean, the heat has always been …

HQ Skin lightening gel from Neoceuticals is a good gel formulated for freckles, age spots, other discolorations in pregnancy and by use of contraceptives. I had skin discoloration problems on my chin area and the doctor recommended this gel from Neoceuticals, Neostrata, US. In my opinion …

I must stress that I do have extremely painful periods. I am one of the unlucky women who really gets it bad, so bad that I have to take a day off work once a month (most months anyway) and my work colleagues assume I am faking it. …

At times, advertising definitely gives me ideas for products which I would like to try. Last week, I saw an advertisement for Voltaren Emulgel, something I had never heard of before; the ad claims that this topical pain reliever provides effective relief for body aches and pains. It also …

Whenever I get sick, it seems like the whole family is sick. I still think it is due to my daughters exposure to sick kids at school, but will never really know. We were all suffering from colds, and my daughter is much like me and has a hard …

Lotromin Ultra is a spray that a spray that assists in the fight against Athletes foot and this is a product that I first learned about when I was hanging around some of my friends at a club one night and we had been dancing and looking for ladies …

I recently went to the doctor complaining of pains in my right side. I told the doctor I was prone to kidney stones and other infections, and had a family history of these conditions. Though I was showing no other signs of infection, aside from the pain, my doctor …

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 …

About a month ago, I had one of the worst headaches that I have experienced in a long time. I sometimes get migraine headaches, but this particular headache was not a migraine, but more of a tension headache. It not only affect my head, but the back of my …

After a hearty dinner at my sister’s ‘ wedding anniversary’ celebration, little did I realize that I was expecting something worst like this to happen. After having enjoyed the celebrations to the core, when I went down to have a good night sleep, my ‘good night’ almost turned to …

My child has Severe Factor five deficiency. Amacar or the generic Aminocaproic Acid 25% is what I give him every six hours for mucus membrane bleeding. It will stop the bleeding normally within two or three days. My son has indicated that the syrup medicine taste …

I wouldn’t say that I’m exactly a germ-aphobe, but when talking along those lines, I definitely don’t like things that could potentially make me sick, cause bacteria or germs to spread, and I always put my mouth to my elbow (not my hands) when I cough and wash my …

It seems like the weather changes always make me sick in one way or another. My nose is something that really gets affected by the weather changes from summer to fall and from winter to spring. During this time my nose always seems like it has sinuses. My nose …

Most women experience hormonal changes in their lives especially during those end of months days or during pregnancy. Over the last one year, I started noticing that every time, two or one week before end month, I would develop two or three pimples on my cheek. At first, I …

Its been almost a year since I was drinking this Trust Pill. Many people says that taking an oral contraceptive pill will cause me a problem. Like nausea, discharge, weight problem and even something that I might get a cyst. Oh I really don’t know what to believe before. …

Three days every month, when it comes closer to fullmoon, I have headaches. Most of the time I can handle the pain simply by ignoring it. Sometimes though, the pain is close to a migraine attack. If it comes to this stage I want to bang my head against …

I’ve probably reviewed more nasal sprays and allergy medicines than anyone here would care to read, so I decided, with this one, I’d try to focus on treating some of the after-effects of sinus infections and allergy problems. We all know what the symptoms of allergies are… the stuffy …

Aloe Mist is an alcohol-free gel spray for sunburns. This is a very smart product that should be in every beach bag. It’s much better than traditional sunburn lotions because you don’t have to rub it in. All you do is spray it on the burn. It works just …

My son has recently been having chronic colds since starting preschool. He usually battles a perpetually horrific cough on and off. Finally, I took him to the doctor and she advised that we start using a nebulizer machine to help reduce risk of coughs and colds. To my astonishment, …

I don’t like pain killers because I am always afraid to become addicted to them but also that after some time I would need higher amount of it to kill the pain. So I prefer using gels than pills.
Yesterday I left the house and it wasn’t raining so I …

Nail Fungus No More is an organic product used to treat toenail fungus. I had heard from a friend that it worked for her so I tried it as well (before I found something that really works). I don’t know if it really worked for her but it really …

I remember a couple of years ago, I constantly have yeast infection. It is recurrent. I know the symptoms and I was sure it was yeast infection. I did my part researching about it and I found out that yeast infection is a common type of vaginal infection caused …

One time after dining out with my family at a restaurant, I went home with crazy runs that left my stomach painful for hours. I ate something there that upsets my stomach (half-cooked food, I believed so). Just like other people who wanted to wait a little bit …

I am not pregnant. But I needed to find a multivitamin. I went to a weight loss clinic once and they put you on a prenatal vitamin just to make sure you get everything you need. They made sure to tell me to take it with food, because they …

I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome and go through cycles of uncontrolable bowels and then constipation. This is an ongoing problem with me due to a prescription drug I have to take. My doctor recommended that I use MiraLAX because he said it was less likely to to be …

My Dad recently had a knee replacement and was sent to Coordinated Health for rehab. He was hesitant to go there because his siblings had told him stories about how difficult the therapists are there, and how they push you too hard, but that’s who the doctor works …

I hate nasal sprays. They freak me out. I’ll be honest. The thought of sticking something up my nose and then spraying a liquid into my skull just doesn’t seem like my cup of tea, but honestly, after a really bad bout of allergies a couple years ago, and …

There are many medicines for fever but somehow we tend to buy or patronize the brands that we have been using for the longest time. In my case, fevers meant paracetamol rather than ibuprofen, moreover, I tend to use Tempra over other brands because it was what my mother …

I was recently put on sulfasalazine for my rheumatoid arthritis. I had a bad reaction to the sulfasalazine and had to go to urgent care and then later to the emergency room. Both places gave me a shot of solu-medrol 125 mg.
Solu-medrol contains methylprednisolone. …

I am so glad that I found Pharex Hydrocortisone Butyrate 0.1% Cream Anti-Inflammatory Steroidal for my skin rashes. I am allergic to some foods and fabrics. I do not know exactly what my allergic triggers are. All I can tell is that when I get allergic reaction to something, …

I had to take out my daughter from school last Wednesday as the outbreaks in her nose spread to the other parts on her face. Which was the wisest decision despite her insistence that she did not want to miss school. The doctor confirmed that she has streptococcal …

I discovered Caltrate Plus completely by accident, and I have to admit that I take it for an entirely different reason than its intended purpose. It is a dietary supplement that contains calcium, as well as Vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, and copper manganese, and is intended to help people …

Q Street MDs is the best medical office I have ever been to. I have never had as many positive and perfect experiences as I did at the Q Street MDs’ office. The office is in a quaint old townhouse on Q street by Embassy Row. The office is …

Recently I made some changes to my diet. I usually eat foods that are no so healthy and I am trying to cut back on them. My body didn’t react well to the change and left me feeling a lot of constipation. I hate being backed up as I …

There’s nothing worse then having to go to work the next day when you feel achy all over. Having a cold drains away all your energy so I usually turn to Nyquil Cherry flavor. But please keep in mind that this isn’t the best tasting cherry medicine. Personally for …

Desmopressin is a medicine that they give to people that have trouble with wetting the bed. The doctor gave it to my 10 yr old son because we couldn’t him to stop wetting. It is supposed to make him go to the bathroom less, but so far I don’t …

I was very surprised when the hospital gave my 2 year old daughter an acetaminophen suppository due to her vomiting, but sent us home without any to use the rest of the day. She wasn’t holding down any fluids so there was no way to relieve her pain …

Two years ago I fell ill. The doctors did many tests on me and said I had a virus - similar to mononucleosis and it would go away. It took three months to go away but after that I was left with fatigue and pain.
I was …

I was at the office one day when I felt my abdomen become distended. It was hard and rigid to touch. I don’t know if it was something I ate or was it because of my late lunch. So I turned on my computer, Googled some remedies and found …

Actually I am not sure if this laserin syrup that I knew for a long time is just syrup that we can take when we have coughing or it can also be your medicine when you have a little fever or headache.
So far, I have been using this Laserin …

NyQuill is one of those medicines that I grew up on. I can remember my parents always wanting to give it to me when I was younger, but I could not stand the taste. Now that I am older and have real responsibilities, I am perfectly willing to deal …

This pack contains 12 tablets that contain 200mg Ibuprofen (as Ibuprofen lysine). At the back of the box it states that ‘Nurofen Migraine Pain provides rapid, effective relief from Migraine and headache pain.
I can’t tell you enough how great these are!! I have really bad headaches/migraines and the ordinary …

Simvastatin 10mg is what I was prescribed for high cholesterol for over a year. I do not have any other known medical conditions except I am somewhat overweight. For the entire time I was on the medication, I had no side effects as listed in the literature.
My cholesterol …

As the mother of an ex-heroin addict, I was thrilled to learn about Suboxone, which my son has been prescribed in its pill form from an addiction specialist.
My son’s main complaints about the pill were its taste and the length of time it takes for the pill to dissolve …

Sometime ago, I had a little problem with cholesterol. That’s why I went to a doctor to get medicine or pill to reduce the problem. Then the doctor gave prescription for me to buy medicine or tablets in the pharmacy store. She gave me Cholestat at that time. I …

I do a heck of a lot of walking and even though I wear the correct footwear my poor knees seem to be suffering- as do some of my other joints! My doctor did some tests and confirmed I was starting with Athritis..’Oh No!’ I thought as I’m only …

When the cold weather comes around, I almost always come done with a cold or the flu. It is the worst, and it always binds me to my bed for a few days to recover, setting my behind on my work. I absolutely hate being sick, and in my …