Eight or nine years ago when I moved from Arkansas to Michigan with my husband, I was immediately overcome with allergies. I had never experienced them a day before in my life until I moved here, and it’s been a constant in my life ever since. We didn’t have …

A few months ago I got a really bad cold. I had a migraine from all of the nasal congestion, and my cough was so bad that my chest burned each and every time I coughed. My eyes were watery and I felt like my life was over. I …

I have always had what my doctor call “loose joints” meaning that I am susceptible to dislocating my joints and I don’t have good stability. It had never actually been a problem for me, though, until last summer when I twisted wrong and fell, dislocating my right knee …

Voltaren Emulgel is a muscle rub, like so many other you would find out there. But there is something that makes this one worth the money.
This rub was recommended by a doctor for arthritis relief but it isn’t a prescription medication. It can easily be bought over the counter …

My skin had gotten so severely dried out that my eczema was getting worse and worse. I decide to give the Natralia Eczema & Psoriasis Wash a try to help cleanse and wash my body up gently in the shower and I have to say it worked very well. …

I am a fan of Bactie Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray Frist Aid Antiseptic Pain Reliever. I can remember using Bactine many years ago when I was a kid. I remember falling off my bike and my mother getting the plastic bottle of Bactine out and putting on my scraped …

My youngest son has gotten allergic reaction because of reason unknown to me. I used a medicine which I had kept at my first aid kit without any success. I also saw red bumps coming out at various locations of his body. I had to immediately rush to my pediatrician. …

I hate suffering from feminine itches, especially when it is associated with a yeast infection. This occurs way too much for me, and it can be agitating trying to worry about the next best cure or symptom reducer. Though my yeast infections have slowed down in the past year, …

I’ve been using Halls as a child, but I’ve always hated them. that cherry flavor they have was horrid! But, now I buy the Halls Fruit Breezers in Cool Berry and I enjoy them so much more. they aren’t sickly tasting like nasty medicine, and instead, …

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 …

I came from a family who has a history of chronic asthma. I guess they passed it to me too. I’ve been struggling with asthma since I was a child. My parents wouldn’t allow me to play with the other kids in fear of having an asthma attack. I …

I have had a few ear infections within the last year. One time, I was sick and went to the doctor. My left ear was hurting. The doctor looked in my ears. I ended up having an ear infection in both ears. My right …

Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Generic Zyrtec) —”  I bought these at my local walmart a few years back because I was having some severe allergy issues. They are essentially a generic version of Zyrtec so I decided that I would try them. My hope was that they would work as well …

I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type II disorder in 2003, and after a year of finding the right medication, I am very happy to say that I have been on Zyprexa 2.5 MG for 4 1/2 years with no ill side effects. I have not had any rapidly changing …

I browsed this product online but I bought it at a pharmacy nearby our place in Mumbai. Usually it was the generic name clotrimazole that I started browsing and I ended up buying this vaginal cream to get rid of my yeast infection.
I have noticed that I got these …

When I was younger, I would, at very rare times, get activity caused asthmatic reactions. Asthma ran in my family, so it was not surprising. I suppose I was probably lucky that mine was only sports induced, rather than fully active, like in the cases of many …

When allergy season hits me, it hits me hard. I have very bad allergies and I need something that will knock it out so that I can keep on going through the day. My doctor suggested that I try Sudafed and I choose the non-drowsy formula so that I …

I have a teenage son that has Autism. For years we have tried counseling, life-style adjustments, and other methods of reaching him. The hardest thing that we have had to cope with was his rising anxiety and frustrations. They could be brought about from the smallest thing and it …

As a registered nurse, I have administered Gas-X Softgels to my patients as well as taken it myself for the occasional bout of pressure, bloating and discomfort, aka gas. As anyone who has ever had a wicked case of gas can attest to, it is, to say the …

About eight months ago I discovered my first ever pile, or haemorrhoid as they are properly called (that is such a hard word to spell properly!). I was horrified at this discovery of this revolting thing up my back passage and I had to get a mirror to …

I had a sickness for like two months. I went to the doctor three times and was given three different diagnoses. First I went in and he said it was allergies, so he gave me an allergy medicine and sent me on my way. I returned to him two …

Vicks VapoRub really brings me back to my youth. I can remember when I had a cold, my mother would rub Vicks VapoRub on my throat and cover it with a warm scarf. Back in those days, and I’m talking years ago, they even put the Vicks …

I have been debilitated by severe menstrual cramps for years. I can remember from my early teen years being doubled over in paid on a monthly basis. The pain from my menstrual cramps was so severe at times, I could barely walk. My older sister also …

I got the worst cold ever and I cannot breathe due to clogged but runny nose. I used to open my mouth when I sleep and it was really difficult to get a …

About 9 years ago I quick smoking. I had smoked for about 4 or 5 years. I got hooked on them pretty quick. I had a really hard time trying to stop smoking. I had heard that there was a medication that could help me …

I don’t get sick often, in fact I usually get what I call the seasonal head cold. Where once a year right before warm weather comes I get a cold. It usually consists of the normal stuffy head, runny nose, coughing, etc.. And I take …

Cough and cold is common complain of children. As immunity power of children are low they easily has either allergic, bacterial or viral infection. If not treated easily causes into pneumonitis.
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I am currently working with a company which demands full commitment to the working tasks. In other way, I am working with a high demanding company, and instantly it would be connected with stressful environment and lots (and lots of!) pressures. I joined them in June and in August …

I have been fighting a really bad cold lately and needed some relief from my stuffy head. So, I ended up running up the street to the store to buy a box of Shower Soothers.
First of all, the price of these things is outrageous. It was $4.99 for three …

When ever myself or any person of my family had nasal congestion due to common cold or any other infection, I use to take Otrivin nasal drop. It gives me instant relief from nasal blockage. Being doctor I also prescribe my patient same medicine.
As it gives instant result , …

I’ve suffered some serious issues with allergies over the course of the last five years that just seem to be getting consistently worse every year they occur. This year, they didn’t really start bothering me until about September, and usually it’s gone in the winter, but the sinus congestion …

I hate having to deal with a sore throat. It never seems to go away and can never be treated enough. I’ve tried almost everything for my sore throat and was starting to get frustrated at all for the money I was wasting. I tired chloraseptic sprays, but that …

I recently tried the Phentermine diet pill. I was pretty impressed at first. The first week I was really liking it. I had extra energy and was not hungry at all until the evening time. So I was being more active and eating less. I did loose a few …

Advil has been around for years. I remember my parents and grandparents taking it and sometimes I do too, at least for certain things. Advil is an anti-inflammatory medicine that is commonly used to treat a variety of ailments from headaches to muscle pain and arthritis. It can be …

We bought a package of this flu and cough medicine last year to help my mother when she was having a bad chest cold. It is not a pill but is a powder that you dissolve in hot water to make a lemon flavored drink. Ever since she …

Wal-Dram (Dimenhydrinate), is Walgreens brand generic version of Dramamine. Wal-Dram is used for the treatment and prevention of motion sickness or nauseau. I have used it for both purposes. As someone that suffers from pretty bad motion sickness, I can say that this product is not bad for the …

For the uninitiated, rubbing alcohol is a kind of an alcohol compound used mostly for massage. But for me and my family, rubbing alcohol has so many uses dating back to growing up as a kid in the Philippines. I remember my mother using it to clean …

When you have the flue there’s nothing worst than the fact that you have to blow your nose all the time and your have headaches because of that.
This tablets have antipyretic, analgesic and expectorational effect, that actually means that it lowers the temperature, reduces the pai and reduces the …

Sinus congestion is something I don’t have to deal with often, but when it hits me it hits me with a bang. This sometimes happen to me during the seasonal change, especially from summer to fall and winter to spring. It seems like these are the windiest seasons where …

Orajel Severe Toothache Pain Relief Severe Pain Formula used to be the medication I would turn to when I had a terrible toothache to contend with until I could get to the dentist to have the problem taken care of. The point thirty-three ounce tube would cost me seven …

Pain can stop you from doing the things that you like and you are ought to do. Thus, whenever I am experiencing it, I make sure I can stop it in one fell swoop. The old medicine Paracetamol, never had the potency that I wanted in a pain reliever. …

I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis for 14 years now. The doctors all say I had it for the last 18 years though, because I had a goiter at the age of 16. That is a symptom of the disease. Usually with regular hypothyroidism you don’t …

I have been dealing with pain that starts from my upper extremities and shoots down to the lower middle of my back. The pain was not very severe, but bad enough that I could not stand for a long period of time. I wanted something that would relieve the …

For years I have suffered from IBS and though most of the time due to diet it is under control, now and again it flares up and causes pain and distress.
That’s where this comes in handy!
It is a powder called Ispagel that comes in a small sachet, and is …

When my shoulder pain first started to get more intense, I found myself looking for a treatment that is mild and to the point. I don’t like to overmedicate myself and wanted something to get rid of the pain. I have always thought that Ibuprofen tablets do okay for …

Although you don’t take this stuff internally, I have to say that this is perhaps one of the most powerful ‘medicinal’ products out there. I say this because there is no other chest and cough reliever out there that can work as fast as Vicks VapoRub Decongestant can and how! …

I like to talk about medicine because when it all boils down to it, every one has to take it. I don’t care what it is or when you need it, there will come a time when you will take it. I have had Mylanta in my cabinet for …

I have bought and taken Strepsil Cough Sweets either for sore throats or to suppress my cough for years. I have tried most of the different flavors they offer. Having tried so many different flavors, one of the medicines that was least offensive, though perhaps not the …

As every migraine person knows (I hate the word ‘patient’ or ’sufferer’) migraine is a killer… I am 55 years old and have migraines since I was 7. Life has been hell… until 1991. In that year the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo came with a new medicine: Imigran! That is …

Traveling, irrespective of distance, is an activity I like to do with a purpose. For example, I like to go out with friends, family or do personal affair. To play things by ear is something I avoid doing, not because I have to strictly follow my schedule rather a …