I used to drink cranberry juice all day, every day. It was my favorite juice, next to apple juice. But, since becoming hypoglycemic, I can no longer drink it. It’s weird, but less than a year after I stopped drinking the juice, I started getting urinary …

Getting sick is no fun, unless you’re a kid and it’s a school day. For adults however, getting a cold and being all congested is a very unpleasant experience, especially around the holidays. Who wants to feel sick and lousy at Thanksgiving or Christmas? I doubt many would raise …

A few weeks ago I suffered a severe case of frozen shoulder. I work long hours in front of a computer, and coupled with my poor posture, and my tendency to lean on my elbows, my poor shoulder just gave up on me. At first I tried to self-medicate …

Being sick is always dreadful for me. It seems like it always hits me really hard. It might also be that I do not have a high tolerance for cold symptoms. Two parts of a cold really bring me to my knees. They are nose congestion and chest congestion. …

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 am a contact lens wearer. Although I don’t have problem with my eyes, i wear contacts (colored) just to be different. Problem is, when I am using type of lens with lower water content (like only 35% water and the rest is polymer), my eyes can feel tired …

If you suffer from migraine, then you might want to ask your physician about a fairly new drug called Maxalt. It is placed under the tongue and melts very quickly. However it must be taken at the first sign of a migraine coming on. Many people …

I had a bad case of severe back pain about 6 months ago after carrying a very heavy load. This caused me to be always on my back and thus I was in bed all day. Because of this I was not able to go to work.
My husband …

I take a lot of Vitamin C and other vitamins, to keep colds away from my poor immune system, and though I still get the occasional sinus cold, I am able to rebound in a much faster time, and do not feel as run down as I once did …

During spring time, I always have problems with hay fever and I tested a variety of products which claim to fight this condition. One of the most effective pills are , in my opinion, the One-a-day allergy relief tablets created by Boots.Unlike other similar tablets, they are not habit-forming and …

I was bewildered why I frequently had flank pain accompanied by a difficulty in urinating. I thought that I had a urinary tract infection so I self-medicated by drinking a lot of water and took an antibiotic that was in my fridge. Even though I had finished the complete …

This is a wonderful asthma treatment. It is to be used twice a day unless otherwise directed by a doctor. It has gotten me through in sickness and in health as a maintenance medication, with albuterol as my emergency inhaler. I recommend my doctor’s instructions—”first of …

There are so many different antihistamines and allergy relief tablets on the market that it can be hard to find the “one” that specifically meets your particular allergy needs. If you suffer from allergies, whether seasonal or constant, you know what I’m talking about. My allergy symptoms usually include …

We always have certain kind of medicine that we store in the house. Just in case, we need a kind of medicine in emergency case, we don’t have to panic or worry since we have enough stocks in the house.
One of the medicine that I store in my cupboard …

I loved the fact that, growing up, I never had an allergic reaction to anything noteable that I can remember. That is, of course, until I moved from Arkansas to Michigan. The climate change is such a dramatic difference, one from the other, that I began experiencing allergy symptoms …

Histamine-2 blockers, a group of drugs, are called Ranitidine. It reduces the amount of acid in stomach. This medicine prevents and treats intestines and stomach. The reflux disease can also be treated with this medication.
I got to know about this medicine when I started suffering from “heartburn” badly. Since …

I started taking these when I was pregnant. My doctor recommended I try to increase my calcium while pregnant and told me a supplement was a good way to do so. He suggested this brand by name so I felt comfortable taking them while pregnant.
I purchased these …

Percocet is a pain reliever medication that needs a doctor’s prescription. This is also in the name oxycodin. Percocet is one of the best medication prescribes out there for pain that is more than minor pain. Percocet can be a great source for you pain after major surgeries like …

Being a 22 year old woman, I think that I have a good looking body and my skin is fare and I’m also happy with this. Now I am going share my experience with ( Daktarin cream). I was quite sceptic as there isn’t much talk or reviews about …

I had been troubled by a severe pain on the right hand side of my head and in my ears, which I later had found out was the result of an ear infection. Before I went to the doctor to get a diagnosis and some prescription medication, I had …

I used this allergy tablets during Spring this year when I my sneezing was uncontrollable due to pollens in the air. I bought this over the counter at Walmart when I stopped by there to go shopping. It comes in a small white plastic bottle with small elongated pink …

Trimox CV dry syrup was prescribed to my youngest son for the treatment of wounds on his head. It is actually a powerful antibiotic which quicken the wound healing process apart from keeping off any possibility of spreading of infection. He had three wounds on the head and when we …

Prescription migraine headache medication come with lots of side effects. I have been getting migraine headaches for as long as I can remember. The pounding pain, light sensitivity and nausea are indescribable and unrelenting. When I get a migraine, all I can do is try and …

I have three kids, so fever is common among our household at least a couple times a year. With a newborn/infant that gets shots every few months, fever is even more common. I started using Infants Motrin with my oldest son (who is now 13) and still use it …

I am fed up of writing reviews with the word —˜phlegm’ in them, but we are talking phlegm again with this one as I am reviewing Bell’s Mentholated Bronchial Balsam and I think it is excellent stuff. Out of all the many decongestants and expectorants I have been …

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, …

Whenever I get a clogged nose it drives me insane, especially how only one nostril will open up at a time. I get clogged nose all the time, because I recently started suffering from allergies whenever the seasons change. Whenever my nose starts getting clogged I then get a …

Zolpidem is a prescription sleep aid that is approved by the FDA. Most over the counter sleep aids are just forms of Benadryl. The problem with that is that you may take Benadryl and then the over the counter sleep aids together or on the same day. That is …

To be honest, I do not use mouthwash until I learned about its use. It fights bacteria that are remaining in the mouth that the toothpaste cannot eliminate. Just to have a fresh breathe and because I was curious, I tried to use mouthwash.
When I went to the grocery, …

I was born as a Taureans (Taurus zodiac), and therefore i’m easily have problems with my nose, i’m easily got influenza.
It was back in my 5th birthday when i realize i’m allergical to the dust. Everytime i enter a room that have dusty environment, my nose start to snotting. …

Until I found Evoxac I had problems with severely dry mouth. I had tried a number of dry mouth type products with little positive effect on my Sjogren’s Disease. As a result of the dry mouth I would often have stinky breath regardless of how frequently, and steadfastly I …

My husband was put on Zocor by his VA doctor, in order to lower his cholesterol levels. At the VA, they have so many patients, that the doctors.tend to just rush them through and put them on prescriptions, without first explaining what the medication is supposed to do. …

My son is 3 and half years old. He is very naughty and plays in the open ground a lot. He is having a very bad habit of licking his fingers all the time, which is really not a good thing at all. Because of this …

One day I got a serious cold and went to the doctor. I was diagnosed and later the doctor prescribed some medicine for me. The medicine he prescribed for me was Incidal. He told me to take this drug and it worked effectively for me. I really loved this …

Usually the only time I really know that I’m sick is when the congestion sets in because that’s always the main symptom that I suffer from. And a lot of times I’m not even sure if it’s congestion from being sick or congestion from allergies because I have allergies …

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of finding yourself with a broken tooth that either suddenly happened or is suddenly hurting, then you know how much pain they can cause. Swelling, tingling, stabbing sensations all over the sides of your face, down into your jaw, up into your nose …

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 had had some success taking the cvs brand of dairy aides and decided, since this was about the same price, at about $10 a bottle for 32 capsules. The cvs brand came with 120 but you had to take three at a time with every dairy product you …

It is such a relief for me to have a dose of Astring-o-Sol candy. Just recently for my itchy throat resulting to dry coughs. This candy is something new to me so I was a bit hesitant to try the candy because Astring-O-Sol is only famous for their mouthwash …

The Equate extra strength pain reliever is an inexpensive alternative to Tylenol extra strength. Both contain the same active ingredient called Acetaminophen which is the actual ingredient which provides relief when you have a headache. The Tylenol extra strength retails for $4.50( 80 caplets) and the Equate version retails …

Metacin Tablets is a Paracetamol tablet that cures our body pain, headache, cold, etc. This product contains Paracetamol I.P 0.5 gm. I prefer this tablet while I am having headache because the tablet doesn’t have heavy power dosage. But it cures my headache within an hour …

I have had allergies just about all my life. I remember getting allergy shots when I was a kid. I didn’t have to do too much else with allergy treatment until my adult years. In my twenties, I was retested for allergies. I had a …

The Dr. Jose G. Tamayo Medical Center (UPHSL Hospital) - Sto. Niño, Biñan, Laguna which is more popularly known as The Perpetual Help Medical Center has always been tagged as one of the worst hospitals in this locality. This hospital has the bad reputation of over-charging its patients …

I used to not like Excedrin very much because something in it always seemed to upset my stomach a little when I was a kid and since it was known as a headache medicine it never really did much for me to actually get rid of my headache. I …

I have Diabetes. My doctor told me that having Diabetes is also associated with having high cholesterol. It could also be a genetic thing. In my case, it was proven through blood works. I was given statin (Zocor) medications to control my high cholesterol levels. Of course, I was told …

When I was pregnant, I experienced a lot of heartburn which got worse and more frequent as the pregnancy progressed. Normally I don’t suffer from heartburn or even indigestion but I am meant that the hormonal changes that take place during pregnancy make it easier for pregnant women to …

My pediatrician has prescribed a name brand cough syrup called Pancough for my children on several occasions; Coldcough PD Syrup is the generic version of Pancough syrup. As with most medical insurances, our prescription benefit requires us to get the generic version, and thus my children have used …

Due to injuries when I was a little younger I have some mild arthritis in my hands and knees. Usually it does not bother me at all but every now and then the arthritis in my hands starts to flare up from a lot of typing or use …

Levaquin is an antibiotic usually prescribed for lung, sinus, skin and urinary tract infections. It kills certain types of bacteria. I was prescribed this antibiotic for a skin rash. The doctor called it folliculitis, which means an inflammation of the hair follicles. It was a painless skin …

I have a friend that was contacted with genital herpes, unlucky for her! She was diagnosed with herpes and of course she was really depressed about it. She doesn’t know what to do and as her close friend at that time I encouraged her to follow the instructions and …