I’ve had this troublesome reflux disease for over 6 months now. Whenever I eat a lot, I get bloated and feel like the acid is creeping up my chest. These symptoms make me nauseous and want to vomit. I have tried several medications for my reflux disease but I …

I had typhoid fever 3 years ago which caused me to have spiking on and off fever, severe throbbing headache, hard cough and occasional chills. I consulted a private physician who examined me thoroughly and had my blood test done. After which, she diagnosed my condition as …

I don’t get sick that often. Really I don’t. I may get back pains and neck pains and headaches and have problems sleeping and anything at all associated with general body pains, but I don’t really actually get a cold or the flu but once in a blue moon. …

Few years ago, when I was walking around in the shopping mall, a sales girl offered me to try a new product. The product was called Handy Clean. She said that we can use this Handy Clean product to clean our hand from the bacteria without using water.
I was …

I was in the hospital awhile ago for a stomach ulcer. I taken to the emergency room at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. I was really ill, could not hold any food down, the nausea was to a point that it was replusive. The medical staff …

Driclor was first introduced to me by my sister. Excessive sweating has always been my problem since I was a kid. I didn’t mind it at first but lately it has become a nuisance already so I decided to try it out. Although it is quite expensive compared to …

I have suffered from generalized anxiety disorder (also called ‘free floating anxiety) for all of my adult life. Not until I was 40 years old did I find help through medication. Paxil, or, paroxetine, which is the generic name, is an SSRI ( selective seratonin reuptake inhibitor) …

I have been using the Boots Breathe Right Nasal Strips and even though I thought I would hate wearing them, I am impressed with how effective they are and they are not as uncomfortable as I thought. I have suffered with one virus or another for about two …

I was always prescribed Allegra from my doctor, but I’d tried some of the zyrtec over-the-counter products in the past. I have pretty intense allergy symptoms, so there’s pretty much nothing that I haven’t tried to treat it, especially considering those wonderful 24-hour prescription medications would maybe last me …

I don’t know what goes through a company’s head when it’s deciding how or what to name their product, but the name of this product alone almost detered me from trying it in the first place. I think it ended up boiling down more to curiosity than a real …

I’ve had migraines for almost 15 years now, it runs in the family. My mom’s migraines are so terrible that when I was little, I was so scared to get migraines when I grow up coz when I see her everytime she gets migraine attacks, she looks like she’s …

I have been taking the oral contraceptive pill Tri Sprintec since I had my baby boy 3 months ago. I was also on it prior to getting pregnant. I got pregnant during the first month I was OFF the pill, so it seems to work very well. The major …

I’m a huge fan of taking a warm shower in the morning before I get to start my day and do my daily tasks, it’s so refreshing and helps me with starting my day with so much energy and get-up-to-go power. It’s a really great thing and it’s what …

I used Trust Contraceptive Pills for about 5 years. Why I use this was mainly to prevent pregnancy and second, they say it can regularize my menstrual cycle, third it can make me gain weight. I chose this brand since it’s the cheapest of all contraceptive pills available …

Trying to find a good remedy for an upset stomach can be difficult. Most times, I don’t want to eat anything, even medicine, when I’m not feeling well. It can be especially hard to try to drink a liquid medicine. Then I discovered that Imodium makes these great chewable …

Aspirin was never the type of medicine that I would have considered using for body aches while sick. However, I had read on the internet that aspirin helped a women with body aches better then Ibuprofen and did not mess with her stomach either. Since I had the flu …

I was working on a stressful and busy afternoon shift in the hospital. One of my colleague who was to work with me that day called in sick. So, I was left in charge with the whole emergency department. I was juggling from one patient to the next. I …

I think this was one of the first instances in which I really just wanted to take a cough medicine because it actually sounded yummy. I had tried the Releev Allergy supplements and tablet combo pack a while back and everyone in the house really benefited from it, so when …

Do you have a problem with brown spot in your skin face? Women always care about their skin faces. And sometimes, they have this brown spot problem on their face because of the direct sunlight or other reason that can caused those brown spots.
It is not nice if you …

I seem to get a cold every few weeks during winter time. Not only is this extremely frustrating, but I seem to waste a bunch of money on cold relief medication each time that usually does not work very well. It seems like I have tried every single cold …

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 hate to be sick. I can’t imagine anyone is ever really ok with being sick, but I am a huge baby about it. I suffer from asthma and when I get a bad cold all I do is cough and cough. When I have other …

I know that Pepto Bismol is good for really bad stomach aches. I have used it multiple times and have been satisfied with it, but thought that I would try another medicine similar to it that was a little cheaper. When I was shopping around I saw a bottle …

A change in season always gives me some serious health problem, fever is a very common thing for me and even a slightest change in weather and I catch cough and cold. My body seems to have a weak immune system and so gets this common disease all the …

I take Paxil medication. When I was on the regular Bridges to Access program, I took it for free. Then, the 5 year patent ran out, and Paxil came up with PaxilCR, a different medication, as it lasted all day. The PaxilCR became the new drug of choice, here, …

We have medicine for our sickness, vitamins for a better health and now we are given Glutaphos, a memory enhancing medicine. There are a lot of counterparts for medicines serving the same function and none of them are as popular now as Glutaphos. There are several medicines and herbal …

I’ve been donating blood off and on since the Nixon administration. Mostly it’s been off because there were times when blood drives didn’t seem to coincide with my location and schedule. However about ten years ago Puget Sound Blood Bank opened a collection center here in Bellingham. My wife …

About 6 months ago my cholesterol level shoots up prompting me to consult a doctor as I was experiencing heavy breathing, joint pains and fatigue. I also have this feeling of constantly being down and out which I suspected was mild depression. My doctor recommended Nutralite Omega 3 Complex, …

Prednisone is a steriod pill that is used in the treatment of Asthma. It comes in a variety of different dosages and I have tried most of them. This pill is white and comes in a small form and is bitter tasting. It dissolves extremely rapidly so be prepared …

Zinnat is a broad spectrum antibiotic and it is beneficial for a wide range of common problems. It can cure bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis and many other infections.
Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. I do advise you to see a doctor before starting to take a certain antibiotic. …

Like many of us, I suffer from acid indigestion. In my case I have acid reflux, which is particularly unpleasant. I always keep a supply of Rennie tablets with me for when I have a “flare-up” of this.
There are several different types of Rennie tablets. They come …

Sometimes when I’m out and I have an upset stomach or gas there’s one thing I know I can get especially if I know I don’t have access to ginger tea. “Andrew Salts” is generally my medicine of choice for that kind of thing not only because it generally …

I decided to try a new birth control called Yasmin and it was terrible!!!
First of all the first four days I had the worst headache of my life and then at the end of the pack on the pills where you get your period the headache came back.
I …

I have a very beautiful and small family in which my children, my husband, my brother and my parents do live. My father is a service man. My father is very fine and he is perfectly healthy. The only problem to my father is, the digestion …

I normally have a very well-behaved digestive system and am very proud of how it functions without giving me a moment’s trouble unlike some other parts of my aging body. However, in the last few months, I have had to test my iron stomach to its depths as I was …

Nasaline Nasal Irrigation System. This is a product that is easy to use to clean your nasal passages. I bought it because I have sinusitis and in February and March, my sinuses get irritated. I read about this product in a health magazine and decided to try it as …

I usually work at night and generally have trouble sleeping during the day. A good friend of mine recommended trying Kalms Sleep Tablets (he had the same
problem) and he claimed that they worked very well for him, so I decided to get myself some. I did not want to …

I take tylenol pm when I cannot sleep. Every so often I find I just cannot fall asleep and this really does help. When you take this with a glass of water it takes about 30 minutes before you feel a little sleepy and about an hour …

I have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis for about 6 years. I have tried many different treatments. However Rituxan has, by far, been the best for me. Rituxan, or rituximab, is a cancer fighting medicine that targets b-cells. I believe they use a much smaller …

Everyone in my family uses Ocean nasal spray. You are not meant to share a bottle of Ocean because of the germs and bacteria so we each have our own bottle. We put each person’s initials on them so that we know whose belongs to whom. …

I saw the advertisement for Vicks first defence at a time when I was feeling a little under the weather. I felt as though a cold might be around the corner, and won over by the advert I went out and purchased the product.
You get a small bottle of …

I was able to experience what it was like to have urinary tract infection about 5 years ago and I swear I don’t want to experience it again. I was having lower abdominal pain which could be described as crampy, colicky, which was moderate to severe in intensity. …

I’ve been using this product for the past couple of years now, and honestly, there’s nothing else that can compare to it! Vicks has been apart of my life since I was a little girl, I remember whenever I was sick with a cold, my parents would use Vicks …

It never fails, whenever I take some time off from work, I get sick (I think it’s because my body realizes it’s sick whenever it gets a chance to relax).
Since I do work on commission, using my sick time really isn’t an option; unless I’m in my death bed. …

Okay, in an earlier review I had stated that there were three things I’d take if I was ever stranded on a deserted island that hopefully would be over-flowing with ripe bananas and sweet mangos.
But I’m going to cheat and add a fourth, and that item would be a case …

I don’t like taking medicine that makes me drowsy, but on occasion I will. I only try to take these type of medications at bedtime after I had some issues taking Nyquil during the day. The last cold I had was irritating as all colds are and I wanted …

I was quite disappointed with the side effects of my previous medication for my illness. This gave me a very uncomfortable headache that was extremely hard to get rid of. So I asked my doctor if he knew another drug which he could prescribe me. After several minutes, I …

If I would choose between the two weather that we have here in my country (rainy and summer) cold and hot I would pick none. As much as I want cold weather especially at night that help me have a good quiet sleep it has bad effect for me. …

Vick’s Vapor Rub has been around for ages. I have used it since I was a child and it was a definite staple in my home while I was growing up. However as an adult I just do not turn to it much at all. I realize that it …

When my allergies are kicking in bad, the worst thing I experience is the sinus pain and congestion, which almost always leads to headaches and the neck aches and then all-over body aches. I’m absolutely miserable when my allergies are at their worst, and I’ve very rarely found an …