Medicine Reviews
Citalopram
After going through many difficult changes in my life recently I became very depressed. I had experienced this before but was always able to shake it off. This time though I tried to feel better but just could not. I finally decided to go to a mental health center …
Family Care Menthol Pain Relief Stick
I have had problems with muscle aches for the past year. Pain pills do not always work, and always cause some long term issues. I have recently been using more rubs and trying to find rubs that get rid of the pain, and don’t smell horribly. I have had …
Healthy Exclusives Liniment for Muscle Aches and Pains
I am very active in sports, playing all kinds of strenuous and fast games, from tennis to badminton and the occasional basketball pick-up game. Age has not been too kind to me, and as a result, the older I got, the more muscle aches I would get per game. …
CVS Brand Allergy & Cold w/Fever Reducer Gelcaps
CVS brand allergy & cold gelcaps are meant to be an alternative to Benadryl Allergy Plus Cold medicine. They have acetaminophen, along with diphenhydramine HCl, and various other pain relievers, fever reducers, and cough suppressants common to over the counter pills. They come in a box of …
Ildefonso Alcantara Memorial Hospital
I had the chance to get admitted at this hospital when I was still in the Philippines. It is a family-owned business which spanned three generations already. Although I knew the owners who are well-known family in the community, it didn’t influence me much in my decision to …
Canesten (clotrimazole) cream
4 years ago, I suffered from an athletes food due to I walked bare foot when floods in our place happened. I don’t know but the major reason of this is I got the infection from the water, which is very dirty.
A week before the incident, my second digit …
Tylenol
When I have a headache, I reach for the bottle of Tylenol Extra Strength 500 mg EZ Tabs. The pills really work wonders for me. They are great for basically any kind of pain. I use them when I have a headache and for menstrual cramps. …
Drixine Nasal Spray
I often suffer from nasal allergies and I was able to try a lot of tablets for allergies and nasal spray drugs but when everything wasn’t working my doctor told me to try Drixine nasal spray, I thought that it is for allergies but it is not. It is …
Abreva Skin Cream Prescription
Abreva Cream prescription is used to treat cold sores and blisters. It has to be prescribed to you by your doctor or dermatologist. I have never had to use this product myself but I have a friend that uses it regularly. The Abreva Cream prescription is …
Tums Regular Strength
This is a chewable antacid. The bottle contains 150 tablets.
I only get the peppermint flavored Tums. It tastes great, it quickly reduces the burning in my throat due to sour stomach. It relieves my acidity and it doesn’t have any side effects. It is much cheaper brand and …
Robitussin Expectorant Syrup
Having Robitussin cough syrup is a miracle for me. I have been looking for a cough syrup that works quickly. Before when I am having a dry cough, my old syrup solved it but I will suffer after 4 hour. So I switch to Robitussin to find a solution. …
Inoflox Ofloxacin 200mg tablet
I had urinary tract infection two months ago which caused me to have frequent, painful urination and lower abdominal pain. Aside from this, I developed high grade fever associated with chills. I also had episodes of nausea and bouts of vomiting which caused me to have some …
Sainsbury’s Bronchial Mixture Catarrh & Cough Medicine
I find this Bronchial Mixture from Sainsbury’s own brand to be an adequate expectorant which soon gets me expelling the phlegm from my lungs, but an ineffective cough suppressant. I have had a couple of bad cold viruses in succession and I am entirely fed up with the …
Maalox Aluminum+ Magnesium suspension
About 4 years ago, I had a very bad episode of hyper-acidity which caused me to have some nausea and vomiting which made me weak and a little dehydrated. Because I was on duty in the hospital, I had no choice but to find some available medication …
Releev 1-Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment
There are a number of medications freely available for purchase without a prescription in drug stores and grocery stores that are designed to ease the symptoms and discomfort associated with cold sores. Generally, these medications aren’t cheap. The Releev 1-Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment medication, for example, runs for …
Nicorette Inhaler
I was very positive when I first purchased this quit smoking aid that it would be effective in reducing cravings and helping me to quit.
What encouraged me to give it a serious try was that I had heard from some former smokers that one of the factors of …
Nature Made Sleep Aid
I had been having a hard time falling asleep. I didn’t do anything different in my daily regiment and just didn’t know why I couldn’t get tired the way I needed to. I tried a couple of pm medications, but didn’t really like them. I have a baby and …
Desogen Contraceptive Pills
I’ve been on Desogen birth control pills for many years now, and although I can’t say that I am side effect free, I can say that they are better than any of the other pills I tried. I did not experience any weight gain with these, except for …
Fibromyalgia
I was officially diagnosed with fibromyalgia 2 years ago. I know I had it for at least 5 years before diagnosis though. Fibromyalgia causes body wide pain along with a host of other symptoms. Some other common conditions that go along with fibromyalgia are thyroid problems, …
Bayer Children Aspirin
One of these pills a day, helps in blood thinning and for the purpose of hearth protection. I do appreciate so much the orange flavor and cherry as well because it makes me feel like it isn’t a pill I’m taking but a chewable candy. I think it is …
Cepacol Extra Strength Sore Throat Lozenges, Cherry Flavor
I’ve tried various medications for sore throat over the years, and there are some I much prefer over others because of their effectiveness or how long lasting they are. Then there are some that I have tried and would never try again because they work so poorly. …
Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough Liquid
I first used Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough Liquid after my physician prescribed it for me. I had a bad productive cough and fever after I was heavily rained on in a mountain climbing expedition with a group of friends. I was having a very hard time and burning sensation …
Mycolog for skin infections
During wintertime I have often problems with infections besides my lips.It is in fact a kind of eczema The dry air is often the cause of this problem.
Mycolog is a very good product to treat skin infections caused by many bacteries.
Before you use this product you need to wash …
Bisacodyl - Laxative suppository
This is a type of laxative and comes in a suppository form. This was first prescribed because of a hemmoroid but it was nothing too serious, so I am not sure if this works for other things. The doctor may prescribe another kind but it basically works the same. …
Triaminic Thin Strips
Both of my children gag on traditional cough and cold syrups, and neither of them are able to swallow pills. Triaminic Thin Strips, however, dissolve on their little tongues without a complaint. Relief from symptoms comes quickly, usually within thirty minutes or so, and generally lasts from …
Ricola Lemon Mint Sugar Free Throat Drops
Keeping my throat healthy is very important to me. I hate it when I can’t swallow or when my throat gets really irritated. I have tried many drops and lozenges for these issues and have always respected the Ricola brand. I saw a little package of the Lemon Mint …
Hugh Friedy Hand Essentials Skin Repair Cream
I am placing this review under the medicine category and not cosmetics because Hugh Friedy Hand Essentials Skin Repair is available only in the dental community. Hugh Friedy is a dental manufacturing company. I have a family member who is in the dental community and they were …
Dr Saadiah Sulaiman (dermatologist)
I’m suffering from itchy skin rashes for 5 months and my ING panel doctor referred me to this dermatologist in Damansara Specialist Hospital (DSH). Dermatologist is quite rare in this area so to have my trusted doctor introduced one to me, is actually a very good thing.
I went …
Mucinex
Mucinex is an Over the Counter cough medication that is used as a expectorant. It is to help loosen phlegm or mucous and to thin bronchial secretions. When you are in the midst of a cold it can be helpful to make your coughs more productive.
The bottle has all …
Metformin Hcl (Glucophage XR) 500 mg extended release tablets
A decade and a half has passed since I was diagnosed with Diabetes. Frankly, I went into a state of depression after my doctor explained me this condition. The fact that this didn’t have any cure, made me feel hopeless. At first I thought the symptoms were minor and …
Althea oral contraceptive pills
October of 2008 when i started having heavy vaginal bleeding and irregularities on my monthly period. I had to undergo different medical exams and laboratories. But all the results was negative. So my ob-gyne suggested that I should take pills hoping to regulate my mothly period. …
Motrin Infants Drops
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 …
Ciprofloxacin Ciprobay XR
I had an unresponsive case of typhoid fever about two to three years before. I already took Chloramphenicol religiously without apparent improvement. My fever continued to spike and reached heaven-high causing me to have chills, severe headache and a little delirium. After three days of continued torment despite …
Cortal SQR Ibuprofen and Paracetamol Tablet
Migraine is my best friend. In the Philippines, the meaning of “Best Friend” is different; it means the opposite, your enemy. In a day that I am full of stress, migraine will attack me surely when the day ends. There are lots of reasons why I have migraine and …
Generic Paracetamol
The opening of the New Year has not been really good. My grandchild who is 4 years old was feverish and could hardly eat. We brought him to the doctor who prescribed some medication and this included Generic Paracetamol and an antibiotic. I immediately purchased the medicine and to …
SnoreStop 20 Chewable Tablets by Green Pharmaceuticals (USA)
Now who would have ever thought that you could take tablets to put a stop to the snoring at night? I never knew there was such a product until I ran out of my favorite, ultra-reliable YSnore one day. I searched the Zellers store pharmacy section for …
Adderall XR
This past September I started Adderall XR. I had been diagnosed with ADD at age 12 but stopped taking medication in my later teen years. When my work was starting to slip because of silly errors I knew it was time to see a doctor about my …
Ambien CR 12.5 MG
I began taking the prescription sleeping pill Ambien when I was fifteen years old. The pill worked well for my severe insomnia for a few years, but recently has started to fail me. I told my doctor about my recent dilemma and he prescribed Ambien CR 12.5 MG instead. …
Assured Tussin DM Alcohol Free Cough Syrup
I really hate to over medicate myself and try to avoid it if possible. I hate being in situations when I get sick, but don’t have all the symptoms on the multi symptom cold medication. At one time, I had a really bad cough, due to a cold. For …
Maalox Advanced complete
I can’t begin to describe the disgust that I get when I taste this stuff. I mean in all actuality, I find it hard to believe that people find the guts to take this stuff on a regular basis. I’m already not a medicine type of guy. It has …
Amoxicillin Antibiotic
The antibiotic Amoxicillin is very effective for colds, flu and fever. Last two weeks ago I got ifflicted by flu and fever so I consulted a doctor. The doctor prescribed me with three medicines to be taken for five days. I took the doctor’s prescription religiously trusting that it …
Nexium
My personal opinion of Nexium is that it is a good drug that does help with heartburn and indegestion and other common stomach problems. I have used the medication for approx 2 years and can tell the difference when I don’t take it and when I do. …
Gelusil Antacid Anti- Gas Tablets
After having great time attending my cousin’s wedding last week, little did I realize that I was in for some great trouble. Since I happen to be one of those who is not used to taking too much of fried or spicy food, eating all the tasty and …
Drixine Nasal Spray
I have upper respiratory allergy, so everytime I go under the scourging heat of the sun, travel along dusty roads, or even unintentionally smelling the fumes on the street, I got to suffer from clogged nose and of course, a terrible headache. That always made travel a challenge. …
Pepto-Bismol Chewable Tablets
I remember once when I was young, about fifteen, and my menstruation was causing me to be very nauseous, my mother pulls out that trusty pink bottle of pepto bismol syrup that you have to drink. Granted, it worked and kept my stomach from churning for the next several …
Midol 12 Hour Extended Relief Caplets
Whenever I have really bad cramps, I like to take the strongest medicine I can find. Since I don’t get menstrual cramps often, they are really intense when I do get them. Ever since I had my tubes tied, it seems that the pain is worse and leaves me …
Lansoprazole Prevacid 30 mg
Yesterday, while I was in the car on my way to my cousin’s party, I suddenly felt nauseous. I knew that it was another acid attack on my ulcer as I often experience such. Unfortunately, I did not have any of my usual medication on me so …
Lens Care Contact Lens Solution
Lens Care is a multi purpose solution for contact lenses. This eye care product is available in optical shops and even in drugstores. This helps my brother with his contact lens and then disinfects, cleans, and rinses his contact lenses. Not only that, it also helps the contact lenses …
Locorten-Vioform Ear Drops
“Locorten-Vioform Ear Drops” was one of the medications that I was prescribed by my general practitioner some months ago after I was diagnosed with an ear infection. I was instructed to take two drops thrice a day into my infected ear up until my follow up visit on the …
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