One of the things that I hate most about being sick is that medicines cost so much. I don’t believe that I should have to pay an outrageous amount for some relief from sickness. That is why unless I know that the more expensive brands work I will try …

Prevacid is an acid reducer for those who have problems with heartburn, acid reflux, coughing and problems sleeping because of the acid reflux. When someone has acid reflux, it can cause damage to the esophagus, so it is important to take medication to help stop the acid.
This medication …

I was searching for a moisturizer which was affordable yet dependable. I found many brands. One difficulty was most of the good brands were costly. Other difficulty was finding the right one for my sort of dry skin and finding one with no odor. Vaseline moisture locking lotion came …

Stomach ache, and gastric problem is very common in many people, and I also face that kind of problem, especially when I eat too much, I really feel pain in my stomach, and also sometimes I suffer from gas problems. So, I took an advice from my physician, and …

I have been to the Praise family clinic many times by now. Before I had been there a few times as it was close my home. Now since my insurance company covers this clinic, I have been there a few more times.
Clinic Customer service: It has …

Cystex Urinary Pain Relief Tablets worked wonders for my pain from my urinary tract infection. Before my pain started, I thought I was starting to get a urinary tract infection, but the pain or the symptoms were not severe. A day or two later, the pain was so bad, …

In the recent few months, I have noticed a considerable amount of heartburn affecting my life. I went from getting it maybe once a month to getting heartburn at least 4 or 5 times per week. I sometimes feel like I cannot deal with the pain of the heartburn …

I have tried almost everything to deal with the many skin issues that I have short of going to the doctor. I have found myself in situations where my skin gets very irritated. I hate having to deal with red and sensitive skin that gets very itchy. Because of …

During my first pregnancy I had a problem with my blood pressure rising. It wasn’t really high blood pressure, but it was significant. My ankles were swollen and wrists were swollen, and I was feeling the worst. I went to my primary physician, who didn’t know what steps to …

A couple of years back they built a new walgreens on Rossville Blvd and since then I have filled most of my prescriptions with them as they have a drive through and it is more convient for me than having to drag three kids in just to get a …

I’ve had this persistent diarrhea that came back periodically. I just couldn’t trace the reason and the cause. It would strike me when I least expected it–most of the time, where I couldn’t find a nearby bathroom. This extremely annoyed me since I have tried a few antidiarrheal medications …

Paracetamol or sometimes called acetaminophen is the kind of medicine that we can just get over-the-counter when we have headache, fever or whatever minor pains that we have. True, we can buy it over-the-country without the doctor’s prescription but it doesn’t mean that we take as many dosage …

Clindamycin Hydrochloride is a lincosamide antibiotic used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections and serious anaerobic infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections. When taking this drug, follow the directions on the prescription label or as prescribed by the doctor. This can be …

I bought a box of Nexcare brand Bandages with 3M Ultrafabric technology. I love this product. THe bandages ahear well, stay on tight when you get them wet, and flex nicely with movement. They are great bandages to use on “owies” of any kind. Whether …

I recently had a close brush with death. I think I took too much of a dose of my anti-diabetic drug and resulted to a very low blood sugar level. I was not of course aware that I had overdosed myself until I felt the symptoms of hypoglycaemia. I …

Food poisoning is not something I would wish on my worst enemy.
The last time I got it, the whole family got it along with me—“ it was apparently on the menu at a Christmas party we all attended, although none of us are sure what the culprit was. Three people …

Having a child running a fever can be really hectic and mind boggling. I hate dealing with myself and my kids being sick and try to do whatever I can to stop the problem ASAP. When my daughter got her vaccines before the school year started, she was not …

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 …

As a parent, you should know that you can not give medicine to your kid easily. You need to know exactly what is inside the medicine that you want to give to your kids. Or even better, you need to talk with the doctor to make sure that you …

Once upon a time, many moons ago (so I tell myself), I had suddenly developed a serious anxiety disorder. I would get increasingly nervous-feeling throughout the day, and those butterflies in the stomach at the start of the day would suddenly turn into full on bats in my stomach …

I have always had trouble sleeping. It takes me a long time to fall asleep, sometimes I lay in bed awake for over an hour before I finally doze off. Then I wake up several times throughout the night. Often, I can’t get back to sleep …

Two days ago, I had big headache. I was looking inside my cupboard where I used to store my pills and other medicine inside. But I could not find the pain killer pill that I normally take to kill the headache.
So I asked my brother to go to …

Avil are one of the most common medicines used in India for treating minor allergies, it’s so common that even my grandma knows about the medicines and she tells me to take Avil whenever I get these itchy skins due to change in weather or anything else. …

Abilify is an anti-psychotic medication. This means that it is intended for the treatment of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. In some cases, Abilify is also used to treat bipolar depression. In fact, you may have seen ads or TV*/8 commercials advertising the use of this drug for …

Phazyme Anti-Gas Relief is a quick dissolve chewable tablet that works fast on the worst bouts of gas build-up. The smooth cool mint flavor dissolves quickly in the mouth and neutralizes the discomfort of gas build-up within several minutes. I do not like this medicine too much, because it …

I hate having the flu. It seems like it attacks my whole body and leaves me feeling horribly. I know the flu isn’t supposed to be fun, but I feel like it hits me harder than everyone else. When I get the flu, I have serious headaches, stomach aches, …

This clinic is locally known as Klinik Pishu. It’s a clinic which has been there for many years and is located in my hometown Kluang, Johor, South of Peninsular Malaysia. Dr Pishu is one of my favorite doctors and is also my family doctor during my childhood time.
Dr …

Equate: Anti Itch Hydrocortisone 1% Cream works decently well, although I would not say it is a product that has successfully put an end to all my itching when I get bitten by a mosquito or if I seem to have a repeated itch for some other reason. This …

I was having burning sensation while urinating along with some other minor urinary problems like having strong and persistent urge to urinate. I understood that I have gotten urinary tract infection. First of all, I tried to correct the anomaly at home by drinking lots of water. But, that did …

Being a marketing executive, I require traveling a lot. Travelling on the city’s bumpy roads & cutting through the heavy traffic is really a challenge and gifts me back and neck pain almost each day. At a point of time the pain became so worst that I needed to …

Last sunday I went for shopping and as i was involved much in purchasing I didn’t had time to take my lunch and I skipped it.When I returned home I got headache and to overcome it I took Hot drink and some fruits.After half an hour I got …

There are four people in my household. Myself, my husband and my two children (who are now teens), and so it stands to reason that one of us was almost always sick. If not sick, then at least feeling pretty run down or on the verge of sickness. My …

When I had the worst allergy ever eating dirty shrimp (that was the last meal I ate before having allergies) I had to cool my face down with ice, lots of it, as there were scary lumps and I had looked like a character that someone had put a …

I can’t believe I’m writing a review because a doctor was so bad that I have to warn people not to go see him. Dr Taylor was rude and a little bit mean to be honest.
I went to this doctor as it was close to where I live …

Buspirone, also called(Buspar) is a prescription drug used to treat anxiety related illnesses. I am not a Doctor but I do think this is a very good medication. Buspirone can be used to treat depression, aggression, edginess. My Dr. also told me it is used in patients who have …

I have tried many vitamins, supplements, and herbal remedies for PMS symptoms, like bloating, mood swings, pain and other unpleasant issues, and have never found anything that works. I generally resort to taking copious quantities of Ibuprofen when the pain is bad, and generally just feeling miserable. My mom …

My aunt sent this to my mom because hypertension runs in the family. So anyway it’s a relief just by being automatic, thank god because I don’t know how to accurately read a manual blood pressure aparatus. It takes about 30 seconds all in all to pump up and …

Around last year this time, I sprained my ankle while wearing new high heels I had just recently bought because they looked really really cute and were on sale for a great price. Now, the reason why I sprained my ankle was because number one, I am close to six …

This last year I have suffered from way too many colds and two too many flu’s. I recently started to develop a cold again due to my daughter bringing germs home from school. The whole family has been sick and though I had plenty of children’s medicine, I did …

About a month and a half ago I started to experience the worst possible pain in the universe. A pain that is so pervasive and insidious that once it digs its iron jaws into your face, it is all you can do to not grab a hammer and bash your …

I didn’t even know that Vicks put out a nasal spray at all! I surprised as could be when I found it on the shelves. My kids hate nasal sprays but I’ll use them in conjunction with my other allergy medication when my allergies are really bad and the congestion …

It is no denying that every one of us experiences different kinds of pains at one stage of our life or the other. Similarly I also suffer from extreme headache once in a while. Initially the headaches used to beat the crap out of me and I used to …

Few years ago, I tried to consume this Herbalax tea. A friend of mine said that she could lose her weight by drinking this tea every day. So I bought one package of Herbalax slimming tea from the supermarket for less than 5 dollar.
I started to drink Herbalax …

Several days ago I had some fungal infection on my wrist. I don’t know but this seemed to be triggered by the leather bracelet of one of my watches. It was a gift from a cousin last Christmas and I only used it some three weeks ago but after …

This is the time of year when I usually come down with something and sure enough, like clockwork, I did. About two weeks ago I started coughing and had some minor head congestion but most of it was all in my chest. I’m thinking that it probably had something …

I few months back, I was diagnosed of having pyloric stenosis. A condition, in which the opening of my stomach leading to my intestines is partially obstructed, thereby was interfering with the emptying of my stomach properly. Among other major symptoms that I encountered was the uncomfortable bloating of …

Recently, I’ve been suffering from a persistent cough and cold. Because I have always seen medicine at the 99 Cent Store, I wanted to give it a try. The NightTime Multi Symptom Cold/Flu Relief appears to be the off-brand version of Vicks NyQuil, so I wanted to …

I’ve been prescribed prescription strength ibuprofin a couple times. It’s given for pain that can’t be handled by over the counter strengths of ibuprofin (like Advil). It’s pretty strong, but it’s not a narcotic, so you can still drive, work, etc.
In my experience, it’s worked pretty well. I’m a …

Bayer Aleve 220mg Pain Reliever is the name brand version of Naproxen Sodium. If you haven’t tried it, you do not know what you are missing. From a headache, to a backache to cramps, whatever ails you, Aleve will lessen the pain if not alleviate it all together. This …

About two years ago, my grandmother woke me up after suffering hours of debilitating shaking and numbness to her arms and legs. She said she’d been having these symptoms for hours but because she didn’t want to disturb my sleep (again, this is how elderly Asian grandmothers are when it …