I tried taking ambien a while back because I was having real problems falling asleep at night. That medication will absolutely put me to sleep within about ten minutes. The problem that I had with ambien was that it did not keep me asleep for the duration …

I have to admit to having a slight strange addiction to pain relieving patches and creams. There’s nothing better than coming home from a long day at work and slapping on a patch and feeling that fantastic hot and cold sensation work over some very over-worked muscles. I work …

I have tried several different medications to treat my insomnia, from over-the-counter products, to prescriptions, and even home remedies.
A while back, my doctor suggested I try Lunesta. I had high hopes for this product since I had heard good things about it. I had also seen all …

It seems lately that I can be absolutely anywhere when the pain hits me. I try to stay equipped with pain killers, but don’t always remember to bring some with me on my daily ventures. On one occasion, I went from feeling okay to feeling excruciating pain in a …

Our family needs a lot of health supplies including vitamins, bandages and prescribed medications. We get ours from CVS Pharmacy. We love the service that we get from CVS. The pharmacists are friendly, courteous and competent. They make practical suggestions and it is not a problem for them to …

I become extra cautious for my wife’s overall health when I was told by my family doctor that she is pregnant. I have heard that being in good health is necessary for the concerned woman and the fetus. My wife was already suffering from an acute disease hence being …

My relationship with Biofreeze pain relieving gel began with a trip to my chiropractor. I suffer with Fibro myalgia and was very interested when my doctor mentioned a pain relieving gel that he highly recommended. I took the free sample and tried it that evening. …

I have had problems with my skin for quite a few years. I don’t have problems all of the time, but it seems that weather changes and the dry season bring on the problems. I have had multiple issues with my skin becoming too dry and peeling. I even …

I played a lot of volleyball and basketball in high school and even in college so I have had my share of injuries and while most of them were minor there were a few that left me with a little arthritis from time to time. It tends to …

Effexor is an antidepressant that I’ve found to have few side effects. After I had started the medication, there was definitely a period of adjustment where I did not feel myself, I was really sweaty and had difficulty sleeping. Within six weeks or so, I really saw …

Although I have it under control now, for a few years I had high blood pressure and had to take medication. The one my doctor and I felt good about, for me to take, was Diovan HCT. This is sort of a puzzling drug because though it …

For the last three years,I noticed that I found it difficult to sleep at night if I don’t sleep with at least two pillows on my head or lie on my side. I felt like I am choking or that my neck is constricted. Thus almost every night I …

I am a nurse and standing for long hours is a part of my job. this causes a great deal of muscle pain on my part, most especially around the leg area. One of the remedies that I do is propping up my feet above three pillows while lying down …

From my experience working in heath care, I can tell you that many of my patients have been on the drug Atenol. This medicine is a beta blocker which is used to treat chest pain and high blood pressure. It can also be used on patients who have just …

Let me just express, right off the bat, how much I absolutely LOVE this product. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t say enough about it to express the degree of my love for it. I have suffered uncontrollably from sinus congestion and allergies for YEARS. I used to live down …

If you suffer from migraine, menstral cramps, you might ask your doctor to try anaprox 275. You are allowed to take 2 up to 3 total every 24 hours. Anaprox is also sold over the counter as aleve or naprosyn, however the dosage their is only 200mg. …

I’m going to talk about my great discovery two years ago, or at least to me it was a great discovery.
I have this little problem, well not too little problem, a BIG problem that all women who take the pill have…. I get lots of spots on the face …

I took my daughter here when she was not feeling well and we couldn’t get into her doctor’s office on a Friday afternoon. I didn’t want to spend the weekend with her feeling so bad so we tried this place out. The staff were amazing. The …

My wife is suffering from mild piles for quite a long time. We don’t want to go for surgery. I had previously given her Himalaya Pilex, but the result was not satisfactory. A herbal medicine expert suggested me to try Patanjali Divy Arshkalp Vati. I have recently used many …

It has always been important for me to be able to manage my pain. I have not treated my body well and find myself aching often. Though it seems I would be used to pain, considering that I feel it every day, I would much rather keep the pain …

This is a prescription medicine for controlling allergies. When I had insurance, this is the allergy medication prescribed to me. It was a miracle drug for me since the pill was small and easy to swallow. It really controlled my need to constantly itch and sneeze. My eyes were …

A couple of nights ago I slept funny and developed a huge knot in my shoulder. I asked my boyfriend for a massage to loosen it, but two days later it was still giving me jip. It was time to bring out the big guns!
Deep Heat spray comes in …

About a month ago, I began using Betaseron to treat Multiple Sclerosis. Previously, I had taken Avonex, an intramuscular injection, once a week. The side effects rendered me useless one day a week. Sometimes they wouldn’t be unbearable, but I could never guess when that would …

It’s flu season and I am a mother of two children, one being four years old who just had a long weekend going to visit different people. Few days later I find her sick ,and then a few days later the rest of the family is sick. Headache, stuffy …

Pepto Bismol is one of those medicines that nearly everyone has heard of. I remember that it was a another medicinal staple in my parent’s home and every time one of us kids would get a stomach ache that is what we were given. I am not necessarily a …

This world is full of diseases and no one can escape them even after taking all precautions. Some diseases are due to wrong eating habits while some are due to allergies of various natures. There is a long list of allergies but they can be cured with due care …

Diprobase Cream was prescribed to me for my eczema and it the best that I have ever used to protect my skin. It is truly excellent and I love that it is a no-frills cream thats works well on dry, chapped, damaged and raw skin.
It has no active medical …

I once suffered from respiratory problems in the past and the doctor required me to take prescription medicines. Barely recovering from a rocky health, some of the medications the doctor prescribed included supplements which I suppose were given to improve my immune resistance. Part of this intervention …

Xanax is a small medication used for the treatment of anxiety and panic disorders. It comes in several different strengths. I have tried 0.25 mg, the 0.5 mg dosage, and the 2mg dosage. All of them have different effects.
I take xanax on occasion to treat anxiety. I started …

I do not have asthma, but when I had a terrible case of bronchitis that took seemingly forever to clear up, my doctor listened to my lungs and heard a lot of wheezing. I had been getting a bit breathless, especially with coughing attacks at night, and so he decided …

This antibacterial ointment was once prescribed to us by our family doctor when my husband caught chickenpox just about the time when he’s scheduled for a job interview in two days time.We just applied it thinly on the rashes as told by the doctor for a couple of times …

I found myself suffering from a lot of muscle pain in my knees on this particular occasion. I was trying rubs and pills and was tired of medicating myself. I knew that the knee pain was probably not permanent, but still hated dealing with it. I felt like I …

Have tried Theraflu Nighttime Severe Cold medicine couple of times on separate cold experience occasions. While the taste of the product(Natural Lemon flavor) was acceptable, the way how it worked on me was extremly unpleasant.
I took this medication after dinner about an hour before bedtime. It started working instantly …

When I was in my late teens, I developed a mystery illness which has, to this day, not been diagnosed with any certainty. At the time, lupus was suspected, as well as fibromyalgia. Since my blood work initially showed some inflammation, the first attempt at treating it was anti-inflammatory …

My doctor recommend I take contraceptive pills because of my endometriosis condition (it lessens pain during menstrual period) contraceptive pills are taken by people with endometriosis and is the main hormonal drug used since 1950’s.
A friend had recommended that I use this particular brand because it doesn’t make …

Endocet might as well be called the sister of Percoset, a medication most commonly prescribed by physicians for patients experiencing low to moderate symptoms of pain and discomfort. Endocet can sometimes eleviate pain, however, for certain patients in cases where Percoset may not agree with one’s body by …

Unlike lipitor the cholesterol medicine zetia is quite different. I tried many others they would not budge my cholesterol level down. I was then placed on crestor with zetia and it made all the difference. Zetia works not directly to the heart but rather through …

Anyone who is a diabetic or has a diabetic in their family knows that taking the right medicine for their diabetes is the first big step in controlling this disease. If you take the wrong medications that do not fit into your lifestyle, you or your loved one’s …

I only recently began having problems with sleeping at night due to pain. I have had problems with my shoulder for years, but recently the pain has really been getting to me. I am unable to fall asleep on so many nights because of the pain that I feel …

Immotrex is an injectable medication that can be administered to counteract the negative effects of migrane headaches. While some people feel that they are somewhat decensitized after taking a dose of Immitrex, others claim that they feel no effects, positive or negative. Immitrex is typically only prescribed …

One of my favorite medications to take when I am feeling under the weather is Thera flu. It works great on all of my flu and cold symptoms. The only thing about Thera flu is that it is a quite pricey item to purchase. I wanted to be able …

It’s quite a mouthful in the name of this product, but I got it mostly because I’ve tried everything else on the market, and it seems a lot of these sleeping aids simply lose their effectiveness after a while. I’ve been diagnosed with delayed sleep disorder, so it takes …

Air Salonpas Pain relieving spray is used for muscle pains,sprains,bruises and stiff shoulder.This was a Pain relieving spray recommended by the pharmacist. My husband had sprain in the hips after a sports injury.So I consulted at the phramcy and she told this Pain relieving spray is better.Yes …

Ricola is a type of herbal throat drop used when you have a cough or a sore throat. It is promoted as entirely natural, so that you do not have to fear that any additional chemicals have been added to your medicine. They come in many flavors, my favorites …

This Fall, as the result of having Bronchitis and having taken several prescriptions for antibiotics, I found myself retaining fluid, a lot of fluid. My stomach was so distended from fluid retention that I could barely see my feet. My doctor was reluctant to give me ‘fluid pill’ believing …

NeilMed Sinus Rinse- As I have said before I have had terrible issues with my sinuses. Last year was the worst for my sinus for some reason. I spent the majority of the winter and spring suffering from severe allergy infections and congestion. I was fed up and went …

I had this huge open gash on the corner of my lip that just wasn’t healing because every time it got wet it would reopen. It just didn’t want to heal, even with the first aid ointment I was applying to it daily. The opened gash would constantly bleed …

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 …

Equate: Natural Lemon Flavor Day Time Cold is a product that I use when I am feeling pretty sick, be it from the flu or a real bad cold or when I am sick and my body is just aching. I have found that this product is pretty quick …

I have been suffering from a lot of muscle strain recently, and felt that the pain and the swelling was slowly becoming unbearable. I have been cutting back on how many oral medications I ingest and try to find pain relief through ointments and gels. I felt like I …