My allergologist prescribed me with Nasonex along with Nasatapp or Aerius Tablets for every time my rhinitis acts up. The first time I used it, it took about 2 days before I could tell the difference and feel the effects. My initial dose was two sprays in the …

On my venture of searching for the right lotion to help my dried and cracked hands and elbows, I purchase a tube of Aquaphor to give it a try. I got the tube at my grocery store. It cost $4.79 for a 1.75 oz. tube. The price was comparable …

This product is modeled after DayQuil , and it works just as well as at a fraction of the price. Like so many other generic products, it contains the exact same active ingredients as the name-brand product, so it seems silly to me to pay more than you …

I first tried Caziant when I could no longer take the terrible negative side effects caused by taking LoEstrin 24FE. I was prescribed this birth control from my new Plannet Parenthood doctors who said it was much more comparable to Ortho Tricyclen Lo because it had low doses of …

Working for hours in front of the computers give a very stiff back and that results in some sever back pain finally. I am an accountant in a reputed firm and have to work for around 10-12 hours daily in front of the computer sitting stiffly on the chair …

Combiflam is a kind of medicine, which is used to temporarily relief of pain, and it is very effective, when it comes to back pain, or headache. I am using “Combiflam” or many years, and till now I haven’t noticed any side effects yet, but doctors said that if …

I remember being a walking-talking acne in high school, it was not easy or fun. I hate the fact that I can’t touch my face without hurting. It was frustrating and it pretty much consumes my time figuring out how to get rid of them. I tried all the …

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 …

I’m reviewing the Yasmin BC pill. I’ve been using this pill on and off for two years and I can say this is the best birth control pill I have ever tried. I recently got back on it, I’ve been taking it this time for 3 months. I’m very …

A few weeks earlier due to a minor car accident, I developed some scars on the left side of my cheek. The scars seemed so prominent on my face, that anybody who happened to meet me after the accident only seemed to enquire about the scars(how to how it …

I was in shock the last I got a cold, because I had gone so long without getting sick. I have always hated dealing with colds because when they hit me, they hit me hard. I have an especially hard time dealing with the congestion, as it usually leaves …

This is one of the branches of a leading drugstore in the country, Mercury Drug Store. This branch which is located in the National Highway of Dumaguete, is the newest the company has opened in this area of the province.
There is …

After my son was born, I experienced a period of postpartum depression. In addition to being extremely melancholy, I was also a nervous wreck trying to cope with my depression while caring for the new baby and my two-year-old daughter. My primary care physician prescribed Xanax to calm …

Vicks Vaporub is very well known all through these years. Perhaps our great grandparents were using this in their time and let it pass until to our generation. Like me, during my childhood years my mother was so dependent on using Vicks Vaporub on us rather than prescribed medicines. …

I know everyone has heard about gastro reflux disease or GERD in short terms. It is advertised on many commercials. While most of these commercials are for medication that supposedly helps people with their symptoms of GERD, there are also some legal commercials wherein the medicine that …

Suboxone is a relatively new medication on the market used to treat opiate addiction. Opiate addiction is a condition in which one is both physically and mentally addicted to opiate based medications such as vicodin, percocet, oxycontin and heroin.
Due to the fact that opiates are so physically addictive, …

After two strokes and difficulties with Cumadin, my doctor prescribed me Plavix Oral medication. I felt a little nervous to take this medication after the problems with bruising and bleeding on Cumadin. The good thing about Plavix oral is you do not have to see the blood laboratory technician …

Ponstan is known as a tablet that you can use as pain killer. You can take Ponstan tablet when you have pain. For example, if you have real headache, you can take one tablet of ponstan to throw the pain away from your head. Or for women, sometimes when …

I’ve been taking Effexor, an anti-depressant, for 10 months. This is the second time this drug has been prescribed to me. The first time I took it (about 10 years ago), I was opposed to taking an anti-depressant just because I thought I could “buck up” and make myself …

I wanted to stop smoking for the second time around. I had previously tried Zyban and while it did enable me to stop smoking for years, I started smoking again, which was not my ultimate goal. I decided that for me personally, it may be worth talking …

I had experienced having a severe diarrhea and nausea after eating a lot of french fries with cheese artificial flavoring. My aunt concluded that I was food poisoned. All in the family were panicking that time, so after trying to take different kind of medicine such as loperamide, herbal …

I have always hated dealing with nasal congestion and feel like it really takes a toll on my body. I have noticed more nasal congestion recently, due to the high winds and dust blowing. I find myself having a difficult time breathing through my nose and feel my nose …

One of the worst things about being diabetic is dealing with injuries to the foot. I was outside and carelessly stepped on a nail. Thank goodness I’d had a tetanus shot previously. My doctor put me on Bactrim pills to keep me from getting any infection in my foot. …

Acne can be a difficult time for teens and even later for adults. My teen had some problems with acne. I decided to try the NeoStrata NeoCeuticals Acne Spot Treatment Gel on her. You can target the specific acne spot that you want. I liked …

As I explain that I am 61 yrs of age, it is because they don’t make band-aids the way they did when I was a child, always needing one! The new Band-Aid Flexible Fabric Adhesive Bandage would have been a very welcome thing, in my youth!
Unlike the days of …

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 …

I have this allergy that really trigger to swollen my face and throat, I am allergic to some certain drugs containing Ibuprofen medicine. I was prescribed by my doctor a most effective anti allergy that has slight side effects, I’ve tried other antihistamine or anti allergy but I experienced …

Few years ago, when I was on my early pregnancy, I asked my doctor if he can give me special medicine to help me out with my morning sickness. I knew that every women should suffer from this morning sickness when they are in the early pregnancy. But at …

I began taking Glucophage (Metformin) in September of last year to treat the sudden onset of insulin resistance. I knew that this medication was used to treat type II diabetes, but I soon found that it is currently being used to treat Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome and associated infertility …

There a a few things in my medicine cabinet at home that will always be there. One of these is Equate Hydrocortizone Cream. I am highly susceptible to insect bites, I itch extremely badly and I cannot help but scratch. One day my boyfriend went out and bought me …

I’m one of those unlucky people who has to deal with allergy and sinus problems pretty much on a daily basis. It wasn’t always like this. I used to only have problems during specific months of the year, but as the years progressed, so did the sinus and allergy …

Both my kids had cold and cough last week. I think my daughter started first then her brother followed her. They were playing together for most of the time. That’s why it’s so easy to get the virus from one to another when they are sick.
I don’t …

My family goes to this clinic since January 2009 and so far we are still going there for health check-ups and for my baby’s shots. Harbor Medical Clinic accepts mostly Russian clients but there are also non-Russians catered such as me (my husband is a Russian but I am …

I use the Detol antiseptic lotion for any kind of hurts or wounds. As I have small children at home, it is very common that while playing they may fell down and they may get some hurts or cuts on their skin and at that time I only …

I live in an area where it is pretty dry. It is desert, so I don’t have to worry about too many different insects. One thing I do have to worry about is the mosquitoes, that plague my city. I live close to the Mexican border and many of …

Yesterday, suddenly I had to sneeze all the time. I did not know why and then it continued until the afternoon time when I had to go out with my kids to the shopping mall centers.
Then I felt that my nose started to have a problem as well. Oh …

I hate having a cold and I hate taking cold medicine like Ny-Quil because I cannot stand the taste of it. I find it vile and revolting and for the most part would gladly refrain from taking the stuff if I possibly could. However due to circumstances …

The Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center is the newest hospital in Las Vegas, and it opened in 2008. My last three children were born at a different hospital in town, but my husband and I have a new insurance, so for our new baby boy, born in June …

I don’t normally shop at Kmart, but have recently been noticing a lot of sales that they have had going on. I found myself picking up some cough drops when my throat was feeling scratchy and I could feel a serious cough coming on. I noticed a large bag …

My husband and I recently took our daughter to the Emergency department of the IWK Children’s hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The IWK is pretty well reknowned locally and is hailed as being one of the best health care facilities for children east of Toronto.
I was shocked when we …

I find it appealing when products are designed for adults and children in mind. Though I don’t have children of my own, my godchildren visit quite frequently. They aren’t quite old enough to take adult medications, but they are too old to take things specifically designated for children, and …

My daughter has been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). It seems that now that is all that children are diagnosed with. I reserched some of the medicines that can be taken, and Adderall was one of them.
It really worried me because this drug had a lot of …

I am not someone who is known to come down with Cold & Flu very often but there are times when I do and when that happens I would be seriously down with high body temperature, sleeplessness, body ache, headache and blocked nose in short, I would get the …

Unfortunately, my cholesterol is high. Since I have lupus, Sjogren’s, and was recently diagnosed with diabetes, this doesn’t make my cardiologist happy. I have seen him for years for atrial fibrillation and control of my blood pressure. At my last visit he told me that if I wasn’t able …

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 …

Tylenol, everyone has used it many times in their lives, but I, personally, hate using it. My reasons why? First off the taste. Usually, it is in the its usual minty taste and it feels like I’m drinking pure mouthwash. Disgusting. In addition, there is strong medical advice that …

Oh Tylenol, is there nothing you can’t do? I don’t like every Tylenol product that I’ve tried over the years, but I don’t hate them either. Usually they are just mildly effective, worse case scenario, and do the job better than anything else, best case scenario. I was actually …

As age advances and also by continuous usage of computers, our eyes go weak. My eyes were very sharp and I could read even small writings with ease. But with age now I need specs to see the small print. Another major problem I have noticed with the eyes …

This is a fruity tasting medicine that kids seem to like (unlike adult Benylin).
It contains two active ingredients,5mg Dextromethorphan hydrobromide(an antitussive)to help stop coughing, and0.625mg Triprolidine hydrochloride (an anti-histamine)to stopsneezing, runny nose and watery eyes,in each 5ml dose.
my son has just about tried every medicine for coughs and colds …