I like the outdoors. On the weekends, I go with my friends hiking in the mountains. I never imagined that I would have a dangerous encounter with one of nature’s aggressive insects. As usual we would hike for about 2 hours then find a nice spot to rest and …

My baby boy has been cutting a few teeth lately, and it has been a complete nightmare for us both. Since the teeth have started to grow through his gums, he has been sucking on his hands and being fussy. I was having a really hard time with him, …

There is nothing more uncomfortable than finding yourself down with a urinary tract infection (or UTI). These can be incredibly painful with symptoms ranging from an uncomfortable urgency to urinate, to a burning sensation, abdominal cramps and even blood in the urine, which be disconcerting to say the least. …

I had a severe case of sore throat about 5 years ago which caused pus formation on both of my tonsils and severe difficulty in swallowing even of liquid foods. Because I always have tonsillitis almost every month (maybe because of too much stress), I decided to undergo …

Think of pain—¦and the first think that comes to mind is an anodyne that gets rid of it. Think of anodyne and the first name that comes to mind is Bodrex! Headaches become common with age, and what becomes equally common is the one name associated with it for …

Advil pain reliever is one of the most effective pain relievers that I have ever used. I get terrible migraine headaches about once a month and when I need fast pain relief without side effects that I can get from stronger migraine medications, I take two Advil. …

I hate generically lumping myself in a specified PMS category of women, but I’ll admit that I’m really rather moody and irritable a couple days before my period, so much so that my husband and children have marked those days on their mental calendars and avoid me at all …

Alan Dockery is a doctor that I will never forget, this is because in my view he was responsible for most of the things that happened to my grandmother when she went for medical care. Being a senior citizen she did not have much of a choice as to …

Antipyrine and Benzocaine Otic Solution USP is a prescribed ear drop for ear pain. I am going to give this product a 7 because it only works 7 of the ten times it is used. I am an adult who gets ear infections. They are very painful for me …

When I was working at this call center germs seemed to pass through there fast. I was sick at least once month, which made it hard to work on the phones. My throat was sore all the time and cough drops just weren’t working for me. Plus it’s not …

Paxil is an antidepressant that I have been taking daily for about six years now. I notice no major side effects, and I have been happy with the way that the drug works for me. Although it should not be thought of as any kind of miracle …

When my 3rd sister was born, her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck and it strangled her while she is being pushed out. For that short moment, oxygen supply to her brain was cut off. It is a good thing that it did not much damage to her. Well, that’s …

I ran out of my usual sleeping tablet. The last few days I was a bit anxious, perhaps even overly anxious that I could not go to sleep. My routine was normally broken because there were a lot of things that need to be done. School has barely started …

I have rheumatoid arthritis. I normally take methotrexate along with other medications to treat it. However, I have recently been diagnosed with fatty liver. Because of the fatty liver, I can not take the methotrexate. I could take it, but I would have to have …

When I am trying to fight off a cold I like to suck on Zand Elderberry Zinc Herbal Lozenges. They provide my body with zinc which helps fight off the cold and it contains natural herbal extract in it that help support my immune system. Best of all I …

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 …

If you have never heard of benodril then you are a lot like me because the first time I had ever heard of this medicine was about a month ago and I have been very happy with it for many reasons and I am sure you will find …

I have used this antibiotic prescription medication a number of times in the past for different types of infections I have had. My doctor recently prescribed this medication to me last week for a infection I have developed in the sinuses. I thought I would publish a review on …

Just about two weeks ago, my husband was laying on the couch looking absolutely miserable, and I had a feeling something was wrong. When I asked him, he answered me with this awful congested voice telling me that his sinuses were acting up. I couldn’t exactly pinpoint it to …

When you are a mother like me with two kids and a busy day to day schedule you realize really quick that its important to have the right kind of products on hand for when your kids get sick. I don’t like giving my kids medication if I can …

For the past six years I have been dealing with horrible back pain. Sometimes it is worse than other times, but I have had it consistently. My grandma also suffers from back pain and receives prescription medication for her pain. She does not like to take these pills and …

Equate Triple Antibiotic Ointment is the generic term for regular Triple Antibiotic Ointment, but it works just the same. The active ingredients being Bacitracin Zinc, Neomycin Sulfate, and Polymyxin B Sulfate, they are the same ingredients as in the regular version. Even the amounts are the same. …

While this medication is an antipsychotic, it can also be prescribed for insomnia. I used this medication for insomnia and found that it worked quite well. I would recommend it for anyone who tried using other more common medications for insomnia. However, this medicine is rather strong so one …

Aloe vera is an extremely widely used natural product with a vast array of beneficial effects. The juice is drunk for its aid to digestion and is said to help sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome. There is not much scientific fact to back up this claim but it is …

Many years ago I used to take natural products, I guess that comes from habit, among the products which have been or are still taking a seasonal beer yeast, horsetail, soy lecithin, argan oil, ginseng, royal jelly, tooth lion, valerian, and a myriad of products in a long list.
But …

Type 2 Diabetes is not often something you would suffer from without other medical problems. The number 1 partner for this condition is, I believe, overweight. Okay, as I am speaking from personal experience I think I can use the correct …

When it comes to sinus colds I can’t say that I get, them often but when I do get them they are pretty severe. One thing that is bad about them is that they are hard to get rid of and so they last for awhile. This means that …

My wife was complaining about pelvic and lower abdominal pain. She has a long history of stomach related issues, and hence I was getting her symptomatically treated. It was few months back when my sister who is an OBGyne asked her to go for whole abdomen ultra sound scan. …

I went through a pretty scary time when a relative was dying from cancer. My anxiety level was through the roof and I was borderline depressed. I was already taking an antidepressant drug, amitriptyline, but I took it for sleep, not depression. My doctor decided I needed some …

Migraines happen to almost everyone, with a wide variety of symptoms that come along with the brain-splitting headache. For example, my mother gets nausea along with her headache, while I go completely numb on the opposing side of my body (i.e. a migraine focused on the left side …

I was given Prilosec in 1998 when I was experiencing extreme heart burn and pains in my stomach. The pains got so bad, I would almost double over. When I went to the doctor, they ruled out an ucler and she prescribed Prilosec which was fairly new on the …

These pills have antihypertensive function and they help to reduce the hypertension. My husband had hypertension before the operation and the doctor prescribed Doxazin. He takes only one pill every morning. At first he was very sleepy all the time and had hadaches but they say that it a …

I had a recurring Urinary Tract Infection since I was in high school and it became worst when I started working. I had my worst attack just recently that I end up being hospitalized for a week. I got fever and chills and the doctor said that my infection …

I’ve suffered from allergies since I can remember. And most medicines that I take usually don’t help me at all. But a doctor recommended to me that I use Zicam allergy relief gel swabs and much to my surprise, I’m very happy with what it has
done for me so …

Throughout the years, we all have experience some type of warts. It could be from those hideous plantar warts to those many bumps covering our fingers which are the color of our skin. And, your immediate thought was,
“How do I get rid of them? Every time I barely …

I try not to take medication unless I absolutly have to. I also hate going to the doctors office, especially when I am sick. All you want to do when you are sick is lay around not sit in a doctors office for three hours for a two minute …

The first medication I ever tried for my adult ADD was Ritalin. Now, Ritalin is not technically an “adult add” medication, but it can still be prescribed to adults (and probably is not directed to be used for adult ADD because we haven’t known about the condition in …

If you are a diabetic patient it is very important that you do regularly tests to measure your glucose. It is a thing that these patients also sometimes forget.
The One Touch Ultra2 Blood Glucose Meter can help you with this. It is a very handsome meter to measure the …

I can’t stand dentists. I think they overcharge and my schedule isn’t flexible enough to make appointments weeks in advance.
That’s why I like Dr. Edwin Schuler.
When I had to have extensive dental work done, I was concerned about how I was going to pay for it. I have insurance, …

Whenever I get a clogged nose it drives me insane, especially how only one nostril will open up at a time. I get clogged nose all the time, because I recently started suffering from allergies whenever the seasons change. Whenever my nose starts getting clogged I then get a …

I am a big fan of Vaseline products. The stuff has been around since I was a child and it has so many different house hold uses that I keep a jar around just because it’s handy. However, I was at Wal-Mart last winter looking for more Carmex when …

I have suffered from many stomach problems over the past few years. I often find myself having to deal with indigestion and heartburn more often than I would like to. Since my indigestion and heartburn become unbearable at times, I try to keep medicine in the cabinet to treat …

I do a heck of a lot of walking and even though I wear the correct footwear my poor knees seem to be suffering- as do some of my other joints! My doctor did some tests and confirmed I was starting with Athritis..’Oh No!’ I thought as I’m only …

Advil is one of those things that I pretty much grew up on. For as long as I can remember my parents have taken advil for minor aches and pain. I have to admit that now that I am an adult I too use advil for many different …

The CVS in Chicopee located on Memorial Drive is one of the best CVS’s in Massachusetts for so many reasons. The main reason why this certain location is so great is because of the hours they are open. This CVS never closed, ever! They were open twenty four hours, …

I visit this hospital very rarely, just to visit a friend or relatives who must treated because their illness in this hospital. This hospital is an exclusive hospital and the only and first hospital in Indonesia who got accreditation from the United States.
I love the layout of this hospital …

A couple of years ago I was put on Paxil for anxiety. I don’t really recommend it to anyone. It did take away some of my anxiety issues, but then it added issues. So instead of helping my anxiety it just switched the issues basically. A couple of things …

My father is taking Ecosprin 150 mg tablet since last six months. He had a minor heart attack in the summer and had to be shifted to the ICU. The doctor diagnosed some cardiac related issues after Echo and ECG and prescribed him Ecosprin 150 mg along with a …

I used to take Alaxan FR which was helping me relieve muscle pains that was then really bothering me. I was then still so young and in early 20’s but rheumatism came very early in my life. I was then fond of taking a bath even if I …

I remember once, when I was fifteen, some three years after I had started menstruating, I woke up one morning and was bowled over by the pain of my cramping, the tightness I felt all over thanks to water weight, and this isn’t to mention the headaches and general …