I get sore throats pretty regularly, far more often than I’d like anyway, because I have severe allergies that often drain and all the swallowing and blowing my nose and coughing up mucus (not a pretty picutre, I know), seems to cause a sore throat more often than not. …

Who has not heard of Alka-Seltzer? I grew up on the stuff and used to watch my dad take it just to watch it dissolve. Now that I am older and Alka-Seltezer has expended to cover cold and cough I am a die hard fan. I bought this stuff …

I am fed up of writing reviews with the word —˜phlegm’ in them, but we are talking phlegm again with this one as I am reviewing Bell’s Mentholated Bronchial Balsam and I think it is excellent stuff. Out of all the many decongestants and expectorants I have been …

Sleep is something that I have battling with for way too long. After not sleeping for days I got sick and tired of it and decided to start taking something to help me sleep easier. It seemed like I was always on the run and didn’t want to crash …

I had had some success taking the cvs brand of dairy aides and decided, since this was about the same price, at about $10 a bottle for 32 capsules. The cvs brand came with 120 but you had to take three at a time with every dairy product you …

Any woman who is going to deliver a baby, should surely look into the option of being given a drug known as Stadol. Stadol is not a narcotic medication, so it obtains no qualities that could be harmful to the baby like many commonly known narcotics which can …

One of my favorite brands for an abrupt cough is the Ricola brand products. I decided to purchase some on one occasion where I just could not get rid of my cough. I felt pretty normal as I was passing my cold, but the cough was the only thing …

I had a few cuts and bruises because I was recently in a motorcycle accident. It was nothing serious really, but I didn’t want to go around wearing pants to work all the time. My mom gave me Terramycin, she said it would help the cuts to heal faster …

I have used this drug for about 4 days. It works very well. It makes u want to fight the depression. I am 16 by the way. One of the doctors said it raises the chance of curing from depression from 50 percent to 80. I think it …

Ever since I first started menstruating at the tender age of twelve, I have experienced very severe menstrual cramping. Over the years, the cramping has even gained strength in intensity and longevity and instead of lasting only twenty four hours, it now lasts twice as long. I visited my …

I began using the NuvaRing two months ago after seven years of using several different brands of birth control pills. NuvaRing is different because it requires attention only once a month, unlike birth control pills, which depend on you remembering to take them every single day. With …

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 …

I suffer from terrible seasonal allergies. Grass being cut, pollen, smog or pesticides can give me terrible bouts of sneezing, and make my sinus’s become so full it feels like my head will explode.
I have, for the past 5 summers used Claritin, until recently I bought another brand, ran …

The first time I ever experienced motion sickness was on a ferry. It was a very short, choppy ride, but I found myself feeling so ill I could not even walk back to the car without help.
I toughed that episode out—“ but the next time I …

Cymbalta is an antidepressant, meaning it is usually prescribed to people who are suffering from clinical depression or bipolar depression. These conditions are characterized by an extremely unhappy mood, sometimes accompanied with mood swings. Bipolar depression and clinical depression are caused not by events, or at least not …

Sometimes when I have a sore throat I like to use Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat Syrup. It is a nice thick sweet tasting syrup that helps coat my throat and ease the pain and stinging away from it. When my throat is dry it helps soothe the dryness and …

For a period of time I was feeling a little sick. After a quick self-diagnosis, I found out that I had a slight fever that was climbing rapidly into a severe fever. I quickly went over to the drugstore and got myself a box of NyQuil Cold and Fever …

I am not a big fan of aspirin as I have found that Ibuprofen seems to do a better job for relieving my headache pains. I decided to try the Ecotrin when I had a good coupon for it. I figured I really had nothing to lose. It would …

I have always been a firm user of Advil, I have no idea why this became my preference, maybe because this is just what I always had in my house and that is what my parents used. Since childhood I have never veered from this standard. Recently, when I …

Metformin, or Glucophage, is an insulin sensitizing drug that is usually used to treat those with Type 1 diabetes, but recently has gained popularity in being used as a treatment for infertility in patients with insulin resistance and/or polycystic ovarian symdrome (PCOS). I personally was diagnosed with insulin resistance …

Along with Anadin Extra, I always keep a pack of Anadin Ibuprofen in the house just in case I need them.
Not only do they review pain, the relieve swelling and help to reduce temperature, so are perfect for flu and cold symptoms.
I find that they help to sweat out …

Mucinex DM is an over the counter medication useful in treating congestion and coughs. Every Mucinex tablet contains 1200 mg guaifenesin and 60 mg dextromethorphan HBr, which aids in suppressing coughs and loosening up mucous, respectively. I purchased Mucinex at the recommendation of my physician when a family member …

I must stress that I do have extremely painful periods. I am one of the unlucky women who really gets it bad, so bad that I have to take a day off work once a month (most months anyway) and my work colleagues assume I am faking it. …

Children’s Zyrtec over the counter allergy medicine is definitely my first choice for my kids. They suffer from spring and fall allergies and I have tried many different medicines for them including prescription and over the counter and I think Zyrtec is the best. It is great because …

Our personal experience with Visine Eye Drops:
In our lifetime, there will come a time that we will experience eye irritation. In my case, I’ve had sore eyes and sometimes my eyes will become red and really itchy for no apparent reasons. My husband on the other hand, gets eye …

YAZ is one of the more recent kinds of birth control to be produced. It comes in pill form, which contains both estrogen and progesterone. So how is YAZ different from other forms of birth control? First of all, rather than taking the pill on a …

When I get an episode of acid reflux, a couple of antacid tablets usually does the trick. Recently, we went to a wedding, and while I was eating dinner, I noticed that my meal was extra spicy. I really did not thing anything of it at the time, but …

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. …

Emeset was prescribed by the pediatrician to my youngest son. He was having little bit of diarrhea like symptoms with vomiting. The syrup works wonderfully at that time and since then has become a medicine that I always keep in my shelf at home.
Emeset is manufactured and marketed by …

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 …

Since my high school football days, I have had some serious problems with my shoulder. It was very hard for me to deal with initially, but over time, I learned to ignore. For the most part, I can live with the pain, but on occasion like to play some …

I had a bad shoulder pain last week but because of too many patients coming to my clinic, I still decided not be absent despite of the pain.
Luckily, a medical representative visited my clinic and introduced me to this new medication Rheuflex Tenoxicam 20mg tablet which I only …

It had to happen. It was Christmas and snowy. I was exhausted after a truly dreadful year and what happened? I caught a cold.
Ordinarily, I am prepared for such events and they occur when the shops are open and you can get what you need for all sorts of …

When I was first introduced to the medicine by my family doctor, I was skeptical. I had tried a dozen of so called ?sure work? products and methods (from expensive oriental herbal treatment to applying XO brandy onto my scalp) and none seems to be giving me any significant …

Lunesta is a prescription medication used to treat severe insomnia. However, I don’t feel it is quite as strong as Ambien, another prescription sleep medication. The two are similar. There is a factor that causes Lunesta to benefit over Ambien in the eyes of many doctors lately.
Prescription sleep …

Dealing with my latest pains, I have found that the colder the cream or gel, the better the pain relief. Though I have had some luck with the hot cold therapy, the cold seems to really get into my muscles and work the pain away, while reducing some of …

I got this diarrhea 3 days ago, I’ve eaten a food that really gave me a pain. I wasn’t able to go to work that’s why I decided to took Diatabs (Loperamide), it is for acute or chronic diarrhea. I’ve took it after meals, because I felt that I …

I used to have a problem with cold sores. I didn’t get to many but, they would show up every now and then. I really hated cold sores. They made me very self conscious and hurt. I tried so many cold sore remedies. One …

I have tried so many medications to try to relieve my chronic back pain. Very few have lived up to their claim. When I found out that Excedrin had a product for back pain, I decided to give it a try.
I noticed the two main ingredients in …

Thankfully I have inherited a no-sick gene from my mother. That is not to say that I do not get sick, but rather that it is very very seldom. However on the reverse side of this blessing is the fact that when I do catch a cold or something, …

I use to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. I went to my doctor for help. He subscribed Chantix. He said to be on it for 3 months. I was excited and started taking it right away. The first week I did not notice any changes I …

During my child hood I suffered from asthma. This was something that I couldn’t get around. No matter who many times my parents took me to the doctor. I was still suffering badly from asthma. In my adult years, I—˜ve tried all type of ways to relieve my …

Advil is a well known fever reducer and pain reliever for adults. It is 100% Ibuprofen. It is aspirin free. Advil is a name that has been prescribed by doctors time and time again. It is well known, safe, effective and trusted.
Junior Strength Advil comes from the makers …

I have had persistent episodes of headache due to allergies. It always prevent me from finishing my work and even stops from playing my favorites games. This is what I really get especially if my allergies are taken for granted. Until you can help ease your allergies, you need to …

I might have had a serious problem with the name but let me tell you I could have done without this crap here. I mean really does something that so funny named, have to smell so bad? This was my main issue with this stuff because I really disliked …

I have been struggling with quite a bit of pain through my hands and elbows. I often feel that they are strained and can feel swelling throughout those areas. I try my best to stay away from over the counter medications, but this is not always possible. Whenever the …

I’m always willing to try different types of allergy medicines. I don’t mind. Whatever is going to work for me, I’m all over it. I think that the thing that most makes Non-Drowsy Reactine Allergy medicine the most effective is the fact that it doesn’t make me drowsy. See …

Usually, I used another product if I got a small burn or woun0d from the kitchen. But few days ago, I could not find the product that I used to apply on the burning spot. The person in the drug store where I go if there is another product …

Levothyroxine is also known as Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid and Unithroid. This medication is prescribed to patients when they have low thyroid. The medical term is Hypothyroidism. It is important that our bodies have the proper amount of the thyroid hormone. The symptoms of low thyroid are: feeling cold, very …