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 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 …

During one of my recent stays in the hospital after undergoing a surgery, I had developed a condition which is known as oliguria. This meant that my urine output was lower than what the health care team wanted. My values fell on the alarming value which raised the flag …

Another product in the long line of cold remedies is ZiCam Cold Remedy. There are different ways to digest ZiCam, but the chewable version is the one that I purchased. The specific type the I bought was the strawberry chewable style. I know that when you are …

When Guardasil first came out and the governor of Texas was trying to make it a mandatory shot for all school aged girls, I did a whole lot of reasearch on the vacine because at the time, we lived in Oklahoma just across the border from Texas and when …

I am sure most of you ever heard about Canesten Creme. I also knew this product long time ago, even when I was still small girl. So it must have been more than 15 years ago since my mother used this creme for somebody in the house who need …

Dr. Sigur is a wonderful dentist. I don’t think that I have ever had a better experience with a dentist.
Her office staff is friendly and helpful and always seem to be warm and caring.
I took my yougest daughter to see her this past week. My youngest is ten and …

Have you ever had a cold or flu and you can’t sleep at night? You just can’t get comfortable? You keep having to adjust your pillow or turn side to side because you just don’t feel good. Well I have the answer! NyQuil. It is always my first choice …

For some reason that I still have yet to discover, I’ve broken out into small little itchy bumps all over my skin, but mainly on my legs and feet. I have many bumps on my feet, some of them are so close together that they just look like one …

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 …

This comes in a brown bottle with Nature Made written on it and Iron written in big letters. This is a small white circular tablet. The cap is child safe but is easy for adults to open.
During pregnancy, my iron levels were low so my doctor asked me …

I found Target Anti-Histamine Allergy Relief tablets when I was looking for a US replacement medicine for a UK allergy medicine that I was used to taking, but unable to find easily for sale in the US. The UK medicine had the active ingredient Cetirizine Hydrochloride 10mg, and …

A few weeks back, while working in the kitchen, I accidentally happen to cut my finger and had blood oozing the very next second. Thought he cut didn’t seem very deep, it was quite long and since I was experiencing severe pain, it made me feel rather uncomfortable. This …

I drink a lot of caffeine to keep my headaches away. I know this is not the right answer, with being an RN and all, however I work nights and need to stay awake. When I have days off I tend to stay up …

This capsule was prescribed by the pediatrician of my son when he was still a baby because I complained that my son was not really gaining weight and drinking milk as much as I want to. So the doctor prescribed this medicine and what she asked me to …

Lantus is an injection insulin for treating diabetes. It is a slow acting and long term insulin. Patients are required to take one shot daily. I found that Lantus works well in helping to control my diabetes.
Like other insulin, Lantus has to be stored in the …

Last summer, the weather was always changing. There comes a time when it was so hot during the day then it rains at night. Due to the sudden change of climate, my five month old baby catch up flu. Good thing, it was just a flu and no corresponding …

I have bought and taken Strepsil Cough Sweets either for sore throats or to suppress my cough for years. I have tried most of the different flavors they offer. Having tried so many different flavors, one of the medicines that was least offensive, though perhaps not the …

In an effort to go “natural” many people have been turning away from big Pharma drugs in an effort to alleviate their sleeping distress. Like many other insomniacs, I want desperately to fall asleep right away, but am hesitant to take ambien or any of the OTC sleep aids …

Since moving to a dry climate, I have suffered from very dry, irritated eyes, made far worse by the fact that I wear contact lenses. I have tried various items that promise to provide moisture and relief, but nothing worked until I tried Clear Eyes Sensitive Dry Eyes Tears. …

Viagra advertisements have become literally rampid on our television sets, and on our radio sets. It supposedly is known as the “sex drug” for men, that keeps their interest and energy levels excellerated while engaging in intercourse. While I have heard countless commercials for Viagra, and heard an …

My wife was prescribed to take Crina - NCR 10 mg tablet when she was going through menstrual disorder, like continuous vaginal bleeding and pain in lower abdomen. She was also prescribed to take a combined contraceptive pill simultaneously. Crina NCR 10 mg was supposed to be given for …

I recently went by a friend’s house who has cats. I knew that I was always slightly allergic to cats, but it was always manageable. When I come in contact with cats, my eyes water, I sneeze, cough, and get a scratchy throat. Usually, as soon as I am …

Product Description: Stuffy nose kit for kids, this product contains a saline-like solution that is meant to clean out mucus from a child’s nose. We found it at our local Walgreen’s pharmacy for around $8 but I think it varies in price quite a bit depending on what store …

Several years ago, I started to experience some pretty strange symptoms that I had ignored for as long as I possibly could without treating it on some level or another. I was getting sharp pains in my mid-right side that were sometimes so severe that I would be doubled-over, …

My whole family suffers from high blood-pressure. Even my niece was put on medication for it when she was as young as fourteen years old. I’ve been good about monitoring mine so that it wouldn’t get out of control and have even been very careful about salting my …

A few days ago, I voluntarily checked myself into a mental hospital due to severe depression. The Doctor who saw me prescribed me 50 Mg of Zoloft.
The first day that I took it, I noticed that my mouth was severely and uncomfortably dry, but there were no changes …

I realize that scrapes, stickers, small cuts, etc., do not always just happen at home, where I keep my main first aid kit. I carry Mc Kesson Medi-Pak with me at all times, in my purse. This is just a small, well packaged sterile, single use, latex free (important …

Yep, it’s that time of year again, when all the pine cones strive to procreate and leave their genes in the form of a fine yellow dust that covers literally everything from cars to patio furniture. And although I sincerely appreciate the need for even trees to make sure they …

I had gastric bypass surgery in March of 2002 and since then it’s changed my life. This is the surgery for those who have tried every other method available yet didn’t have much success.
Weight loss has become like a major fad these days. because there are so many going …

Chericof is a cough formula used to treat cough and cold. With children in my house one or the other is always having running nose or a very bad cold.
During winters when it is very cold my kids usually fall sick and catch cold. I give them some home …

I hate having to stay home all day just because I am sick. I like to be able to fight through the sickness while I get things done. Considering I have a daughter to rush off to school and other things to take care of, I cannot lay in …

My asthma was out of control and nothing was working to help relieve the breathing difficulties I was having. Not even prescription medicines. Therefore, I was in the drugstore looking for other options that might help give me some breathing relief can ended up trying the Primatene Mist Inhaler. …

Advil is an all time pain reliever, it gets ride of headache, toothache, muscular aches, minor pain of arthritis, menstrual craps, backache, the common cold, and temporarily reduces fever. Advil even makes certain pills to reduce certain things, like Advil migraine, Advil cold and sinus, Advil Allergies, Advil multi-symptom …

I have taken sleeping medicines before. I have tried a few different brands and found that few of them actually work without causing any side affects. One of the first brands that I ever tried was Tylenol PM.
I decided to try this medication because headaches were keeping me up …

I was always prescribed Allegra from my doctor, but I’d tried some of the zyrtec over-the-counter products in the past. I have pretty intense allergy symptoms, so there’s pretty much nothing that I haven’t tried to treat it, especially considering those wonderful 24-hour prescription medications would maybe last me …

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 …

My stomach problem always remained an integral part of my life. Due to weak digestion capabilities, anything I ate more than my routine food would cause stomach upset. This would make feel quite uneasy and uncomfortable making me lethargic to do any kind of work and thus affecting my …

I was quite disappointed with the side effects of my previous medication for my illness. This gave me a very uncomfortable headache that was extremely hard to get rid of. So I asked my doctor if he knew another drug which he could prescribe me. After several minutes, I …

I am traveling 4 hours in a day from work, but since I am wearing sung glasses there are times that my eyes get irritated with the dust and even sensitive to sun light. When I get home my eyes get itchy and I have to wash it with …

For years now, my husband has been avoiding taking drugs for hypertension. But, as he ages, his blood pressure consistently goes up. He gets more high readings than normal ones, I am really afraid that it will have serious consequences later on. Aprovel is the drug given by his …

Depakote is a medication that was originally prescribed to prevent seizures. However, it has become more and more common to prescribe Depakote as a mood stabilizer to treat depression and bipolar disorder.
I was diagnosed with depression a number of years ago and was put on Depakote to treat mood …

I was advised to take dietary supplements as I was not eating healthily. Well mostly because whatever I choose to munch on is processed too quickly before my body is able to absorb the vitamins from real food. I have super rate metabolism that seems to have gone up …

Growing up, I remember my dad using Extra Strength Icy Hot whenever his back was bothering him. When my boyfriend was feeling achy, I decided to try Icy Hot out on him. I really think this is a great product, but it does have a few drawbacks.
First …

Extra Strength Tylenol is a form of acetaminophen which is widely used for common aches and pains. Tylenol is one of the few brands that does not contain any aspirin. It is one of the most widely recognized brands on the market today. That being said is also why …

Accutane is one of the strongest anti-acne drug there is so you will first be sent to a dermatologist because other family physicians will not prescribe this. This drug is pretty expensive - a couple hundred dollars but if you are covered by the insurrance, then you are good …

My two year old daughter is susceptible to cough and she gets it quite often. I like to give her Prospane Dried Ivy cough syrup because it is herbal and it was also prescribed to me while I was pregnant. The problem with the Prospane cough syrup is …

Ugly Nail Gel is another one of those products who claims to cure toe nail fungus. They are also another company who are simply using tee tree oil as the main toenail fungus fighting ingredient. Of course like I have said before tea tree oil will kill the fungus …

I do not always have to deal with itchy skin, but do have to deal with it often enough when the weather is going wild. It is like my skin goes through these cycles with each weather and season change. My skin can go from normal to irritated within …

First off, Lormide is Loperamide and is a medicine for diarrhea. It’s probably the cheapest brand, but not really the most effective. I have been forced to swallow this pill instead of the more effective brand and costlier one because my work place is trying to save on operating …