Medicine Reviews
MEDICard
I am a member of this Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and I am enjoying its benefits for more than a year. I usually use the medical and dental care services through accredited establishments here in the Phillipines. Just make sure you always bring the blue card with you for …
Kanka Softbrush Gel by Blistex (Benzocaine Oral Anesthetic)
Well, a few months ago I had a horrific experience with abscessed tooth. The pain was so great that I would literally cry myself to sleep and almost swallowed a whole bottle of Crest mouthwash in order to rinse out the germs that were accumulating at the back of my …
Motion ease motion sickness
My husband and I took a road trip that left me so sick that I refused to be apart of another. Well, he convinced me this past summer to take another road trip to Las Vegas. I refused but he offered me a remedy that would help me with …
Dolfenal 500mg Tablet
I highly recommend this pain reliever because it is very effective. I take this capsule for dysmennorhea or headache. I prefer to take it than other capsules with a generic name of Mefenamic acid. This is one of my tested and trusted medicine. It would only take …
Abreva Cold Sore/Fever Blister Treatment
I had a very bad cold sore on my lip which was very painful. I wanted to get rid of the pain and the ugliness of the cold sore and someone suggested Abreva. I decided to give it a try. I purchased a .13 oz. tube of Abreva at …
Cortaid
During the summer, I was doing some outdoor work, gardening and trimming the bushes. As I was finishing up, I felt my arm start to itch and when I looked at it, it was starting to get red. I figured I scratched it on the bushes that …
Normat syrup
Hello friends, I am a mother of 3 little cute children. When my second son was just a baby he used to have some teething problems. The teething problems are those problems, which the babies normally face at the time when the new teeth, appears in their …
Monistat Day or Night
It’s more like “Monistat: Not Day Nor Night.” This product was a nightmare. I was attracted to it at first because it claimed to do something other yeast infection medicines don’t. All the over the counter medicines are these big capsules that you insert like a tampon. They dissolve …
Locoid Lipocream 0,1%
My daughter inherited my sensitive skin. Even when she was a baby, her face would get rashes which had nothing to do with measles or rubella which are typical childhood diseases. Among all my kids, she is the one I take the most for a visit to the dermatologist. …
Flanax forte Naproxen 550mg capsule
Everytime I have fever, I always turn to Paracetamol to normalize my temperature. However, when this measure fails, I always have another option which can surely give me immediate relief from high grade fever: Flanax forte Naproxen 500mg capsule which I usually take every twelve hours after …
Euphrasia Eye Drops
In the last 3 weeks, my youngest child has been complaining that her eyes are hurting and was demanding that she sees an ophthalmologist. I checked her medical records and indeed, saw that it is time for the annual check-up. Alas, medical appointments here have to be made well …
Kroger All Day Allergy
Kroger All Day Allergy is the off brand of Zyrtec and a whole heck of a lot cheaper. I have reviewed many off and name brand products as well as other allergy products. I think this takes the cake in both of those categories and will give this product …
WalMart Equate Orange Flavor Childrens Aspirin
I recently bought the Wal-Mart Equate Orange Flavor Children’s Aspirin at my local store because my doctor just told me it was a good idea for me to take one half a regular aspirin every day or a whole baby aspirin every day to thin my blood slightly as …
Effexor XL
I have taken effexor xl for my symptom of cataplexy for my sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. While effexor is given as an antidepressant after being on it for one year,I found that I had built up a tolerance too it pretty quickly and therefore had to come …
Snoggle Deluxe Pillow
When I was pregnant with twins, I had the hardest time sleeping. It did not matter if I was on my back or side, sleeping was just uncomfortable.
Every week, I would get emails from Baby Center and one of my emails showed all these cool maternity products. The one …
Walgreens Antacid Tablets
Every now and then, I get acid indigestion, or heartburn. I know which foods I should stay away from, but some of these are my favorite foods, so I sometimes eat what I’m not suppose to. Recently we went out to dinner to one of my favorite restaurants. The …
Strepsils
There are many remedies for a sore throat, and Strepsils is one of them.
Not only in winter, in spring too, due to alergies, we can end up with a sore throat too.
It comes in a box with 24 pills, and the way to take them is to suck them …
Indocin (Indomethacin) 50 mg NSAID
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 …
Montelukast Sodium (Singulair) 10 mg film-coated tablets
It annoys me when I wake up in the morning and my nose is clogged up and I’m having hard time breathing. This, coupled with non-stop sneezing is really infuriating. We have a garden in our backyard and my room is annoyingly located a few meters above it. The …
Prevacid OTC 24 Hour Heartburn Capsules, 28 Count
I used to take prescription Prevacid for acid reflux, but a diet change lessened the reflux and eventually, I only got heartburn every once in a while after eating trigger foods. I just dealt with the heartburn and didn’t medicate because the prescription costs were getting costly when …
Armour Thyroid medication
Armour thyroid medication is made from desiccated pig thyroid. For me, Armour works better than synthroid, which is the most prescribed medication for thyroid problems.
Armour thyroid helps with the muscle aches and fatigue more so than synthroid did. I did take synthroid for a number of …
Lorazepam
This type of drug is prescribed as a sleeping pill but to be exact, it has more than just sleep-inducing effects. The medical name is benzodiazepine and it’s really like a sedative and have amnesic affects. My mom was prescribed this because she is always a worrier, so at …
Rainbow Light Allerstan Quick Response Tablets
I live in a very dry and sparse climate, smack in the middle of Vegas, so allergies are a problem I experience only once in a great while. However, I visited my friend who happens to live in a densely wooded state, and the pollen count is through the …
Prozac
Prozac is one of the oldest antidepressant medications available. I’ve been taking Prozac for over a year now to treat depression. It seems to help but it makes me so tired. Prozac makes me feel “spacey” for lack of a better word. I seem to be less anxious when …
Carisoprodol
I have been suffering, for about the past year, from an extreme and constant case of pain. I was at work one night and I guess I just twisted the wrong way and totally threw my back out of whack. I’m not exactly an active person, though I am …
Zostrix Capsaicin
This is a cream that many physicians will prescribe if you have arthritis pain, to relief the discomfort. It is actually ‘pharmacist recommended’ so it is pretty good, aside from what my parents have said about it. This medicine/cream comes in a 60g and will last you more than …
Allerid
Allerid is the name of the tablets, which are used to cure the cold allergies. The size of these tablets is very small but it does wonders. These tablets are very effective to cure the cold allergies. Actually these tablets are taken when we have the …
Adderall XR for ADHD in adults
I am a 45 year old woman and have only, for the last couple of years, been diagnosed with (ADHD)attention-dificit hyperactivity disorder. I have always had the symptoms of “ADHD” but when I was younger I only thought I was a failure, giving up before I could even get …
Diphenoxylate Hcl and Atropine Sulphate (Lomotil) tablets
I tried this fast food chain near to where I was living. It was newly opened and I was told that they had a discount on all the food that I would order. So I tried it and ordered the foods that looked delicious. Later that evening, I felt …
Effexor XR
Effexor XR is prescribed for the treatment of anxiety and/or depression. It’s got a little something extra compared to the drugs people usually think of for these conditions. Sometimes it can be of tremendous benefit, but for others (like me), it can exacerbate the problem.
A large number of anti-depressants/anti-anxiety …
C-lium Fibre
C-lium Fibre is another type of medication suggested to my mom by our neighbor when they had a little chat about them having constipation problems. Our neighbor’s son is a doctor and he suggested the intake of C-lium fibre to her mom that may aid her digestion. C-lium is …
Airborne Effervescent Tablets
When cold season comes around I usually find it very difficult to stay away from colds and sickness because of the fact that children usually spread it to each other while they are at school or playing together. This is a problem for me because of the fact that …
Laserin Syrup
Actually I am not sure if this laserin syrup that I knew for a long time is just syrup that we can take when we have coughing or it can also be your medicine when you have a little fever or headache.
So far, I have been using this Laserin …
Tiger Balm Back Pain Patch
Working while sitting in front of the computer 11 hours per day, I often feel lower back pains at the end of each day, especially at night when I am about to sleep. There are times when I don’t feel any pain at all, oftentimes it is still tolerable, …
Oralit
My mother gave Oralit to me when I had a problem with my stomach. At that time, I got diarrhea and had to vomited few times. My mother was worried that I could get dehydration. That’s why she immediately went to pharmacy store to buy Oralit.
Oralit is a …
Aspirin Extra Strength
I get headaches and migraines quite frequently. In a week, I usually get a migraine at least once if I am lucky. Sometimes more depending on the situation, stress levels, and my relaxation. I usually use Advil and it has been working so far. However, when I ran out …
Benadryl Allergy 100 Tablets
Benadryl is by far the best allergy medicine I have taken in a long time. I have tried different types of allergy medicines, but this one is the only that really did a great job in eliminating my allergy symptoms. I have been suffering from allergies from almost …
Claritin Allergy Liqui-Gels 10mg
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 …
Baclofen
Not too long ago, I experienced an MS exacerbation (episode). My hand became numb and cramped. I could still move my hand, although it was not very controlled. For example, I could pick up a piece of paper, and my hand would clench down on it …
Crocin Syrup for cold
Crosin syrup can be used whenever our kids suffer from extreme cold, cough and fever. If the fever is not too high in degrees the crosin syrup can be used for them. I use it for my child, whenever he falls ill due to fever or extreme …
Anadin Original
Anadin Original is a very popular brand of painkiller here in the United Kingdom, and it is one I buy from time to time myself when I have a headache or similar pain. It contains both aspirin and caffeine, albeit with a considerably larger dose of the former than …
After Bite Xtra Gel
It is so irritating to get a mosquito bite or other insect bite. They can itch and drive you mad. I like After Bite Xtra Gel because it works right away. You just rub the After Bite Xtra Gel medicine on you and immediately the itching …
Systane Ultra Lubricant Eye Drops
Recently, I went to the eye doctor because I realized that everything was looking blurry whenever I had my contacts in and while I was on the computer, and if I persist on staying on, I’m bombarded by this nagging headache that just makes me want to hurl. I figured …
Theraflu Daytime Severe Cold & Cough
Okay, I have to say that I have found a bonafide miracle. I say this because my husband, although I adore the very quicksand he walks upon, is perhaps the biggest whiniest and miserable human baby alive when it comes to being sick. Granted he isn’t sick very often, and …
Zmax One Dose Azithromycin 2 g prolonged-release granules
I had hospital acquired pneumonia about 3 years ago which caused me to have hard, nonproductive cough, fever and some difficulty of breathing which caused me to go on leave from my work. Because I really like to spend nothing for my antibiotics, I just dig into my …
Saridon Pain reliver
Saridon one of the best remedies for instant relief from headache. It is one medicine which every Indian home trusts and recommend for relief from headaches and simply body pain. We have been using it for almost 15 -20 years in our household and it really stands out …
IMAK Eye Pillow
It’s comfortable, and I use it when I can’t go to sleep. And that’s about all that I can say about this product. An eye pillow is a better way of calling an eye cover so you can sleep in broad daylight. It cost me $10. I only bought …
Aerius (Desloratidine) 5mg tab
I usually develop allergic rhinitis especially in the night when I sleep with our air-conditioner on. It was rather disturbing having stuffy nose while sleeping because I have to go mouth breathing just to breath. Thus, I was really thankful when a medical representative introduced me to …
Effexor
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 …
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