As a woman who is lactose intolerant, I avoid dairy. The effects of dairy on my system are simply too unpleasant to indulge in the temporary fix from cheese or ice cream. However, even though I eat a lot of broccoli and other greens with calcium I still take …

This cream which pretty potent stuff because its main ingredient is 10% Menthol along with lots of other additional ingredients. The cream is the color blue which is kind of odd in my opinion but cool looking. I rub this usually on my muscles after a weight-lifting workout but …

My one year old son recently came down with a nasty cold, and was horribly congested to the point he wasn’t sleeping or eating properly. For colds, I always use Vicks Vapor Rub, but the rub at regular strength is not recommended for children. So, I picked up a …

First we must understand what is a chronic illiness. The chronic illiness is usually one that last a long time and cannot be cured. A few examples are diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, kidney disease, HIV/AIDS, lupus, and multiple sclerosis. According to the Cleveland Clinic who has done some remarkable …

I probably take more Ibuprofen than I should. This is one medication that actually works for me. In my experience, Ibuprofen has been effective in relieving pain and reducing fever.
Usually I take Ibuprofen for headaches or mentral cramps, but I have also found it effective for muscle …

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 …

Several days ago I had some fungal infection on my wrist. I don’t know but this seemed to be triggered by the leather bracelet of one of my watches. It was a gift from a cousin last Christmas and I only used it some three weeks ago but after …

I strongly recommend this medicine for people who are suffering from ARTHRITIS. Stress is the main cause for all the diseases. A year ago, I was in very stressful state and I observed a very wierd thing. I had swelling in my finger joints and the joints were stiff. …

I am one of those people who think that it is very important to have a well thought out vitamin and mineral regimen to help keep ourselves and our families healthy and happy. I really believe that Omega-3’s are one of the most beneficial vitamins that we as human …

I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1974. In the beginning, my parents administered my insulin injections. But, by 1976 or at six years of age, I began to do so independently. During the years, most of the time was spent using insulin manufactured with beef and pork crystals. Those …

Tolnaftate, which is the main ingredient in Lotrimin foot cream, is the best cure for athlete’s foot and for skin rashes in sweaty areas of the body. It can also be applied as a jock itch cure. Cream formula is best, but the powder can be used …

Have you ever try to use Counterpain Balm or cream? I always have Counterpain balm in the house. Just in case that something happen with my muscle for example, I can immediately apply Counterpain Balm on top of the area where I have the pain from the muscle.
First time …

Thanks to a new city ordinance that prohibits residents from parking their cars on their lawns (even residents like us that only park on a small part of the yard), I was recently forced to expand my driveway to fit our second car (the city also has a beautiful …

I noticed this product on the shelf when I was doing some household shopping one day. I know that I have two very busy little ones and that anything can happen at any given time. I like to keep some sort of antiseptic around the house at all …

I have always kept Benedryl around the house for those people who get itchy things on their skin, or for people who cannot seem to fall asleep, and have become really exhausted from lack of sleep.
Although, the box does not indicate that it is FOR sleepless nights, I had …

Whether it’s due to work, stress, or just a pesky bout of insomnia, sometimes it’s hard for all of us to get in a good night’s sleep. When counting sheep doesn’t work, sometimes I just need a quick sleep fix so I can make that alarm and be alert …

Do you have a problem with brown spot in your skin face? Women always care about their skin faces. And sometimes, they have this brown spot problem on their face because of the direct sunlight or other reason that can caused those brown spots.
It is not nice if you …

This summer we took the family to a local waterpark and we played in the wave pool on see through inner tubes all day long. Although we started off the day with 100 SPF sunscreen and reapplied it at three hour intervals, somehow we all came home with burns. …

I can not live without Strepsils Lozenges Original Flavor every time I have sore throat. It comes in different flavors: original flavor, honey, lemon, strawberry and more. I prefer the original flavor though I have tried other flavors as well. It can be bought by box or just one …

Yuck! They taste good at first and then the bitter taste hits you. These are a round chewable with a hard white coating and taste like cherry…at first. You are supposed to not eat or drink fifteen minutes before or after you take it. You are also supposed to …

I have been using pain reliever all my life. I suffer from the worst menstrual cramps and aches especially on the first day of my ordeal. I really could not stand the pain thus have been popping on pain reliever pills for what had seemed like forever. On one afternoon, …

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 …

I had been on the pill for the last three months, and in the first two months I was actually using one that didn’t have side effects on my body. However, on the third month, the pharmacy near my place ran out of my regular so I had to …

On a good day, I spend an average of eight hours in front of the computer to do all my freelance writing. I enjoy myself so much that I get aches and pains in my shoulders. Massaging it at once only increases the pain, and so I have taken …

When I was younger, my mom gave me Tempra Forte syrup to rid me of my fever. I remember that it didn’t taste good, but taking ti with fruit juice or eating some candy afterward always made the aftertaste go away. Like most children, I seldom sleep or rest …

I had acute tonsillitis about 6 months ago and had high grade fever because of it. I tried to check my tonsils and I found out that both were severely inflamed and there were dots of whitish pus attached to them. I was rather very painful, even …

Till now whenever person had acidity, stomach or other G.I tract ulcer , or gastritis by any other cause, Ranitidine was drug of choice. Though still now it is used for same cause but its use decrease due its some adverse effect and introduction of other new …

Most of the ladies and especially the housewives have the same problem and that is the pack pain. Even I have the same kind of problem. Normally after finishing all my work when I try to lay down on the bed I most of the times I …

Small Smiles of Dothan is a pediatric dental office located on the main highway as you head North out of town. The location is good with no real competition to find a place to part and the traffic you encounter on the way there being the worst part of …

It is really hard for me (and I guess for everybody) to have colds and flu. I feel very uncomfortable, with the runny nose and all the sneezing and coughing, high temperature and loss of appetite. Even my joints are painful when I have flu. It is not a …

I have been using Wal-Mart Equate Chlortabs Antihistamine Allergy Tablets for over ten years now. I first found these allergy pills when I ran out of a very expensive prescription I got from my ETN (ear, nose and throat doctor). It cost me $60 for a prescription …

While Lipitor is about the first cholesterol lowering medication that first came out. Practically all doctors usually place their patitents on this statin drug to lower cholesterol. However although most doctors never heard of it. For myself lipitor gave me a urinary tract infection which subsided …

Some oils and liniment are only for temporary removal of pain. I need something that temporary remove the pain that last for a month. I want to avoid having pain even just for a month. Moreover, pain in the muscle is cause by lack of stretching and exercising. If …

A few years ago, I started to experience some pretty intense pain in my right side, about halfway down, and slightly towards the solar plexus. It was a bit perplexing because I’d never felt anything remotely like that before, although it struck me as slightly similar when it started …

Due to a minor accident in the kitchen, I suffered burns on my right hand - which was terribly painful. Even after applying an antiseptic cream on my burns- the burning sensation was making me go crazy. To make matters worse- my skin started peeling off- giving way to …

I needed a stool softener fast. I am able to excrete the wastes but I had to strain heavily. I was taking more than the usual time that and was usually late for work because of that. I couldn’t tell my boss that was the reason of me being …

I hate getting sick, especially during cold and flu season. The reason is that it seems that a cold always hits me during the middle of a work day. I have learned though that if you start to take some kind of a zinc medicine that it will …

If you suffer from constipation and gastric problems the having a strip of aciloc 150 tablets in you first aid box is just what the doctor ordered for you. My family rather my parents suffer from constipation and gastric problems and so I have to go to the medical …

I learned a little secret not to long ago and thought I would share it with others. I have had ulcers in my lower intestines for awhile now. I had a colonoscopy at a relatively young age because of my abdominal pain and irregularities. They checked my stomach as …

I chose to try the Robitussin Cough Liqui Gels for my cold becuase Robitussin was a name that I am very familiar with. This stuff has been around for years and I cannot remember a time as a child when my parents did not have some form of robitussin …

I’m an asthmatic patient and for years of having my illness, I have been prescribed with many anti-asthma medications. Probably the most notorious causing drug I have tried is the steroid type. This caused the most uncomfortable and worrying side effects that I have ever encountered. This then led …

Because I was diagnosed with having Irritable Bowel Syndrome several months ago, I remained in constant battle with this illness. I would often feel the urgency for bowel movement wherever I am, also I would get this feeling of inability to completely evacuate the entire stool and as well …

I can tell you that I take pain medication almost every day because of the fact that I am always experiencing pain in my chest and other areas of my back. I am also taking a lot of medication because my doctor said that I will need them to …

Because the recent blood test that I got came in wasn’t satisfactory, my doctor suggested I try this new medication for my illness. It was a test to determine how well I was coping with the medication and how much percentage I was able to manage the glucose level …

This prescription lotion medicine was prescribed to me by our family doctor as treatment for tinea versicolor on my skin. When I was pregnant I developed small, scaly, red patches on my skin which were very itchy and spread so fast all over my body. It was caused …

Everyone knows Penicillen and the magic it performs. It’s played a role in my life on three different occasions.
First, as a child, I had pneumonia. Back in those days, the doctors made house calls, which was ultra convenient. In truth, that week of illness was more …

I often suffer from ulcer but I don’t want to take my ulcer medication so much because it causes constipation. So if it’s just a minor stomach pain, I take Buscopan. It’s actually a form of pain killer for stomach and abdominal pain. From what I’ve read about Buscopan, …

One of the activities I enjoy most is traveling. However, it is often hampered by my motion sickness. The idea of sitting on a bus for long hours can be stressful to me. Air and sea travel do not affect me the same way. I am thankful for that. …

I remember once, when I was a young girl, getting such a horrible ear ache that was loudly ringing and just plain painful all the way into my jaw and neck, which I was sure was part of an infection. Oddly enough, though, after a few hours laying on …

Vicks Sinex 12 Hour Nasal Spray For Sinus Relief - 0.5 Oz —” I really hate being sick. This is especially true when it comes down to being sick because of allergies. That is why the last time I came down with a bad sinus infection I asked …