Lately I have been willing to try almost anything to help me cope with the pain that I have been having through my hands, arms and neck. I have found a few products handy but I am always willing to try something new hoping to run into something miraculous. …

I was prescribed this cream about 2 weeks ago for an intense itchy rash. The dermatologist that prescribed it said it also had a moisturizer in it on top of being a corticosteriod. The label that the pharmacy printed out stated to apply twice daily but the actual manufacturing …

I woke up one morning around 6:00am with a very bad stomach ache. I got out of bed and went into the kitchen and took some Pepto Bismol. I went back to bed, but to my dismay, the stomach ache continued to plague me. I later began to vomit …

Ever since I started to experience a lot of pain in my hands, I try various medications to dull the pain. I have found myself using patches often and I am always trying something new. I went into my local dollar store to pick up the Absorbine jr. Patches …

I have a history of Acute Gouty Arthritis. From time to time I suffer from Gout. This condition is the increase in the amount of uric acid, which results in uric acid crystals accumulating in my joints, most commonly in my big toe. I have seen myself been crippled …

There was this one time when I came down with a really bad sore throat. I did not know what it was due to, but knew it was causing to lose my voice, which was not acceptable. I have to talk to many people at work and cannot risk …

I did not know exactly what caused the diarrhea problem with my kid. But I felt worried a bit at that time. I went to the drug store to get medicine that can cure the diarrhea problem that he got. Maybe it has to do with the food that …

I get terrible allergies in my eyes during the spring and fall months. If my eyes are really burning and itching, the cure for me, without a doubt, is Benadryl. Within twenty minutes after taking this over the counter medication, my eyes cease all watering and itching …

Headache is a universal illness which affects the common people. The normal cause of headache varies from person to person. The different types of headaches are tension, migraine, rebound, cluster, and migraine headaches. For some, the headache needs medication; while some needs only rest or a good sleep. …

Since years now, I have a lot of troubles sleeping probably because of several factors: I am getting older (47), my brain is so active and partly because I cannot limit my caffeine intake to the minimum. Without caffeine drinks such as soda or coffee, I’d be sleepy the …

As a parent of a toddler, I have been getting familiar with how Cardon Children’s Medical Center works. Why? Because I’ve been there with my daughter three times already. Thankfully, just in the emergency room. Our first experience was not pleasant at all. It happened late at night, probably …

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 …

Ortho-Tricyclin seems to be a pretty popular birth control pill and it is definitely my preferred method. Women have a lot of different responses to birth control because it affects hormone levels (and hormonal responses vary greatly among different people).
However, I have had a positive effect with this one …

Retin-A (common name for tretinoin) is a topical form of Vitamin A commonly known to treat wrinkles and acne. You have seen this product on the ads in the past. Though not often showed on TV as often as before, it had earned a good reputation for effectively delivering …

Alright so the other day my belly was very achy so I saw I had a box of Therma Care Heat Wraps on hand for the shoulder area, but decided to use it for my belly instead. Let me just say my belly ache was soothed very well. I …

Going to the dentist is not on my priority list to do because I am the biggest wimp when it comes to people sticking their hands in my mouth and poking my gums. I have been to several dentist offices since I moved to Georgia six years …

Just recently, my left food suddenly swelled up bad—”bad enough that I couldn’t go to work for a couple of days and had to stay at home for 3 days. One of my doctor friends advised I take Celecoxib twice a day, later confirmed by the doctor at the …

I have stomach problems sometimes and I need quick relief from it since at times it can get pretty bad. Recently I was looking in the cupboard where medical supplies are kept for anything that might help my stomach, but the only thing I found was a product called …

I, like many others, have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep at night. So I went down to my local drugstore and searched for something that would help me sleep. There were so many choices so I asked my pharmacist what he recommended. He …

I am very active in sports, playing all kinds of strenuous and fast games, from tennis to badminton and the occasional basketball pick-up game. Age has not been too kind to me, and as a result, the older I got, the more muscle aches I would get per game. …

Dr. Robert Jerome is a pediatrician who is employed at Kidfixers Pediatrics, located at 653 Town Center Drive, Suite 80 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. John Lepore owns Kidfixers Pediatrics. Dr. Jerome is probably in his late fifties, maybe even early sixties, but is certainly young at …

I was quite baffled by the symptoms that I felt. It started a few years ago and got progressively worse. It initially began with palpitations which became more and more apparent. My hands began to tremble like I was nervous even though I’m not. I had difficulty sleeping at …

I have been diagnosed with GERD and have taken a proton pump inhibitor daily for about four years now. Occasionally, I have what is called “breakthrough reflux” which is a period where for some reason, my prescription medication is not taking care of the problem.
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I do not know if their is any woman out there that can stand a yeast infection but I can not. They drive me crazy literally, and I lose my mind whenever I do get one. It is like I can not function regularly because of all of the …

I recently had a cold and a bad throat with what felt like a bit of a fever and it had been stopping me from sleeping properly. My lack of sleep was in turn making me feel even worse, which was preventing me from sleeping - in a …

I have a heart problem and I have to take Atenolol 25mg tablets everyday. They only cost me 10 dollars for 300 pills under my insurance plan. These pills really go help me keep my blood pressure low and my heart beating slow. They do have some side affects that …

In my late teens, I had a bout of bladder troubles that lasted a little over eight months. It probably started as a severe bladder infection, which was cured by one of the eleven antibiotics I was to take before seeing a specialist who diagnosed the problem properly. (It …

This is an analgesic and antipyretic drug. It reduces the pain and and it helps with minor inflammation reducing the body temperature. The pill is white and round, it is not very difficult to swallow although it is not very small and it has bitter taste so I always …

I was hospitalized before when I had this recurring fever. I thought I had dengue so I rushed to the hospital so I can have the proper diagnosis of what my illness was. Well the doctor found out that my tonsils were infected. They saw a puss in it …

I am really impressed with this expectorant cough medicine from Sainsbury’s own brand because not only does it really work, but it is so cheap. I would usually buy the much more expensive Covonia if I have a cough but I tried this out and was amazed that …

Product Description: Chewable tablets (similar to Pepto Bismol) designed to help with a variety of stomach problems, including nausea and diarrhea.
What I liked about this product: I ended up having to buy these in an emergency and, since it wasn’t payday yet, money was a little tight. Because of …

If you suffer from clinical anxiety like I have my whole life, and I’m not talking about stress that you can treat with yoga and exercise, but clinically diagnosed anxiety, Clonazapan, or Klonipin, can be a life saver.
I was once so overwhelmed with anxiety that I became dysfunctional at …

This is a prescription medicine for controlling allergies. When I had insurance, this is the allergy medication prescribed to me. It was a miracle drug for me since the pill was small and easy to swallow. It really controlled my need to constantly itch and sneeze. My eyes were …

Note: Please only use this if you have a prescription. It has a tendency to be abused, but as a medical student, I want to stress that taking this stuff unmonitored can be very dangerous, possibly a death sentence.
Uses: Adderall and related drugs are for the treatment of ADD/ADHD …

Vibratab (generic name doxycycline hyclate) in tablet form is used for many things. As a strong antibiotic, the medication has been used to treat bacterial problems, STDs, and even acne. I’m taking two 100mg tablets a day to treat severe acne. Sometimes, though, I wonder if …

I can remember having such a horrendous sore throat, that I thought it would never go away. I gave it a few days to see if it would go away on it’s own. At first, it just started like your normal scratchy mild sore throat, until about …

Sinus colds are the worst, and I get them anytime the weather changes, so in other words, I get them often. Before letting them get worse, I try and treat them with over the counter medications such as Alka Seltzer Cold and Sinus Medicine in their Non-Drowsy Formula. …

When it comes to me dealing with pain, it is never a happy story. I find that my tolerance of pain is not very high and that I could succumb to the pain very easily. I don’t like with this happens and try to treat the pain at first …

Temazepam is a medication utilized to induce sleep if you are having difficulty falling asleep at night, and staying asleep. After trying several sleeping aides that did not actually seem to accomplish the task of helping me get a good night’s sleep, I got on the lightest prescription available …

I reside in Singapore, a mostly humid weather country. And being on the heavy side, I tend to have chaffed skin on certain areas of the body. I came across 3B anti-chafing cream in a pharmacy a few years back and decided that it wouldn’t hurt to give a …

I found that using muscle rubs work a little better on my body aches than the actual pills. It gets right to the problem and I don’t have to worry about long wait times, hoping for relief. I also like the new no mess gels that I have seen …

In 2002 I discovered my three year old son had asthma. The doctors told us it was due to allergies. It was a very hard time for him. Always having to watch how much he played outside, never being able to run as fast as he …

I like vicks vapor rub because it is not a medicine you take orally. I often worry about overmedicating myself and my children and with this I do not need to worry about doing that. In America we are told not to give medication you can purchase …

I am a housewife and I have 3 children. My son is very healthy and he is very good but the only problem with him is, due to sudden change in weather or due to eating a lot of ice creams which are his favourite, he catches the …

This is a tablet that dissolves in your mouth. It is used to treat the symptoms of the common cold such as congestion, stuffy nose, and sneezing. Zicam is an over the counter homeopathic medicine. The tablet resembles the size and shape of Tums and the one I used …

As I was not home for a year, one of the first things I did upon arrival was to go to the doctor. I was not sick or anything similar but I wanted to do some blood tests and I cannot just go to the laboratory without a referral …

I woke up on March 14, 2011 and found my husband with his hand on his abdominal. I asked him what was wrong and he said that he had a horrible pain on his stomach. I quickly showered, dressed and called my job telling them that I …

I am sickly and I do get coughs and colds easily, most especially during the cold months. But ever since Ascof Lagundi was offered in the market, my family has been using it to treat our coughs and it works like a charm. It was my mom who brought …

I’ve taken Aderall XR on and off for over eight years now. I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as bad as anyone I know. At present, I take 60mg a day. That’s a pretty high dose compared to most and I’m sure not recommended for most, …

Since I have been to our old house for repairs, I have been suffering from rashes on my legs and feet. Apparently there have been a lot of dust and junk in the house so I think I may have picked up something or some insect must have bit …