I do not get sick very often, however when I do it is usually pretty bad. On these such occasions there are a few medicines and things that I keep on hand. One of the biggest staples in my medicine cabinet is Theraflu. I have been using this …

When I was diagnosed with panic disorder, my doctor prescribed me
alprazolam for immediate relief and citalopram (celexa) for long term relief.
Alprazolam (xanax) is a medication known best for its sedating ability for
someone with severe anxiety and/or panic disorder. They say the effects kick in
immediately, but for me it …

About 6 months ago my cholesterol level shoots up prompting me to consult a doctor as I was experiencing heavy breathing, joint pains and fatigue. I also have this feeling of constantly being down and out which I suspected was mild depression. My doctor recommended Nutralite Omega 3 Complex, …

Yesterday my son, 45 min before going to leave for school complaint me about pain in abdomen. On asking he didn’t have any other complain like fever, loose motion, nausea or vomiting. This might be abdominal discomfort due to indigestion. I gave him Tablet Dicyclomine. After 15 min he felt …

I think this week might just be the week for my cough medicine reviews. Perhaps it’s because my husband is sick and I’m starting to feel a tickle in the back of my throat, which tells me that me getting sick isn’t that far behind. So now I’m trying …

Ever since I was a child, Biogesic has been a household name for my family. A trusted medicine brand by my mother, we are given a tablet when we have headaches, body pains or even fever. As advised by our doctor, we are given one (1) tablet every four …

I have a child with asthma so I know I must pay close attention to his allergies. It is not easy to do when you live in an area where everyone has sinus and allergy issues. So I need a medicine on hand on all times. I need something …

People are prone to diseases due to some factors such as unhealthy lifestyle, stress, or low immune system. To combat these problems, we need to take some vitamin supplements. One essential vitamin is Vitamin C or ascorbic acid. It can be found from the fruits that we eat. Guava …

I’ve been suffering from ulcer since I was in 9th grade. And I have always relied on my medications to ease the pain, but when I got pregnant with my first child I couldn’t use the one my doctor had prescribed in the past. So I was given a …

My Dr. had prescribed Wellbutrin 75 MG for mild anxiety. Within a week of being on the medication my heart rate and blood pressure became elevated on a regular basic. I donate blood twice a week and as part of the process I have my heart rate and blood …

I was having awful insomnia and my doctor prescribed me Ambian. I am not usually one that would take a medication especially not one in this catagory but I was desperate. You really do not realize how important sleep is until you are not getting any and so desperatly …

I have suffered badly with a couple of bad colds in the last few months, both of which really got me in the chest, giving me terrible congestion and catarrh and a terrible, irritating cough. I am a lot better now but it is dragging on and I …

Before going back to Botswana in May 2010, I already made another appointment for a mammogram at the CHL knowing that at this time of the year, people go on collective holidays (usually end of July to about 24 of August). It would be difficult to get something until …

First it starts with a little bit of sore throat. The kind that goes away if I gargle with salt and water. The sore throat will thereafter be followed either by cough, colds or both and simultaneous therewith, although not often, dizziness and chills. This is how it always …

Have you ever had a severe headache or migraine that you felt so helpless? I am a regular sufferer of migraine headache at least two to three days in a month. This is as expected every month prior to my menstrual period. Being a fulltime mom …

I don’t know why I started to have a little skin problem just after we moved to this tropical island. I thought I am used to this kind of weather already since I was born in tropical country too. But I was wrong. My skin started to have a …

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 …

I live in a tropical country where there are only two seasons, dry and wet season. During dry season, it is so hot that people mostly suffer from dehydration and heat stroke. During wet season, people commonly experience coughs and colds. As much as possible, we try to find …

Over the weekend we went to a secluded and pristine island south of Philippines. The view was breath taking and the water was clear as glass. I could even see fish swimming as our boat was sailing to the isolated island. When we got the island, it was everything …

When I suffered severe anti-anxiety attacks several years ago, I was prescribed Xanax (along with another medication). I initially took five milligrams of Xanax up to four times per day. The medication was absolutely wonderful in curbing my anxiety attacks; however, it made me very sleepy. At …

About three months I started waking up in the middle of the night due to severe cramps in my legs. Once I was awaken from the pain I was unable to settle back down and go to sleep. This went on for several weeks, and then I …

Methylprednisolone (brand names include Medrol) is a steroid prescribed for the treatment of inflammation, and normally taken orally as a series of tablets. It is frequently used in the treatment of arthritis and inflammatory respiratory conditions like asthma and bronchitis.
I have taken methylprednisolone tablets several times when asthma-related …

As a chronic insomniac, I have tried just about every pharmaceutical drug available and I have found Trazodone to be one of the most effective and dependable in treating my sleep difficulties.
Trazodone is actually considered an antidepressant, but my doctor thought that it would be effective in treating my …

What will you do if you have irritation on your eyes? Do you have special care or treatment that you give to your eyes when you have irritation on your eyes?
I do. I always use Insto Eye Drop whenever I have irritation on my eyes. This irritation can be …

I am a rather heavy smoker and have wanted to quit for years. Each attempt I made to quit smoking failed miserably. I figured I might need some aid in quitting so I purchased Nicoderm CQ Clear Patch to help. I paid $26.97 for 7 patches from Walmart. I …

These are chewable tablets. One vile contains 36 tablets that will last 36 days if you only take one a day. It is a small orange colored pill and is easily edible. It has a child proof cap for safe use.
I used this when I heard it helps in …

Although I know that Fundamin-E is a good product for my body, I did not consume it so often. Only sometimes when I think that I really need to take extra vitamin for my body and health, then I will go to pharmacy store and get Fundamin-E products from …

I was bewildered why I frequently had flank pain accompanied by a difficulty in urinating. I thought that I had a urinary tract infection so I self-medicated by drinking a lot of water and took an antibiotic that was in my fridge. Even though I had finished the complete …

Most of the time I wake up in the morning with an itchy nose, this is due to the reason that I have allergic rhinitis for a long time now. And once in a while, especially when the weather changes, I tend to itch or sneeze a lot. Years …

I have few scars on my legs and on my feet. I have those ever since I was young. I thought the scars will fade while I grow up.
My dad trusts this Sebo de Macho ever since. He doesn’t let our house ran out of Sebo de Macho. He …

I had surgery a while back and there was a huge problem with my digestive system afterwards. I was constipated and couldn’t use the bathroom for about a week. It got so bad that nothing was working for me. No matter what I tried I ended up not getting …

In December of 2005 I had my first child at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Three months later I became pregnant with my second child, and decided, after a fair experience at Osceola Regional Medical Center, that I would switch hospitals for this delivery. I …

The first time i got my bottom beat for smoking i was five years old. I am now 48 years old and smoked on a daily basis from age fifteen to twenty four stopped until i was about thirty then picked it back up and have been smoking between …

My youngest daughter who has a sensitive skin gets all sorts of skin problems. One of these problems is eczema. The last time she had one, our family doctor prescribed Cutivate cream. This is a topical cream which comes in a 30 g squeeze tube and is made …

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 …

Aleve is one of those pain relievers that I take every now and again. I saw this product at mny local drugstore several months ago. It was on sale for about $12.00 for a two pack of 200 count bottles. This was too good a deal for me to …

I have had heartburn and acid reflux for as far back as I can remember. It is there all the time - I would wake up with it and go to bed with it. Then I ate Tums like candy and believe I was putting on weight …

This is a type of laxative and comes in a suppository form. This was first prescribed because of a hemmoroid but it was nothing too serious, so I am not sure if this works for other things. The doctor may prescribe another kind but it basically works the same. …

As someone who gets a lot of canker sores, I use this gel to numb the pain before eating a meal or brushing my teeth. It works fine to locally numb the ulcer and the area immediately around it. After all, OraState contains about 10% Benzocaine, a …

Primatene Mist is for Bronchial Asthma so if you have anything outside of that then I wouldn’t recommend you mess with this medicine. The only reason why I bought this was because my inhaler was not in my reach. I was all the way across the world and my …

I think there is nothing worse than when you can’t control your bowels. I have suffered from this problem on a few occasions and have found myself in embarrassing situations. The last time I had a problem with the runs, I had to go to a work party. I …

I had the unfortunate opportunity to visit Piedmont Hospital’s inpatient cardiac care wing. I have ventured into the random emergency room on occasion. But never have I had to have extensive contact with cardiac specialists and pulmonary doctors. I will admit that I was …

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 …

There is one antibiotic that does not really have any effect on me. It is Erythromycin. I know it could not treat colds, flue or other viral infection as its products descriptions states but I know that many of my relatives and friends are cured from their tonsillitis by …

I have never had problems with any pharmacy until I went to this one. I used to go to one in Upstate New York where I grew up. But when I started attending college, I began going to this Rite-Aid in Queens for all of my medication needs. I …

Having tried virtually every cough and cold medicine on the market (or so it seems) whenever I get a really bad cough, I usually reach for Robitussin DM Max Cough and Congestion Medicine. The cough syrup has a very pleasant, though obviously medicinal taste, and does not instantly …

During my pregnancy I developed a yeast infection which makes me very uncomfortable especially during the night. I went to the nearest chemist store to inquire the best remedy to fight yeast infection. I bought lots of different creams with me and carefully reading the labels at …

The birth control pill known as “Yasmin” is a tricky one. For me, it started out absolutely perfect and seemed to be the answer to my numerous problems in that area. I had been on five different pills before, all pretty horrific with regards to side-effects, and I was …

It seems that my family and I have an ongoing cough all winter long. With all the sicknesses that come and go during cold and flu season, one thing seems to remain - the annoying cough. If we are just hanging out around the house, it’s not …

Remedy.com is a quarterly magazine that deals with various medical topics such as artthritis, asthma, etc. They tell you the most recent discoveries and also are a good source of advertising for any new drugs that come out. The articles are written for lay persons so …