I’ve been donating blood off and on since the Nixon administration. Mostly it’s been off because there were times when blood drives didn’t seem to coincide with my location and schedule. However about ten years ago Puget Sound Blood Bank opened a collection center here in Bellingham. My wife …

CVS brand allergy & cold gelcaps are meant to be an alternative to Benadryl Allergy Plus Cold medicine. They have acetaminophen, along with diphenhydramine HCl, and various other pain relievers, fever reducers, and cough suppressants common to over the counter pills. They come in a box of …

Alan Dockery is a doctor that I will never forget, this is because in my view he was responsible for most of the things that happened to my grandmother when she went for medical care. Being a senior citizen she did not have much of a choice as to …

I have had multiple muscle problems over the past few years. I do not like going through intense pain and opt to buy medicated rubs for my muscle aches. I have always hated the messiness of rub and thought that it was not even worth it at certain times. …

Once upon a time, many moons ago (so I tell myself), I had suddenly developed a serious anxiety disorder. I would get increasingly nervous-feeling throughout the day, and those butterflies in the stomach at the start of the day would suddenly turn into full on bats in my stomach …

My kids and husband have skin allergy to the mosquito bite. When their skin got bitten, it will immediately become red and sometimes it turned to big and hard skin just like an infection.
That’s why we always buy this Autan lotion to protect the skin from mosquito’s bite. We …

Ciprofloxacin is an antibacterial medication designed mainly for treating a variety of infection, such as urinary tract infection, skin infection, and diseases that are susceptible of bacteria. I took ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in 500mg many times in my life, which doctors prescribed for my skin infection and vaginal infection.
First …

Fucidin Ointments are anti-bacterial used for skin infections, it has an active ingredient called fusidic acid and prevents further growth of bacterial organisms. This drug is for external used only and is applied to the affected area as prescribed by the doctor, you should not prolong usage, even if …

I have mild allergies in the summer months, but usually they are not so bad that I need to take medication on a regular basis. If they get too bad to handle, I usually take a Benedryl or something similar. Recently, my husband had a bad cold …

I may not always like the taste of Theraflu, but it almost always works for me. Problem is that Theraflu is a rather expensive product, and when I get sick, even though I’m feeling horrible, I still don’t want to spend a load of money to last me a …

In 2003, I was diagnosed with hypertension. It was a difficult realization but those are the facts and realities of life. When we reach that certain age, it brings us to the conclusion that dusk is almost at hand. I did not suspect that I had hypertension despite the …

A condition known as Endometriosis has introduced me to Althea. After the surgery, my doctor instructed me to take Althea for 3 months. It is an oral contraceptive composed of progesterone Cyproterone Acetate and estrogen Ethinyl Estradiol. Generally, a contraceptive is known for preventing conception, but in my case, …

After being diagnosed with respiratory tract infection, my physician prescribed me of three different medicines namely Cefalexin, Mucobron and Iron Supplements. He told me to focus on my cough and buy Mucobron capsules good for five consecutive days and take it three times a day, once after each meal.
I …

I never try to take supplement tablet for my skin health before until a friend of mine told me that I should take Nourish skin for a better and healthy skin especially skin face.
I could see the result on my friend’s skin face. She is taking the tablet every …

Two days ago, my daughter had a fever in the night. Since we just arrived here, I had no stock of paracetamol to cure her fever. I gave my last paracetamol for her but the fever came back again few hours after that.
I went to the pharmacy store to …

Aspirin was never the type of medicine that I would have considered using for body aches while sick. However, I had read on the internet that aspirin helped a women with body aches better then Ibuprofen and did not mess with her stomach either. Since I had the flu …

I have been experiencing teary and red eyes for quite some time now and associate it with my prolonged use of my laptop and lack of adequate sleep. Ever since my baby daughter was born my sleeping schedule has been out of whack.
I had been trying to do as …

Two weeks ago, my son had high fever. The first day, I thought it was just a simple fever that will be fine if I give him paracetamol syrup from a kind of brand that I have in the house. But pity that he did not want to drink …

Several years ago I was in a car accident and I had to have routine visits to the Chiropractor. One of the medicines that my chiropractor used when massaging and adjusting my muscles and joints was this product called Bio-freeze. What it does is helps to relieve achy and …

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 …

Rinocort is a nasal spray, which is used to cure or to control the cold allergy. I had the cold allergy few years back, and my doctor prescribed me to use the Rhinocort nasal spray which I have been using since 3 years and now I don’t get …

I knew my time would come eventually. One of my kids was sick about two weeks ago and started sporting a fever, and I was pretty confident I wasn’t going to get it because I hadn’t had so much as a cold in more than two or three years, …

Being one of those people who tends to get sick more than three times during the fall and winter seasons, I am always trying out new cold and sinus medicine.
I tried out Mucinex DM last year. It did nothing for me. The box claimed that it would loosen …

Have tried Theraflu Nighttime Severe Cold medicine couple of times on separate cold experience occasions. While the taste of the product(Natural Lemon flavor) was acceptable, the way how it worked on me was extremly unpleasant.
I took this medication after dinner about an hour before bedtime. It started working instantly …

I have been on 20 milligrams of Prozac (Fluoxetine) on and off for three years now as part of my treatment for bipolar disorder type I. It is a moderate antidepressant commonly used to treat eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder, which I have been treated for, too.
Prozac has been …

I got sick when we were at Hurricane Evacuation at a hotel. It was my whole family in two hotel rooms. It was a horrendous experience. With the recycled air and being trapped with all the other people in their rooms. The whole hotel was in complete lock down …

During the cold and flu season, I get more than my fair share of sickness. I try everything I can within reason to get rid of the symptoms. On one occasion, I purchased a box of the Theraflu, which is one of my favorite medicines. I just decided to …

I’ve got a nasty cut on my arm, which put me in need of large bandages. Having used up all the large ones out of the pack of Band Aid we had, I headed to a store to get more. I first looked at the same brand, Band Aid, …

Spicy foods are my favorite. I can’t live without having a spicy sauce in the table even if its a mismatch on what food is prepared in the table. I crave for it and I just can’t stop myself liking hot and chilly viands. Just last week I visited …

I have yearly allergic rhinitis. I have had this problem since I was about high school. Now that I am in my 30s I have been plagued by it on a daily basis. In fact it has become a way of life for me already. Every night before …

Sometimes our husband prefer it naturally and wives are left sacrificing side effects of oral contraceptives. I was really pessimistic about taking pills because they often quote side effects. The foremost benefit of taking pills rather than using condoms is the hassle-free situation when you wanted the time. If …

Theraflu has been apart of my household for a very long time. I believe that it has done some justice in the winter days and that is one of the reasons why I use it. My wife doesn’t use it as often as I do because she doesn’t like …

Okay, what was it supposed to help??? I am not sure because it did nothing for me. I took this stuff with the big hope it would be helping me by relieving minor and moderate aches, but it didn’t. However on its packaging, this product is claiming to be …

I first tried Caziant when I could no longer take the terrible negative side effects caused by taking LoEstrin 24FE. I was prescribed this birth control from my new Plannet Parenthood doctors who said it was much more comparable to Ortho Tricyclen Lo because it had low doses of …

This was one of the medications that me and my wife kept in our medicine cabinet. When our daughter was first born we were against giving medicine and that was something that we tried to stick to. But as she got older and gained more fevers over time, we …

Most ladies suffer from menstrual cramps or dysmenorrheal pains. I have a friend who looks pale and irritated during her menstruation. She had several reproductive health check-ups and there’s something wrong with the formation of uterus that causes her dysmenorrhea. And can only be minimized when she’ll have a …

If you suffer from nasal congestion because of allergies, there is no medication available — even by prescription — that can help you more than good old pseudoephedrine. Its effects at clearing out the sinuses are second to none. There have been many times when I have …

Uniontown Hospital is my local hospital. I have had a lot of family and friends tell me negative things about this hospital. I personally had only gone there a few times to get minor things done. I never really had a bad experience. When I …

I’m the type of person who take vitamins on a regular basis and a daily supplement of iron is a must for me. Whenever I don’t take my daily iron supplement, I easily feel fatigued and dizzy. I was in search of a cheaper alternative to Iberet and …

Antibiotic ointment is something that I have tried to keep around the house for the past year. I have had plenty occasions where my children or myself have gotten a cut or scrape and I had nothing around to use at all. I don’t like to spend a lot …

I had a yard sale last Saturday. It was a lot of fun. However, I ended up with a sunburn. I couldn’t put on any sunscreen because, I had an allergic reaction to it the previous weekend. I still had the rash from it last …

I have never really had to deal with sinuses, but the last few years I have noticed then developing. Whenever it is really windy and dusty, I find myself sneezing and sniffling. I hate that itchy feeling that I get in my nose and don’t like feeling like I …

I was looking for a cough drop one day but was in a hurry to get to work. When I stopped in the drug store, there was a display of Ricola The Original Natural Herb Cough Suppressant at the front of the store. I grabbed a bag because it …

There are times that I just can’t stay awake and I need to use something to help me. I had heard a lot of good things about Vivarin helping others stay awake, so I thought I would give it a try. I found Vivarin at my grocery store while …

I cannot stand having headaches, I have not tolerance for them. However, when I turned 16 I started getting headaches very frequently. They range from mild and tolerable to a full fledged migraines in which I wish someone would just remove my head. I usually take Excedrin headache and …

Over the years of being a diabetic, I have tried several medications. Some I have found to give the best results and some gave the worst side effects that I know of. I could say that I have a good knowledge of the medications in the market for my …

When I was invited to an Arbonne party, I kind of dreaded it. I’d been to one years prior and found their cosmetics to be overpriced and not that awesome as far as how they worked on my skin. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find Arbonne’s Aromassentials line. …

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 …

I have always had menstrual cramps when my menstrual cycle came around, but it was only until a couple years ago when I was in my mid to late teens when my mother decided to buy Midol, a brand of pain killer for menstrual cramps that I had seen …

Since I suffer from chronic heartburn, I tend to buy and try many antacids. First of all, I have to admit that name brand products usually do work better than off-brands. Also, the really off-brands you get from the dollar stores don’t work very well at all. …