Like many other women in the united states I suffer from sever headaches and migraines. Although I usually try to tough it our there are times that I just cannot take the pain and must take something. I had one of those times about 8 months ago. I was …

I was experiencing some winter aches and pains after going through lengthy renovations in my home so my pharmacist suggested I try Votaren Emulgel. I had tried other topical muscle pain relievers and I had either gotten so sick from the strong medicinal smell or found they had not …

About 3 years ago, I went into depression. I saw the doctor about my condition and they recommended Effexor which is an anti-depressant. They told me to take one a day, and I can’t remember the dosage.
I took the product for about two weeks when I started to …

Middletown Valley Family Medicine, Family Practice in Middletown, MD
I have been going to Middletown Valley Family Medicine, the family doctor’s office in town, since my family moved there ten years ago. The employees are wonderful, from the secretaries to the nurses to the doctors. They are always friendly and helpful, …

Calamine lotion is an interesting medicine. Straight off, it does do exactly what it promises to do, but it still amazes me as to how odd this medicine looks. Calamine lotion comes in bottles of different sizes, and contains a pink colored liquid that looks a little …

Recently I had a headache and couldn’t sleep. Ive taken many other sleep aids and/or pain relievers before, and typically I get “so-so” results. I could only find Advil PM in my house that night. I had never used it before, but decided to give it a try. I took …

I was feeling a little bit of swelling in my hands and some tension pain started to develop. I knew it was because of some fluid around the wrist and knew that I needed to buy an over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug to relieve some of the tension …

I bought a box of Medi Care adhesive bandages when my last supply of band-aid nearly ran out. I accidentally bruised my two fingers recently while at work, so I had to run to the customer service department to get some adhesive bandages. As a part-time baker …

Sickness is rampant these days and prevention is getting hard. When it reached that level, we all need to have a good and reliable healthcare facility to treat us. And that’s when St. Luke’s Medical Center comes into the picture. This is located in the heart of E. Rodriguez …

I’ve tried a few Bodyglide products in the last year, and have really liked them all. I’ve got a bodyglide stick for my inner thighs to prevent chaffing when I’m walking, and I also use a different stick for my feet to prevent blisters and soreness caused by my …

Tixylix cough&cold medicine is used to soothe coughs,clear congestion and relieve runny noses. It contains Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 20mg, Clorphenamine Maleate 2mg and Pholcodine. Also contains Glycerol, sorbitol, sodium, saccharin, sodium benzoate, propylene glycol.
I use this medicine for my 21 month old son and it never fails to deliver, however, …

In my experience, Paroxetine (also known as Paxil), is not a medication that I would strongly recommend. It is used for the treatment of depression, anxiety, ocd, and panic disorder. Being on a dose of 20 mgs is not very high, but it’s where my experience lies. …

Solu Medrol is a powerful corticosteroid which has saved my brother’s life on at least two occasions. My brother being a Glioblastoma Multiforme (Brain Tumor Stage IV) patient needs steroid to continue living independent life to an extent. However, sometimes the steroid in medicine form can’t control inflammation of …

My son hates drinking medicines.. I think he had a trauma when he was hospitalized and was forced to drink a lot of awfully tasting medicines. This has become my problem because even his own vitamins he can’t take anymore. Have tried several vitamins but I think the problem …

There is nothing more uncomfortable than finding yourself down with a urinary tract infection (or UTI). These can be incredibly painful with symptoms ranging from an uncomfortable urgency to urinate, to a burning sensation, abdominal cramps and even blood in the urine, which be disconcerting to say the least. …

Hydroco/Apap is the generic drug for vicodin. Technically, it is a narcotic that is a combination of hydracodone (hydroco) and acetaminophen (apap). Hence the united name of Hydroco/Apap.
This is a drug that I have been prescribed off and on over the years to deal with pain. …

Most women have a battle with a yeast infection at least once in their lives. I am no exception to this rule and I can tell you it is one of the most annoying and sometimes painful problems that a woman has to deal with. The last time that …

Moringa Oleifera (malunggay leaves)is in every 250mg capsule of Natalac. It costs P8.95 in drugstores. It is a post natal supplement which adds and helps in milk production for lactating mothers. This was not prescribed to me but I chose to buy this to increase my milk supply after …

Since I am almost always battling pain for one reason or another. I am always in search of a good pain killer. My muscles ache in different areas all of the time. It can be really frustrating dealing with knee and lower back pain. A few weeks ago I …

I tried taking ambien a while back because I was having real problems falling asleep at night. That medication will absolutely put me to sleep within about ten minutes. The problem that I had with ambien was that it did not keep me asleep for the duration …

I recently tried using stacker 2 to lose weight. im a little on the heavy side and though that taking these pills would be a good way to get rid of some excess weight. i didnt lose any weight, but these pills had me constantly on edge. i think …

I do not like to go to the doctor unless I just absolutly have to. I went to the Rossville Family Practice. The receptionist was very friendly, and she gave me all of the appropriate paper work to fill out. The smell of the office was horrid, it smelled …

This is my second recommendation for when you have any pain. My first recommendation would be Advil. Ibuprofen works pretty well two though. It might take it a little bit longer than Advil to start working but the majority of the time it takes away any paint that I …

Recently I have been dealing with the dreadful problem of my son teething. It hurts him a lot. I can tell because he is much more cranky and is whining all of the time. I could see the tooth literally coming through the gums and looking at it was …

Normally when I develop a yeast infection, often from antibiotic use, I go to the store and buy one of the many messy creams that treat it, sometimes with good results, sometimes not and the treatment must be repeated.
The last time I got one, I happened to …

Just after delivering my second baby, my mother bought me special vitamin to help me recover my body. The vitamin is called Bio Extra Vit Ester-C. I think it is a combination between extra vitamin C supplement and other vitamin such as vitamin B complex.
My mother said that it …

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 …

Titralac is an over-the-counter treatment for the prevention of acid reflex diseases, you can find it at any local drug store and it sells for about 4.00 for a 36 count bottle. The pills are flavored like spearmint which is the reason why I initially decided to give these …

My friend and I took the pills. Her cousin suggested her to take Mercillon since it is effective and affordable. She decided to take pills for family planning. She is married with three beautiful kids. After following finishing taking the pills for almost 3 weeks, she got her first …

I have had GERD issues for more than a dozen years and over those years, I tried several medications without success at giving me relief, and also after some had caused side effects that left me and my joints feeling like a 90 year old woman, instead of one …

We all experience sometimes aches and pains that are stronger than minor discomforts. When I have minor aches and pains, I manage to simply try to ignore it until it simply goes away.
However, when I have moderate to severe cramps, Tylenol 8 Hour works like charm; it simply never …

When I first started taking birth control pills, I had a lot of problems with cramping, irregularity, nausea, spotting, etc. I tried many different kinds and had no luck. Finally I switched to Ortho Tri-Cycline and since the first day I started it, I have never had a single …

Not to be confused with Robitussin DM, this Tussin DM cough syrup if I remember correctly is a knock-off brand by Rite Aid or CVS or one of those kind of neighborhood corner store pharmacies. You can easily compare the ingredients, though and they are pretty much the same, …

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 …

I think I over fatigued my muscle a few weeks ago while doing my exercise. The pain was extremely agonizing that I had to stop and sit down on the floor to rest myself. However, this didn’t make it go away. Luckily, a friend of mine knew that …

Equate is a store-brand typically associated with medical care items from Wal-Mart; in this case, the Equate medicine is a generic acetaminophen pill similar to Tylenol, but much lower in price. I was able to get 100 of the Equate pills for less than a 24 pack of …

Be-Total Plus is a definite must for those who get those annoying little blisters in your mouths known as ‘aphtha’ or better known as foot-and-mouth desease. This medicine is in pill form and comes in a box of about 30 pills each individually sealed. This particular medicine should be …

My systemic lupus erythematosus or my Sjogren’s syndrome has been affecting my liver for years. My doctors can’t really pinpoint which autoimmune process is at play, but one or the other causes me to have elevated liver enzymes and an autoimmune hepatitis periodically. Part of this is functional as …

I got a year’s worth of Ortho Tri-Cyclin for free from Planned Parenthood about 5 months ago. I haven’t gotten pregnant since then, so it’s doing it’s main job! But in other ways, I don’t really have any complaints about this birth control.
The pills are small, like most other …

‘You should go back home. And, don’t expect much’.
This statement is still reverberating in my ears. One of the most famous neurosurgeons had uttered it for my brother. My brother was diagnosed with recurrent High Grade Glioma (Glioblastoma, a brain cancer). He was operated in 2008 and then undergone …

Metformin, or Glucophage, is an insulin sensitizing drug that is usually used to treat those with Type 1 diabetes, but recently has gained popularity in being used as a treatment for infertility in patients with insulin resistance and/or polycystic ovarian symdrome (PCOS). I personally was diagnosed with insulin resistance …

Hansaplast transparent band aids is a transparent strip. It is not quite good like other transparent strips. It peels off easily when applied to cuts. I had a cut the previous day on my hands and I used this strip for the first time. It …

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 …

Combined oral contraceptive pill helps me in two different ways. One, when I was in my teen age and second on my married life. On my teen age, I have irregular cycle problem and on my married life already we prefer for …

I have never fared particularly well when using heavy duty pain relief drugs. I don’t know why my doctor thought that Ultram would be any different, unless maybe he assumed that because it had a different name, I would psychologically file it under “new and untried” and maybe would …

Although Neosporin has always been recommended to me for my daughter’s psoriasis, I have recently found out something alarming: what we thought had been helping clear up her skin condition for a little over a week, had actually been doing more harm then good. Turns out the neosporin …

Apo-indapamide, or simply known as indapamide is a drug prescribed to people with high blood pressure (hypertension) because it is a diuretic. People have high blood pressure because of the water from the sodium, thus more pressure, thus they need a diuretic to ‘excrete’ the water out of the …

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 …

I did a review on Prevacid Acid Reducer medication the other day, but I also want to do this review on the Prevacid Solutabs. The Solutabs are different in that they can be taken through an oral syringe or an NG tube, where as the tablets are taken orally …

I tried this medication early this year, when I still used to work in a stressful work environment. I was on a seemingly eternal search for the magic bullet that will get rid of my acid reflux once and for all.
I guess there is no such magic bullet, …