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I was an early developer during the stages of puberty. My menses started when I just turned eleven. In addition to my period starting early it was very heavy and lasted for eight days. The most horrible part of this time however was the cramps that I would get. …

A few weeks ago, my husband asked me if I’d like to go on a boat ride with him and our kids and his cousin who has an 18 foot boat of one kind or another. When I was a kid, though I have a fear of water, I …

I suffer from severe arthritis pain in my hands that at times I can barely bend my fingers and the pain is unbearable that I go out of my mind!
I decided to give Tylenol Arthritis a try. Wow! This over-the-counter medication offers me a great relief of …

I used to work as a bartender and allergies would kill me in the spring. Especially because the bar I worked at would open the front of the bar letting all of the spring pollen inside.
A friend of mine told me about Loratadine 10mg for my allergies. It …

Since I was a nursing student, I have been to several hospitals. One of the most impressive hospital I have been to is Asian Hospital and Medical Center.
My mother was hospitalized there because of aortic dissection last June 2007. Her stay was for three weeks so comfort was really …

My feet are in a bad condition. Not only are my heels cracked (which is still bearable) but I have lots of corns and calluses on my feet. Looking at them, I always think that I have a laborer’s feet. Anyway, what bothers me the most are my corns …

Benadryl is the medication that I took for my allergic reactions on my skin. I have allergic reactions all throughout my life and it helped me a lot. It works really well and my puffiness and itchy would subside. I have took it for at least 10 times all …

When I was single, I used to suffer a lot during the first day of my menstruation period because of Dysmenorrhea. During the first day I would experience unexplainable severe uterine pain coupled with vomiting and dizziness. It was impossible for me to go out of …

When your shoulder does not work right, it can put a major damper on your life. I have had some shoulder pains ranging from mild to severe for quite a while, but recently they have been more severe. Since I have to use my arms quite a bit during …

For sinus issues and sinus infections, the misery can be quite hard to bear. I usually get a combination of headaches and stuffed up nose. Or sometimes I have a perpetual dripping down my throat. It could be mild or severe, but always miserable.
There are a …

Advil has worked marvelously for my family. All of us suffer from minor to severe migraines, probably because we all have eye problems which may or may not be connected at all. But the most important thing is that Advil works for us. I just used to take it …

This is one of the best working, powerful pills to relieve period pain. This is not a doctor prescribed medicine, which means you can buy it in Chemists. However, you cannot buy them on shelves in supermarkets like you could with pain killers such as Panadol. The tablets are …

I only use Petroleum Jelly whenever I have scrapes and cuts, and it does alleviate the sting, but I sometimes get the scars too. My mother bought me this Mow Sun Medical Oil which serves to soothe any pains and cuts but also kind of “closing” them as well, …

I highly recommend this multivitamins to those wanting to gain more weight. This is a very effective appetite stimulant and at the same time it is very good in making my body look proportioned and not skinny. I have gained a lot of weight from taking this …

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 …

For those of you who suffer frequently from allergies and do not like paying full price for medicine like Claratin, Berkley and Jensen brand Loratadine is a great product for you. A few years back I had been tired of paying the expensive price for name brand …

I had used Tums Extra Strength 750 mg on and off, over a period of approximately six months beginning in the summer of 2008. My co-worker, Maria, introduced it to me one day, when I was having a serious case of hyper acidity and finding it hard to …

I’m pretty familiar with the Equate product line because I use primarily use it whenever I have a severe cold, but I came across this product when I wanted to do something about my sinuses especially when the temperature fluctuates and causes them to go into overdrive. The one …

My dad became gravely ill, after I had just came home from three great weeks on a business trip to New York City. It was two days after I had settled back into Midwestern life. The hospital called me,and said I needed to get there immediately. And I …

I’ve never really used aspirin because of my stomach. I didn’t think it was strong enough to relieve pain of any kind but my grandmother swore by it from everything from minor pain to stress. Recently my doctor has become concerned about heart, though and he recommended …

I had a few cuts and bruises because I was recently in a motorcycle accident. It was nothing serious really, but I didn’t want to go around wearing pants to work all the time. My mom gave me Terramycin, she said it would help the cuts to heal faster …

Sleeping well for sure is one of factors which were very crucial for my health. Recently due to family tensions and heavy workloads at my work place, I had been undergoing a great mental trauma which always left me stressed. In all these turbulent and tribulations of life, my …

I have had the tendency to get very bad cramping during my menstrual cycle. I also get PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) very badly. I decided to try to alleviate some of those symptoms by using Midol Caplets Menstrual Complete that was supposed to help keep the signs and symptoms down …

When I was working at this call center germs seemed to pass through there fast. I was sick at least once month, which made it hard to work on the phones. My throat was sore all the time and cough drops just weren’t working for me. Plus it’s not …

I used to wear contacts—“ the semi-disposable kind that you wore overnight if you wanted, and then changed out at the end of two weeks. I developed a bad habit of leaving them in much longer than I should have, and I paid for it once when I developed …

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 …

Alprazolam —“ better known under its (in)famous trade name XANAX (other trade names include Alganax, Alzolam, Alprax, Alprox, Alzam, Anxirid, Apo-Alpraz, Azor, Calmax, Gerax, Helex, Kalma, Nervin, Niravam, Novo-Alprazol, Nu-Alpraz, Tafil, Texidep, Trika Xanor, Zopax, etc.) —“ is a sedative substance introduced forty years ago, to alleviate panic attacks and/or …

I had a bad headache at a friends, and the only thing she had on hand was BC powder for me to take. I do not really understand, why anyone wouldever purchase this stuff. It is a powder that you put on your tounge to relieve the pain. It …

I’ve been working in the call center for three years and I’ll tell you that schools and day cares aren’t the only places that catch colds effortlessly. About once or twice a year I end up catching a cold despite my efforts of wiping my work desk with anti-bacterial …

Whenever I have really bad aches, I try to use the best products to manage it. I find that it can be difficult for me to treat pain and only want to use the strongest products. I try different medications always looking for the next best thing. One medication …

Ever since I was a kid, I know that we never forget to buy Vicks VapoRub. It would always be stashed in one of our shelves in the kitchen area. It’s a clear and sticky ointment and it’s very effective and useful. When we were kids and we are …

I was prescribed Lexapro as a way to help combat my depression that I have been struggling with for over three years. I was reluctant to begin drug therapy, as I was apprehensive about how the medication would affect me. I was started at the 10mg dose by my …

I have to admit to having a slight strange addiction to pain relieving patches and creams. There’s nothing better than coming home from a long day at work and slapping on a patch and feeling that fantastic hot and cold sensation work over some very over-worked muscles. I work …

Having an anxiety disorder since the age of 16, I know how to live with and without the drug that is so commonly known now: Xanex. After first being diagnosed with the disorder, I was not prescribed the drug and upon getting anxiety attacks I just had to learn …

My hand and wrist pain has been becoming more and more intense lately. I find myself trying an array of pain pills to ease some of my discomfort. I look for something that is fast acting and strong. I purchased the smart Sense Naproxen Sodium 220 mg Tablets for …

I have been having a lot of problems with my digestion and heartburn. I think this is due to my unhealthy diet, but I am not quite ready to change it. I usually just try to find medicines that help me cope with these issues. I have used Pepto …

My husband started taking medication for high blood pressure since a few months now. The first medication prescribed to him by the cardiologist was Aprovel. It was a strong medication because he got dizzy spells from taking it even at a low dosage. The doctor reevaluated the treatment and …

Eucerin Skin Cream is the best non-prescription cream around for seriously dry skin. When I was a kid, I had eczema. This is a skin condition that causes extremely dry skin that flakes and cracks. The doctor’s solution to this problem wasn’t some fancy prescription medication. …

I have trouble with eczema. I will get these little bubbles on my skin. They really itch. That is usually the beginning of a new eczema spot for me. The tiny tiny bubbles go down but the skin will get really dry and start cracking. …

I am a very acidic person. I often feel nauseous and suffer stomachaches and headaches because of acidity which happens when I don’t eat on time or overeat, or if I drink coffee, tea, too much alcohol, or when I am tense or nervous. I have tried …

Having suffered from migrane headaches since I was a teenager I was always searching for something to help relieve the incredible pain. Ibuprofin helped but only in large doses. I was a little leary of the side effects of perscription medications for migranes. Then I discovered …

Deworming is a routine treatment which I administer to my kids every 6 months, especially when they were younger. I never knew what things and organic matter they put in their mouths whenever they were playing even under my watchful eye. In addition, I felt that they had parasites …

My youngest child has a very sensitive skin. When she is bitten by an insect or develops rashes because of things in the air or whatever she ate, she starts scratching. And when she begins to do this, she has difficulties to stop even if I tie her hands …

Diabetes runs in our family, and I had previously been a big fan of the Accuchek system of drawing blood to monitor blood glucose levels, that was until my Pharmacist suggested I try the new Contour meter. This meter is made by www.ascensia.ca and it is the best diabetic …

Whenever I get sick, it seems like the whole family is sick. I still think it is due to my daughters exposure to sick kids at school, but will never really know. We were all suffering from colds, and my daughter is much like me and has a hard …

I have to admit it… I’m a total sucker for all things that look “old world”. I love watching old movies that have those “medicine men” that sell products in the old medicine bottles with the cork stoppers, and they try to pawn it off as an instant hair …

Supradyn is a multivitamin tablets with Minerals and Trace elements. I came across to it when I was feeling weekness and my doctor prescribed me it.
It essentially contains all the vitamins including vit C and vit E also. When I approached my doctor complining sever weekness due to …

It works well for the person on the go that need temporary relief for the cold symptoms, but, I prefer the Night-time version. My thought is, if it doesn’t put you to sleep, it doesn’t work well. Your body needs rest to recover from anything. It’s good to have …

Nasaline Nasal Irrigation System. This is a product that is easy to use to clean your nasal passages. I bought it because I have sinusitis and in February and March, my sinuses get irritated. I read about this product in a health magazine and decided to try it as …