This review is about the original Allegra allergy medication, not Allegra D. The difference is that Allegra D has pseudo ephedrine in it, and to me this is the ultimate difference. The original Allegra allergy medication does absolutely nothing for me when I am truly having a …

I found myself once again searching for an antacid that would beat the heartburn I had been battling for the past few days. I like Alka seltzer, but also felt that every time I use it, I over treat myself. I like being able to get rid of the …

When anxiety first started to impact my life, when I was seventeen, I attempted to do something about it. I was referred to counselling, social workers, meditation classes and of course the pharmacy. I tried a variety of different medications due to side effects or lack of effect. Eventually …

I remember, when I was just a young child, my mother always had a supply of Flinstones vitamins in our cupboard. I thought, as I got older, that she might have even had stock in the company, because even as all her kids grew up, she still kept it …

I am so happy that my friend suggested I go see her Doctor back in 1993, that’s how long I’ve been a patient of his now; Thank Goodness;
I also think/and know I have the world’s best Doctor there is, and there are many others out there that …

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 bought this Becombion syrup because I want to give extra vitamins for my children. Actually, first time I bought this vitamins, I got an prescription from our pediatric. He said this syrup can give more important supplement for the children especially to make their body stronger from the …

If there was one way to describe myself it would be as a woman on the go because from the time the sun comes up in the morning until it goes down in the evening I am usually constantly moving and out of my house running all the daily …

One of the babies I kept was really gassy, and the parents and I tried various products before finding one that worked well enough to take care of the problem. One that we didn’t have much success with was Little Tummys Gripe Water.
It came in a 4 ounce …

After a two year battle with mental health problems, I was prescribed Lithium by my psychiatrist. I was extremely hesitant to try the drug since I had tried it years earlier as a teenager with horrible side effects. My doctor explained that as an adult, the drug would effect …

A few months ago, my mom had a severe left ankle pain and swelling. It was already giving her problems for more than a week. I tried giving her the usual non-steroidal analgesics such as Naproxen and Ibuprofen but she complained developing some epigastric pains after intake of the …

The weather it seems is playing tricks on out immune system as the cold and flu season is drawing near. There are a few over the counter drugs that I recommend as being better than some of the more popular brands.
Comtrex works best for me when taken just before …

My day job requires me to stay in front of the computer for 8 or more hours. Most of the time, my company requires me to work overtime especially when there are deadlines. I suspect this as the cause of my frequent migraines. At first my right eye begins …

Whenever I find myself with a cold, I try to treat it as soon as possible so that it can go away quickly. I hate when colds linger and last for weeks and will do almost anything to avoid this situation. I had remembered some lozenges that I tried …

Price: $0.05 per sachet
For the following symptoms: Cold, flu, sore throat, headache, fever.
This is one of the over the counter medicines I use quite regularly, especially around the cold and flu season and it has worked wonders for me over the last few years that I have been using …

I have taken effexor xl for my symptom of cataplexy for my sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. While effexor is given as an antidepressant after being on it for one year,I found that I had built up a tolerance too it pretty quickly and therefore had to come …

Two months ago, I experienced itchiness of the anus. At first, it was just like three times a day. Then as days went by, it became more frequent. Until it came to the time that it itches all day. It was so irritating, frustrating, and annoying. I immediately thought …

My thyroid problem had only been cured and had only stabilized recently, and I have had this condition since I was 16 years old. I was diagnosed with a hypothyroid condition, and it was hard for me since I thought I was getting fat and I wasn’t really the …

A few years back I had to have three wisdom teeth pulled. And it wasn’t just your typical cock back your head and let’s pull these suckers out. Oh no, it was full on surgery, and it had to be done because they were growing in so fast and my …

Migraines are hereditary, and it’s only unfortunate that my mother and my eldest brother and myself suffer from this. It comes suddenly but doesn’t’ go away unless you sleep for a minimum of an hour (in my case) and it’s really hard to concentrate on anything else when you …

Originally introduced as a medication to prevent seizures Topamax has found other uses. Introduced to this medication by my neurologist last year, I had high hopes it would help my headaches. Unfortunately, I was one of the people who had side effects while taking the medication and …

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 …

I have a very beautiful and small family in which my children, my husband, my brother and my parents do live. My father is a service man. My father is very fine and he is perfectly healthy. The only problem to my father is, the digestion …

My kids don’t typically take cold syrups very easily. In fact, I usually have to chase them around the house and hog tie them to get them to take anything like that in a liquid form. Problem was, they were too young at the time to swallow a pill, …

Afrin Nasal spray sure beats any decongestant pill!
When taken Sudafed or any other decongestant pill, you have to wait a while (which seems like lifetime when you cannot breathe)before it starts working, but with nasal spray, you get immediate results!
As soon as you spray into your nose, it starts …

For the past years my 6 years old child prone to get fever at least once monthly. She is always on medications. Only strong medications can keep the fever at bay. No wonder she is so skinny and pale.I have been supplementing her with multi-Vitamins and chewable Vitamin …

When I was young, my dad used to swear by these. At the first sign of a cold of flu he’d ‘dose up’ on Beechams powders, and get himself to bed to get rid of it.
As a child,they are hard to take, so it wasn’t until recently that I …

All throughout my childhood, I never had a problem with allergies or sinus congestion. That is until I moved from Arkansas to Michigan, and the climate change had me curled up in a fetal position during the fall, high-pollen months, with my hands clamped over my aching and congested …

I went to this pharmacy one time when I had a new prescription from my doctor. I was planning to switch to another pharmacy because I was tired of waiting too long for my prescription to be refilled at my previous pharmacy of choice. However, I realized that the …

My mother, while I was growing up, was a huge fan of humidifiers and she considered them a cure-all. Even if we weren’t really sick, she’d have the humidifier going, thinking it’s going to prevent sickness. And, we lived in the south with nice humid weather, and there was …

For serious heartburn that occurs frequently, a good over the counter medicine is Prilosec OTC Acid Reducer Time Released Tablets. These tablets usually come in boxes of 42 tablets which is useful, because you can either take them as three separate fourteen day treatments or for shorter amounts …

I just had my wisdom tooth surgery a few weeks ago. After the extraction, my dentist asked me to gargle with a warm salt water solution or a mouthwash. I opted to gargle with a mouthwash, then my mom bought me a Betadine 1% Oral Antiseptic Solution Gargle. Although …

Being reactive hypoglycemic (low blood sugar), I have to plan my whole day around food. Food tends to control me, so that I cannot go anywhere without snacks in my bag, or else I would not be able to go anywhere (my having to eat every 2 to …

I had been troubled by a severe pain on the right hand side of my head and in my ears, which I later had found out was the result of an ear infection. Before I went to the doctor to get a diagnosis and some prescription medication, I had …

I have had a problem with Dandruff in my hair due to my skin issues. My skin gets dry and peels easily and it is even worse in my head. I needed something to start working on my dandruff again because I had recently strayed away from dandruff removing …

I’ve had nasal allergies for as long as I can remember. Since my doctor recommended NasalCrom, I’ve been coping so much better. I don’t know why so many people tend to poo-poo nasal sprays - despite the fact that a nasal spray directly targets a nasal allergy …

I recently purchased some of this nose spray to help relieve my hayfever symptoms mainly for in the evening time when my tablets are starting to stop working and i spray two sprays in each nostril in the early evening and its realy helps stop my sneezing and runny …

This medicine is my new favorite purchase from the grocery store. For a few years now I have been experiencing migraine type headaches. I say “migraine type” because I don’t always get nauseous and I have been told that nausea is a big part …

I have tried all kinds of heartburn relief products, from Tums to Pepcid and everything in between. I have heartburn regularly and I always try to keep something on hand in case I need it. Recently, Walgreens had a special on Omeprazole Acid Reducer for buy one, …

After beginning my job at a shoe store in September of 2008, I began experiencing severe and very painful muscle spasms. Sometimes it would be sharp shooting pains, and sometimes it would be a dull ache that would last hours. It wouldn’t matter what position I was in, if …

Yesterday, suddenly I had to sneeze all the time. I did not know why and then it continued until the afternoon time when I had to go out with my kids to the shopping mall centers.
Then I felt that my nose started to have a problem as well. Oh …

I first discovered this product, called fes a few weeks ago, when my 5 month old baby had a really bad flu. She had a blocked up nose, where she could hardl breathe from and she also was coughing up alot of phlem all the time. I was really …

I am a very active woman, I love doing sports and adventure traveling. As a result, I have had several minor scrapes in my time. Whenever I travel I always bring Mediplast First Aid Kit. This is a very handy pouch with everything that I need for my emergencies. …

When I saw some cold remedy lozenges in the store, I was kind of astonished by it. I had scene cold remedies in syrup form and pill form but not really in lozenge form. I have used many throat lozenges as well as cough drops, but the Cold Eeze …

Last week I happened to just slip off the stairs and landed up spraining my foot. Initially the pain I experienced was just mild, and I was expecting it to get healed in a few hours. But to my disappointment the pain not only increased but the swelling caused …

When I get bitten by mosquitoes, the bite itches and itches for days on end. Worse than that, the bite swells up into a huge purple bulge, and the purple color gets deeper and deeper and lasts for ages, before it starts fading again. Also, it is …

I’ve long been a user of analgesic gels such as Mineral Ice. When the product first became available in the late 80s or early 90’s, I used the name brand, which was a bit expensive at the time. Now there are many store brands and generics available that …

Since I have started using Equate medicine products, I have become rather satisfied at how much better they work when compared with name brands such as Tylenol or Advil. One day I had come down with a cold–bad coughing, sore throat, the works–and when I went to Wal-Mart to …

I often get allergies during the early spring and fall months of the year. I can’t afford to call off sick from work when that happens because it happens very frequently. A friend suggested that I try Benadryl Allergy to help the problem. I took the advice and choose …