OTC Medicines in general Reviews

Being winter and suffering from the usual coughs and cold I thought I would write about a cough medicine that I found a couple of years ago. It’s called Pholcodine Linctus B.P. and is available from Boots the chemist under their own label. The packaging says it is a cough suppressant for the symptomatic relief of ...  Read the complete review

What a fantastic day it was yesterday. The sun was shining, the temperature was rising... The day was spent sipping ice-cold beer whilst watching little Rachel chasing the sprinkler we had set up in the middle of the garden, squealing with delight as the cool water caught her unawares. Evening came and after a tidyup in the garden, and Rachel ...  Read the complete review

Sorry about the title, but I have just spent the last six days out of mind with worry. It first started on Friday night when I started feeling light headed and swayed when I walked up the stairs. Then my legs started aching. I thought that it must be flu, so I started taking the usual Hot Lemons just in case. The day after I went to ...  Read the complete review

Stomach bugs aren't just a thing that we get during barbecue season and on holiday in Spain! There are many cases of upset stomaches, and, more seriously, food poisoning, at Christmas time. Think about all the things that could cause a problem including that left over turkey, party buffets that have been on the table for ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever suffered the misfortune of your ear being blocked due to earwax? By this, I don’t mean tons of earwax due to poor hygiene; I mean just a small piece of the horrible stuff managing to attach itself to your eardrum, well this happened to me last week, I got out of the shower, and you know when water goes down your ear? ...  Read the complete review

I promise, only one Q&A style opinion after this. Q: So what exactly are these things called? A: New Era for Catarrh & Sinus Disorders or Combination Q Tissue Salts. Q: And what actually are they, steroids again? A: They’re homeopathic decongestants basically. Q: I ain’t taking no hippie medicine! ...  Read the complete review

I am a great believer in people visiting their local pharmacy to buy medication rather then disturbing their GP for every little ailment. But as a pharacy manager it really concerns me when I go to my local chemist and I do not get asked any questions when buying medication. When I first became a pharmacy assistant I had to be trained ...  Read the complete review

Now I don't know about you, but I'm terrible at getting up in the morning. I tell you, you don't want to see me first thing, I'm snappy on the phone, miserable and generally obnoxious.... which isn't a change to the rest of the time really. I've tried Redbull but not only is it expensive it gives me the runs ( sorry ...  Read the complete review

I was sitting at my desk in work, trying to concentrate on the weekly energy log. The figures seemed to dance about on the page until, somewhere, in my sub-conscious, a door closed softly, and I slept. I awoke with a start when my head hit the desk top with a thud! I was disorientated, confused and my whole body felt weak and heavy. ...  Read the complete review

I'm not entirely sure if this is in the right place since its not strictly a medicine - i'm talking about Pro Plus - the caffiene tablets which relieve tiredness. I don't drink tea or coffee at work (hygiene thing - i.e no-one ever washes up the cups or cleans the kitchen!), yet i'm often half asleep during the afternoon ...  Read the complete review

I recently applied for a job to which I was invited to an interview. Well naturally I had to find a nice pair of smart but comfortable shoes as the job would entail loads of walking and all my other shoes were a bit clubby for an interview. So the morning before my interview I had to go a hunting for some in town. After hours of ...  Read the complete review

The costs Of medicines Last week the major drug companies ended their price fixing allowing the high street consuming to purchase brand name over the counter medicines at a price considerably lower than before. For the consumer this is obviously good thing as competition between the large supermarkets will drive the price down further. ...  Read the complete review

My husband has a broken back, and is prescribed a morphine based painkiller by the doctor. However, whenever he needs a new prescription, it normally involves a long drawn out argument with the health service to get them, as they need to make sure he isn't addicted to them. This would be highly unlikely seeing as 12 tablets have lasted him 4 ...  Read the complete review

Sounds like something you'd use to clean the sink, but no, Powergel is a topical application anti-inflammatory gel used to relieve the pain of soft tissue injuries and acute strains and sprains. For people like me who can't take anti-inflammatory tablets because they have a sensitive stomach, this gel is an absolute godsend. ...  Read the complete review

Medicines can be a real rip off if you buy the branded products. There is no difference in the active ingrdient of branded and non branded products. Panadol is just paracetamol, Nurofen is ibropufen etc. Even buying Calpol for your child is much more expensive than asking for generic infant paracetamol (it is even in a sugar free syrup as calpol ...  Read the complete review

I am still a big child; tablets and me just don’t get on together. The problem is that I cannot swallow them, that why solpadeine is my best friend. Soluble solpadeine is great probably better than any normal pain killer relief tablet, they taste nice considering they are a type of a medicine. I have tried another soluble painkiller ...  Read the complete review

Do you go to the doctors if you have a cough? If you do and you get a prescription for a cough medicine you really should think again. Many people are paying way over the retail price for medicines by using prescriptions, it's the same with pain-killers, most can be bought over the counter, yet people use prescriptions to get them. I ...  Read the complete review