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Metformin Hydrochloride
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7.5
Effectiveness
5.8
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5.6
Holistic Benefits
Metformin (daily) along with diet and daily exercise helped me lose ~50 pounds of weight and bring down my blood sugars to about 100 +/-20 points in about 3 years, Now, I am off metformin and any other medication for diabetes, and control my blood sugar ~100 only with healthy diet and daily exercise.
Prosed/DS
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I have been diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis (IC). The cause of this medical condition is unknown and there is no known cure. There is no one medication that works for all who are afflicted with this. After trying many other medications with no success my doctor prescribed Urised which is now off the market. A similar product was recommended to me, Prosed, which I have been taking for the past 3 years. It has been a miracle drug for me and I know it is also used to treat other patients wi... View full comment
Paracetamol
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Acamol is great. It works a ton better than tylenol!
Flovent
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3.2
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I take flovent every morning and every night just to help my asthma and it seems to be helping alot
Tylenol
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I have experienced relief when dealing with bad migraines. I think it is so popular because it works well for almost everyone.
Flucloxacillin
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Signs of improvement started showing within 2 days but had diarrhoea, and fluorescent orange urine.
Darvocet
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I was taking Darvocet as a substitute for Vicodin because I was having too much Delirium and Nausea with Vicodin. I have a high tolerance to pain killers and when I was taking Darvocet it had no noticeable effect on the pain. I eventually stopped taking the pills because the small amount of pain relief I received was not worth the nausea and delirium I was getting from the drug.
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