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Very Happy with this! I take 20mg for Anxiety, PND & OCD. Its very calming, my moods are very levelled and I am much more balanced! Way better than Prestiq!!!!!
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Advil
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anytime i generally get a headache I use advil, and it seems to work pretty well. No problems with any kind of sideaffect, I dont use it often just when severe headache.
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Treximet
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When I switched from Imitrex to Treximet, I found relief was within an hour and if I had a bad migraine and took a second one after one hour it was gone. In the past, My severe Migraines could last on and off for 3-5 days at its worst. Side effect is heartburn. I want to thank my Pharmist Richard for telling me about the drug...I had to ask my doctor about it and then she gave me a sample.
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was taken to hospital after 3 days and was told that I had pneumona. I was given an IV and they used Penicillin to treat it. I felt better after 5 minutes.
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Dear Friends, I came across this website while doing a yahoo search on simvastatin. Am glad to know, am not alone. I am 42, i was prescribed to take simvastatin for blood pressure on 17 Dec along with other drugs clopidogrel and omeprazole after my ct scan for heart chest pain. My ct scan came clean. However doctor said my BP is 140. He prescribed all this 3 medicine to me. Over the past 6 days, i felt my chest and throat tighening. I got pin and needles in my leg and fingers. At nite, i ha... View full comment
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Due to hetrazan I am having blurred vision since two days.will it be ok if I stop using the medication??
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