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Tylenol
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6
Effectiveness
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5.2
Holistic Benefits
When motrin runs out after an hour and you need something else to control a fever, this is the medication to go to, especially since you do not have to eat with it.
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Amitriptyline
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Effectiveness
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I was prescribed amitryptiline after a servere breakdown and agitated depression. It was due to stress at work, and my Doctor told me the drug would bring my neurotransmitters together, that the stress had knocked apart. It saved my life, as I was suicidal. I was living in a nightmareworld for 3 months, not eating, sleeping, and seeming to be in a paralal world. I would rather die, than go through that again. I had to fight like hell to live, I feel amitryptiline keeps me on the straight and... View full comment
Hydrocodone
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Effectiveness
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Abilify
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Effectiveness
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Aspirin
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5.3
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Effectiveness
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