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Magic Johnson

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Freddie Mercury

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Aspirin
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6.3
Effectiveness
2
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5.3
Holistic Benefits
Took it a few times here and there to help a fever or pain, and helped dull pain a bit.
Zyrtec
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Effectiveness
3.1
Side Effects
6.1
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Good, but did not always work. Especially when pollen was extreme.
Serevent
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7
Effectiveness
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Side Effects
7.1
Holistic Benefits
Severent seems to build up in my blood. I have noticed that I need to stop the medication for a period of time or skip one dose a day for a day or two to rebalance.
Lexapro
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5.7
Effectiveness
5.2
Side Effects
6.6
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I am 29 years old, and had been taking Lexapro for about 4-5 years. It worked really well for my depression/anxiety. I thought I would be on it for life. But the sexual side effects took their toll. I lost 95% of my ability to get aroused. I failed to get excited with 4 different girls and left them thinking my little guy was a dud. My doctor switched me to a different drug with nearly no sexual side effects and I'm back with no problems getting excited anymore. Besides the sexual side... View full comment
ProAir HFA
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Effectiveness
5.6
Side Effects
3.2
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I have suffered from asthma all my life and used to use Albuterol before it was reformulated. The proair did not work at all for me. It did not puff out of the countainer far enough to be effective. I now use Xopenex HFA and it worked much much better than Proair HFA. I was very unsatisfied with the Proair.
Cephalexin
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Effectiveness
3.1
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5.9
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No symptoms, got rid of the infection pain immediately went away within a few minutes of the first dose.
Remicade
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4.5
Effectiveness
6.5
Side Effects
5.5
Holistic Benefits
definately positive so far...i've only had 3 infusions ..no reaction while getting the infusion but now i have developed a cough that sounds and feels like the beginning of bronchitis...and i am increasingly feeling tired...taking naps more often...but the swelling and joint pain are all but gone..
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