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Coffee

For Barometric Pressure Headache

4 weeks ago

I am prone to barometric pressure headaches and coffee provides pretty quick relief. 2 cups, strong black coffee. It shouldn't matter whether you take sugar or milk, but somehow the extreme bitterness of black coffee does psychologically help.

2 people found this helpful

Gargling Salt Water

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

This seems to help, but not sure of its effectiveness. The key is to try to coat your throat with warm salt water as deep into the throat WITHOUT swallowing the salt water!

2 people found this helpful

Stretching

For Back Pain

2 months ago

Only effective if you know which muscles to stretch :)

2 people found this helpful

Cold Therapy

For Back Pain

2 months ago

This is a great treatment for a pulled back. But works even better when alteranting with Heat Therapy throughout the day.

1 person found this helpful

Heat Therapy

For Back Pain

2 months ago

This is a great treatment for a pulled back. Alternating heat therapy and cold therapy throughout the day helps even more.

2 people found this helpful

Massage

For Back Pain

2 months ago

This does not help if you have already pulled your back. This is an effective treatment for preventative back pain and also relief when your back has already somewhat healed and you are already recovering.

1 person found this helpful

Physical Therapy

For Back Pain

2 months ago

This is the best option for long term back pain. The treatment usually does NOT involve the back, ironically. Physical therapy tries to see where the imbalance in your other muscles is causing chronic back pain.

1 person found this helpful

Ibuprofen

For Back Pain

2 months ago

This is my go-to treatment for general muscle pain. But if I actually pulled a muscle or if the pain is severe, I prefer Aleve.

1 person found this helpful

Naproxen

For Back Pain

2 months ago

My go-to treatment for muscle pull.

Desonide Ointment 0.05%

For Eczema

2 months ago

This was one of the treatments recommended by my primary care physician. It does not work as well as the Fluticasone. There was also a suggestion to use in conjunction with Ketoconazole cream 2% as an anti bacterial.

Fluticasone Propionate Ointment 0.005%

For Eczema

2 months ago

Very effective for eczema flare ups. If I could always use this treatment, I would. However, long term steroid treatment on the face is not recommended, so I have looked into other treatments for the face.

1 person found this helpful

Vaseline

For Eczema

2 months ago

I prefer Aquaphor, but my primary care physician prefers Vaseline. It seems to work similarly to Aquaphor

Aquaphor

For Eczema

2 months ago

This is great as a "super" lotion for eczema.

1 person found this helpful

Pimecrolimus Cream 1%

For Eczema

2 months ago

If I'm getting an eczema flare up (near the eyes) this will not provide immediate relief. However, continued daily usage seems to help with reducing eczema flare ups.

1 person found this helpful

Guaifenesin

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

I think this helps with the coughing but the relief is not immediate. I take it when I get sick, but not sure if it works.

Nasal irrigation

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

Definitely helps with post nasal drip, but also good for preventative.

1 person found this helpful

Quercetin

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

This amplifies the effect of zinc in your system, and should always be taken with zinc.

1 person found this helpful

Vicks Dayquil®

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

Cough syrup just dextromorphan + Tylenol + non drowsy nasal decongestant

1 person found this helpful

Vicks NyQuil Cold & Flu

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

Cough syrup for night use because it will make you drowsy and help you sleep. This is just dextromorphan + tylenol + antihistimine.

1 person found this helpful

Dextromethorphan

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

This is my go-to treatment for coughing.

Honey

For Upper Respiratory Infection

2 months ago

I mixed 2 tablespoon of honey with 170 deg to boiling water and a tea bag. The honey doesn't prevent coughing from upper respiratory infection. However, when the respiratory infection comes with a long-term (2-4 weeks) severe post nasal drip, the coughing can irritate and severely hurt the throat and lungs. By using honey 2-4 times per day, I got through the 4 weeks without any serious pain from the constant coughing.

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