Digestive Care

The classic 'on the fly' stomach reliever.

Advantages: Quickly and effectively relieves stomach upsets. Gives you the most relieving and satisfying b
Disadvantages: Powder tends to clump up and go hard if it is stored for more than a few months.

...sleeping but one dose of Andrews will calm it down. Also, sometimes if I've had a really fatty meal close to bedtime, I'l wake up in the early hours, with a massive bloated stomach, on the verge of being sick. I really really hate being sick and I'l do anything to avoid it. After tossing and turning for ages, sweating and scared to be sick, I always eventually manage to hobble downstairs, barely holding it in, then make myself a dose of Andrews. ...
...and I feel on the verge of being sick, the dose takes a bit longer to work but it relieves the stress and allows me to relax in bed, burping away. It's a god send and if like me, you don't like to be sick and you can handle the taste without gagging, then you will love this product. The only problem I find with it is that if it is left in a cupboard for more than a few months, the powder starts to clump together in lumps and it becomes almost impossible ...

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Review of Andrews Salts

In different colours, we'd call it Ringtones.

Advantages: Can be bought over the counter, along with black pudding and sun-dried tomato paste.
Disadvantages: Self-diagnosis. And the rest.

'Scuse the title, but we have to hook the under-twelves on this site, haven't we? Well, where do you start? I mean, if your friend has a problem, and he wants to share it with the nation, but wants to remain anonymous, do you, as a wannabe journalist, give your friend an alter ego, pop in a disclaimer at the end of the opinion – or just expose his/her a*se to public scrutiny and be damned? Well, we don’t talk about piles, do we? We don’t even ...
...For your information, piles are four words up from haggis in the Penguin Pocket English Dictionary. Sadly, because of our reluctance to talk about the subject, few of us actually know what hammer-heads are. We all hear the myths and the superstitions, but our knowledge is limited to the gross inaccuracies of the plethora of jokes on the subject. Which is why my friend, on discovering an itch and a little bit of discharge, oscillated between a plook ...

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Review of Preparation H Ointment

Poke this in your eye

Advantages: Pain relief
Disadvantages: buying a very obvious product

...my motives)** ***Subject: Anusol suppositories. ***Why?: ‘cos my bum is a disaster area since being pregnant and giving birth to what felt like a professional football player, and having a vaginal caesarean to do so didn’t help either! ***Technical name of problem: Haemorrhoids, piles, pile-warts, etc etc. To cut a long story short, I shall simply say that having detected more pain than usual, that involved itching, stinging and extreme tearsineyes ...
...with that name!!??) I chose Anusol suppositories, as I didn’t fancy a squelchy bottom due to ointment, or cream. (incidentally these are the other formats Anusol comes in) o.k, if you have got this far and are not sure if this is the product for you, or even if you are unsure of whether you have haemorrhoids even....maybe you want to look at this checklist and make your mind up. ***What are piles/haemorrhoids? These are swollen blood vessels, which ...

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Review of Anusol Suppositories

Suffering From Explosive Squits?

Advantages: Fast and effective
Disadvantages: Cost and Constipation

Saturday night started off with a bottle of Rioja during the Grand National, which led to a visit to the pub to spend my winnings which were enough for a round, of JD and cokes for everyone. This inevitably led to more JD and coke intermingled with Erdinger, Vodka and coke, Kronenbourg (for some reason that escapes me), Tequila, Sambuca and Jaegermeister, all topped off with a Kebab on the way home. Not surprisingly this led to a case of explosive ...
...tasted funny…… I needed a cure and needed it fast, I was not even sure that I was going to make it as far as Boots, especially after I had an accident in the lift which ruined a pair of pants and an old pair of jeans. Upon entering Boots I immediately spotted the Immodium Instants and as it would be a good ten minutes before I got home then it had to be these babies. So I slapped a fiver on the counter and got a couple of quids worth of change. ...

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Review of Imodium Instants

Ease that pain

Advantages: Works brilliantly on that tender area
Disadvantages: none

Haemorrhoids are a particularly uncomfortable and sometimes extremely painful ailment. They are more often called piles and many suffer from this disorder regularly. There are many wives tales associated with the condition, but there is no proof that they are caused by any of the tales you may have encountered especially the sitting or hot or cold surfaces. Haemorrhoids are caused by the swelling of veins surrounding the lower internal part of the ...
...much that they are forced out of the back passage and are left protruding as very tender areas. It is not a pleasant subject to talk about so I apologise for any uncouthness that may emerge As the swelling increases so does the pain as one has to commit to a bowel movement. Sitting and sometimes even just walking can be excruciating and your swelling rubs on your body and your underwear. It is most definitely not a very nice thing to have. One of ...

donf18 11.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Anusol Cream