Goodbye pain?hello sleepiness

Advantages: Quick and effective in dealing with migraine and tension headaches.
Disadvantages: Make you incredibly drowsy. Codeine based medication so can become habit forming.

...Once a month I find myself suffering from a rather nasty migraine headache. Sometimes I'm lucky, and it only lasts for 24 hours. Other times it can be an unwelcome invader of my head for up to 72 hours. I used to be able to keep the pain in abeyance with Migraleve Complete, but in the last six months or so, they haven't been as effective for me as they used to be. Maybe my body has become slightly immune to the benefits of this medication, but it just doesn't have the same effect on lessening my pain anymore. I therefore popped into my local Lloyds pharmacy and had a word with the pharmacist about any alternative over the counter medications he could recommend. I actually asked him for the strongest over the counter migraine tablets that he could sell me. He came back with a navy blue box branded "Syndol". I must say that I had...

Bollinger28 13.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Syndol Pain Relief

Pain relief without the medicine

Advantages: Heat, they work, discreet
Disadvantages: None

...Pain relief without the medicine. I recently stumbled upon a great pain relief product without the use of harsh medicines and chemicals. They are the new heat patches from Nurofen, especially designed for back pain. Nurofen Back Pain can be described as a single use heat patch which soothes your pain by getting deep into the muscle with the relaxing heat. It says on the packet that they are for back pain but you can use them on any muscle pain really, especially in the neck or shoulder too. They are very simple to use. They basically to me look like a sanitary pad but a bit bigger and not as thick. They have an adhesive on one side that enables them to stick to your back and stay in place. What's nice is that they do actually stay where you put them, meaning you can apply these right to the source of your pain and know that...

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Rapid relief for headache and migraines

Advantages: Easy to swallow, really do work, not too expensive and you can get them in nearly every pharmacy
Disadvantages: Can make you a little tired and you need to catch the headache right at the beginning for the best effects.

...I suffer from migraines and headaches frequently and I must say that I have tried just about EVERYTHING. But when I came across Syndol and first used them I knew that my prayers were answered (well I still get migraines but now I know I have the cure!) Boots do make a cheaper alternative to Syndol called 'Boots tension headache tablets' and they come in a blue and silver box, Syndol comes in a red and blue and silver box. They both have exactly the same ingredients. I find that they both work as well but I have found that nowadays only the big Boots stores actually stock their own brand. These tablets contain Paracetamol (450mg), Codeine (10mg) and Caffeine (30mg) to relieve head pain, and Doxylamine Succinate (5mg) to relax muscular tension. The Doxylamine Succinate is the thing that makes these tablets special as I have...

MadeinScotland 01.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of Syndol Pain Relief

Pain Relief During Pregnancy and Labor

Advantages: Pain relief helps but 'natural' is better
Disadvantages: Read the review & post your opinion too ~

...PAIN RELIEF IN LABOR ©2005 Linperry All rights reserved, including but not limited to electronic, international and internet rights. No copies without written permission. Qualification: I am qualified to write this review because I have been in labor at least three times in my lifetime & because I have read many books about being in labor and pregnancy. I have found that pain is less for me when I watch my eating plan, stay away from spicy foods, alcohol, and things like that. And, when I bring my radio/music with me to the hospital. Ways to relieve the pains of labor: There are many ways, some more effective than others, and some less effective than others. Here are some of them, and I will explain, elaborate and give some of my own experiences of some of them...

myportfolio 01.02.2005 · Read review
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Pain Relief During A Home Birth

Advantages: Does NOT effect the baby in anyway
Disadvantages: It still hurts!

...As I had both my children, George 2 years old and Angel 3 months, at home I was very limited as to what pain relief I could have. The only pain relief that the midwife was allowed to bring was gas and air. Apparently the main reason for people being transferred to hospital during a home birth is due to not being able to cope with the pain. I hired a TENS machine(about £10 from my doctors clinic), which I found distracted my attention away from the pain rather than made it less. I found that in early labour it was quite nice. It felt as if someone was rubbing their hands in circular motions on the small of my back. But by later labour it just annoyed me and I wanted it off! The TENS machine, by the way, is a device which has 4 pads which you place 2 just above your bum and 2 a little higher. It then sends electrodes which is...

kathchurchill 19.05.2001 · Read review
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Pain relief for the little ones!

Advantages: Eases pain and fever, helps with restful sleep!
Disadvantages: None!

...give him a dose during bed time, to help him get the good night sleep that he needs. I like to give him half the recommended dosage to begin with, and only give him the other half if I feel he needs it. An advantage that Medised has over many other infant pain relief medicines, is that it can be mixed in with the baby's milk, so there's no need to mess about with spoons or syringes, which often leads to more of the stuff ending up all over the baby's face as opposed to in their mouth. Medised is designed as a pain and fever relief for infants and children, it also helps to give the baby a restful sleep and to ease breathing. Medised should only be given to babies from 3 months on, and should only be give to babies younger if recommended so by a doctor. The syrup is strawberry flavoured, which helps the baby or infant to take to it...

danmclovin 09.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Medised Infant Cold Relief (Age 3 months+)

What a Pain in the Neck I am!

Advantages: It works!; doesn't smell
Disadvantages: Not suitable for children under 14; not suitable for those with certain allergies

...of ibuprofen, you should not use any more than necessary. Indeed, the tube clearly states that you should not reapply more gel within 4 hours of the initial application, and certainly not more than 4 times in a 24 hour period. The gel is also designed for adults and children over the age of 14 years only. So what do I think of Nurofen Pain Relief Gel...? Well I have to say that my experience has been very positive. The gel gets to work rapidly - usually within minutes of being applied to the affected area. After applying the gel, I could feel the pain killing agent working on the muscles in my neck. It desensitised the muscular pain I had felt and made my neck feel a lot more supple. However, I must admit that it took a good couple of hours for me to regain full movement in my neck. For me, another advantage is the fact that the gel does not...

rowei 28.10.2006 (29.10.2006) · Read review
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Review of Nurofen Muscular Pain Relief Gel

epidurals for pain relief during labour

Advantages: really does help alot
Disadvantages: there are side effects

...well i wanted to do this op all about epidurals so i could hopefully let a few people know about one of the major side effects from it, and yes i was one of the lucky!!! ones that got it. before i start i will say dont be scared of epidurals because they are fantastic and take all the pain away and its marvellous. I had a very bad labour and was begging for the epidural when i was only 1 centimetre dilited because my labour was so bad. I wont go into the labour bit cus i will be here all day but i will say my baby was facing up and had her spine was on mine all the way through and i was having 5 contractions every 2 minutes for 16 hours and it hurt :) so do opt for a epidural if it is what you want, i just wanted to tell people about the spinal tap problem as i had never heard of it and was totally un-aware that this could happen...

elliebelle9 20.06.2003 · Read review
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Syndol, relief from blinding pain

Advantages: fast working, they do work, can cure some migraines
Disadvantages: a bit pricey, leaves you slight hungover

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cleanfreakmama 14.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Syndol Pain Relief

Pain relief

Advantages: good pain control
Disadvantages: side effects with some people

...When I pregnant with my daughter the only pain relief I was going to have was the epidural but that was blown out of the window when I was one week over due and in that week I came down with pre-eclampisa. I was admitted and as soon as I got to the hospital they started getting blood out of me (and I am scared of needles and injections). My friend came with me to the hospital and stayed with me, after about five hours the doctor came round and told me they wanted to induce me, I was so scared. My friend then left a couple of hours later and she came back the following day. I had to have the gel put in me about three times before my friend came back (Jemma), Jemma was still there when the doctors came round to see how I was doing, they didn't think anything was going to happen that night so Jemma went home and I fell asleep. A couple...

jess1980 30.03.2001 (07.01.2004) · Read review
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