Recall on Children's Liquid Allergy and Cold Medicines

Allergy season is here once again. I hate it that my son suffers from it every time; he coughs and coughs and couldn't sleep at night! We tried many allergy medicines for his allergy.... from Benadryl, Motrin, Tylenol to Zyrtec. Finally we found one that works for him which was Zyrtec, but recently, there was a recall on both medicines as well as few of cold medicines for children. Read the news at http://www.foxnews.com/health/children/index.html or visit http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com for more info. Now that these name brands can't be trusted anymore unless they fix the problems, we decided to buy store brand medicines for they are FDA approved and safe for children.

If you have purchased any of these medications, and wanted refunds for them, visit the website provided here and follow the instructions on how. I already sent the manufacturer/distributor my request for refunds and waiting for their phone call for confirmation.

Going Back on Weight Loss Plan

I know it's been awhile since I posted my last entry here. I have been busy with many things that I have been neglecting this blog. I actually have plenty of topics that I can post here, but due to my other 5 blogs, I cannot find time to update it. If I have to monetize this, I better do more than neglecting it.

Anyway, my last check up went well, except hat I gained few (3) pounds. I know the very reason why and that is I stopped logging in the foods I ate....not to mention that I have been eating Pinoy foods coupled with whit rice. Oh no...I knew better and I still didn't do the right thing. And so, our plan didn't materialize. Now I have to see him again once a month instead of every three months. I blew it and my husband was not very happy about it.

My doctor and I agreed that I will need to lose weight so we won't see each other often :-)! I am trying to lose weight, eat right, jot down the foods I eat and exercise. I hope when I see him again two weeks from now, my weight is at least back to where it was when we made that plan.

New URL for this Blog!

It's been months since I created this health blog of mine, but never get indexed by Google no matter how much I work on it. Maybe it will be ranked if I change the URL into a domain one. And so, I did switch it to its own domain just now. Let us see if this will get Mr G's attention :-).

The new URL of this is: www.myfamilyshealthblog.com. Please if you happen to add the blog link, please use this one instead of the old blogger one which was: http://myhealthblog1.blogspot.com. Thank you so much and welcome to my sixth and newest, and hopefully the last blog I will create.

To all my friends, please update the old link to the new one. Thanks!

Cough and Colds Medication for Diabetic

I have been coughing every night now for a week; I thought it was just an allergy, but I was wrong! This morning, it was bad because it was couple with a sore throat and runny nose. Thanks to my son who is kind enough to share with me his cough and colds. We are now coughing, but it doesn't seems to bother him at all; but it bothers me. Anyway, I haven't given him any medication yet...and I have not taken any myself. I know as a diabetic person, I should be careful for what medications I put in my mouth. Sandy told me that I can take OTC medicaion like Robitussin CF which it is also good because is sugar and PPA free. It has been re-formulated to be PPA free, and now contains pseudoephedrine instead. The other active ingredient is dextromethorphan, and together, this preparation helps to suppress cough and also helps to expectorate (which means it makes the bringing up of phlegm easier). Robitussin CF is sugar free and alcohol free. It should be used with caution in patients with high blood pressure or heart disease, and should be avoided in patients on MAOIs. This medication is not recommended for pregnant or nursing mothers. Same thing with Benylin Adult which is sugar and alcohol free, and provides some relief from a non-productive (dry) cough. The active ingredient in this formula is Dextromethorphan. Though hubby told me it doesn't really going to help suppress my coughing...he thinks...I still plan of going to the pharmacy and bought one for myself. Sometimes, I call my husband a doctor because he has his own opinions with medicines which I don't usually listen and follow.

Updates Coming Soon!

To all my readers or at least readers of this blog; thanks a lot for continued visit and support :-). I know I haven't updated it lately due to my busy schedules. With our lease coming over very soon and the packing and working with the home builders, I have no time to update it...and so I thought of transferring all my post here to my other blogs since this blog has been waiting to be approved by the Entrecard for months now, but still no response from them still. Seeing comments and visits from bloggers and friends alike, I decided to keep it. As you can see, this was updated like three weeks ago....that span of time, many things happened, and so I need to catch up and remember what took place for three weeks. I think I can do that! Hoping to see more visitors :-)!