If you’ve experienced cold legs yourself, we encourage you to share your experiences to help other patients. PatientsLikeMe’s unique data-sharing platform allows you to share detailed data about all types of treatments, interventions, and lifestyle modifications that have helped you or simply had no effectHave you suddenly realized that your legs are cold? You’re sitting… Continue reading What Does it Mean When You Have Cold Legs?
Category: Patient Experiences
What’s your experience with Cetomacrogol cream?
Used to treat dry, sensitive skin as well as eczema and itching, cetomacrogol cream FNA is a mitigating and protective skin cream. It contains cetomacrogol (an emulsifying agent), cetiol (a fast-spreading dry emollient), sorbitol (a humectant and texturizing agent), water and the preservative sorbic acid. At PatientsLikeMe, where more than 120,000 patients are sharing their… Continue reading What’s your experience with Cetomacrogol cream?
Patient Choices: How Open Are You Now?
At PatientsLikeMe, we have a Privacy Policy that explains what we do with the health data that patients like you share. But as many of you know, we also have an Openness Philosophy, which outlines what we believe are the substantial benefits of being open versus private about your condition. Here’s an excerpt: “Currently, most… Continue reading Patient Choices: How Open Are You Now?
Patient Choices: The Shape of Sharing
In these days of Facebook and Twitter, the media is abuzz with news of “over sharing” of sensitive, personal or trivial information – everything from your current location to what you were up to over the weekend. Members on our site may choose to share some of this, but what about some of the less… Continue reading Patient Choices: The Shape of Sharing
Are You Taking Asthmanex for Your Asthma?
Asthmanex is a brand name for the anti-inflammatory agent mometasone furoate, a corticosteroid used in various formulations (inhaler, intranasal spray or topical ointment) for the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis as well as inflammatory skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis. A prescription inhalant drug marketed by Schering-Plough, Asthmanex – which is available as… Continue reading Are You Taking Asthmanex for Your Asthma?
Share Your Experiences with Amox TR K CLV
Amox TR K CLV (also known as Amox TR-K, Amox TR-K CLV, Amox TR-K-CLV and Amox TR K CLV 875 125) is an abbreviation for , an antibiotic in the penicillin group that combines amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium. Due to its expanded coverage, it is often prescribed when amoxicillin resistance is present and patients cannot… Continue reading Share Your Experiences with Amox TR K CLV
Share and Compare: The Launch of Two Medications
The launch of a new medication can be a very exciting event. It can renew hope for a better future and provide proof of the billions spent on research every year. It can also stimulate a lot of interesting conversation. Or not. We’ve learned from you that not every new medication warrants your attention and… Continue reading Share and Compare: The Launch of Two Medications
Learn More About Your Heightened Sense of Smell
The medical term for a heightened or increased sense of smell is hyperosmia. Also known as olfactory hyperesthesia and hyperesthesia olfactoria, the word “hyperosmia” is a combination of the Greek work “hyper,” meaning “above,” and the Greek word “osme,” meaning “sense of smell.” Put together, hyperosmia is an abnormally increased sensitivity to smells and odors.… Continue reading Learn More About Your Heightened Sense of Smell
One for All: A Cross View of Patient Sharing
With more than 82,000 patients on PatientsLikeMe, there’s a lot of information being shared with one another. Last month, we highlighted how your sharing affects the experience of many on our site. Today, we continue that theme by taking a look at information being shared across all of our communities that many of you may… Continue reading One for All: A Cross View of Patient Sharing
How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World (Cont’d)
Here is our second blog about the two recent studies published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) about how patients like you are actually using your treatments. Study Two: Treatment Adherence Barriers Your doctor has likely told you that it’s best to take your medication as prescribed. But in the real world, there… Continue reading How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World (Cont’d)