ATARAX Reviews (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (147 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ATARAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATARAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | | 3/7/2005 | 5 | Severe itching | Sleepy, but that was good because my itchy rash was severe. The rash had kept me awake. | 5 days 25 mg | 2/18/2014 | 1 | intertitial cystitis | Took for 2 yrs with increasing tiredness and groggy feeling, but helped with ic symptoms. Then began having tremors, muscle twitching,dropping things, numb fingers. | Was referred to neurosurgeon who was considering neck surgery, but turns out to be caused by atarax. Stopped taking 5 months ago with no improvement. Arms so weak, can't do daily tasks. | 45 | 2 years 15mg 1X day | 6/21/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | Bad taste | F | 58 | 30 days 25 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 5 | chronic hive, dermatographic skin | I"ve been taking this medication since I was 13 years old. Initially I experienced weight gain and grogginess. Now the only side effect is a small amount of grogginess so I take it at night. | Atarax has changed my life. I have dermatographic/dermagraphic skin, which mean your body constantly produces too much histamine. It is hereditary in my family. I have other family members on it as well, including my 21 year old son. This drug has definitely been a life saver. | F | 51 | 38 years 10mg 1X day | 8/24/2011 | 5 | Allergies/ Anxiety/ tension | i have had no side affects whilst taking this, i think it is brilliant. Although i am supposed to take 50mg in the morning and the same at night but i go straight to sleep within half an hour so i can only take them of the night. | i fall asleep half an hour after taking the tablets so i tend to just take 2 tablets (50mg total)of a night. if i forget to take them i spend the whole day very agitated and tense, i had never suffered with Anxiety prior to taking these. however they are brilliant with my allergies so i cant complain. | F | 26 | 6 years 50mg 2X day | 11/28/2011 | 5 | itchiness | drowsiness, bloating of face, weight gain | F | 38 | 9 years 10 MG | 2/4/2012 | 5 | hives, mild anxiety | Made me drowsy (but I took it at nite) but I slept well and longer than usual, around 9-10 hrs). I did have a nightmare that nite, maybe a coincidence. | After a first time bout of hives lasting on and off for about 7 weeks, and finding only minimal relief from Benadryl, oatmeal baths, calamine etc., I got a prescription for 10 mg of Atarax. I took it once and slept through the night without staying awake from intense itching. The next morning I felt a touch groggy but so grateful to not have any itching. I did not take another dose because there was no renewed itching and the size of the existing hives on my body was starting to shrink. I did not get any new hives after this first dose. Am keeping my fingers crossed, it has been almost 72 hrs since that dose and I have not needed to take it again. | F | 55 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 5 | autoimmune urticaria | drowsiness very recently splitting headache and nausea (3 days after withdrawal) | i started with 25 mg tab 1/day 7 years ago for autoimmune urticaria. after 2 months, the hives were managed and the itch was less. over the years, i started to taper the dose from 1 tab to 1/2 tab, until 1/4 tab as prescribed by the doctor. and ive been on the 1/4 tab dose for 3 years and the hives almost never appeared. 3 days ago i stopped taking it to check whether hives would appear, now on the 3rd day im not sure whether this splitting headache and nausea are withdrawal symptoms. anyone experienced the same? | F | 27 | 7 years 5 1X day | 4/22/2012 | 5 | Severe Itching | Drowsiness (which was the point), difficulty waking up in the morning | I love Atarax. I am taking it for a severe itch that no doctor has been able to figure out. I've been itching for 6 months now, and wasn't able to sleep at night because the itch was so extreme, I'd wake up in tears after less than an hour of sleep. With the help of atarax, I'm able to get a full night's sleep. Waking up is difficult, but I'd rather have that problem than the itchiness and lack of sleep. Unfortunately, until they figure out why I'm itching and find a way to fix it for sure, I'm going to be taking these on a nightly basis. | F | 24 | 2 months 25 1X day | 8/12/2012 | 5 | PANIC ATTACKS | DRY MOUTH | I HAVE TAKEN ATARAX MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD AND MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.. IT IS A LIFE SAVER.. I AM NOW TAKING VISTIRIL, BECAUSE THE DOCTOR I AM SEEING CAN GET ME THE VISTIRIL FREE FROM THE COMPANY. VISTIRIL IS THE SAME THING AS ATARAX. I DONT THINK I WILL EVER BE WITHOUT IT. | F | 37 | 30 years | 3/28/2006 | 5 | Anxiety and to help me sleep | No side effects apart from a little sleepy. | I have taken Atarax one 20 mg in the evening one hour before bedtime,to help me sleep, as I was suffering with anxiety. Having a bout of panic attacks and anxiety again at the moment, so I take my 20 mg a little earlier about tea time to calm me down, as the anxiety tightens my chest, which in turn knocks my balance and I become giddy and I hypoventilate. To relieve my bouts of anxiety, (and years ago I did get it anxiety bad, and had trouble going out, dont want to go there again), I get plenty of rest (with the help of Atarax, exercise, lavender baths, talking to somebody, try to reduce worry, let problems go over your head, or laugh at them! | F | 38 | 2 years | 3/19/2007 | 5 | allergies/headaches/pain | works wonders for me | I take the generic form-it is cheaper- it is one of the only things I can take to help me sleep | F | 51 | 10 years | 7/4/2004 | 5 | Severe case of hives | I fell asleep very quickly.. almost like a zombie state, I mean instantly with a 25mg pill. Caused me to sleep almost 14 hrs. I since learned if I quartered them it worked fine for a normal 8 hrs sleep. But it is wonderful and gave me relief almost immediately when NOTHING else helped. Also excellent to use for inflammation of various types (mucuous membrane) to halt histamine production. | Apparently my physician thought the hives were caused by anxiety which it's also good for. I'd had them a month, no known trigger and nothing else gave me relief and the Atarax worked like a miracle!! thank goodness. | F | 50 | 2 days | 12/11/2002 | 5 | Autoimmune Chronic Urticaria | Terrible nightmares, anterograde amnesia, excessive drowsiness, inability to focus/concentrate, auditory hallucinations, "hangover" feeling up to 15 hours after consumption, in instances where the medication did not make me fall asleep within one hour... aggressiveness/mood changes often occurred | This medication makes it difficult for me to carry on basic functions, such as concentrating and left me feeling that something was wrong/missing... I've had days where I took it for three days and mentally I lost more than a week. Often sleep 10-15 hours within 24 hours of consumption. | F | 34 | 7 years 10 1X day | 2/24/2014 | 5 | Eczema | I have taken atarax since I was in secondary school year 9. It has been a very good drug for me but it makes me drowsy but only when I take it sometimes if I take regularly the I don't get drowsy. It helps a lot calms my skin down if itchy. I would recommend this to exzeema who suffers from a lot of itching.going abroad to hot countries also helps. I was the worse case bandages being hospitalised and the lot if you are bad then get dr to refer you to st Thomas hospital in Westminster it is one of the best hospitals with all the good doctors in dermatology. My daughter had exzeema aswell by taking her to a hot country Pakistan really cured her exzeema. I'm still taking atarax but only if needed and no more scratching at nights for me cause I'm partially cured in not as bad I used to be. I hope this helps. | F | 33 | 10 years 10mg | 11/7/2013 | 5 | Toxic Shock Syndrome | F | 16 | 7 days 25mg | 3/9/2014 | 5 | allergies/anxiety combined | sedative effect upon talking- however the best medication by far I have ever been described. I cannot rate it enough. if having an allergy flare up, the tablet works within ten minutes and I am symptomless. Also calms me right down when feeling anxious. I suspect this drug is not for everybody. But I would suggest definitely worth a try. WONDER DRUG! | F | 26 | 2 years 25 1X day | 2/1/2015 | 5 | Axiety, bad sleeping, itching. | It's difficult to get out of bed in the morning, I feel very tired, lost the strenth and will for exercising. Sometimes my eyes are dry when waking up. | But, it really works for the issues I'm dealing with. I wasn't getting a good sleep, waking up at 3am and not being able to fall asleep again, or intermitent sleeping during all night. Feeling anxious and stressed and moody all day long and suddenly the itching problem; first just the hands, next day both hands an feet, and as sudden as the itching appeared it suddenly stopped. The very first night I took Atarax all went to normal: sleeping 7-8 hours, feeling relaxed, and no more itching or red spots on my skin. But then I noticed it was getting really hard to get me out of bed every morning and didn't even want to think about exercising; I'm a morning person, and doing exercise is part of my nature, it feeds me and energizes me.....but now, I'm draging myself out of bed. I'm also experiencing the need for more sweet things: sugar in tea, bread and marmelade. I've tried quitting Atarax, but itching starts again at the second day after doing so. The problem behind that itching is not known in my case, my dermatologist sugests is just an urticary problem wich can stop as sudden as it began. I'm going to cut my dosage to 5mg and see if it still works helping with a good sleep, the anxiety and the itching, but without dragging me so down. | F | 51 | 2 months 10 mg 1X day | 11/19/2016 | 5 | For night time itching | very sleepy | It has stopped my itching witch was driving me mad so 10 out 10 | F | 85 | 6 days 30 my | 5/14/2017 |