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 | Anxiety/Sweating & Asthma | Slightly drowsy for the first few days. I seem to not be able to sleep through the night very well although when I do sleep, I sleep well and feel like I am fully refreshed upon wakeing. | I always had a problem with extreme sweating in situations that made me feel slightly anxious. I've also had to use a fast acting inhaler for weezing all the time. I workout often and workout hard. I am very healthy. My doc prescribed me Atarax 10mg and so far, this has almost been a miracle drug for me. I now rarely weeze for no reason, allergies are not bothering me, My sweating has been reduced to basically nothing (unless physically induced), and I am waaay more comfortable in most situations as the Anxiety is almost disapeared. As I've said above, I workout often and watch my weight, along with other aspects of my body closley. The weight gain some are contributing to Atarax, I have personally not experienced. Considering I smoke weed as well, the hunger people claim this induces, has been nothing I have noticed either. I have noticed I pee more and I am thirsty a little more when taking Atarax though. Maybe it's my higher protein diet, or a combination, but I have also noticed being slightly more gassy as well. It made me worry when I read people contributed weight gain to this medicine and possibly it's different for everyone but I am a firm believer that the weight gain is more so due to personal lack of motivation/will power or another drug. | M | 24 | 10 2X day | 4/16/2010 | 5 | | 3/7/2005 | 4 | insomnia | F | 51 | | 7/31/2004 | 3 | anxiety | wieght loss, moody, head aches, emotional | im 14. and every 1 thinks I have anxiety problem so they put me on this. But I don’t think I have an anxiety problem and I don’t know whether to take the medicine and shut my mouth or to stop taking it. | F | 14 | 25 1X AN | 11/5/2011 | 2 | Allergies/ Surgery | None | I've been prescribed this med a few times. No one seems to believe me, but it does absolutely nothing to me. It's like taking sugar pills. | F | 34 | 25mg 4X day | 1/9/2020 | 1 | Pediatric Dentist | This drug made my daughter CRAZY. | My 3 year old daughter was prescibed Atarax and was ask to take this drug an hour before her dentist appointment to calm her. This drug had a total opposite effect. We were not warned by her dentist of the side effects. It made her crazy and scared. We only gave her half of the dosage prescribed and her adverse reaction lasted for hours. I will not be returning to this dentist and I do not think this drug should be prescibed to anyone. | F | 40 | 1 times | 3/12/2008 | 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 | Severe Night Sweating | The main side effect I experienced was sleepiness. Produced a 'cloudy' feeling in the morning, making it extemely difficult to wake up. Easily slept very deeply for 10 - 14 hours a night. | It definately worked to ease my night sweats! I never wake up needing to change my clothes or the sheets anymore, ever! I'd also give it a rating of 5 as a sleeping pill. | F | 25 | 1 days | 2/15/2005 | 4 | Itch | Could not wake up, sleepy the whole day, could not concentrate on work due to sleepiness. Woke up feeling light headed, like a hangover. | F | 23 | 1 days 25 | 1/29/2015 | 3 | hives | Confussion , drowsy, i felt "high" | F | 21 | 1 days | 9/21/2014 | 2 | Sleeping | So so tired | Took one to help me sleep - slept ok but felt utterly terrible the next day - could have slept for a week on just one tablet. No energy whatsoever. Wouldn't take it again | M | 49 | 1 days 1X day | 11/26/2017 | 1 | Experienced a bad food allergy | After about an hour, my heart went into tachycardia and I swelled up like a giant, plump tomato. My skin was extremely hot to the touch, especially my face and the tops of my legs. Had to get to the ER and get IV steroids and Benadryl to counteract. This stuff is dangerous! | I would not recommend taking this without some liquid Benadryl on hand. | F | 35 | 1 days | 5/29/2007 | 1 | itching, bad allergy to dust mites | Made me very sleepy, my body at least, not so much my mind, I went to sleep but woke up about half an hr later with whole-body tremors originating in my chest about once a second, my mind was awake but my body was too fatigued to do anything like tell someone symptoms. It also made me very nauseaus. It's about 20 hrs after taking the one pill, but I'm still very nauseaus and barely have the energy or motivation to not just sit here, stare, and drool. I'm feeling very out of it, and any amount of movement makes me feel short of breath. I'm about to call the doctor to see if I should be concerned this isn't going away. | this cure is far worse than the symptoms it was prescribed for | F | 30 | 1 days | 5/12/2009 | 1 | anxiety before operation | Did not work at all | 100Mg | M | 52 | 1 days | 5/28/2009 | 1 | anxiety, sleeplessness | I was actually prescribed Atarax syrup to take to help treat anxiety and sleeplessness that I was experiencing. This syrup smells awful, tastes, awful, and all this medicine did was upset my stomach. If you have bad anxiety problems along with insomnia and a doctor tries to prescribe you this stuff, just say no! I sure which I had. It's too weak to help with anxiety and not strong enough either to help with insomnia at any level. | Not worth trying! | F | 38 | 1 days 10 5X day | 11/13/2013 | 5 | Took it for a severe case of hives | I had NO side effects at all. Only benefits | I had severe hives all over my body for a full month..not an inch that wasn't welted. No idea of why and not allergic to things. Finally I was given Atarax and with one pill within 24 hrs they were 95% gone (what relief)!! I took one more and I was fine. It did make me sleepy but it like a miracle!!! Never got that again, TG. I could have kissed that doctor who gave it to me. I was so full of scratches & sores from the unbearable itch, it was horrible and nothing gave me relief till the Atarax. | F | 55 | 2 days | 1/17/2008 | 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 | 4 | Hives | drowsiness | Had my first ever onset of hives 5 days and ago & bendrayl and clartin did not help it got worse to the point I was scratching myself raw. Doctor put me on Atarax yesterday (10-20 mg every 4-hours, 30 mg total yesterday). I woke up this morning after a restful sleep and noticed a dramatic decrease in the size, bumpiness and itchiness of the hives. Still a bit itchy but infinitely better. I took a 10 mg pill at the start and near end of work today and felt slightly fuzzy in the head, but not sleepy. Don't think I would do well at work if I took more, but 20mg helped me not itch and scratch all day. Started on a 7 day taper today of prednisone to help with the hives, which I HATE b/c pred gives me insomnia but the doctor said taking 20mg of Atarax before bed should conteract it, so I'm optimistic my hives will be gone soon and my sleep won't be ruined by prednisone as it usually is. | F | 34 | 2 days | 10/21/2008 | 4 | Stress and anxiety | Just make me tired, for the first time but now, am fine | M | 51 | 2 days 25mg | 11/30/2012 | 4 | chronic hives | very tired and grogy in the morning, increased appetite, deep sleep, anxiety relief as well even at 10 mgs helped with the hives for now. | M | 49 | 2 days | 3/30/2008 |