CLARITIN Reviews (LORATADINE)Average Rating: 1.9 (1014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLARITIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLARITIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Allergies | Anxiety, HUGE acceleration in heart rate & BP..for 5 days straight, numbness in arms & legs (like limbs were weighted down), numbness in face, blurred vision in one eye, SEVERE insomnia even 9 days off of it, weakness & inability to use right hand well for a week, chest pain, so weak getting to the bathroom even. This med took TEN days to get out of my system. Scariest experience of my life. I am sensitive to meds but not a drama queen ...user beware. If you have any heart issues- STAY AWAKE. | F | 40 | 1 days 5 mg | 10/29/2014 | 1 | Allergy | Increasing dizziness, lack of concentration, racing heart, eventually difficulty in walking and. Driving thought having heart attack. Dr thought vertigo. Once stopped symptoms cleared after several days. Was taking in morning | F | 64 | 3 months 24 hr | 10/29/2014 | 1 | Ear/Sinus Inflammation Allergies | My pulse was 90-100 for days. It's always 60. | F | 40 | 10 mg 1X day | 10/25/2014 Patient History | 3 | sinus isues | altered taste | Took this for a month noticed altered taste the first time but was also very sick with bronchitis and did not attribute it to the claritin. Was off it for a while and restarted it for fall seasonal allergy issues and noticed the altered taste again on the first day. It does not help me as much as Zyrtec did but it also doesnt make me tired like Zyrtec did so it is a compromise. It reduces my symptoms but does not aleviate them. | F | 37 | 1 months 10 mg 1X day | 10/15/2014 | 4 | sinisus | Mild drowsy | M | 49 | 1 weeks 10mg | 10/11/2014 | 1 | Allergies | Only took for two days and now it's Hell on earth! Waking every hour covered in sweat, muscle weakness can hardly walk, nausea, tremors constant even while sleeping. Hot flashes and heavy sweating. I want this drug out of my system but it keeps lingering. Last dose was two nights ago and still have effects this morning. What a monster of a pill. Avoid avoid please. I am suffering as I type. | I have not been off the couch in 3 days now. Tremors, sweating, went to ER and they told me to drink water and cranberry juice and couldn't give me anything else cause I had antihistamine in me it could further react. My husband has had to take off work two days because I can't function. I will never take anything like this pill again. I just need this to stop. The effects go on long after your last dose BEWARE ! | F | 41 | 2 days 10 1X day | 10/1/2014 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | I was just detoxing myself from birth control, didn't think anything of taking this for fall allergies. Boy was I wrong! I was up all night sweating, shaking, major anxiety attack! Still the next morning I could not take my son to school. Shaking nausea, I think this stuff has some hormonal effect. I am having reaction of estrogen dominance again! Horrible stuff! Please avoid at all cost! | F | 42 | 2 days 20 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | Fall allergies | Insomnia, anxiety, heart beat irregular, feel nervous, dizzy but can't sleep | I feel like I have been poisoned. Up all night soaked in sweat. I wish I would have read reviews before taking this monster! So nervous can't work or drive. This stuff should be off the shelves! | F | 40 | 2 days 20 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | Fluid in Ear | One dose can totally wreck you life!!! OMG this stuff is DANGEROUS! I took the pill last night and 18 hrs later, still feel like a drank a pot of black coffee along with 3 shots of vodka. Every muscle in my body is twitching, my heart is racing, since an hour after I took this pill. I thought it would wear off by now, but NO!! Don't even take ONE PILL! | I am a healthy adult. Work out 4-5 days a week, and this stuff makes me feel fatigued, muscle weakness, can hardly walk, and my heart is pounding. If tomorrow continues, I will go to Urgent Care. This stuff is so dangerous please stay away from it!!!!! | F | 42 | 2 days 10 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | allergies | Racing heart. CAnt sleep or relax. Feels like I drank 5 cups coffee. Anxiety. Nervous. Dry mouth.i wish I never took it. Even a day after it is intense. | F | 42 | 2 days 20 | 9/29/2014 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Irritation frequently turning to anger, nightmares, tiredness, disconnected feeling. | I was concerned about my constant anger. This is totally unlike me; I'm usually very calm and easygoing. Difficulty falling asleep, and vivid nightmares. I didn't connect it to the Claritin at first. After 2 days off of it, I'm starting to feel like my old self. Apologizing to family for my mean nasty behavior. This was frightening. I will never take it again. | F | 57 | 2 weeks 10 1X day | 9/14/2014 | 1 | allergys | Severe painfull watery stools! Anxiety, Numbness, Extremely quick to Anger Insomnia or Extremely Tired. Loss of Concentration. This drug is dangerous !! Dry Mouth , Tight Throat & spasms in my back . I was fine the first 2 days, Then the side effects kicked in & I felt like i was going nuts. | F | 43 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 9/9/2014 | 1 | Post Nasal Drip | it took about 3 days to get into my system but it was great, no more post nasal drip, no more of the mucus in back of my throat. then yesterday on the 5th day i noticed my head was itching severly to the point i thought i had something wrong, when i had my mom look in my head, she noticed red dots then noticed red dots on my back, abdomen, one of my leg and few on my chest. i didn't connect the reaction i was having to claritin till reading all these posts. i believe i am having a reaction. i took one this am, but today will be the last day i take this medicine. oh i did notice heart palpitations as well on the 5th day. | F | 42 | 6 days D otc 1X day | 9/5/2014 | 4 | sinus& hives | Tiredness | M | 55 | 2 days | 8/6/2014 | 1 | Sinus | Shortness of breath, joint pain, chest pressure | From my experience and what I have read, this medicine should be banned | M | 40 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/21/2014 | 1 | Year round allergies | Extreme hunger (starving all the time even after eating a huge meal) and weight gain. 50 pounds in under 6 months. Extreme personality changes (not for the better). Stopped it 5 days ago. Hope I feel better soon. I've had sever panic attacks also. | F | 33 | 3 years 10mg | 7/17/2014 | 1 | Allergies | This is a very dangerous drug.It caused me to feel extremely depressed, paranoid, anxious, suicidal, angry, irritable, moody, lash out at others, etc. etc. etc. I need to talk to others to do a law suit because I believe it has altered my whole life. Someone please let me know of how we can do a class action law suit. | F | 61 | 10 years | 6/30/2014 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | My son seemed fine at first and it did help with his allergies. On the 2nd day I noticed that he became upset very easy and more so than normal. When he got angry he would lash out physically. At bedtime he would not go to sleep. | M | 5 | 3 days 1X day | 6/20/2014 | 4 | hives | seems to help me from being hungry. other than that, only antihistamine that doesn't make me drowsy like zyrtec or hydroxyzine, or have severe anxiety - allegra. love it. it's funny, but i think have the people that post on medications way weight gain is a problem, however, i'm thinking most of them want something to blame the weight gain on besides themselves. yes, some meds do cause weight gain, but a lot of posts are a way for people to blame something besides themselves | F | 43 | 1 years 10 1X day | 6/3/2014 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Anxious,depressed,insomnia,nightmares,scrambled brain,quick temper,loss of appetite,paranoia,restlessness,no interest in anything. | Had a reaction to 3 days on Paxil years ago so when I woke up in the night having same reaction I knew it was drugs and Claritin was the culprit. Can not believe the horrible month I had. Would never have thought something bought off the shelf could be so devastating. Been off it 10 days. Still can't sleep. Wondering if I'll ever get back to normal. Class action lawsuit? Let me know. | F | 61 | 30 days 10 1X day | 6/1/2014 |