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 |
| 2 | seasonal allergies | Red cracking lips, extreme dryness of nose, mouth and face. Anger. Nervious fidgity feet. Painful liver. Trouble sleeping. | It did surpress allergy symtoms...but i fear i'm damging my body. Stopping. | M | 45 | 4 days | 4/4/2007 | 2 | Severe seasonal allergies | Crying, emotional outbursts, mood swings | We started giving the Childrens Claritin oral solution to our 7 year old son after the doctor recommended it for his allergies. Our normally cheerful son kept having terrible crying fits over the slightest problems. He would almost be inconsolable. I just made the connection this morning before school when he was hysterically crying. This medication helped his allergies somewhat, but the side effects aren't worth it. I'm going to find something else for my son. | M | 7 | 4 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 2 | seasonal allergies | anxious, irritable, general feeling of unease, difficulty sleeping, lack of focus, emotionally labile | I have used Claritin to treat my seasonal allergies for several years, but have recently come to note that the side effects are not worth the medication. I am a healthcare professional and it has taken me some time to relate my symptoms directly to the times I have taken claritin. | F | 55 | 4 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/2/2010 | 2 | allergies | Extremely moody, tired, lethargic, and hungry | Extremely sleepy no matter how much sleep I get! Very hungry,and eating uncontrollably. I'm usually in the gym almost daily and haven't been able to go in 4 days since I started taking this medicine. Plus I've been getting easily annoyed by every little thing! I can't take this medicine anymore. But it actually did help my allergies, just not worth it to me..... | F | 25 | 4 days | 5/21/2009 | 2 | Allergies | This is not the D Version! Many ratings on here I think include the D which is pseudoephedrine. I cannot take the D for it makes me not necessarily have more anxiety but very irritable, angry and borderline psychotic. :) Claritin worked for my allergies but completely zapped my libido and made me not be able to go south of the border. I decided to give Clarinex a try and it made me feel real uneasy and unsettled and increased my anxiety level(I do have an anxiety disorder). | Tried Claritin and Clarinex-helped allergies but made me feel uneasy, unsettled, and made me not be able to perform in bed. Zyrtec worked well within an hour but it does make you a little sleepy. I did take allegra 180mg in the past but gave me a headache so I am going to try taking it again at a lower dose of 60mg twice per day and see if that helps. If no success with that I may give zyrtec another try and see if the drowsiness goes away. So not much luck so far. | M | 36 | 4 days | 4/9/2009 | 2 | seasonal allergies | After one day, I noticed that I was feeling a little lightheaded and was needing close to twice as much sleep as usual (9h). On day two, I started having feverish symptoms. Day 3, I had trouble "getting it up". Day 4, my libido is completely shut down and I don't like it... neither does my girlfriend. | I don't care if I'm lightheaded etc., that's just a part of life for me. This drug has rendered me impotent, something that even a quart of vodka can't even manage.... I'm not good with that. My allergy symptoms are better than they were without it but I'm completely dissatisfied with the trade off.... I'd much rather take some sudafed and still be capable of having sex than feel 70% better and be completely powerless in the bedroom. I'm going to strongly discourage all of my blog viewers to avoid this stuff. | M | 27 | 4 days | 5/4/2007 | 2 | Vertigo | Restlessness, lightheaded, dizzy, nausea, headache, confusion | F | 32 | 4 days 5mg 2X day | 7/11/2016 | 1 | running nose, itchy eyes, sneezing | Day1 Hyperactive, felt great. Day 2 Mild allergy-like symptoms returns. Except eye irritation becomes worse than original symptom. Dry mouth, sleepy. Day 3 Mild rash. Attribute rash to adhesive sensitivity as rash appears around minor skin wound site. Day 4 Rash becomes raised and painful, moves to parts of chest, face and ears, wound site looks angry, skin becomes extremely sensitive to sunlight. Discontinue Claritin. Day 5 rash and swelling go down in afternoon. Expect rash to disappear in 24-48 hrs. Waiting for Dr appointment. | I mistook the reaction to Claritin for the allergic reactions I was using Claritin to treat. Starting Claritin caused inflammation, soreness, dry red itchy eyes. Led to inflammation and hives around wound site, causing site to appear angry and infected. Stopping Claritin caused the inflammation and rash to subsided and wound site looks much better. Taking Calritin caused far worse symptoms than the original hayfever symptoms and lengthened wound healing time. | F | 40 | 4 days 10 1X day | 6/28/2016 | 1 | Allergies | Severe depression and anxiety!!! I took this medication and I had two panic attacks at work. I work in a stressful position and I normally handle it well. At the time of the first panic attack, I was writing a report when I suddenly became overwhelmed with thoughts about my abilities to do my job. I had a panic attack and almost burst into tears. I even had unnecessary thoughts about suicide. The second time, a co-worker was telling me about someone mistreating her and I had a panic attack on her behalf! At this point, I noticed a connection to the Claritin and did not take the next dose. Immediately, my mind cleared and I felt that I could rule the world! | F | 36 | 4 days | 2/29/2020 | 1 | Skin rash/hives | Twitches, heart palpitations, anxiety | I will NEVER take this medicine or Zyrtec. I must be allergic to allergy meds. It's made me restless, nervous (which I already am to begin with) and twitchy. I convinced myself I was dying. No more allergy meds. I'd rather be red and itchy than go through these strange body flutters. I don't care what's listed in the side effects section by so-called experts. That said, I took hydroxycut years ago and made it feel restless and like I was vibrating but not twitchy. Darn H1 receptors! | F | 46 | 4 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/15/2022 | 1 | Sore throat, watery eyes and runny | Made me feel depressed, low on energy, sleepy, dizzy, my body feels heavy, don't feel like doing anything except be in my bed. I wasn't like that before taking this medication. My voice sounds dull from the lack of joy, and I feel like crying every hour. I will never take this, I was just glad I didn't have to work when I was taking it or I would feel even worse. | M | 29 | 4 days 1X day | 9/13/2020 | 1 | Allergies | I couldn't figure why I had fatigue, a sore throat muscle weakness and muscle pain. I couldn't hardly move. I thought I was coming down with something. I saw this and stopped taking claritin. It took 10 days to get over all of these side effects. Will never take again. The side effects is far worse than my allergies. | F | 45 | 4 days 25mg 1X day | 9/10/2020 | 1 | dizzines | increased dizziness, humongus headache, nervouse, sleepy, sweating, bad mood, depression | If your doctor perscribes this medicene to you they need help!!!! this medicene sucked really bad i will never take it again. I threw the medicene in the garbage with my eyes closed and still made it! | M | 46 | 4 days | 6/21/2007 | 1 | runny nose/allergy | Our 2 and a half year old son was prescribed liquid loratadine (5 mg once a day) by our GP. After 3 days of taking this medicine my wife noticed he was quite cranky and aggressive during the day. On the last night we gave him some of this he totally freaked out within 30 mins of having his dose. Basically went totally out of control, shouting aggressive fighting, bright red, absolutely beside himself running into the corner of any room he was in, looking around everywhere, saying there was something in his nappy, ripping it off. Very anxious. He was so strong and uncontrollable. Couldn't believe how worked up and red he was. Fighting every attempt to calm him down. Haven't seen anything like it. | Now a bit concerned about whether he should've been prescribed it and will be taking him to a new GP this week. Will not be giving this to him again. | M | 2 | 4 days | 10/27/2007 | 1 | Allergies | Severe bladder infection, and extreme back pain | It took multiple rounds of Macrobid to get rid of the bladder infection, and my Doctor told me that serious bladder infections and back pain are known side effects of this medication. Many of her patients develop these symptoms when put on Claritin so she no longer prescribes it. | F | 39 | 4 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | Allergies, likely tree pollen | Foggy head, inability to complete fairly simple tasks, sweating, not feeling like myself. Possibly also caused bouts of short temper and snapping at my family. | Cleared my sinuses but did not help with coughing. Spending time in a retail store with superb a/c and ventilation did a better job of stopping symptoms temporarily than Claritin did. Agree with other reviewers this drug should not be OTC but SHOULD require Rx. There should be a very clear warning about possibility of 'foggy head', and depressive symptoms in particular. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO MARKET THIS DRUG AS NON-DROWSY as it easily leads the consumer to believe there is little danger of not being able to function normally at home and at work, NOT TO MENTION DRIVING A VEHICLE. BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN TAKING THIS DRUG. I would start taking it over the weekend or when you can stay home for a couple of days to be able to asses what side effects you may experience. Also, if you have family, it would be good to have another grownup around to care for the kids in case you feel foggy or have depressive symptoms. DO NOT GIVE CLARITIN TO KIDS WITHOUT CHECKING WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST. My | F | 39 | 4 days | 2/14/2009 | 1 | Allergies | Since I started Claritin, I've been having severe stomach pain, severe nausea and constipation. Been dry heaving due to stomach pain and/or nausea. Can't think clearly at all. Very restless sleep. | I was on Zyrtec and it did lessen my allergies so I tried Claritin. Claritin did alleviate all my allergies but the side effects are simply not worth it. | F | 32 | 4 days | 10/21/2015 | 1 | congestion, headache, allergies | Felt better the first day then started to notice very dry throat--felt swollen. I have chronic back pain but suddenly my knees, fingers, neck and head were in more pain. Started getting bad dreams and kept waking up around 4 am--exhausted but couldn't sleep. | Getting a CT this morning just to make sure nothing else is going on. Noticed side effects after taking claritan, then childrens allegra, then claritan again. Think I will go back to my herbals . I get acupuncture weekly for pain and it works--no more claritan for me. | F | 60 | 4 days 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | My 5 year old daughter has always been a bit of a high maintenance PITA, but while she is on Claritin she is a thousand times worse. We would give her a 1 tsp dose in the morning when she had puffy eyes or other signs of allergies. On those days we would get complaints from her teachers/camp supervisors. When she got sent home from camp for bad behavior, we took her off of Claritin. Things have been getting progressively better over the past few days. | We will be discontinuing use of Claritin forever. | F | 5 | 4 days 1 tsp 1X day | 7/4/2010 | 1 | Seasonal Allergy Symptoms | I have been taking Claritin for about 4 days and I am so glad I stumbled across this site!!! I felt like I was going crazy; I feel so blah, depressed, and spacey/out of it. I began to think the Claritin was the reason for my symptoms and decided to research it. This medication should not have been made an over the counter med! Some people may not connect their symptoms to the medication and without doctor's supervision may go on feeling like this. I will not be taking this medication anymore and will not be recommending it for others...everyone reacts to meds differently, but this just isn't worth it! | F | 27 | 4 days 10 MG 1X day | 9/3/2010 |