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 | hay fever | dizziness, disorientation, mental agitation, nightmares | First few days it worked very well. Then I had a bad dream and woke up disoriented, panicky. Tried another half-dose a few days later; side effects were even worse. I'm not going to touch it again. | M | 53 | 7 days | 4/19/2009 | 2 | seasonal allergies | nightmares, possibly depressed mood, thirst | M | 33 | 7 days | 4/6/2008 | 2 | Allergies | Very angry 4 year old. Normally the easiest kid. Hitting, throwing, crying. He seems miserable…poor little guy. But what to do??? Zyrtec does not sound much better….it did help the allergies, but at what cost??? | M | 4 | 7 days | 5/30/2009 | 1 | allergies | I experienced depression. Mild at first then more profound the longer I took it. After sucicidal thoughts I will never take it again and would not recommend it to anyone else. | F | 50 | 7 days | 7/1/2009 | 1 | For hayfever | With these new pills that melt in your mouth I started feeling sick and having stomach pains. | M | 24 | 7 days 10mg | 6/21/2013 | 1 | Allergies | Very vivid dreams. Some heart palpitations/anxiety I think...but not sure. No depression, anger or insomnia. | I have had occasional nights of vivid dreams before, but when I started having them every night I knew that there must be some external catalyst. My daily dosage of one Claritin was the only change to my regimen, so I went to Google and typed in “Claritin dreams” and to my surprise got multiple hits. No more Claritin for me. | M | 57 | 7 days | 9/30/2009 | 1 | severe itchy eyes and eyelids | The Claritin D made my eye irritation somewhat better but it still itches. I have been waking my gave and using a face scrub per normal as in the past. This year 2014 I took Claritin for the first time and my eyes all around it had become much later that night itchy. When I woke up I saw white blotches on both eyelids. Then as I was on my 5th pill which is 24 pills..my eyes blotchiness became bigger and nore noticeable. This medicine is giving me white blotches and i have a caramel completion. I think I need a lawyer. | F | 38 | 7 days | 5/29/2014 | 1 | cough | DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN!! hallucinations of bugs trying to kill her, NIGHT TERRORS, irritability!!!!! My daughter would wake up throughout the night screaming, crying, telling us bugs were trying to kill her. It was awful. I realized this started a week ago when she started taking Claritin, its the Loratadine as he took the generic brand also. | NOT WORTH THE RISKS FOR SMALL CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!1 | F | 2 | 7 days | 4/5/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | 12 year old daughter developed extremely dry, chapped lips. Her top and bottom lip peeled completely, this was quite painful and very embarrassing for her. | We had no idea this could be a side-effect. It took two separate, one week doses for me to realize what was happening. Thanks to some research and this board for helping us connect the dots. We will never use Claritin again, back to Zyrtec for us! | F | 12 | 7 days | 9/20/2007 | 1 | allergies,fluid in ear,lightheaded | Paranoia,extreme fatigue,nightmares,very moody. Can't "let things go",anxiety,depression,irritability. I did not think it was Claritin until I read everyone having the same symptoms as me. The sniffles went away but lightheadedness is just as bad if not worse. | I am a recovering alcoholic/ addict with 24 yrs of recovery and this stuff is horrid. I could not believe the change in my attitude. This is unacceptable for me. I have probably lost several friends from my actions while on this drug. I will live with my symptoms before I take Claritin again. | M | 48 | 7 days | 3/4/2009 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Prior to taking Claritin my son had some slight or what I would consider common anxiety (first day of school, will he be picked for a sports team). Within 24 hours of his first dose he started experiencing sever anxiety, then shortly after paranoia. He stopped eating solid foods because he couldn't make his brain stop telling him he was going to choke and he was afraid to die which went on for days, having just attended a funeral I thought his anxiety issues were stemming from him dealing with a funeral at his young age. His behavior continued to worsen along with his anxiety though and just didn't seem possible all from a funeral of someone he didn't know very well. Ultimately on the last day he took Claritin he started inducing vomiting, which he said he did, because his brain told him to do it and he needed "control"¯ and he "didn't know how to make his brain stop making him do it"¯. Thankfully after that last episode I did a google search and found all these reviews and discontinued the medication. I was seeking out therapist for my son and taking him to drs thinking he was having a psychotic breakdown. not knowing all I needed to do was stop giving him allergy meds. Side note they did work really well on his constant runny nose. About 24 hours after taking the last dose, and just as quickly as they started his s | Parents with slightly anxious kids beware! | M | 9 | 7 days 10mg 1X day | 2/28/2023 | 1 | Allergies | Anxious. Waking thru nite. Weak feelings, headaches, | M | 69 | 7 days 10 1X day | 3/7/2023 | 1 | seasonal allergies | all of my joints ache - fingers, wrists, elbows, neck, back, shoulders, feet. lethargic. | F | 43 | 7 days | 5/31/2007 | 1 | Allergies | Major changes in behavioral patterns. I can see from reading this that I am not alone in this--these aggressive patterns are not listed anywhere on a side-effect list that I ever found. I have since discovered that I cannot take ANY allergy medications, including Zyrtec, Allegra or Clarinex. Doctors did not believe that my behavior was a result of this, but it was. So, I just tell them now not to prescribe it to me. | F | 32 | 7 days | 3/18/2003 | 1 | my childs allergies | I have a 6 year old that was taking Claritin for just under a week. He started developing cracked, bleeding lips, bloody nose, extreme anxiety. We actually went to the doctors to check on these symptoms. I was horrified that the doctor after reading these side effects never related it to the drugs already subscribed. She subsribed more drugs and later an allergist. After my husband found this website we took him off the Claratin immediately. His lips are healing but his nose is taking longer. His behavior is slowly coming back to the sweet, bright child we had before. He is really struggling. How could this drug not be including these side effects!! This is horrible and irresponsible! | F | 47 | 7 days | 5/21/2007 | 1 | 4 year olds seasonal allergies | NIGHT TERRORS!!!!! My son would wake up all night long, usually 2 hours after falling asleep and then on and off all night. Screaming, crying, telling us his head hurt, stomach hurt, body hurt. Or something was chasing him or on him. It was awful. I finally realized this started a week ago (for 5 nights out of 7) when I started him on Claritin, its the Loratadine as he took the generic brand also. DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN!! | This site helped me so much this morning. I can't wait to get back to a normal night. I feel horrible for putting him through this! | F | 41 | 7 days | 4/22/2006 | 1 | Congestion/Allergy Sinus Pain | Overwhelming Anxiety, Tightness in chest, Irritable, Jittery, Rapid Heartbeat, Extreme thirst, Fatigue in the Morning (felt like I worked 14 hours of physical labor) Gloom an Doom...every little thing seemed magnified in my mind. | I thought I was just experiencing stress because of Christmas. I was freaking out about everything. I talked to a friend and I hinted that maybe it was claritin. He sent me this link and now I'm convinced that I was experiencing the worst of the side effects of Clariton. I am off of it today and already feel less anxiety. I am a recovering alcoholic and the last thing I need is medicine that will throw my emotions out of wack. I Do not recommend for anyone who has issues with depression or is recovering from addiction! | M | 26 | 7 days | 12/21/2006 | 1 | sinus drainage | OMG! This website has helped us diagnose what has been going on with our daughter for the past 3 days! No one can imagine the things she has experienced from depression, anxiety, HORRID thoughts that no 8 year old little girl should be thinking! I honestly was afraid that she had some type of brain tumor that was terribly affecting her character. Uncontrollable crying, heart racing,acid reflux and insomnia. I would've never thought claritin could've caused all this but when I was trying to think of what she had been doing different this was the only thing we could come up with and sure enough we came up on this website and it has answered all our questions! | We threw this bottle of POISON in the trash!!!!!!! Today has been the third day that she's been without claritin and it has been a much better day than yesterday which was a nightmare to say the least! I hope this info helps someone else. | F | 8 | 7 days 200 1X day | 8/28/2010 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | aggression, raging, moodiness, crying, change of personality | gave this to my 5yo son when his seasonal allergies were interfering with his enjoyment of activities. After a few days he reported disturbing thoughts, dreams, reluctance to go to bed etc. I thought those things were age appropriate and didn't think about the Claritin. Today I get a call from school where my normally sweet child has raged and elbowed/punched another child in the face! Then he was remorseful. Then indignant. I finally linked the talking back, anxiety, mood swings, etc. to this drug. NO side effects? Ridiculous and irresponsible. He will NEVER take this medication again. I hope the relief from the drug is swift. | M | 5.5 | 7 days 10mg 1X day | 3/3/2011 | 1 | Outdoor allergies | Nightmares and migraine headaches | My daughter would wake up screaming in the middle of the night. She would develope headaches/migraines keeping her out of school (once for 2 days). | F | 13 | 7 days 10 1X day | 4/17/2010 |