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 |
| 3 | Alergies | I had been taking the drug off and on for years. Up till the past couple years I never noticed side effects. With in the past 6 months I started having panic attacks and anxiety attacks along with irregular heart beats. I first thought it was stress or lack of fluids. Now after seeing this site, I will only use it in an emergency and expect the other symptoms to slowly go away. | M | 44 | 5 years | 10/7/2009 | 2 | Stuffy Head/Running Nose/Sneezing | LOADS. This is terrible medication. Go off of it and all other non-life threatening meds and read the book "The Natural Cures they Don't Want you to Know About." Nausea (when quitting meds), lethargy, moodiness and major irritability, short temper, chest pain, severe sore throat/dryness, increase in thirst, loss of sex drive, anxiety, shakiness, rapid and skipped heart beat, gas and bloating. I was on this for years, and finally FEEL BETTER off of it!!! | TERRIBLE, and Loratadine isn't any better. The side affects greatly outweighed the benefits. DETOX and get off this stuff. | F | 34 | 5 years | 5/17/2006 | 1 | Allergies (Seasonal) | While on the medication my son seems fine. But if he goes one day without having his Claritin/FLonase its like a different child comes out. He is very emotional, rage, irritable, just not the same child. Does anyone have these symptoms on days when there child (or themselves) are not taking Claritin? I worry after being on it for so long, he has grown immune to it and his body goes into withdrawals quickly if we miss a dose. I see a lot of forums of kids showing these symptoms when taking it. He does the opposite.. Just missing one dose and he's a different child. Please let me know if you have this happen. Clinging to straws to pinpoint the problem. | M | 8 | 5 years 2 tsp 1X day | 6/18/2012 | 1 | hayfever and other allergies | Extreme angry depressive moodiness, crying and self-pitying jags | Have taken off and on for the past 5 years or so. Never a problem until the last week. Seemed to go crazy, feel on verge of nervous breakdown, couldn't sleep, angry and weepy, feeling like life had no joy. Could imagine snuffing myself if this went on very long. One of my brothers has had depression because of Claritin. So I think I will be steering clear of this from now on. | F | 55 | 5 years | 1/6/2010 | 5 | Hay fever | None | Very effective against hay fever. Worked better than Zyrtec for me as Zyrtec had minor side effects | F | 38 | 6 years | 12/13/2004 | 5 | allergies | After taking off and on for 6 years, I am experiencing irregular heartbeat and dizziness with claritin. I loved the medicine but must stop. Clartin D is bad -- dizzy and drowsy. | Works great! | F | 34 | 6 years | 5/15/2005 | 5 | allergies | Dry mouth - to be expected with any antihistimine. | I love Claratin! (NOT claratin D) It has saved me! I used to get chronic sinus infections. I don't now. I am allergic to many plants where I live, so I have taken it every day for years. I can't sleep with the decongestant in Claratin D. | F | 39 | 6 years | 4/26/2007 | 5 | Allergies, Asthma | NONE | Grateful there is no fatigue | F | 33 | 6 years | 3/20/2002 | 3 | Allergies | Until recently, I had been taking Claritin for allergies, and it seemed to work fairly well. Until about a week ago, I hadn't taken any for a few months. It worked very well at first, but after about four or five days of regular use, I ended up very excited and irritated, and I felt extremely paranoid and began to experience auditory hallucinations. The last night I took it, I wept over really silly things, like finding a doorbell labeled | I wouldn't NOT recommend the drug. It worked for me for years before I experienced any side-effects. Plus, I'm pretty sure the pills I used had expired some time ago, or will expire soon; they're kind of old. I say give it a shot, but if you start to experience side-effects, there are plenty of other anti-allergy drugs available. | M | 21 | 6 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Allergies | (continued) | M | 21 | 6 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Allergies | (continued) Emergency in the bedroom of our apartment. That night, before I went to sleep, I was convinced that my life was a hallucination, and that my girlfriend had been long dead and would disappear as soon as I fell asleep. | M | 21 | 6 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Seasonal Allergies | Loss of Libido | I used to take Claritin twice a wee, but I recently started developing irritating hives in conjunction with my allergies. For this reason I started to take Claritin daily. For about two weeks now I have had no Libido. Let me put this in perspective, I am a 26 y/o male. I work out consistently 3 times per week. I did some research and found out that Claritin daily may be the cause of my low libido. I stopped taking doses yesterday, and I already feel more sexually aware. Works for the allergies though. | M | 26 | 6 years 10 1X day | 7/1/2011 | 1 | Year round allergies | anxiety, irritability, anger, paranoia, heart palpitation, hot flashes, hormone imbalance, | After months of hot flashes, heart palpitation and anxiety I decided to see my doctor. At first I thought I was going thru menopause however, blood test results showed a hormone imbalance indicative of hyperthyroidism. Saw an endocrinologist. Initially diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Had blood tests performed for approximately 3 months but, the T3 and T4 counts varied every single time there was really no pattern. She was not sure what was going on. There was the question of Graves Disease. I started reading up on Graves and learned that it is an immune system disorder that results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones. Since Claritin D interacts with the immune system, I began to wonder about its side effects and if it was possibly causing the hormone imbalance. (of note; Claritin D was the only medication I was taking. I was not and currently not on any other medication) I remembered that I had skipped taking Claritin D on days and/or a week or two in between blood tests. I began to suspect that Claritin D was the cause of the hormone imbalance. That's when I decided to stop taking it. I cannot declare Claritin D as the cause of the hormone imbalance. I think that would need to be researched however, I have had TWO blood tests since I stopped taking ClaritinD and BOTH tests have been normal. I plan on following up with the endocrinologists in about a year. I will be happy to report back then. | F | 46 | 6 years 30MG 1X day | 3/10/2015 | 2 | allergies, year round off and on | Fast headbeat, pounding head, can not sleep, angry or rage,little to no patience, hiper feeling, but it does clear up allergic reactions and I have bad allergies. | M | 7 years | 10/5/2007 | 1 | Year round allergies | It worked great for my congestion and allergies, however after 7 years of regular use I have developed severe neck and shoulder muscle ache. The inflammation also caused breathing problems. After stopping the Claritin, the muscle aches and breathing problems went away. | F | 41 | 7 years 5 mg 2X day | 1/2/2011 | 5 | allergies | No side effects with this medication. Some may say that's because it isn't working - I find it is working well enough that I think I don't need it, then if i don't take it I feel horrible. | Honestly, after years of allergies so bad that I basically had chronic fatigue, and many different medications, Claritin changed my whole life for the better. I have multiple allergies (even severely allergic to perfumes, etc) and generally feel crappy all the time without allergy medication. After years of taking both nasal and internal medicines someone told me about Claritin while it was stilll a prescription. The difference when taking it is like night and day. Suddenly I simply felt .... just well. Clear headed, able to function. Now if I skip a dose I often get neckaches which I think are actually related to sinus pressure, and I feel blurry and unable to focus. I generally take it every day with no ill effects. To me, this is wonder drug with no noticeable side effects. Its actual effects are subtle, but if i don't take it I do notice a difference. | F | 36 | 8 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/17/2010 | 4 | allergies | very noticeable lethargy lasting 12-hrs after ingesting half dose (5mg) | Nowadays I take a 25-mg dose of diphenhydramine/bedtime, plus occasional scored tablet (5-mg) of generic loratadine/daytime. Both Claritin and generic cause lethargy lasting 12 hours following ingestion. No other negative symptoms. Claritin is my last step in a long history of allergy RX... Dristan-> Contact-> Seldane-> Zyrtec-> Claritin. Fortunately, age lessens allergy symptoms; unfortunately, RX pretty much killed tastebuds/sense of smell. There are worse fates. Warning to new allergics: AVOID decongestants like the plague. You may get short term relief, but long term effects, sinus rebound, infections and costly cures aren't worth it! | M | 54 | 8 years | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Allergies | Insomnia some nights, leg jumps, fatigue. | Side effects started about two years ago. Due to other injuries, I didn't link the side effect to Claritin until recently. Quit taking drug and symptoms decreased within days. | M | 52 | 8 years | 4/19/2002 | 3 | allergies | Bloating and severe abdominal pain, and weight gain. | I was on this med for years and experienced the above problems but the relationship was never figured out by 3 different doctors including a Gastrointerologist. I finaly stopped the claritin and my stomach problems quit after suffering for 7 years. The biggest problem is finding another allergy medicine that works without side effects. | M | 55 | 8 years | 3/11/2005 | 5 | Na | M | 33 | 10 years | 12/20/2013 |