CLARITIN-D Reviews (LORATADINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 2.4 (365 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLARITIN-D with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLARITIN-D | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Excessive head congestion | I have taken it for 22 years and have completely dry skin and rarely sleep more than 4 hours per day. Also, I have had problems breathting and suffer from arthritis severly in my hands, knees, legs and neck. Thanks a lot Claritin-D for I do breath better as a cripple. | 22 years | 8/6/2007 | 5 | Allergies | Only drug that works...! | M | 38 | 15 years 12 hr 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 4 | allergic rhinitis - severe oak tree | before, none. about 2 years ago, I started getting a racing heart rate, feeling drowsy or dizzy. | something about this drug has changed since it has gone OTC. I can no longer take the 24 hour version; that had my heart racing as if I was on speed. also, it can cause insomnia. now, I take the 12 hour version. i still feel a bit dizzy taking it, and sometimes lethargic. it can put me to sleep, almost like taking a beta blocker. eating food helps. | F | 39 | 15 years 12 hr 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 4 | Allergies Sinusitus | Some nervousness. Some headaches sometimes. A little blood pressure increase, so I take a blood pressure pill. Maybe a little less sleep but you get used to it | I have had 3 sinus surgeries, tried Nasonex, Rhinaquart, Singulair (which makes me feel weird), regular Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec, daily Sinus Rinses etc. Claritin D keeps me from having recurring sinus problems, for the headaches I get sometimes, I just have to take some ibuprofen. I either take this and deal with a few side effects, otherwise I have sinusitus, chronic, and recurrent. It is frustrating, but don't know what else to do. | M | 36 | 14 years 10mg/240mg 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 5 | Relief From Allergies | At first I did notice the constipation, so I tried to eat some roughage and found that Oatmeal or a Banana was a great reliever. Now, occasionally constipated, so I just grab a banana or have some oatmeal, almost always very shortly followed by releif. Occasional minor constipation is a very small price, especially when considering the alternative of life without it. I have tried other prescriptions, but have found nothing that works as good as Claritin-D.... nothing! | I have been taking Claritin-D 24 Hour for well over 10 years. Prior taking this drug I suffered with my allergies... extreme sinus congestion. I was always tired and extremely irritable!!! I was so irritable that I found myself withdrawing and avoiding even saying hello to people. Fellow employees would stop by my office to say hello and the whole time that they were there, I would be raging to myself... when are they going to leave! Also, if I stopped, I dropped. I would fall asleep getting my haircut, teeth cleaned, etc. I even fell asleep having my crowns replaced. Now, I have the energy that I had before I had allergies. I take every morning before I shower; by time I am done, I feel great! When ever I forget to take it, by 10 AM I can feel my rage climbing and lack of concentration setting in, all which promptly subsides shortly after taking. Yes, I am dependent on this drug... its been a life saver for me. | M | 50 | 10 years | 7/22/2006 | 5 | I have terrible allergies. | I have never had any bad side effects from taking Claritin-D. However, my blood-pressure does go up everytime I have to show my Drivers License and sign for "allergy medication". Why, so the Gov't can keep track of how many times I blow my nose? What a joke!!! | For all you people who can't handle CLARITIN-D - please, stay away from ALL allergy medications before you mess it up for the rest of us!!! | F | 54 | 10 years | 3/11/2009 | 5 | allergies and congestion | Possible increase in pulse, but could be anxiety from working 50 hours a week, and finishing up on my BA degree! | I went to the doctor because I didn't feel well, my pulse was high, so she took me off ClaritinD. I started taking Claritin without D 4-days ago, now I am sick, nose stuffy and running, headache. Sneezing and lethargic. I only take 12-hr once daily on the morning and it worked well. I slept at night except when my hormones act up. This sucks! | F | 51 | 10 years 1-12 hour | 4/19/2015 | 4 | deviatd septum, decongestant | anxiety, emotional, nervous sometimes | It really helps me to be alert and feel better! | F | 26 | 10 years | 1/23/2008 | 4 | Allergenic Rhinitis - year round | Occasional insomnia, rapid heart beat (seems to be in conjunction with caffiene). | This is the only drug that allows me to function in society. I am allergic 24 hours a day and almost every day of the year I have swollen red eyes and congested nose. NO other medications work for me, I can't take regular claritan or other med without having horrible swelling of the nose and eyes. If not for Claritan D I'd be a social misfit and unable to carry my career. I curently take the 24 hour version and my allergies are so bad that sometimes even Claritin D isn't enough. I've had sinus surgury to encourage draining and I get shots (which help). I also take singulair and nasonex with Claritan-D. I have a history of sinus infections and even had recurring infections for over 14 months. If Claritin-D left my life I'd be in trouble. | M | 28 | 10 years | 10/11/2006 | 1 | Nonallergic rhinitis | Took Claritin-D for YEARS for the decongestant factor! Then decided I don't want to pump the drug Claritin-D into my body anymore. While on the med I had poor sleep and never linked it to Claritin-D. I couldn't take the 12 hour because it kept me awake, not sure why I didn't think the 24hr one was affecting me. So I had another reason to stop. I itched for weeks after stopping. When I went to the gym and got hot and sweaty-the itching was so intense I thought I was going to die. I wondered if this was how meth addicts felt and understood why they would try and cut their nose off to stop the itching. | Be aware before taking this drug that stopping is hard and has side effects. I've also read online about other people having similiar issues with other drugs containing Antihistamines...and that's not something they put in their drug information | F | 34 | 10 years | 6/10/2009 | 5 | year round allergies | back pain, urinary infections, insominia, irritability, costipation | I could not live with out this medicine. Side effects are bad but the alternative is worse. We moved across country 4 years ago because the doctors had done as much as they could for me. I had hoped I could stop taking this but my minor allergies are still bad enough to have to take it. I would sleep 24 hours aday with out it. If I still lived back east I would be in the hospital. | F | 43 | 9 years | 2/10/2009 | 2 | Severe year round allergies | Loss of appetite(not consistent enough to be sure if its the drug or lack of effectiveness of drug), severe insomnia, dry mouth. | Yes I have been taking this drug since I was about 10, and I do know the box says you should be 12. That said. I used to work pretty good for me. I would take this and Pseudoephedrine together. After a few years neither really did much for me, though. So I stopped both, and started 2 prescription drugs instead. I would use Claritin-D 12hr occasionally(when I ran out of the scripts and had forgot to call them in) for short bits. All it really did though was keep my body from completely spazzing out. Recently(last month or so) I have no longer had either of my prescriptions so I went back to Claritin-D 12hr. I still experienced severe pressure in my head and bad nasal drainage. However, it mostly kept my eyes from itching, my nose ran a bit less, and prevented my mouth/lips from itching and breaking out. So it was better then nothing, but not great. Defiantly not a long term solution. | F | 19 | 9 years 2X day | 9/20/2011 | 5 | Severe Allergies | Weight Loss, no appetite, tremors, insomnia for the first few days, dehydrated, dry mouth | I have been taking Claratin D every spring for the past eight years. This is the only medicine that makes my severe allergy related nasal congestion go away. Although the side effects are not fun, they are only really bad for about the first week. Once my body gets used to the medicine being in my system, I am completely fine. I always drink extra water because I know the medicine makes me dehydrated. I lose about 10 lbs every spring, which is not exactly a bad thing:-) | F | 33 | 8 years 24 hr 1X day | 6/23/2011 | 3 | allergies | I am extremely drowsy as the drug wears off. I can't take it at work or will start to fall asleep in my chair as the day wears on. Loss of appetite. Ironically, even though it causes drowsiness, it also causes insomnia so I would advise to take it as early in the day as you can. | I find that is works great initially but the side effects are so strong for me that I can only take it once a week and hope that carries me through until I can take it again. | F | 36 | 8 years 5 mg 1X W | 2/7/2010 | 5 | Alergies | Over all nothing I cant live with. Occasional hot flash, some but little dizziness and if I take it in the evening rather than morning it can effect my sleep. I actually feel tired now if I don't take it. I think you just get use to it and the harsher side effects subside. Never had a problem with my sex life or any nose bleeds. I do feel like my blood pressure rises a bit at times. Most of these symptoms come from the non drowsy part of the drug. | With this drug being used to make Meth I often wonder if my dental problems are linked to taking this drug? | M | 47 | 7 years 10mg/24hr 1X day | 12/5/2012 | 3 | year round allergies | no side affects untill I stopped taking Claritin D | I felt great fro 6 years on Claritin D. I did tell the Dr that I was addicted and he laughed! I stopped taking Claritin D after a severe anxity attack that came out of no where. I stopped all allergy medication and I have started the Shots!! I have been off all meds for 2 years and I still feel very tense and anxious and my mind races all the time. | F | 31 | 6 years | 11/12/2008 | 5 | sinus problems | dry mouth, sometimes some sleep problems | Caritin-D is great. Usually 24hr. Surprised by other people's side effects. I drink lots of water on or off Claritin D so never have constipation problems. Also what works for me is to take 5min to 1hr before bedtime. First two nights are tough but then I sleep like a baby. I only take for 2 weeks at a time then I go off for at least a couple of days. | F | 45 | 5 years | 4/22/2006 | 4 | Indoor and Outdoor Allergies YR | Have not had any of the heart rate side effects that I read other people have had. I do not drink Caffeine and maybe that helps, I have taken Claritin D for YEARS but just recently feel super drained and tired when I take this medication. | I have learned to take the 12 hour pill, because the 24 hour pill seems to keep me up at night. Taking the 12 hour pill during the day and taking 2 Benadryl at bedtime seems to work well. My 10 year old also takes Claritin D and has no problems. I have severe allergies, both indoor and out and feel better taking Claritin D than any other meds- ZYRTEC made me extremeley TIRED. | F | 44 | 5 years 125mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 3 | allergies and sinus congestion | loss of appetite, weight loss, dizziness, heart pounding, chills, dry mouth | Really works for congestion, but the side effects are pretty severe. The dizziness goes away after taking it several days consecutively. I gained five pounds when I stopped taking it. Didn't realize that pseudophedrine really does mean pseudo-ephedrine! I have a heart murmur, and I just can't take the extra pounding on top of it. My doctor acted like I was crazy, so I'm glad there are others out there. I switched to just regular Claritin, and it works almost as well, without the nasty side effects. | F | 24 | 5 years | 6/22/2007 | 1 | allergies | caused extreme fatigue and overall lethargy. Sleep disturbances, dry mouth, loss of appetite. Eliminated most allergy symptoms, but too many bad side-effects. The drug has changed over the years...the 'prescription Claritin' did not come with such severe side-effects. | F | 36 | 5 years | 6/7/2005 |