ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.0 (1816 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYRTEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Allergies, post nasal drip | Weight gain, depression, reduced libido, grouchy, dizziness, vertigo, dry mouth, numbness in legs whilst waking from deep seditive like sleep state, foggy headed, memory loss, lack of motivation, constant tiredness and sleepyness | My partner and I started taking Zyrtec about 6 years ago. We are very natural and this is the only drug we have taken daily for 6 years. Neither of us use any other RX or OTC drugs. We live a very healthy lifestyle, eat clean, excercise, etc. We have made several attempts to stop taking the Zyrtec and go natural but always gave up after a day or two because the side effects were awful when in withdrawal mode. Well, back in the end of October I developed vertigo... I saw my GP and ENT and no one could figure out what was wrong with me. Long story short, after going through 3 months of not understanding what was going on with my body and thinking I had a tumor or something I decided to quit taking the Zyrtec before bed every night. Low and behold, my vertigo has subsided entirely and the dizziness is getting better with each passing day. Now we are both off and after a week of being off a drug that we have been dependent on for 6 years we realize that we didn't even recognize who we had become. We both sleeps better and feel as if we are back to our old selves! I have also dropped from 133 lbs down to 129 in a week without changing my diet or excercise routine. I now have more energy and I feel back to the positive person that I was before this drug not knowing while on it that I had changed from this chemical in my body. This drug is a poison and I would recommend anything over taking this life altering drug. Please do yourself a favor and do not try Zyrtec! If will affect you | F | 33 | 6 years 1X D | 2/10/2017 | 1 | runny nose | Could not sleep at all! Spent the entire night awake. Very frustrating! Did not help runny nose. | F | 52 | 1 days 2 1X day | 1/31/2017 | 3 | allergy | I took it at night and slept 11 hours first night, and then felt drowsy all day. Second night slept 8.5 hours. But really low energy. Decided not to take anymore. I think it does dry up sinuses but is really a sleeping pill for me, which I don't need. | F | 47 | 2 days 1 pill 1X day | 1/29/2017 | 3 | Cat allergy | Weight gain | Worked for my cat allergies but i gained about 10kg from it! My cat passed away and I stopped taking it hopefully now ill lose some weight! | F | 34 | 1 years 1 a day | 9/16/2016 | 3 | Allergies | I came to this website because I have had a dark mood for a few days. I'm not very good at taking medication consistently, but have been a rock star with remembering to take my allergy medicine for about 4 weeks now. I have rarely missed a day and it really helped my allergy symptoms. I was in such a low place yesterday, even having suicidal thoughts. I have cried uncontrollably and not been able to see anything in a positive light. I know everybody has bad days, but none of the things I usually do to brighten my spirits worked, or even interested me. I felt so desperate and it was so pronounced that I don't think it can be reasonably attributed to normal life. I am relieved to hear that other people felt this way on this medication because it gives me hope that is what caused my depression. I wanted to write today because if they are tracking the side effects this dark mood, serious depression and suicidal thoughts are important to note. I did not take today and will not take | Knocked out my allergies well. Side effects do not seem to be a fair trade off though. | F | 45 | 6 months 10 1X day | 8/29/2016 | 1 | seasonal allergy | Extreme fogginess, irritability, anxiety and aggresiveness. Dry nasal passages and sleepiness. | I am a 58 yo woman and I took the child's liquid dose of 5mg! So glad I didn't buy and take the adult dose. I could not return so I threw out the bottle....would NOT EVER take again. My side effects lasted well into the next day! | F | 58 | 1 days 5 mg 1X day | 8/25/2016 | 1 | My daughter's allergies | Anger, aggressiveness, tantrums, no empathy, anxous | My daughter has seasonal allergies. She has been having uncontrolled rage at home & school. Her school has just started & my husband & I were getting phone calls from the principal's office for disruptive outburst, defiance & destructive behavior. We were beside ourselves. My husband said it must be the zyrtec. He said while he was on it he felt anxious and irritable. We've decided to take her off of it immediately. A 4 year-old should never act out like she did. It broke my heart to watch her anger consuming her and her thoughts of herself. She would tell us we did not love her anymore & wants to runaway. Looking back on the times she was not on it she was calm & very pleasant. I feel so terrible that she had been on this drug on & off for a couple of years and never linked it until now. Get rid of the bottle if you are giving this to your own child. Stuffy noses are easier to cope with than an enraged child. | F | 4 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 8/18/2016 | 4 | Post Nasal Drip | dry mouth, kept waking up at night | Helped clear the mucus. | F | 33 | 3 days | 8/17/2016 | 1 | Post nasal drip | I felt paralyzed, drugged and so lethargic I could not function. I also had a terrible metallic taste in my mouth. | Scary stuff and I probably should not have driven the car! | F | 55 | 2 days 10 mg | 8/10/2016 | 1 | Allergies/Eczema | My 2 year old son was aggressive and wound up for most of the morning into the afternoon. He is normally a great napper and a polite child at daycare. His aggression, lack of a nap, and general whiny and defiant behavior caused me to discontinue use immediately. The next day, he was a dream again. | M | 2 | 1 days 1.5mg 1X day | 7/28/2016 | 1 | Hay Fever | I ended up getting huge itchy welts all over my body. It took a while to realize that it was the Zyrtec causing it because why would an antihistamine produce a horrible allergic reaction like that! As soon as I stopped taking it the welts went away and I even tried taking it another time because I still found it weird that it would cause an allergy when it treats allergies! The itchy welts came back. If I scratched them, it was almost impossible not to, they would increase to 2 inches in diameter. It was horrible. | F | 38 | 14 days 1 pill 1X day | 7/22/2016 | 2 | baby allergy | 1 days 2.5 | 7/21/2016 | 1 | Allergies | I didn't have side effects until I ran out of Zyrtec for a couple days. I started itching and feeling sick. It was easy to guess that this was the culprit. Then i went online and started reading how toxic this drug is. About day 3 my itching and sneezing was out of this world. I have clawed and scratched my skin off and have hives on my chest and neck. I refuse to give in and take another one. I'll be half dead and miserable or go to the hospital one...but i won't ever take this again. Poison, not to mention makes you retain water and gain weight. Please read up on Zyrtec withdrawals...you'll never take it again, nor will you give it to your children. | F | 42 | 2 years 10 mg | 7/12/2016 | 1 | allergies | blurred vision, severe anxiety, sleep paralysis, headaches, nausea, itchiness | don't take it | F | 15 | 2 months 10mg | 7/3/2016 | 1 | seasonal allergies | started off great, less itchiness, sneezing, coughing etc. I would have some trouble falling asleep and would wake up a lot at night but nothing terrible. about 3 months in I noticed that it wasn't helping my allergies anymore and was making my anxiety worse. every night for a week straight I wouldn't fall asleep until 4-5am because I would be extremely paranoid and I would even hallucinate. I didn't take Zyrtec last night because I'm so sick of not getting any sleep and don't want to risk developing any other problems and I really hope it goes well. I have a headache and some stomach pain right now and am a bit itchy, but the itching is not severe. | F | 16 | 3 months 10mg | 7/3/2016 | 1 | Allergies | Rash, irritability, agitation | Should not give to children. | F | 10 | 10 days 1X day | 6/30/2016 | 1 | Rash (poison ivy?) | Overwhelming drowsiness, lingering 24+ hours after ceasing the medication. (Half life of 8 hours = around 2 days to eliminate completely.) Mild headache and dizziness. | To be fair, I don't find the words "non-drowsy" anywhere on Zyrtec's web site, so I can't claim they misled me. But for me, the drowsiness and fatigue caused by this medication has been so overwhelming and long-lasting that it's worse than useless. I'd only touch this stuff in the event of a literally life-threatening allergic reaction, and then only if I can't get my hands on an EpiPen. Worse, it didn't seem to do much for my rash. | M | 43 | 3 days 10mg 1X day | 6/25/2016 | 1 | Congestion and inflammatory respons | Severe anxiety and irritability. | F | 62 | 1 weeks 10 1X day | 6/19/2016 | 1 | Allergies | I'm just realizing that my exhaustion, weight gain, lack of libido, alcohol sensitivity and menstrual duration has all been affected by Zyrtec. I quit 3 days ago and will NEVER go back. The withdrawal symptoms are horrific and this drug should be taken of the market, especially for kids. | I've increased my Vitamin C intake, and that seems to be helping with the symptoms. I do itch, but not uncontrollably. Hopefully the weight it added will come off soon. Do NOT take this!!! | F | 36 | 3 years 10 1X day | 6/13/2016 | 2 | hayfever | Took 1 tablet before bed. I woke up extremely tired and spent the entire next day so extremely tired, I thought I was narcoleptic. | I have used Zyrtec before with the only negative symptom of feeling like I was one step behind. This time there was no way to "wake up." I took 2 hour naps and was really not able to function until 24 hours after taking the Zyrtec. The next day I took Claritin and had no allergy symptoms and no drowsiness. I will not use Zyrtec again. | F | 53 | 1 days 10MG 1X day | 6/2/2016 |