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 |
| 3 | hives | I am always drowsy, walking around like a zombie. cannot concentrate on work. My head feels heawy and hursts. | It does take away the rashes totally. How long should I take, i do not know! | M | 36 | 21 days | 6/2/2005 | 3 | Allergies - seasonal and pet | My son (now 12) has been taking zyrtec for about 4 years. It completely took care of all of his allergies; however, he has become increasingly angry and has temper tantrums...yes, at the age of 12!!! Not a pretty sight and also happens at school. He is a gifted child and has never had any behavioral problems until being on zyrtec. We never experienced this before and I am so glad I found this site because after reading all of the comments, I see a definite common demoninator among children who take zyrtec and that is anger. I must find something else immediately. | I wish I had known this BEFORE as it will be very difficlt to find a medication that will do all that zyrtec has done WITHOUT causing anger and violent behavior. | M | 12 | 4 years | 6/1/2005 | 2 | Allergies | This medication made me so drowsy that I couldn't function during the day. I would stumble around almost in a trance. | It helped my allergies to a degree, but the extreme drowsiness it causes isn't worth it. | F | 20 | 5 days | 5/24/2005 | 5 | Allergies | Just very tired all the time. I take it at night. When I miss 2 doses I get very itchy and my hands and feet burn. It's bad enough to wake me up at night. I am trying to wean myself off of it. | I'm glad to hear that others have the same effect when they stop taking it...I'm not crazy!! I'll have to clue my doctor in. | F | 34 | 2 years | 5/20/2005 | 3 | headaches from allergies | I came to this site to see if others are having the problem that I am -- and i see that they are: very sleepy in the morning, irritable, and hungry all the time. i've gained about 5 pounds already. also, when i stopped (for the above reasons) SERIOUS allergy symptoms like i've never had before -- 3 days of sneezing, migrane headache for the first time. i'm hoping to find another drug. | 6 months | 5/20/2005 | 5 | pet and seasonal allergies | slightly dry mouth and groggy in the morning. Side effects were mild and not bad enough to stop the medicine. | My son is alot more comfortable sice he has been taking it. It has not effected his personality or concentration al all. | M | 4 | 2 years | 5/19/2005 | 1 | Sneezing, swollen itchy eyes | My ped gave this to my 20 month old son for his allergies. He turned into a uncontrollable child. Screaming, having temper tantrums, kicking, hitting. I thought, Oh no terrible twos are going to be horrible. We took him off of it and he is back to a normal 2 year old. I do not recommend this at all. | F | 35 | 3 weeks | 5/19/2005 | 5 | Allergies | None | I have taken Zyrtec intermittently for almost seven years now and have never had a problem w/it. It does its job (dries my sinuses and allows me to move away from the tissue box) and has never caused any noticeable side effects. | F | 23 | 7 years | 5/14/2005 | 2 | allergies | I still had itcy eyes, and was sneezing after taking it. I take it off and on. When I do take zyrtec, after a few days, I get bloody noses. | F | 13 | 2 days | 5/14/2005 | 2 | allergies | My 3 yr old became a different person, yelling, biting, spitting, throwing things, and agitated by the 2nd day. | Called doctor and they weren't even surprised! Suggested I try Claritin, but said it might do the same thing. Zyrtec cleared up the allergies quickly, but, I'd rather have my runny nosed angel than the clean faced, unpredictable stranger on Zyrtec. | F | 3 | 2 days | 5/6/2005 | 1 | allergies | My daughter first starting taking it when she was 20 months, she would kick the walls and be OUT OF CONTROL so we took her off and on benadryl afer taking that for a 1 1/2 yrs she has become immune and it no longer is working. We went back to the doc. and then suggested we give zyrtec another try, the monster came back!! Its nice to hear i'm not the only parent dealing with a crazy violent child from this med. | F | 3 | | 5/6/2005 | 1 | allergies | My daughter first starting taking it when she was 20 months, she would kick the walls and be OUT OF CONTROL! Her Doc took her off zyrtec and put her on benadryl afer taking that for a year and a half she has become immune and it no longer is working. We went back to the doc. and then suggested we give zyrtec another try, the monster came back!! Its nice to hear i'm not the only parent dealing with a crazy violent child from this med. | F | 3 | | 5/6/2005 | 1 | seasonal / pet allergies | Dizzeyness, Confusion, Out of it feeling. SCARY irregular hartbeats, laziness, cough, | I was given the perscription about 2 months ago for trial because of severy allergies at the start of pollen season. It worked great at first and still does. I just started to notice Im not myself all the time. I turned into evil kenivel on the highway and no logical sense while doing it. I go through mood swings that dip real low to the point of why not just end it now. I have never been or have i ever experienced such crazy thoughts. I keep gaining weight although I have no appetite. I don't even eat that much yet can't loose a pound. 175lbs. for reference. Was usually 165-170. The past couple days I took myself of cause I just figured I was falling apart cause of zyrtec. Anything that makes your heart feel anyother way than normal is no good. DO NOT TAKE IT! | M | 30 | 2 months | 5/6/2005 | 1 | seasonal allergies | severe fatigue, drowsiness, dissociation or dream-like state, flat effect | I took Claritin before but had no relief, so I began Zyrtec a few years ago on and off. It'd work, but my allergies weren't bad enough to be bothered. This year they're terrible, and noticing Zyrtec is making me almost completely incapacitated. I take it before bed because it leaves me so tired, but I wind up sleeping 10 hours and extremely tired the next day, with a strange disconnected feeling. I've been told I seem to not know what's going on around me and have no emotional reactions like I normally do. It however, does make my allergy symptoms go away, but I'd advise anyone to stay far away from this especially if they find out of body/confusion experiences scary. (p.s. I've been using it 3 yrs but it's on & off and only in the spring) | F | 22 | 3 years | 5/4/2005 | 5 | for hives and allergies | none for myself and none for my son who is now 11 and has been on zyrtec on and off for allergies for a couple of years | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 5/3/2005 | 1 | Seasonal allergies, hives | My pre-school age son undergoes a complete personality change on this stuff. From sweet and chatty to aggressive, moody, and irritable. On it three days and his teacher said he was like a different kid. It gave him nightmares, too. Took him off and back to normal. We'll treat his allergies with something else. Better the hives than this. | M | 5 | 1 weeks | 5/3/2005 | 1 | seasonal allergies | tiredness, irratible, itching | I have been on this medicine for about 5 days. I have been wiped out but assumed it was a spring cold. I basically slept all weekend and was so exhausted that I was incapable of caring for my three young children. I feel like I am in a fog. I have also have zero patience with my husband or children for the past several days. Then, the itching on my face started! It was only when I read this site that I realized my extreme overtiredness and irratibility may be caused by this medication as well. The face itching is unbearable and I am going to stop immediately. I just hope I can get this out of my system quickly! | F | 34 | 5 days | 5/2/2005 | 1 | spider bite | terrible migraine lasting a week....changes in mood, depression, irritability, hair falling out, high blood pressure | F | 53 | 12 days | 4/26/2005 | 2 | allergies | Extremly sleepy, couldn't function. I felt confused and irritable after just one dose. Kept yelling at the dog. After one dose, I discontinued its use and called my doctor to ask for a different Rx. Now, just one night later, I'm still awake at 4:00AM because I've been itching. I didn't connect the itching to the Zyrtec until I crawled out of bed and read all the comments about itching and hives. Also I developed a bad cough that doesn't seem to have any cause. I didn't see that effect on anyone else's comments. | After just one day on this medication I can't even say that it helped my symptoms all that much. Maybe it takes more time to kick in. | F | 57 | 1 days | 4/22/2005 | 1 | allergies & chronic sinusitis | Hair Loss. Helped great w/allergies, but caused severe hair loss. Alopecia is listed as a side effect in PDR. | It was the only medicine I didn't stop when my hair started falling out because no doctor related the severe hair loss to this medicine. 2+ yrs later, I stopped taking Zyrtec and my hair loss stopped and hasn't resumed. PDR says alopecia can be a side effect. Not worth the risk. Use something else. | F | 45 | 3 years | 4/22/2005 |