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 | SESONAL ALLERGY | STILL HAVE THE ICTCHY EYES AND SNEEZING...IT'S WORKING FOR THE STUFFY NOSE BUT NOT FOR THE ITCHY EYES. | NO ADDITIONAL | F | 32 | 5 days | 3/24/2009 | 2 | eye allergies | extremely sleepy...I couldn't get myself out of bed in the morning. Such a dry mouth that I had to drink large amounts of liquids all day to feel satisfied. My mental state was "loopy"...I couldn't concentrate and felt it was unsafe for me to be driving, I was that out of it. | There should be a stricter warning concerning the sleepiness and altered mental state. I stopped taking the drug immediately because the side effects were so terrible. Claritin never gave me these types of side effects! | F | 32 | 1 days | 11/25/2002 | 2 | Allergy | Achy bones in neck/back, really sore eyes (sockets and lids). More itchines than origanally started with (on face), weird dreams/mood, sleepiness | Only two days on this drug and I wonder...why give a medicine to remedy an itch that can have side effect of an itch? Also I suffer from depession anyway and was not questioned my mental health at the pharmacy when it was suggested to try this anti hystamine, found my mood to be even more anti-sociable, but could be something to do with the swelling on my face. This drug seems to work for a short time for relief (3-6 hours)and uninformed persons would probably keep using it to see if the symptoms(both of the drug, and the cause)continue or get better, or in this case worse. Thanks for your insight everyone to give me an informed (by people who have tested, not what the drug co says) decision to stop taking this drug.NZ | F | 32 | 2 days | 9/11/2007 | 2 | Seasonal Allergies | Took for years without any problems. Just started taking again to help with allergies and allergic asthma and have been irritable, depressed, and overall just feeling crappy. My brother said he had the same problems and was just intolerable to people. | F | 32 | 4 years 10 1X day | 5/14/2011 | 2 | allergies | I gave this to my 7 year old daughter instead of Claritin and we couldn't figure out why all of a sudden she would cry at the drop of a hat, act VERY angry and say "she just wishes she were happier" After stopping this a week later we noticed drastic improvement and she was back to herself. | F | 32 | 9 days 1X day | 7/23/2010 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | I take a 24/hr zyrtec every day. If I 'skip' a dose I can't go more than an hour or two before my hands and feet begin itching. It then spreads to my head, legs/arms. It's so intense my only option is to take another zyrtec. My wife has taken the same dose for about the same length of time and has the same symptoms. | Zyrtec definitely helped my allergies but the withdraw symptoms are not only undocumented but seemingly impossible to overcome. | M | 32 | 4 years 10mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | Allergies (hayfever, cat, molds...) | Depression, extreme mood swings, Muscle pain, excessive bloating (stomach, swelling of ankles, feet, fingers), insomnia, weight gain, shortness of breath... | I can't even begin to tell you how alarmed and relieved I am to have found this site. I have been taking Zyrtec for about 3 years. If I were to run out and go a couple of days without it, I would start to notice how awful I felt. I thought it was just my allergies acting up, so I would start taking Zyrtec again. I am so glad to have found that there are others that have been suffering from the same symptoms as I have. I have been severly depressed, I have been having major moodswings (cry all the time, lash out at little things), my stomach was ALWAYS bloated like it was always about to explode, I would want to sleep for hours on end, and not go anywhere because I felt so awful. I literally thought my body was slowly shutting down. I ran out about a week and a half ago and decided to give my body a break and OH MY GOSH, I have been miserable. My muscles are always aching, I itch (of course). I decided to do a little research, and found this site. I am so glad that I have. I am going to log how my body has been changing for a month to see the changes. But as for right now, I'm still trying to get this horrible stuff out of my system. I will NEVER take Zyrtec again. | F | 32 | 3 years 1X day | 8/2/2010 | 1 | allergies | Headaches, behavior changes, throwing fits | My daughter has been taking Zyrtec for almost 2 years. The past year and half have been horrible. She is 6 years old and will throw fits and scream and cry like a baby. She has a hard time concentrating and in kindergarten last year, her teacher was worried she may have autism. We have been to a neurologist over her headaches. I had no idea about all of this and am so thankful for this website. Me and my neighbor were talking the other day and she had said that she had given her daughter zyrtec one time and it totally changed her and it made me think. So my daughter hasn't had any zyrtec in 5 days and yesterday her teacher called me to tell what a good day she had in school. I was amazed. I thought I would look up side effects of zyrtec today and it feels like I wrote a lot of these posts b/c my daughter has such similar issues. No more zyrtec for any of my kids!! | F | 32 | 2 years 1 tsp 1X day | 9/8/2010 | 1 | allergies (cats, dust, ragweed) | exhaustion, feeling wiped-out, nightmares, irritability, unexplained anger, weight gain, difficult swallowing, thick congestion | I have never felt so exhausted. I took 5 or 10mg at night and on weekends I easily slept until 5pm. On weekdays I could barely get out of bed, let alone hold my head up at work. I just couldn't get enough sleep. I found myself so irritable, even enraged, didn't feel like myself at all. Yet, nothing "bad" had happened in my life. My allergist thought I was crazy during the 30 day check-in when I explained the exhaustion and crazy dreams, etc. I am going back to Alavert where I have no side effects. | F | 32 | 35 days 5 or 10mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | Allergies | After being extremely congested and Claritin not working my doctor prescribed Zyrtec. I took 2 doses on one day, woke up the next morning feeling very dizzy and lightheaded, my head feels huge and just disconnected. It's been 3 days and I'm still not feeling 100% normal, still nauseous and a little lightheaded, I have NOT taken Zyrtec since that first day and will NEVER take it again. The side effects are absolutely HORRIBLE, not worth it at all!!! | Please Please be careful when you take this drug, with just 2 doses my whole life has been turned upside down, I feel horrible and can't wait for this drug to get out of my system for good. | F | 32 | 1 days | 4/2/2007 | 1 | all year round allergies | extreme exhaustion, bouts of depression, anger, foggy brain | i think i have just found what is causing all my issues that i cant otheriwse explain why. i wish id come across here along time ago. i have tried stopping before but my alleries came back with avengence so i find myself loosing it and giving into taking i again. as of today iim going to give it my best shot as i think id rather deal with the itchy runny nose than the fatigue ive been feeling!!! | F | 32 | 5 years 10 1X day | 3/13/2012 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | This medicine makes me extremely tired like a ZOMBIE!! Its horrible! I am not motivated and sometimes down and depressed when taking this!! I am no longer taking this it is HORRIBLE! | F | 32 | 10 days 10mg | 4/13/2013 | 1 | Yes | Nightmares every night, I couldn't wake up and/or get out of my dream, weight gain, 15lbs, feeling swollen and bloated. I never have had had any weight on my stomach and my belly became fat with rolls over 2 months; tired constantly, and again, could not get up from my sleep. | Zyrtec did treat my allergies. I was able to hold my dog and sleep with him for the first time in 10 years. However, I would rather find another drug b/c Zyrtec was causing me to become mentally disturbed from my dreams, crying and not wanting to go to sleep b/c I was scared to. Now I am off Zyrtec, its been a week. Allergies are back, nightmares and belly, body swolleness is gone. For now I'll settle with Claritin, Sudafed, Nasonex, Astelin, and an herbal animal antigen. | F | 32 | 2 months | 5/10/2007 | 1 | Intersitial Cystitis | Really sore throat, anxiety, insomnia (never really felt like I was asleep, just in an awake dream like state), depression | I can't believe how horrible I feel after only 3 days and on such a low dose. I am taking it along with Elmiron, and I thought it was the Elmiron that was making me feel like this, but after reading other reviews on this site, I realize it's the Reactine. This stuff is toxic! I am going to stop taking it for sure! | F | 32 | 3 days | 5/25/2007 | 1 | sinus, coughing, congestion | My 5 year old son has been on both Zyrtec and Singulair for about 2 years now and has MAJOR behavior issues. They have become worse as he's gotten older and we've been baffled as to what could be the cause. We recently saw a psycologist who almost diagnosed him with ODD. Our house has become a battle zone and every day we walk on eggshells hoping nothing sets him off. | I'm astounded that so many other families are experiencing the same problems! I wouldn't have thought these medications would have been the cause of such anger. I am taking him off of both medications and am hoping for the best. It's unfortunate that we've lost out on so much because we were mis-informed. It's really up to us as parents to read read read and always question our health-care professionals. | F | 32 | | 3/31/2008 | 1 | chroin autoimmune hives | irritability, irrational behavior, temper tantrums | My 5 year old daughter was prescribed zyrtec 3 years ago for the first time for her hives. I noticed extreme irrtibality when she started taking it and I took her off. I just kept giving her benadryl. She then started with hives this december and her doc recommended zyrtec again - end all and be all for hives - is what he said. I have noticed she does get irrtiable with her episodes of hives, so I thought that maybe my reaction to zyrtec was wrong. I started giving her zyrtec end of december until 2 days ago. She was having MAJOR temper tantrums, extremely irritability and would not even get dressed. It is tough for her to get dressed when she has her hives, but now she will not put anything on. Going to preschool is out of the question. I truly believe that it is the zyrtec that caused all the fights and heartache these past 2 months. She is becoming my daughter again. She still did not go to school today, had hard time getting dressed and she started getting irrtiable and then it | F | 32 | 45 days | 2/21/2008 | 1 | allergies, sinus headaches | Extreme fatigue. I took it at night in hopes that I would feel better in the morning and I was wiped out all morning. I even tried splitting the 10mg tablet in 1/2 and seeing if that would help but no luck. I have switched to Flonase and OTC NasalCrom and I have been very happy withe the results. I would avoid Claritin, it gave me scary irregular heartbeats. | F | 32 | 5 days | 4/4/2005 | 1 | mild to moderate hive on hands | After one dose of zyrtec-d I felt like spiders were crawling on me. Had a massive hive outbreak all over, esp. my face and neck. Took 2 days to abate (before my hives lasted just an hour or two). Became extremely senstive to cold (fan blowing on me from car A/C caused huge mottled red rash on my arm and neck for three hours. My doctor did NOT warn me of any side affects. | I'm going back to Claritin and benadryl. They didn't work perfectly, but were good enough. It's ironic that the medicine I took to stop the hives made them a hundred times worse. | F | 32 | 2 days | 6/11/2005 | 1 | allergies | My 8 year old son took Zyrtec pretty regularly for 3 years, taking breaks at times. At first it seemed wondeful, but then it built up in his system causing terrible side effects. The worst side effect being sadness and DEPRESSION. No more Zyrtec for my son. | Short term it worked for the allergies, but I would NOT give it to a child long term! The side effects are worse than the allergies. | F | 32 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 1 | allergies & asthma | Uncontrollable coughing, vomiting, drowsiness. Taken a night as Zyrtec manufacturer recommended. | Our son is 5 and our doctor wanted to try something other than Loritadine which we've taken for 2+ years to see if it would increase allergy symptoms. He's been on Zyrtec for 3 days (taken at night) and all three nights has had uncontrollable coughing until he throws up. We have done albuterol to try to control the coughing, Benadryl to help dry him out, and nothing is working. To use the nebulizer he can barely hold his head up in the middle of the night. I don't recommend this drug for anyone, especially children. I doubted the medication before I found this website and now I'm afraid of it. It's amazing how fast the negative effects of this medicine affect his little body. (Also on Pulmicort, Benadryl, and Singulair). Going back to Loritadine, sent this site to our doctor, FLUSHING THE ZYRTEC. | F | 32 | 3 days | 4/2/2007 |