ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.0 (1820 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYRTEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Allergies | I was prescribed Zyrtec by my new doctor due to a skin rash. I took one as directed and fell asleep for more than 10 hours. I was so exhausted after taking the medication. | I had stopped after two similiar experiences. | F | 26 | 2 days | 1/8/2008 | 3 | seasonal, dust, dust mites, & cats | extreme drowsiness, tingling sensation on face possibly due to sensitive sinuses, cloudiness, lethargic | the crazy thing is that it works. I suffer from allergies year round. I haven't been able to breathe for what seems to be forever. I gave up. I've taken zyrtec in the past and felt that all it did was dry up my insides and make me tired. Recently I had a cat stay with me for a month and boy was that a mistake. I started experiencing chest pains so when I went to the dr., she said it was my allergies and prescribed zyrtec and veramyst, a nose spray. At first, I felt like a new person, I could breathe through my nose. But looking back at the past two weeks, I've noticed something else. I can barely wake up in the morning. Sometimes when I wake up I can't tell if I'm still dreaming or if I'm actually awake. I'm irritable. I'm cranky and short tempered. Although I can breathe and don't have a runny nose, I feel like my sinuses are clogged and holding back what should be draining. I'm tired and feel lazy. Sometimes, I have to take a nap to get re-energized. The crazy thing, is that zyrtec | F | 31 | 4 weeks | 1/5/2008 | 2 | allergies | depression, uncontrolled eating, weight gain, waking up and worrisome obsessive thoughts hampering my ability to go back to sleep, lethargy, ... | Began taking in August of 2007. Immediately began the uncontrolled eating, weight gain (20 pounds and its only December 31, 2007) and lethargy. I have been taking an antidepressant for about 20 years with up and down results and thought I was in another down episode and/or some hormonal change. My doctor thought I needed something to help with concentration and prescribed metadate. I took it for about a month. The lethargy went away but not the excessive eating. So I stopped taking the metadate. I saw my doctor again and he suggested using a mantra at night to help with the obsessive thoughts. Sorry, no dice. I stopped taking vitamins the other day in hopes that would help with the excessive eating. I also decided to stop the zyrtec. Today is day 2. This morning I recalled reading something about certain sinus meds causing depression and I immediately went to the internet and googled "zyrtec and depression." WHAT A RELIEF IT WAS TO READ THE COMMENTS ON THIS SITE! Th | F | 51 | 4 months | 12/31/2007 | 1 | allergies | Another upset parent : I'm an intelligent, college-educated and (so I thought) informed parent and started giving my then 3 1/2 year old son Zyrtec about 1 year ago. I trust(ed) his pediatrician. I didn't notice any immediate change in his behavior and can't directly put my finger on when I got seriously concerned about it since initially he was given it intermittently. However, his allergies got so that it was almost constantly that he would have the sniffles and a runny nose, so I finally started nightly doses. I attributed his behavior initally just to a "phase". This "phase" continued while I kept waiting for him to grow out of it. My sister even suggested oppositional defiant disorder. i was upset enough to ask his pediatrician about his behavior and after interacting with him early last month at his well-check she assured me he was fine while writing out a new Zyrtec prescription. His behavior is much the same as other parents have reported: instant a | So what happened?? I ran out about a month ago and had switched pharmacy plans and hadn't gotten around to taking care of the 3 mos. mail order supply. We went on vacation for 2 weeks and then last week I finally filled the prescription but he had a cold so I didn't bother giving it to him. 4 days ago I went in to get him out of bed and he said, "Good morning Mom", got dressed the first time I asked him, brushed his teeth and sat down for breakfast. Everyday since has been the same and I've been waiting on pins and needles for my "old" angry son to reappear. A tiny light in my brain a couple of days ago asked if it could be a Zyrtec side effect and I finally googled tonight and here I am. I can't believe it's something this simple and am angry to think about all the learning and love my son and our family missed out on due to his anger and aggression and am mad at myself for trusting his pediatrician so much that I didn't perform due diligence. | F | 48 | 1 years | 12/21/2007 | 5 | urticaria | None | This is a fantastic medicine. It completely keeps my itching at bay. I have to take one every day or I would be itching constantly. | F | 45 | 2 years | 12/17/2007 | 2 | allergies and asthma | irritability, lack on focus, sensitivity, runny nose, headaches | My daughter was on singulair and zyrtec for about a year and a half before I started to realize that it was negatively affecting her grades at school. She was unable to remember things from day to day, concentration seemed to be an issue, and at home I noticed her becoming more irratable and sensitive. Once I realized that the medicine could be the cause of the symptoms, I discountied both. Things have improved in all areas. Before taking these medications, my daughter did not exhibit trouble in school. | F | 9 | 1.5 days | 12/9/2007 | 1 | Allergy | Insomnia that led to sleep psychosis, rash | DON'T START THIS IS ADDICTIVE. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY CLASS ACTION SUITS AGAINST ZYRTEC, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! | M | 17 | 3 years | 12/8/2007 | 5 | allergies | none | Sorry about all these people having severe reactions to this stuff.It did work for me, doesnt leave me tiredalthough i do take it at night so that might help. I would recommend to anyone who is healthy and not taken any other meds for various reasons/ | M | 35 | 1 days | 12/7/2007 | 4 | pollen allergies | I can't seem to breath if I stop taking this med. My allergies always went from late Aug-beginning of Oct. This year every night that I try to not take a zyrtec (I take one in the morning), I wake all night long, have terrible dreams and feel like I am choking and can't breath. Not sure what to do. | This medication helped tramendousely during allergy season, trouble is allergy season is long past and i can't stop taking the drug! Has anyone ever heard of this? | F | 44 | 2 years | 12/7/2007 | 3 | Hives | Hair loss, exhaustion, dizziness, anger, no sex drive, weight gain, headaches. | I've been allergic to several foods all of my life. I've been taking allergy medicine all my life. I believe I've been taking zyrtec for about 10 years now. It works most of the time. My body has suffered though. I am constantly tired, my hair is falling out, I have headaches, a very short temper, very emotional, dizziness, I cant seem to lose any weight no matter how hard I try. My sex drive is pretty much non existent. I have tried to stop taking it, but because I'm allergic to so many things, I end up breaking out in hives. Every year I develop an allergy to something new. This sucks. | F | 25 | 10 years | 12/2/2007 | 1 | Allergies | We have tried several medications for my 4 year old daughter over the last couple of years. She has a chronic runny nose and on several occaisions has had horrid coughing attacks at night due to drainage. We started her on Zyrtec at the recommendation of our pediatrician and our normally sweet even tempered child became a holy terror. IN TWO DAYS, she began having irrational fits, just about climbing the walls! She became very aggressive with her 18 month old brother. She acted as if she couldn't hear me when I tried to get her attention to stop her from her destructive behavior. I asked her why she was acting so nuts and she said-"I just can't hear you mommy". She would have moments of time where she just stared off into space; totally glazed over. At one point my husband said it was like having a football player on steroids in the house! Last night she went from hysterical crying to a dead pan face "Mommy, how do you spell your middle name?" We took her off immedi | As others have expressed, I wish doctors and pharmacists would be more aware of these kinds of side effects in children. I feel for the parents who had their children on this stuff for so long never making the connection and being told it isn't the medication. I guess we all have to be our own advocates! Especially for our children-I feel terrible for having put her through this! | F | 4 | 3 days | 11/26/2007 | 5 | palpitations | no side effects except for a little tiredness. | I was having runs of palpitations for 2-4 hours at a time due to a leak in my roof leading to mustiness in my house. We were tested for mold, which I'm allergic to, and that was negative, but there is still mustiness in my home that is triggering this symptom. Benadryl did not take my palpitations away so my MD prescribed Zyrtec. I take 1 per day and have been symptom free since day one of the med. | F | 51 | 4 days | 11/24/2007 | 2 | Year around allergies | OCD, Irrational and extremely unwanted thoughts, a little depression. | I just came upon this website in the past few days and by chance, I was searching for things about OCD. For the past 6 years, since October 2001, I have been thinking irrational thoughts that I don't want to have. These thoughts were worse when I was bored. When I wasn't bored, they kind of went away, but were still there a little. But since June 2007, they picked up a lot again because my schedule has changed to allow me to have more free time. But now everything adds up; I started taking Zyrtec in October 2001 and this may be what is causing these weird thoughts. I am still on it, but I have to get off it. However, I'll have bad allergies, but its better to live with allergies than these thoughts. | M | 22 | 6 years | 11/21/2007 | 4 | allergies | none | F | 32 | 1 years | 11/17/2007 | 1 | allergies dizziness | Exhaustion, hair loss, and most importantly WEIGHT GAIN!!! | I started taking this along with cymbalta (for neuropathy pain) and I IMMEDIATELY GAINED 8 lbs within 1month. I quit the Cymbalta a week ago thinking that this was the problem, but I'm still feeling the same in fact I'm absolutely exhausted and hungry still. I missed work yesterday because I was so tired. I absolutely have to peel myself out of bed in the morning even after 8+hrs. I haven't changed anything in my diet accept the drugs. I will post back in a couple weeks to see if I get more energy and loose weight. needless to say I'm stopping this drug today after reading the comments on here. I asked my Doc and she said absolutely NO Zyrtec wouldn't have this effect! Don't believe it!!!!! | F | 2 months | 11/16/2007 | 1 | allergy (trees, mold) | Aggression, temper tantrums, sleepiness, but also waking at night and unable to settle back down without help. | We thought the aggression and tantrums this past summer were just age-related, but in the fall our son started hitting/kicking kids at preschool. We took him off the Zyrtec after we had a frost and his allergy symptoms subsided, and when the Zyrtec stopped, so did the negative reports from preschool. We also noticed a significant drop in tantrums at home. But then the weather warmed back up and the mold count shot up and his allergy symptoms came back. Gave our son a Zyrtec dose yesterday before school (the first time in 3 weeks), and when I picked him up from school, was told he had grabbed a girl by the hair and dragged her across the playground. This is a kid who hasn't shown aggressive behavior since we stopped the Zyrtec. Talked to his teacher about a possible connection, and she said that she took herself off Zyrtec because it made her feel jittery and nervous. Our son's allergy symptoms are better when he's on Zyrtec, but I am going to stop giving it to him. As I read about s | M | 3 | 8 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 3 | Hives - Severe | Hair loss/thinning, ANXIETY w/ panic attacks, joint pain, skin sensations- burning, tingling and pain, irrational thinking, unapproachable, irritable, explosive anger, unable to cope with stress, headaches, short term memory loss, disrupted sleep, tossing and turning, OCD and mood swings. | My hives are controlled! But I feel like crap. The worst part is the anxiety and my temper. My relationship of 5 years is now ending b/c of my inability to cope with stress and I'm explosive with anger. I find the need to control every second of everything going on around me- OCD. I do believe this medication is causing my mental illness. But how do you decide between severe hives and being crazy? | F | 24 | 10 months | 11/14/2007 | 1 | Zirtec | Mood Swings, Violent Behaviour, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Off Food Completley, Excessive Thirst | Took my 2 year old son to the chemist for skin allergies and was highly recommended Zyrtec Oral Liquid. Developed vomiting, behaviour issues, bad cramps, not eating, etc. Went to the doctor because I thought he was sick and was told it was a virus but with no ear infection, no throat infection and a clear chest. Only change in his diet was the Zyrtec. Took him off yesterday and almost instantly a different child. DO NOT give this to your child. Not worth the risk. | F | 23 | 7 days | 11/7/2007 | 5 | Chronic Sinusitis | None | I've tried everything. Zyrtec is the only one that makes me feel somewhat normal as far as my daily battle with my sinuses. I haven't ever noticed any side effects, weight gain? Mabye? But I work in an office where we eat poorly so I really dont think the Zyrtec caused any weight gain. TOO expensive and insurance doesnt help us with this medication. We have to go to TJ were we can get 30 pills for about 30 dollars. Perscription in the US costs me about $80 a month! But I need it to breath so we make the drive. If the other allergy medications they're giving you dont work...Give Zyrtec a chance. Its worth trying it to stop the horrible sinus symptoms. | F | 28 | 6 years | 11/6/2007 | 2 | Allergies | Fits of irrational responses (screaming, hitting, rage), twitching, nightmares, sleep walking, extremely emotional. | My 6y daughter was put on Zyrtec at age 3 for various allergies. We thought she was being helped for those allergies and her irrational behavior typical of a 3y old. However; after talking with other parents of Zyrtec kids - We've realized her behavior was a result of the Zyrtec. She has now 11/03/07 been off of the Zyrtec since 10/24/07 - WHOA what a difference. A very calm child has reemmerged. Our family life is so much more relaxing. Now we see - she really is a normal 6 yr old girl. Not the irrational rageful luanatic she was. very scary stuff. | F | 6 | 3 days | 11/5/2007 |