CLARITIN Reviews (LORATADINE)Average Rating: 1.9 (1014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLARITIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLARITIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Itchiness | Took Claritin before bed, had very odd, vivid dreams, awoke feeling very loopy & out of sorts. Experienced joint pain (mostly knees & hips) and occasional tightness in chest. | Worked for itchiness, but not worth side effects. | F | 27 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 2 | allergies, both seasonal and not | None | This did nothing for me. Like taking a sugar pill. Didn't help with my allergies, didn't give me any side effects | F | 48 | 7 days 10 mg day 1X day | 11/24/2010 | 1 | seasonal allergies | 2 years ago I started to have some strange reactions to different meds., couldn't put my finger on it but about a month ago I did a 36 hour cleanse, after that I decided not to take any meds, and to cut out dairy and sugar, i just added the claritin and immediately the inside of my mouth feels swollen and tingly, i also was very emotional all day and had feelings of anxiety and depression, after reading other comments, I have decided that it must be the medication and I will not take it again. | F | 54 | 2 years 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 5 | allergies/hives | If I take 20mg a little lightheaded. 10mg usually stops any allergies with no side effects. Wonderful medication for me. | take on and off for years. I guessed four but it could be longer. | M | 45 | 4 years 10-20mg 1X day | 11/11/2010 | 5 | Hay fever, seasonal alergies | Occasional drowsiness. | Helps me sleep at night better. Clears my nose, sinuses and throat. No hayfever symptoms. I feed horses everyday twice a day. I'm allergic to the hay so it helps me. Also when I get bad spring and fall allergies it takes away that fog and other symptoms. I have no negative side affects. I can stop it without problems also. I have taken it for months at a time or a few days or weeks with no problems. I would be sad if it was taken off the market. Sometimes I do well with 5 mg.(1/2 tablet) I take the Loratadine generic kind. | F | 50 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 11/11/2010 | 3 | Seasonal allergy | Increased anxiety and vivid nightmares. | I've taken Claritin and the drugstore brand knockoffs for many years for occasional allergies. This year for no apparant reason I've experienced vivid nightmares and waking up in panic attacks. Nothing else has changed in diet or other daily life. If I ever take it in future, will make sure NOT to take it later in the day. | F | 62 | 10 mg 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 1 | Allergies | I could not believe what side effects this pill has! It made me feel like a drugy with dizzyness, nausea, my hands and legs felt shaky/tingly, confused, unable to concentrate, heart beating super fast, anxious, deppresed, crying spells, off edge and crazy. TO GET RID OF IT I TOOK CHARCOAL & LOTS OF FLUIDS: CRANBERRY JUICE, WATER, TEA. GOT MOST OF IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM IN 2 HOURS. Still feeling weird since there is still some in my system. Won't be taking this stuff again!!!!!! | DO NOT TAKE!!! | F | 26 | 1 days 24 hr pill 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Allergy | sever depression, anger for nothing | I was taking claritin because of my allergy. The depression was getting on me and make me feel. Since last week I had been crying every night for nothing. Good thing I found about this website, and I stop taking it. | F | 22 | 2 weeks 2 TSP 1X day | 10/30/2010 | 5 | allergies | No side effects with this medication. Some may say that's because it isn't working - I find it is working well enough that I think I don't need it, then if i don't take it I feel horrible. | Honestly, after years of allergies so bad that I basically had chronic fatigue, and many different medications, Claritin changed my whole life for the better. I have multiple allergies (even severely allergic to perfumes, etc) and generally feel crappy all the time without allergy medication. After years of taking both nasal and internal medicines someone told me about Claritin while it was stilll a prescription. The difference when taking it is like night and day. Suddenly I simply felt .... just well. Clear headed, able to function. Now if I skip a dose I often get neckaches which I think are actually related to sinus pressure, and I feel blurry and unable to focus. I generally take it every day with no ill effects. To me, this is wonder drug with no noticeable side effects. Its actual effects are subtle, but if i don't take it I do notice a difference. | F | 36 | 8 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/17/2010 | 5 | allergy-related coughing at night | I do notice that wax buildup in my ears causes ear "stuffiness" with loratadine, which is mildly annoying because I need to clean it out with an ear syringe. | Other than minor ear problems that can be managed, I *love* loratadine (generic Claritin). I always hated the way antihistamines in general made me feel, so jittery I could jump right out of my skin. Allergies give me a cough at night that makes it hard to sleep, but antihistamines in general just made the problem worse because if I took them, I *couldn't* sleep. Not so with loratadine. One tiny little 10 mg tablet and I have no problems. I don't even know I'm taking it, other than the fact that I just have no allergy symptoms anymore. No side effects, odd symptoms, etc. Just allergy symptoms gone. | F | 47 | 2 months 10 1X day | 10/13/2010 | 3 | Allergies | Dry mouth, dry nasal passages, dry, irritated throat. Feeling of stuffyness in the ears. Feelings of doom and fear, anxiety and paranoia. Asthma symptoms developed during the fourth year of taking Claritin. | While the drug completely relieved me of the hay fever and allergy symptoms, eventually I was left with the aforementioned side effects. I added the anxiety feelings only because I see others have some of these side effects from taking Claritin. I was told by my doctor to take it everyday. At that time it was prescription only. I began taking it in 2001 and stopped in 2006. My side effect symptoms began in 2005. As of today, I still have these symptoms, although the feelings of doom and fear have subsided a great deal. Is there anyone else who experienced side effects long after stopping the drug? Thank you for your response. | F | 53 | 5 years 10 mg 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 2 | Itchiness/Allergies | Detachment, moodiness, short tempered, mental cloudiness, feeling of aimlessness, bouts of anger | Glad I did a search on this and found this site. Thought I was some 'special snowflake' that was having an odd reaction to this medication - when instead it seems the emotional impact is common. Nasty stuff. | M | 40 | 2 days 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 1 | Dust Allergy | Wheezing, feeling out of breath, tired, feeling dizzy. To top it off, it did not help the allergy in the first place ! I was sneezing, runny nose, hot blotchy face, hot runny eyes. Took 1 tab to see if it would help since I sneezed solidly from 10am - 2pm. No help at all ! Got the wheeziness around 10pm the same night and still have it at 2pm the following day. | F | 31 | 1 times 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 1 | For Allergies | I took Claritin antihistamine on a Friday night. Saturday morning I woke up very achy. All of my joints hurt. My back hurt. I was very foggy. I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't answer questions. I went to the ER thinking it was a stroke. A CT Scan proved it wasn't. It was the Claritin - the doctor said it was making me unable to concentrate. On Sunday, I broke out in the hives. Went to the ER again and they gave me Benadryl. The pharmacist told me that Claritin stays in your body 20 hours after the initial 24 hours it's working. The hives was it's way of now coming out of my body. | I won't try Claritin again. Very disappointed in this antihistamine. Scary Saturday and Sunday. | F | 35 | 1 days 1X day | 9/13/2010 | 1 | allergies | I woke up at 4am feeling dizzy, spacey, everything seemed far away and not in focus, i could hardly stand and my heart was racing..my body was shaking. I felt like I was tripping on something. It was probably one of the most scariest and uncontrollable feelings. That was the first time I ever took it and the last. | Don't take this drug, there sould be warnings of side effects on the box. | F | 21 | 1 times 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 1 | allergies | My dad bought me a box of Claratin for my allergies, and I took a pill early in the day (about 8:30am or so) and went back to bed. I woke up 2 hours later, feeling very sluggish. Throughout the day as I would go to the bathroom, get food, ect, I would end up very winded with my heart racing. As the day went on I got very depressed over nothing at all, and cried for several hours straight. After that, I tried to lay down to sleep some more. I couldn't sleep until about 4.30 am. I got up at 6 for school, and took another pill. The day went on as normal, with major fatigue, headaches, and forgetfulness. When I got home, I looked up sideeffects and found this website. | I'm never taking Claritin again. | M | 17 | 2 days 1X day | 9/10/2010 | 3 | severe allergies | makes me super hyper, racing heart, makes me very focused. | totally clears up my allergy problems | F | 25 | 1 years ? 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Horrible anxiety – could not leave the house, it actually caused me to have an anxiety attack that lasted for two hours, dizzy, no appetite, sweaty, jittery, tired but couldn’t sleep, stomach ache, depressed, no motivation, heart palpitations, heavy breathing | It helped clear my nose up, but there is no way I'm ever taking this again. It's just not worth it-I'll suffer through my allergies. | F | 24 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 2 | allergies | loopy feeling, constant urination, extremely dry mouth and throat, headache, restlessness | not worth taking. i felt like crap with allergies, i feel like complete crap with claritin | M | 21 | 8 days 1X day | 9/5/2010 | 1 | allergies | Wow (holy crap, etc.). Gave first dose to our 9 yr old son as prescribed yesterday morning. Last night he was completely out of sort telling my wife he thought she was a bad parent, then started crying, he said because he knew she was a great mom and didn't know why he was having these thoughts. He complained that he was feeling different. Tonight (after dose this morning), he said he had thought of actually killing people! He started crying and complaining that he didn't feel like his thoughts were his. This is COMPLETELY out of character. We are so thankful to have found this site. This drug is can be absolutely EVIL. | M | 41 | 15mg 1X day | 9/4/2010 |