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 |
| 5 | Seasonal Allergies | One or two of the generic loratadine 10 mg antihistamines caused me to be drowsy and extremely irritable. Other generics, and Claritin 24 hour have worked very well for me without any side effects. | I'm taking Claritin 24 hour, not Claritin D. Claritin D hops me up so I can't sleep and am very hyper. | F | 49 | 2 years 10 MG 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | Year Long Allergies | My son has been taking Claritin for a month now and we've been shocked by his behavior. He's been defiant, refusing to do the simplest tasks. He will have emotional meltdowns over the smallest things (not turning the fireplace on in the middle of summer). He's been struggling to fall asleep at night. He's been complaining of headaches and sore throats off and on. We thought he was going through a phase and chalked it up to him being 3 years old. Thank goodness I found this website today. I threw the box away and we will NEVER take Claritin again! | M | 3 | 1 months 5 mg 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | I have always had a lower than normal blood pressure but after taking Claritin, it dropped to 96/58. I have been lightheaded and saw the doctor who diagnosed Positional Vertigo and gave me exercises to help. I stopped the claritin, did the exercises and it gradually went away. My nose was so sore, i took one claritin last Thurs thinking the diagnosis was probably not related to the med. This is Monday and I am so confused, light headed, room spinning, and feeling panicky. However, I can tell that today is better than yesterday, so as the Claritin clears my system, I hope to return to normal.Powerful drug if one dosage can lower blood pressure to a dangerous level, cause mood swings and blurry vision. I am surprised the number of people who were able to connect the drug with the symptons when it makes you unable to read a book or remember how to turn on the diswasher. | Dangerous drug | F | 66 | 10 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 4 | Seasonal Alergies | Have taken the 12 hour version for years only when allergies got bad or when mowing the grass. This year I started using the 24 hour version everyday. My dreams have become unusual and vivid. I feel some confusion and not quite myself. Worrying more than normal. Mostly back to normal a couple days after stopping dosages. Definitely controls my allergies but concerned by the new side effects. 24 hour generic Walmart normal Claritin (not the D version). | Should only be used when needed and not as a daily preventative. Would not recommend for children under 18 since they may not be able to cope with strange mental effects. Label should caution about nightmares and emotional reactions. I am thinking the 24 hour version is metabolising to fast and giving me an overdose. Will try the 12 hour version again only as needed to see if it is better. | M | 47 | 5 years 10 MG 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 1 | cough | WOW! glad i found this site. I could not figure out why i would wake up shaking. any little sound and i would wake up very startled. had to take niquel to get sleep. I felt very detached and angry at the world. I too had confused issues. ie..sitting at a green light. Heart felt like it was beating out of my chest. Anxiety was very bad. I wonder how many people are being treated for depression and mental disorders when the answer could just me the claritin there taking?? | M | 29 | 2 weeks 10 1X day | 6/12/2010 | 4 | Seasonal allergies | Sleepiness | I've found myself sleepy in the afternoon, but a far cry from the constant drowsiness from benedryl. I've gotten relief from severe symptoms after only 5 days. Please note with the comments on this site, there is very little mention of anyone consulting a medical professional about side effects. Of particular concern should be the people that are giving any drugs to children without a doctors referal. | F | 37 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 1 | sinus headache | anxiety, muscle weakness, dizziness, overwhelming feelings | F | 50 | 30 days 30 mg 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 2 | Itchy, stuffy nose; burning eyes | I had used it for years without problems, until last year when I took it and had tight chest, chest pain, shortness of breath. I was taking the generic form, not branded Claritin. I thought maybe it was something else, so I stopped it and then a year later I took one tablet and had the same response. | F | 49 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/30/2010 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Anxiety, detachment, spaced out feeling | After five days of disorientation, put two and two together with the help of this site. | M | 33 | 5 days 10 MG 1X day | 5/29/2010 | 1 | Hay fever | Bradykinesia, loss of coordination, weakness and fatigue. Felt "drunk" inside my head. | I know that I only took one dose, but the side effects were so bad for me that I could not bring myself to take it any longer. | F | 36 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 1 | allergies | My son has only been taking this medicine for 3 days and has sever stomach pain and fatigue. I DO NOT recommend! After reading all these alarming comments I will definitely discontinue. I am only glad that I kept a close eye on him and came across this website! | M | 6 | 3 days 5mg 2X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | Nasal congestion / allergy | Feeling sick, heart burn, acid reflux, insomnia, drowsiness during the day, confusion, blurred vision, depression, anxiety | I was prescribed Loratadine with a nasal steriod to help with allergic rhinitis and blocked sinuses. The side effects were very unpleasant and at first I didn't realise it was the drug causing them - I thought it was just my allergy getting worse. I would not recommend this as an antihistamine to anyone. | M | 32 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 5/24/2010 | 2 | year round allergies | Been off claritin for one year until this past March. Went on and ever since my breasts have been very sore and I have been feeling poorly once again. I happen to mention tomy chiro and he told me of numerous problems with claritin so here I am. I beleive this drug has robbed me of 120 years of my life! | F | 47 | 10 years 10mg 1X day | 5/21/2010 | 2 | Spring allergies | My 11 year old son has suffered with short term spring allergies, they only last about a month, but are difficult to deal with. We tried Loratadine and have seen severe mood shifts, depression, and general malaise. Very out of character. | M | 11 | 20 days 10 MG 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | Night time stuffy nose | I bought my son Claritin instant dissolve last weekend before going to his grandparents house to aid in his spring time allergies. I gave him a pill before he left in the afternoon and got a call that he was ill with nausea and diarrhea but after talking it over with my mom decided it was probably all the junk food he had eaten. He was still ill the next day but still I gave him a 2nd dose. At that time I decided it was a bug and didnt give him the pill because he was just puking it up anyway. A week at school and no allergies, I dismissed the claritin and when he was stuffy at the diner table gave him a pill after eating around 6. At midnight my son woke up with the same sickness as last weekend only I was able to witness the uncontrollable shaking all over his body. I was about to take him to the ER and while waiting for him to use the restroom I found this site. I am very disappointed that these side effects are not printed on the box. I was scared to death at his reaction! I am sti | Use with caution! I know many that are good with this drug, it just wasn't good for my son. These side effects really need to be addressed on the package. I almost called an ambulance for my son. | M | 8 | 2 times 10mg 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 2 | Severe seasonal allergies | Crying, emotional outbursts, mood swings | We started giving the Childrens Claritin oral solution to our 7 year old son after the doctor recommended it for his allergies. Our normally cheerful son kept having terrible crying fits over the slightest problems. He would almost be inconsolable. I just made the connection this morning before school when he was hysterically crying. This medication helped his allergies somewhat, but the side effects aren't worth it. I'm going to find something else for my son. | M | 7 | 4 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 3 | seasonal allergies | I've been suffering seasonal allergies since I was a kid. (30+ years). I've tried many remedies over the years. Claritin 10 mg in the past has been helpful for my sneezing and runny nose, but it didn't help the itchy eyes. When my allergies acted up this week, I started with Claritin 10 mg daily...but found it was wearing off at about 18 hours, and would take a second 10 mg dose. I still had some rough nights of sneezing and runny nose--which is not unusual with my seasonal allergies. The non-sedating antihistamines don't seem to work for me. The past few days, I noticed I had zero patience with my kids, which is completely out of character. They would ask a simple question and in 5 seconds I would get completely irritated--it was like an anxiety attack (tense). The simplest annoyances extremely bothered me. At first I thought the irritability was due to lack of sleep. But as it kept happening, I realized it was not sleep deprivation, it was something more. I began investigating wheter | F | 43 | 7 days 10 mg 2X day | 5/16/2010 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | At first I had no side effects from Claritin. I liked the fact that it worked, but I didn't notice any side effects. ( I do not take medications much and consider myself very healthy...take vitamins and eat well.) At some point I started getting dizzy and very confused, but did not know what was causing it until finding this website after two months of taking Claritin 24 hour every day. Also, my hair was falling out...not a problem before taking Claritin. After about two months of continual use the confusion was so bad that I had to second guess every move I made. I was feeling psychotic with continual anxiety right before I stopped taking it. My eyesight was also beginning to be affected and reading was difficult. After finding this site, I immediately stopped taking Claritin. The next day after stopping the drug I noticed that my dizziness was a lot less. The confusion was gradually less. But on day three with no Claritin my symptoms actually got worse. On day four off the d | The longer this drug is in your system, the more lethal it gets. The FDA needs to get Claritin off the market. I hope a class action suit is made!!...My life was screwed up for weeks from taking Claritin! | F | 47 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 5/8/2010 | 4 | Tree pollen allergies | I have had dry mouth and daily short-lived acid reflux. I have had the muscle soreness and painful urgency to urinate as other people have had as well. | I get incredibly depressed, weepy, and agitated during tree pollen season, and Claritin completely eliminated these symptoms in addition to flu-like symptoms (headache, nausea, tiredness, dizziness) that I usually have during pollen season. It's not a perfect medicine by any means, but it's better than being so sick I can hardly function. | F | 36 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 1 | Seasonal (spring) allergies | My daughter was prescribed loratidine for her seasonal allergies last year and was instructed to take it the entire year. However, since she only has spring allergies I only give it to her during the spring. Last year she was only on it maybe 2 months. This year her allergies started much sooner thanks to a much warmer end to winter. She has been experiencing urinary frequency and incontinence. She has also been experiencing emotional outbursts, meltdowns, irritability, forgetfulness, etc. that we originally likened to an age/stage; however, this past weekend when we forgot to give her the loratidine for an extended 3 day weekend ALL of these symptoms disappeared! | The fact that these symptoms/side effects were not disclosed is VERY concerning! A head's up would have been preferred so that when the first symptoms/side effects started happening we could have stopped the loratidine and saved my daughter a lot of embarrassment and hardship! We will be stopping the loratidine immediately after this morning's dose! | F | 8 | 4 months 10 mg 1X day | 5/6/2010 |