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 | alleriges ie: coughing, sneezing, | temper tantrums, moodiness | Gave this to my son for 2 weeks and he experienced 2 major meltdowns completely out of character for him. These meltdowns were witnessed by other family members who were shocked. He also had woke up at night crying no, or calling for mommy or daddy. He also started coming into our bed at night. | M | 5 | 12 days | 11/2/2009 | 1 | Allergies that just started | Have been a total mess! Thought I was suffering from deppression. I just started taking this about or 5 months ago..I have been so mean and angry twards everyone. Thought I was going nuts. Been crying and sad for nothing. I have never been this way ever..I was really starting to doubt myself. My brests have been sore as hell constantly. I even thought I was pregnant! After seeing this sight I feel soooo much better! I am done taking this forever!!!! | 5 months | F | 29 | | 10/26/2009 | 1 | to allay nasal congestion | deep depression, about midway through one dose cycle. I took as directed for adult. | Did not allay nasal congestion, and the side effect of deep depression was enough to make me stop it after one dose cycle. | F | 64 | 1 days | 10/26/2009 | 1 | Multiple allergies and rhinitis | Mood swings, crying, confused behaviour. | I have been having my concerns about claritin and after reading this web site I am convinced. It is not good for children. | M | 8 | 2 months | 10/19/2009 | 1 | sinus infection | Anxiety, dizziness, panic attacks. I went from a normal person to someone afraid to drive/leave the house. | F | 51 | 4 weeks | 10/16/2009 | 2 | Animal dander allergies | I woke the next day, after sleeping almost 10 hours, very dragged out, and mentally confused, foggy, conflicted, angry, depressed. I could tell it had affected me mentally in a negative way. | I bought some Children's Claritin, and took the recommended dose,2 tsp, which is a 5mg dose, taking it around 12:30 pm, and it quickly opened up my lungs and my breathing was much better. Before going to bed last night I took one tsp., around 11pm. Benydryl wipes me out, so I was trying to find an antihistimine that I could take on a regular basis, and thought I would try a mild children's version of Claritin. But this morning I awoke not feeling mentally together at all, and felt angry, depressed, sad, basically very conflicted. I'm stopping it immediately, especially after reading others comments here. | M | 54 | 1 days | 10/15/2009 | 3 | Alergies | I had been taking the drug off and on for years. Up till the past couple years I never noticed side effects. With in the past 6 months I started having panic attacks and anxiety attacks along with irregular heart beats. I first thought it was stress or lack of fluids. Now after seeing this site, I will only use it in an emergency and expect the other symptoms to slowly go away. | M | 44 | 5 years | 10/7/2009 | 1 | allergies | Within 30 minutes of taking my first tablet my body started having involuntary tics, mainly my tongue moving around in and out of my mouth, my head turning to one side, and my arms waving all over the place. I was rushed to be given an injection of something to stop these effects, and told to NEVER take Claritin again. I was never warned about serious side effects at all! | Although my side effects were very rare, things like this should be listed in the information about the medication, so people at least have a choice as to whether to take the medication or not. I have since been told by my new doctor that the side effects I suffered could have been long term, maybe even suffered for the rest of my life. | F | 40 | 1 days | 10/6/2009 | 1 | to control sinuse drainage | I was used to running nearly every day 2-3 miles. I went from that to barely dragging myself out of bed. I had no motivation to do ANYTHING. I seemed to not care about anything all of a sudden. And I have a family to take care of!! I finally pinpointed my sense of fatigue and feeling like I was "lazy" to starting at the time I went on Claritin. (just regular Claritin 10 mg 24 hour)I experienced a TOTAL lack of motivation, depression, fatigue, bloating, weight gain, increased sense of irritability, sense of being in a fog as other reviewers have noted. I also had problems focusing as if I could not get it together, my mind would race from thing to thing. And no matter how much I slept I felt like I was not well rested.I was disappointed since it seemed to really be helping my sinus problems, but it is not worth it. | F | 34 | 30 days | 10/1/2009 | 1 | Allergies | Very vivid dreams. Some heart palpitations/anxiety I think...but not sure. No depression, anger or insomnia. | I have had occasional nights of vivid dreams before, but when I started having them every night I knew that there must be some external catalyst. My daily dosage of one Claritin was the only change to my regimen, so I went to Google and typed in “Claritin dreams” and to my surprise got multiple hits. No more Claritin for me. | M | 57 | 7 days | 9/30/2009 | 3 | sinus congestion/partial occlusion | extream irritability. constant thought of needing claritin. anger outbursts, unstable emotionally, headaches in the mornings, fatigue. feelings of indifference. Food cravings. | helped my sinus for a short time (aprox 1 month) then kept craving claritin and would get SICK extreamly SICK if not taken in a 24 hour period (headaches that made me lay down for hours and only relieved by claritin or 3-4 days without claritin.) | F | 29 | 2 years | 9/23/2009 | 4 | pollen allergies | I'm not certain yet that this is caused by the Claritin. I've taken it without side effects and good efficacy vs. allergies for the last 2 years. However, when I started taking it this Fall allergy season I began experiencing severe aches and pains all over my body. I cannot sleep because of the pain and it affects my work. The aches and pains reduce slightly during the day, but are pretty much constant. | M | 45 | 7 days | 9/22/2009 | 3 | Allergies | My child is 3. He was put on 24hr claritin for children to help with his allergies and to help control asthma. He has always been the sweetest little boy, and I'm not just saying that because he's mine. He's been on it for two and a half weeks, and in those two weeks we've had uncontrollable emotional issues. He is in a private preschool, and has gotten sent home because excessive crying, and cries here at home too while he just seems sad. We gave up our nap time the middle of this summer, he didn't want to sleep so it was a fight. Now, he falls asleep at noon while eating, this is after going to bed at 7 p.m. and waking up at 7:30 a.m.!! OVER 12 hrs of sleep!! Not to mention frequent nose bleeds - sometimes four times a week!! Also, the past three days he has been hitting and pushing other children which has never been a problem. I thought it was just a stage but after finding this site I feel terrible! My poor child has probably been feeling all the emotions you all have desc | Worked great on his allergies, but not worth it!!!! | M | 3 | 18 days | 9/20/2009 | 1 | runny nose, itchy, watery eyes | Racing heart, anxiety, insomnia | I took Clairitin 24 hr at 4pm and it seemed to relieve my runny nose right away. But within an hour of going to bed, I was awake with anxiety and a racing heart. I never have insomnia, so this is abnormal for me. After drinking lots of water, the racing heart has subsided but I feel tired yet wide awake. Clairitin is not for me. | F | 42 | 1 days | 9/20/2009 | 1 | Allergies, regulating ear pressure | I took Claritin 24 hour everyday for 2 weeks to relieve my allergy symptoms which mostly consist of a terrible, constant popping in my ears. It was suggested by my ENT to help this problem and it worked wonders. I had a hysterectomy 6 yrs ago and do occasionally get PMS type symptoms so at first when my breasts became sore and I gained a couple of lbs, I thought nothing of it. By the end of the 2 weeks I was constantly waking at night, the skin on my face was extremely dry, I was loosing hair by the hand fulls, my breasts were so sore I couldn't even stand to have a sheet lay against them and I had gained 10lbs!! No more Claritin for me! | F | 37 | 14 days | 9/18/2009 | 1 | seasonal allergies | ANXIETY,mental fog, nose bleeds. Felt dizzy and light headed. Thought I was losing my mind because I couldn't focus. This drug becomes dangerous the longer you take it. | Went to three doctors and none of them told me to stop taking the claritin. I stopped after finding this sight. I am now on week three of no claritin. I am starting to feel normal again. I can't believe you can buy this drug OTC. | M | 48 | 4 months | 9/10/2009 | 3 | seasonal allergies | Extreme fatigue/exhaustion, intermittent headaches, low energy, depression, anger, frustration, overwhelmed, worried. | I've taken claritin in the past on an as needed basis and it didn't really have much of an effect on my allergies. This season I started taking it about 2 weeks prior to allergy season and that really helped control the symptoms. I have been doing great on it for over a month, and just within the last 2 weeks or so I've started feeling so tired and exhausted despite getting tons of sleep. I just crave my bed, like in the middle of the day. I have no energy. I wake up feeling like I haven't slept at all, and now in the last serveral days I've been feeling very depressed, angry and overwhelmed for no apparent reason. I have no history of depression or anxiety or anything else. I didn't really associate it with the claritin because I've been taking it for so many weeks without a problem. But for the last 2 days I haven't taken the claritin, and I am starting to feel much better. I was thrilled to be expriencing what I thought was no side effects with Claritin (as I had a lot of negative side effects with zytrec). Perhaps the levels in your body continue to increase which is why it took a while for me to feel both the positive and negative effects of the drug. | F | 45 | 40 days | 9/7/2009 | 3 | Fall Allergies | I have taken Claritin and the generics...Rite aid, etc. It does work on the allergy symptom control which can be debiliting, but this site is confirming my suspicions that the drug is contributing to my anger management issues. I have 2 angels for kids that can test patience of course, but this drug lowers all tolerance thresholds. And the constant light-headed feeling gets a little old. I was training for a triathlon this fall, so I can blame the drug for my lack of exercise stamina as well. I will confirm the crazy dream posting as well. Anxiety sucks. | M | 10 days | 9/6/2009 | 4 | allergies | dry mouth and vertigo/occasional dizziness | This stuff works great for my seasonal allergies, but I hate the feeling of vertigo. Benadryl makes me really sleepy and Zyrtec give me migraines - I'm so glad I found some allergy medicine that works for me. | F | 39 | 2 years | 9/2/2009 | 1 | allergies/cough | My son-10 years old, started Claritin for a cough he's had for a few weeks. I noticed soon after starting he started having major temper tantrums and was unable to control his anger. He became very aggressive and unmanageable. He has had episodes of this in the past, but nothing recently. Now I'm wondering if perhaps each episode was during a time that he was on Claritin &/or Singular. I've taken him off the Claritin, and his mood has drastically changed. Coincidence? Who knows, but I think I'll avoid this drug in the future- especially with all the others here who've had similar experiences!! | M | 10 | 2 weeks | 9/2/2009 |