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 | Allergies | My 22month old has been coughing, runny nose, sneezing and everything else you can think of for allergies for the past 3 weeks. We started with Benadryl and only seemed to work at night and not during the day. I talked with our Pediatrician and she recommended half a dose of children's Claritin before bed. We gave it to him at 7:30pm and he was bouncing off the walls for 3 hours. Then we gave it to him again last night before bed and he woke up around 11:00pm screaming uncontrollably and saying NO NO NO. He was hiting, screaming, kicking, and acting like something was after him. We brought him back to bed with us and sure enough he woke up several more times screaming. He has not been himself today. When I did some researchand found this website I couldn't believe some of the things I was reading. I HATE CLARITIN and will never recommend it for children. | This is an awful over the counter drug and should not be recommended for kids. Claritin has awful side affects and it brings out a nasty personality in your child you never want to see. | M | 2 | 2 days | 6/4/2009 | 2 | Allergies | Very angry 4 year old. Normally the easiest kid. Hitting, throwing, crying. He seems miserable…poor little guy. But what to do??? Zyrtec does not sound much better….it did help the allergies, but at what cost??? | M | 4 | 7 days | 5/30/2009 | 1 | Allergies | Intense anxiety. I am not an anxious person. I have pursuits and a job that require the ability to stay calm and rationalize through hazardous situations. After taking one dose of 24hr Claritin I find I am awake in the middle of the night because I am anxious and worried about choking. Completely irrational yet I cannot keep the thought out of my mind. I am watching infomercials because they are bland enough to not make me think of other topics and helping me stay distracted from my own thoughts. Tried to watch a video of a hobby(scuba) and had to turn it off because I couldn't help thinking that it was too dangerous and maybe I should quit! This is nuts! They don't warn you about this. On top of it all - no effect on my allergies | DO NOT USE | M | 37 | 1 times | 5/25/2009 | 1 | Allergies | A sense of impending doom, didn't care about anyone or anything, unusual angry outbursts, changes in personality, tiredness. | At best, I didn't feel quite like myself. At worst, I felt like a psychopath on this stuff. I would recommend that anyone taking this medication should be carefully monitored for any changes in thoughts or moods. | M | 27 | 1 months | 5/23/2009 | 2 | allergies | Extremely moody, tired, lethargic, and hungry | Extremely sleepy no matter how much sleep I get! Very hungry,and eating uncontrollably. I'm usually in the gym almost daily and haven't been able to go in 4 days since I started taking this medicine. Plus I've been getting easily annoyed by every little thing! I can't take this medicine anymore. But it actually did help my allergies, just not worth it to me..... | F | 25 | 4 days | 5/21/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | With the 24 hour Claritin I got very vivid, realistic nightmares, I would wake up screaming. I have never had nightmares before. With the Claritin-D I had a racing heart beat--scared the heck out of me. Immediately went to the doctor and he determined it was the Claritin-D and took me off it. | F | 49 | | 5/20/2009 | 3 | allergies, sinus headaches. | now that i found this site, i do believe i've experienced anxiety, moodiness, scary dreams...paranoia...and a runny/dry nose. | well, now that i've seen this site, i was gonna take zyrtec and now i'm not so sure about meds anymore. claritin just hasn't been able to help my allergies too much. i can say though that neti pots work well. i'm on claritin right now so maybe i'm not making much sense. haha. | 26 | 2 years | 5/12/2009 | 1 | I'm speaking for my daugheter, 15 yrs. old. We thought she was going to die. Doctors said she had an "Adverse reaction to Claritin". We are still desperate and feel uncertain about her future. On April 30, 2009, she took one pill of Clarit reditab 24 hr. 3 hours later she started with mild side effects,such as unfocus vision, nervousnes, went to bed. Her dr. saw her the next morning and said it was side affects, "no more claritin"; Friday afternoon, May 2nd, she started with moderate shaking in her back. I took her to emergency room. She was shaking more, from her neck to abdomen. Benadril didn't calm her down, Ativan didn't help. They just knocked her down. We were sent home and told to wait. Back to ER on Saturday, May 3rd. Condition got worst on Sunday, May 4th back to ER, finally they ordered CT scan and blood test, said she was ok, but still shaking, back home and told to wait!!! My daughter went through a traummatic situation. Her adverse side eff | Claritin should make people aware of the "adverse side effects", don't hide them. The box doesn't mention anything!!!!!!! Shame on claritin. Let's speak up!!!! Please report them to Food and Drug Administration | F | 15 | 1 days | 5/10/2009 | 1 | allergies | Extreme fatigue, muscle aches, dizzy when I bend over and get up fast, mettalic taste in mouth, irritable, Tired no matter how much sleep I get, | M | 43 | 5 days | 5/10/2009 | 2 | Hives. | It works really well for hives. I used to take Benadryl but it made me so stoned I could barely function. I started taking a generic version of Claritin when I moved to WA from Los Angeles, because all the pollen was making it worse. However, I've been super bitchy and mean basically since I got here. I've also been more depressed than I've ever been, and borderline suicidal. I have a history of mild depression and anxiety, so I figured it was moving and other life changes but after reading all these comments I think I prefer being stoned to being awful to people I care about. | Try it but pay attention to how you feel emotionally. It works really well for some people, and again, it completely controlled my hives. It just made me a psycho-hose beast. | F | 25 | 3 years | 5/8/2009 | 2 | Allergies | Vertigo, dizziness, headache and very drowsy, even though I was taking the Non-Drowsy version. | I was taking the Non-Drowsy Claritin RediTabs. | F | 35 | 1 days | 5/7/2009 | 3 | allergies | stomach pain, anxiety, sore joints. | did help with allergies but my allergies are mild. not really worth it in my case. | M | 32 | 1 weeks | 5/6/2009 | 1 | allergies | broke out into hives, nausia, adbominal cramping, allergies became much worse: my eyes are swollen and hurt very bad, my nose if very dry | F | 30 | 2 days | 5/5/2009 | 3 | Very realistic NIGHTMARES. | I have seasonal allergies and was prescribed this drug by my dr. Allergy-wise the drug does its job, but after awhile of taking it I noticed I was having very vivid, and disturbing nightmares. I noticed when I had these nightmares they were on days I would take Claritin. When I stopped taking the drug, the nightmares stopped as well. I am currently trying Allegra to see if it works any better. | F | 1 months | 5/4/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Dry Mouth, Anxiety, Irritability, Hot Flashes, Depression, Manic thinking | I do not think that Claritin helped my allergy symptoms enough for me to continue taking this medication. The side affects were terrible and made me extremely hormonal and feel as if I was constantly either angry or sad and also caused me to experience hot flashes. I would consider taking Flonase or something more local rather than suffer from the strange side affects. | F | 21 | 2 months | 5/3/2009 | 1 | allergies | A few days ago I tried Claritin D and on 5/1/09 I woke up 2am with tremors as if I were freezing. I closed my window but realized I did not feel cold but could not stop shaking,and became nausea and unable to get my words out stuttering (which has never happened). I managed to call a family member they could not understand me on the phone but came and rushed me to the hospital. The doctor first thought it was an severe anxiety attack however I was found to be having multiple seizures. I am a healthy adult other than the season allergies. My family informed him the only thing I had took was the claritn D for the 1st time. Tonic Clonic Seizures as a result of Claritin D is what the emergency doctor called it! This should be BANNED!!!! it's day #two and I am still have stuttering and minor convulsion they gave me RX Ativan and to now follow up with a neurologist. I was and still am feeling scared also slight tremors. Help....how can I flush this out of my system? I've been drinking plenty | F | 41 | 3 days | 5/2/2009 | 2 | allergies | dizziness, light headedness | took it (the generic 24hr) tonight for the first time. within about 1/2 hour I began feeling light headed and dizzy-- which is very disturbing... I will certainly not be taking this again... | M | 36 | 1 days | 5/1/2009 | 2 | allergies | My 6-year old son has been taking Claritin for 10 days. He has been agitated, angry and depressed. I'm just now starting to put it all together and I'm horrified that I gave this to him! I know Claritin works well for some people, but watch for these side effects!! | M | 6 | 10 days | 4/27/2009 | 3 | Spring Allergies | lightheaded, extreme anxiety/panic attacks (something I've never experienced before), mild/moderate depression (something I rarely have), shortness of breath (think anxiety related) | I took the generic form for about 2 months but didn't make the connection until today while researching if it was possible that my sudden onset of anxiety could be caused by this medication. I ran across this site and about 95% of what everyone else has experienced, I have also experienced to some degree. I now will only take this if my allergies are more than miserable. I did have relief from my allergies. | F | 34 | 2 months | 4/24/2009 | 4 | Seasonal Allergies | During the three days that I took Claritin I didn't experience any strange side effects, HOWEVER, on the fourth day I decided NOT to take it, and wow... I seriously think this drug should be banned. I started getting dizzy-like symptoms, more like Vertigo, but oddly, my allergy symptoms were gone. It's been the third week off of Claritin, and I still have this terrible off-balance feeling. For a few days it felt like gravity was pushing me backwards, so I felt like I had to lean backwards all the time. Now it feels like the ground is springy or something, almost like when you've been on a boat for a really long time, and then you get off and you still feel like you're floating on water. Yeah... it's really strange. I'm getting very worried so my doc ordered a CT scan to see if there's anything wrong with my brain. I seriously hope not. I vow never to take Claritin again, oh, and I think it triggered my asthma as well, which I haven't had since I was a kid. I HATE CLARITIN!!! | F | 21 | 3 days | 4/23/2009 |