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 |
| 2 | seasonal allergies | poor judgement, uncharacteristic bad behavior in school,lack of focus and self-control. | Had an exceptionally bad bout with zyrtec when age 6. Figured out it was due to the zyrtec and discontinued use and switched to Claritin. Had no issues for a long while. Recently switched from the liquid to the tablets now that he is old enough to take them. Experiencing the same type of behavior issues with the claritin tablets and we had with the zyrtec. Is it possible that he reacts differently to the tablets than the liquid? We are taking him off of it altogether and see if his behavior & focus (mood swings also) changes. | M | 8 | 2 months | 10/21/2008 | 1 | dermagraphism | severe anxiety and heart palpitations, which I have never had before in my life. | It helped with the itching and welps caused by the dermagraphism, but honestly, I'd rather itch than feel like I'm dying. | F | 48 | 3 weeks | 10/18/2008 | 1 | seasonal allergies, rhinitis | anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, paranoia, muscle aches, joint pain, backache, neck and shoulder aches, fatigue, listlessnes, disorientation, aggression, thirst, bloating, weight gain, acid reflux, abdominal cramping/pain, gas | I didn't make the connection that this medicine was causing all of these problems until I came across this site. There was no mention of all the side effects on the packaging. I thought I had some other health problem causing all of this. I ended up at the doctor's frequently and eventually I was hospitalized. I thought I was becoming mentally ill. I realized that all this started happening after I started taking this medicine on a daily basis. It took me this long to figure out that I was poisoning myself taking this medicine. I would rather suffer with allergies than go through this hell. | F | 31 | 5 months | 10/16/2008 | 1 | Seasonal alergies | Body aches everywhere, muscle and joint aches, felt like I had just been in a fight! Have been using it for a couple of months per year as the allergy season dictates. While it has always made me tired, never has made me sleepy, started taking 2 hour afternoon naps. Made me hungry, started eating more food than normal. My wife has been asking me what I'm mad about? I felt very sad, disappointed and angry with everything. Guess my body has changed and does not tolerate claritin any more. | Noticed urinary problems, hard to go and had to go more often. Listless, is a good word description of how I felt. When I forced my self to take care of my daily responsibilities I became angry and hard to get along with. Strange!! I'm usually easy to get along with. Wife really noticed a change when I started the medicine. | M | 55 | | 10/11/2008 | 2 | Seasonal allergies | Muscle aches, lack of energy, irritability. | Claritin did cure my allergies. | M | 43 | 45 days | 10/4/2008 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Profound suicidal depression | I so glad to have found this site. One week on generic claritin reduced to me to sitting on the bathroom floor, hugging knees, rocking back and forth with racking sobs. Thirty six hours after stopping claritin, total sanity was restored. Never again ..... | F | 54 | 6 days | 10/4/2008 | 1 | Hives | I took claritin for HIVES, i dont usually have runny nose/itchy eyes/stuffy nose type of allergies.. But ironically, when I used claritin, i got THOSE sinuses problems, powerful sneezes and constant nose drip! So i stopped taking claritin | M | 24 | 1 months | 10/3/2008 | 3 | allergies | Took this med for 3 months & it helped tremendously with my nasal congestion & sinus headaches. However during the course I developed anxiety, leg swelling & shortness of breath. I didn't connect any of these symptoms until I quit taking Claritin. I had a major breakout of hives & quit taking this & began taking other meds prescribed by the ER. So far, my leg swelling has disappeared, along with my anxiety & my energy level has been great. I had been seeing my doctor for my symptoms thinking I had some major health issues, so far so good | F | 44 | 3 months | 10/1/2008 | 3 | Allergies | Took for a few weeks and didn't notice any side-effects and was very happy with it. Then I started just taking it on and off, and the side-effects/withdrawal was very noticable - jittery legs, anxiety, worrying, insomnia (when I never have insomnia ever), wierd dreams, and worst of all - blowing up in anger/frustration at the smallest problem. Seemed to dramatically decrease my tolerance level for irritation/stress. Not sure if these are side-effects or an unusual withdrawal. Taking another tablet the next day removed all the feelings of anxiety... until I didn't take another the next day again. | Worked like a charm to clear up sinusitus, running nose and headaches... But watch out for mental/physical side effects. Took the drug on and off for several days. | F | 26 | 4 weeks | 9/29/2008 | 1 | seansonal allergies | My 8 year old son was perscribed claritin because of seasonal allergies. He was a very outgoing kid and was very easy going. After about a week of taking claritin his mood changed and he became very irratable and his would have very bad mood swings. I thought that it was just a faze that he was going through and continued to give it to him. I had a conference with his teacher and found out that he was not paying attention in class and when she would address him about it he would say that he couldn't help it, it just happens. The teacher was concerned and wanted to test him for ADD. He was a straight A student last year so I was lost and didn't understand why the sudden change. I decided to do some ressearch and I'm so glad that I found this web site. I will be sharing this info with everyone that I know. Especially with his teacher. | My son will never take claritin again. | F | 25 days | 9/27/2008 | 1 | to avoid taking singulair | This drug made me crazy. Anxiety. Nervousness. Sleeplessness. I switched to claritin because I was having suicidal thoughts on singulair and I believe, it raised my blood pressure as well. I switched to ClaritinD to hopefully circumvent the suicidal thinking--even though it's not for asthma like the singulair. I knew after a week I couldn't continue to take it. Finding out it affected my blood pressure was an aside. My blood pressure, which was normally very low was sky high on both singulair and claritin. It may be the decongestants in both, but my blood pressure was very affected by both. I switched to allegra (generic) and nasonex--both drugs my mother takes. So far, so good. There's obviously a genetic link. What worked for her, has worked for me. And it's much less expensive than the singulair or veramyst or claritin that I was taking. And much less worrisome. And I sleep. Finally. I do think some people can take some drugs better than others. You have to do your h | F | 52 | 1 weeks | 9/26/2008 | 1 | allergies | i took one 10mg tab of loratadine at about 4pm. that night i had the most terrifying dream of my life, woke up screaming. this is most unusual. then i could not sleep and had to pace around my house to cool off what felt like extreme anxiety. i finally did get to sleep but felt very strange the next day with an unusual depression that i've never sensed before. i was worried that i was going crazy! immediately thought it must be the loratadine, read some of these posts and realize i am not alone. i have been taking some homeopathic remedies for the allergies, such as nettle leaf and buttebur, but am very doubtful the combination of herbs and loratadine led to my experience. | M | 35 | 1 days | 9/22/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | For the last several months I have been trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I am typically a healthy, active mother of three. Since June I have been plagued with severe abdominal cramping (to the point where physicians were certain my appendix had ruptured only to find out nothing was wrong with it after a CAT scan). In addition I have felt an un-nerving sense of anxiety, inability to focus, unable to "let things go" as well as continual fatigue. I am used to minimal sleep with small children....but now I could get 8 hours of sleep and wake up needing a nap within a couple hours! My get-up-and-go simply got-up-and-went! I also have noticed periods of feeling intensely hot. I begin to sweat profusely to the point where I want to change my clothes. For several weeks now I have been wondering if this was a hormonal thing...even wondered if I could be pregnant (I'm not) due to the lack of appetite and nausea mixed with perpetual feeling of bloating and weight gain ( | I will always look into any medications I or my husband/children take...even if they are over the counter. The side effects written on the box do not necessarily give everything you need to know. I will refer to this site more often! STAY AWAY FROM CLARITAN! | F | 32 | 15 weeks | 9/14/2008 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Listless, lethargic, very bad nightmares - especially the twilight phase where I was either in REM or some lucid dream.., loss of libido, distraction, unmotivated | Cleared up my sinuses for sure. Check. Overall quality of daily life? Big leaps backward. I'm in college and for the past week since on this medication I cannot concentrate on the lectures. My sex drive has further decreased drastically too. in addition, simple motivation like going to the gym for daily workout is gone and I haven't gone all week. Lastly, I'm feeling sleepy all throughout the day - not too bad, but just there like a mosquito by your ear. Just woke up to look up side effects for this b.c my nightmare took care of any rest for now. I just developed allergies for the 1st time in my life.. so I took this OTC and passed on the newly become OTC Zyrtec for cost reasons.. guess I'll try that instead. | M | 19 | 5 days | 9/11/2008 | 5 | Bone pain associated with chemo | After each Neulasta shot I would feel like someone had taken a baseball bat to me for 3 days. Wouldn't even be able to sleep at night. Claritin combined with Tyleno took it all away. | F | 52 | 3 months | 9/8/2008 | 1 | alleries | Severe depression, had trouble catching my breath. I'm a VERY happy person. Carefully monitor your moods. | M | 33 | 10 weeks | 8/31/2008 | 2 | sinus drainage | disconnected feeling, tired but could not sleep, anxiety. | M | 38 | 2 days | 8/28/2008 | 2 | sinus headache, allergy | anxiety, dysphoria, loss of concentration, fear, self-doubt, difficulty in staying motivated, nausea | It took care of my sinus headache however, I took it during the day and noticed it made me very tired from about 8am-2pm, then was really alert for the rest of the day. Couldn't sleep. So I tried reversing and taking it at bedtime. That took care of the sleeplessness but overall, I had waves of anxiety all day and so will try to find an alternative. I took it for 3 days, and didn't like it so I stopped for about 4 days and went back again, this is my 3rd day and it is causing too many problems. I also have nausea and have to make myself eat even though I don't want to. | F | 57 | 6 days | 8/23/2008 | 1 | seasonal allergies | My 11 year old has suffered with asthma & allergies since she was an infant. Several years ago we had a bad experience with Singulair--anxiety, nervousness. Tried it twice with the same reaction both times. Last year tried Claritin which we thought was great, but she again suffered some anxiety. She has a terrible peanut allergy and most worry was concentrated on food. The anxiety went away, so we did not put it together until we tried Claritin again this year and she has been taking it steadily for a few weeks and for the last week & 1/2 we've had a TERRIBLE time with anxiety!!! I was getting very very worried, but I am now convinced it is the Claritin and she will have no more EVER! She even started to wash her hands a lot & has exhibited other OCD like behaviors. This has to be made more public--too many children are on these meds & who knows how many are experiencing the same issues. I pray that this is truly the source of her anxiety issues, but after re | I know this drug may work for some--in fact my mother takes it and so does my husband, but perhaps more research is needed to determine whether or not it really is safe for children!!!!!!!! | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 8/22/2008 | 2 | allergic conjunctivitis | After several weeks of taking it regularly, I experienced anxiety and disorientation. These symptoms abated after I stopped taking the medicine. | Did not work very well for my allergy problem. | M | 56 | 7 weeks | 8/8/2008 |