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 |
| 3 | Allergies | Urinary problems | I took Claritin from 1995-98 until I started having urinary problems and my doctor switched me to Allegra. After Allegra stopped working, I went back on Claritin in late 2005. It's been the only OTC drug that's kept my allergy symptoms under control. However, the urinary problems flare up after a few days or so of usage and Claritin/Loratadine is useless when I get hit by severe allergy attacks in the summer/fall months. I will probably switch to a new medication in the not too distant future. | M | 26 | 2 years | 3/11/2008 | 3 | Sneezing, stuffy nose itchy eyes | Very drowsy and super sleepy!!! | The box said non-drowsy but it still makes me feel like i'm about to knock out! I just close my eyes and fall asleep.. that quick! | F | 23 | 5 days | 3/11/2008 | 1 | prescribed by doctor, then OTC | nausea, lack of appetite, insomnia, irritability, depression prone. Much worse with Caritan-D, which made me hyperactive and annoying to my coworkers. | Allegra is better. Way better. Avoid psuedo-ephedrine unless you are stuffed up. People without allergies could care less how I reacted on medication, so it affected by job performance and eventually my job reviews. | M | 39 | | 3/10/2008 | 3 | "seasonal" allergies | none | It works well as a year-round allergy pill (there's always something in the air), but in the spring when allergies are especially bad, it doesn't work then. | F | 35 | 2 years | 3/9/2008 | 3 | Allergies. Stuffed nose, itchy eyes | I was sitting at work, having my lunch, when I experienced heartburn (I never get hearburn). All of a sudden I experienced what felt like a panic attack (heart racing, out of body feeling, dizzy). Thought I was going to have to call the fire rescue. Went away after a couple of minutes. Very odd as I don't take it everyday, only when my allergies become too bothersome, and I usually have no side effects (been taking it occasionally for a couple of years). | F | 31 | 3 years | 2/21/2008 | 2 | indoor & outdoor allergies | At first, racing heart, would put me to sleep then I would wake up an hour later with racing heart and thoughts. After taking for a few days, bloating of face and abdomen, gas. | I first tried Claritin-D several years ago but stopped due to feeling foggy. I tried it again as an OTC beginning in October 2007 and after a week or so noticed I felt "puffy." I didn't seem to put on pounds but my clothes were definitly tighter and my face noticably bloated. I switched to Zyrtec this week (Feb 2008) and my face and abdomin went back to normal within about 48 hours. The change was drastic enough that my friends,family, and co-workers noticed a difference immediately. Although Claritin-D did decrease my allergy symptoms, the effectiveness was not worth the side effects. I am also concerned about the long term effects on my heart of a daily dose of 240mg of Pseudoephedrine sulfate. I have opted instead to use Zyrtec and take pseudoephedrine separately only as needed. | F | 39 | 4 months | 2/18/2008 | 3 | Allergies | After 5 months I started to notice continuous dizziness, sleepy mode all the time during the day, some unexplained feelings of anger, restless body with somehow stupid feelings, nightmares at night, my blood pressure got higher than normal, fast heart beats with short breaths, confusion and short memory, I think I'm going to quit this medicine eventhough it worked up to my satisfaction in the first 4.5 months. | I think this medicine is good for some time but becareful because you may lose the ability of taking a rational decision of when to stop the medicine before you get over the edge. | M | 28 | 5 months | 2/15/2008 | 1 | hay fever and cat allergies | A few hours after taking my first 24hr dose I experienced paranoia, short temper, jitters, feelings of impending doom, uncontrollable bad mood, and even thoughts of suicide (not to mention chapped lips). Prior to taking Claritin, I never experienced these types of overwhelming negative feelings. I'm back to my normal cheery self after getting off the stuff. | I only took two 24 hour doses of Claritin over two days, and it had a major affect on my emotional stability and well-being. I threw the bottle in the trash and will never touch the stuff again. | M | 32 | 2 days | 2/15/2008 | 4 | Allergies | I never experienced any side effects with Claritin/Loratidine, but I did find that Claritin D made my heart race, which in turn made me very anxious (I hate pseudophedrine). Just plain Claritin has been great for my allergies. | Now that I've stopped taking Claritin, I've been having anxiety attacks and insomnia. It only occurred to me today that these anxiety issues could be linked to discontinuance of a drug that sometimes makes other people sleepy (my boyfriend, for instance). | F | 35 | 4 years | 2/1/2008 | 1 | allergies | This medication was given to my 15 year old son to relieve allergy symptoms. We didn't notice the effects until several months later. He became mean and uncontrollable. This is a medication that needs to be watched over carefully. The corolation isn't direct so you don't even see it coming. My 37 year old brother was affected the same way by Claritin. After getting off the drug, my son becaame the somewhat lovable teenager he was before this drug. Take great care with children. | F | 46 | 60 days | 1/17/2008 | 2 | allergic reaction to chemicals | 5-6 hours after taking medication, my heart rate would reach 150+, causing me to feel dizzy and light-headed, feverish, "heightened" all over, barely could stand, chest pounding, skin flushing--red blotches on face, panicky, miserable. Would subside in a few hours, and then had pains in shoulder blades, hips and other joints; lack of appetite; drowzy; unhealthy feeling | The Claritin did subside the allergic reaction I was having to the cleaning chemicals (swollen hands and feet); but by the 3rd day I was predicting the reaction. My Dr. still doesn't think it's the Claritin that caused all of that. I think if you naturally have a high resting heart rate (mine around 85-90), then Claritin will make your heart rate go through the roof! Be careful. | F | 37 | 6 days | 12/11/2007 | 3 | Seasonal and Indoor Allergies | Insomnia, Anxiety, Loss of Libido | After receiving an allergy test, I found out why I had so many colds year round, my doctor said to take Claritin and there were virtually no side effects. After a month and a half I have no libido, have trouble falling asleep (used to be in bed by 9pm or 10pm, now its more 12am-2am... and up at 5am no matter what!) The only change in the month that can be attributed to this is the claritin. I used to take it occasionally, and I started taking it once daily, have never haad such problems before. It worked ok for daily minimal exposures, dust, mold, and pollen... but with contact to cats or dogs I needed to take both claritin and benadryl to be able to feel sufficient relief of symptoms. I am stopping taking the medicine starting tomorrow, as recommended by my doctor, and am hoping the symptoms subside within a week (apparently these symptoms have been seen in small groups in clinical trials, but theres only one way to find out for yourself). | F | 23 | 1.5 months | 12/10/2007 | 4 | hay fever and cat allergy | Some anxiety, but it is easily controlled with valium | Works well for allergies, but I still don't want to get close to cats. It does not last 24 hours, more like 16 hours. Experienced some anxiety, but 5-10 mg valium takes care of that. So, all-in-all pretty good. | F | 39 | 4 weeks | 12/9/2007 | 1 | Allergies | Severe bladder infection, and extreme back pain | It took multiple rounds of Macrobid to get rid of the bladder infection, and my Doctor told me that serious bladder infections and back pain are known side effects of this medication. Many of her patients develop these symptoms when put on Claritin so she no longer prescribes it. | F | 39 | 4 days | 11/26/2007 | 3 | allergic rhinitis | Restlessness, heart palpatations, now after taking it for about 2-3 weeks horrible vivid nightmares, decreased concentration. | It did work on allergies, but I don't think it's worth the side effects | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 11/23/2007 | 1 | runny nose/allergy | Our 2 and a half year old son was prescribed liquid loratadine (5 mg once a day) by our GP. After 3 days of taking this medicine my wife noticed he was quite cranky and aggressive during the day. On the last night we gave him some of this he totally freaked out within 30 mins of having his dose. Basically went totally out of control, shouting aggressive fighting, bright red, absolutely beside himself running into the corner of any room he was in, looking around everywhere, saying there was something in his nappy, ripping it off. Very anxious. He was so strong and uncontrollable. Couldn't believe how worked up and red he was. Fighting every attempt to calm him down. Haven't seen anything like it. | Now a bit concerned about whether he should've been prescribed it and will be taking him to a new GP this week. Will not be giving this to him again. | M | 2 | 4 days | 10/27/2007 | 2 | allergies | jittery at first, then later aching back and neck (like the flu) and headache, dry mouth | It did completely relieve my runny nose and sneezing (due to Santa Ana winds and wildfire smoke) but I felt so mentally strung out that I didn't feel I could safely drive. I won't take it again. | F | 27 | 1 days | 10/23/2007 | 3 | Allergies | Heart Pounding so hard, and would not stop. Went to the hospital, where they thought I was having a heart attack. I cannot take this medication. My husband takes it all allergy season with no problems. That is why I rated it somewhat satisfied. | F | 51 | 2 days | 10/17/2007 | 3 | allergies | I've had nightmares about an hour after I go to bed every night I wake up an hour later wide awake scared to go back to sleep from such vivid dreams. I've noticed this a month after I started taking claritin. | Claritin has helped with my allergies though I dont have any allergy symptoms, but I dont like the negative side effects and so I'm taking the medicine in the morning now to avoid the nightmares. | F | 40 | 30 days | 10/14/2007 | 1 | seasonal allergy | had been lying down and 2-3 mins after standing up I felt dizzy and then felt like my heart stopped beating. I became more dizzy with ringing in my ears,and started sweating profusely. My heart then started beating very fast. By then I was lying down on floor. I had had diarrhea and a headache since AM. I had taken dose at 9PM and this occurred the NEXT DAY at 3 PM. My allergy syptoms were gone but not worth the side effects. I'll stick to Benadryl from now on..... | This should be a prescription drug!!! | F | 50 | 1 days | 10/6/2007 |