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 | Took 2 tabs within a 48 hour window. On the 2nd day I experienced a high heart rate. Felt extreme pressure on my chest and immediate cold sweats. A colleague took my pulse and advised that I go to an Emergency Room. I did. There, my heart rate was elevated to 185 beats per minute. ER Docs said that I was in "A Fib" Atrial Fibrillation. Anyway, I was able to "convert" without intervention, drugs or paddles. I spent 2 days in the hospital because I took Claritan D. I will NOT be taking these again and will only take Benadryl. | It seems new drugs are all ridden with side effects...serious ones! Making the ailment you are taking the drug for seem easier to deal with than the side effect! I don't recommend this medicine to ANYONE. It was obviously never tested or this is how they are testing it! | M | 53 | 2 days | 6/6/2006 | 3 | allergies | confusion, dizzyness, lethargy, started forgetting if i finished my laundry or not. My nose is easier to blow, though, what was stopped up is much runnier. | M | 42 | 5 days | 6/4/2006 | 2 | severe seasonal allergies | Sweating, exhaustion, rapid heartrate. | My terrible allergy symptoms are completely gone, but now I'm non-functional. I've taken it one day. | F | 17 | 1 days | 6/1/2006 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | While it did clear up my allergies (itchy eyes, post nasal drip) it did give me, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, had to take a day off work as i felt, well... like a Zombie, I felt weak almost like gravity had increased, could only walk slowly, unable to speak coherently for any length of time. | I took Claritin-D 24 hour extended release, and i lost 1lb in those 24 hours, and 1 day of my life. | M | 33 | 1 days | 6/1/2006 | 1 | Allergies | INSOMNIA! | I've been up for 8 hours, I have to go to school now and then sing later in a band which won't go well due to lack of sleep. Claritin is stupid, I've never ever had problems sleeping until today, and I had even been taking it for 2 days. Try it but if you can't sleep or get these other symptoms just stop, get another allergy medicine. I'll never take it again. | M | 20 | 3 days | 5/31/2006 | 2 | seasonal allergies (spring) | Worked like a charm on the allergy symptoms, but the side effects kept accumulating. First started with bad dreams, then loose stool and at the end of the 3 wks on it, progressed to diarrhea. Also in the last week I was on it, had night sweats, hot/cold flashes during the day, severely chapped lips, ankle edema, feeling jittery in the daytime, and up at night with sharp muscle spasms in mid back. | Worked great for the allergy symptoms, but side effects were not worth it. 48 hrs after stopping it - most of the side effects were gone (except for the chapped lips which take time to resolve). | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 5/30/2006 | 2 | Too breath easier | This Claritin Medication caused me to have a severe leg cramp / pulled muscle in my leg many call a "charlie horse pull". After three days, I can only walk. I can not climb stairs yet. I took one pill each day for about five days. My legs were bothering me but I did not connect the dots. I went to play volleyball and out of no where, my leg gave-way to a sever pull. It felt like my muscle ripped in half. I had to be carried off the field. | I do not take drugs. legal or illegal due to the side effects. Due to the bad allergy wheater and pollution, I had to take something. So I decided to try Claritin. I will forever pay for this decision because I will forever be succeptable to this Charlie Horse leg pull. If some one knows of a good lawyer, have them give me a call. | M | 36 | 5 days | 5/27/2006 | 1 | Allergies | Severe insomnia (only slept 3-5 hours per night, frequently waking), severe anxiety, depression, racing heart, chills, mild paranoia, shaking hands and weak legs in the morning, jerking arms and legs at night. | I attributed my extremely unusual symptoms to a stressful job situation. I even saw a doctor and was prescribed an anti-depressant plus a sedative! I only took them for a few days, preferring to try to "work this out" instead of taking meds. I just figured out today that the depression might be linked to Claritin since it occurs for a few hours just before the next dose. When I found this site, I realized all the other SCARY symptoms listed above are probably caused by Claritin! How did this drug ever make it to the Over The Counter status? | F | 44 | 7 weeks | 5/24/2006 | 4 | Itchy throat + eyes, sneezing etc. | DEPRESSION, HEADACHES, EXTREME THIRST, SKIN IRRITATION SCALP ITCHING, MOOD SWINGS, NIGHTMARES, HOT/COLD FLASHES. | ITS DEFINATELY GOT RID OF THE THE SYMTOMS I WAS LOOKING TO GET RID OF BUT IT BROUGHT ON LOTS OF OTHER UNWANTED SYMPTOMS...DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DONT! | F | 22 | 14 days | 5/23/2006 | 1 | allergies | It's just not working. I bought it for my itchy throat and, if anything, Claritin has made my cough worse. | Horrible, horrible itchy throat. I've bruised my ribs I've coughed so hard. I'm praying that perhaps it works better over time, but it has provided no relief over the last 24 hours. | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/19/2006 | 3 | Allergies | Dry mouth. Severe pain in lower back.(I can hardly walk in the Morning !)Dizziness. Depression. Vivid, bizzare dreams. | What a relief it was to be rid of my allergies. no more sneezing, watering eyes or having to make sure I had Kleenx with me at all times. However, after using Claritin for 6 weeks now I have to quit taking it because of the SEVERE pain in my lower back that just won't go away and periods of dizziness and bouts of severe gas.Also, I have been so depressed since I started taking this drug. No more Claritin for me ! | M | 42 | 1 months | 5/18/2006 | 2 | Stuffy Head/Running Nose/Sneezing | LOADS. This is terrible medication. Go off of it and all other non-life threatening meds and read the book "The Natural Cures they Don't Want you to Know About." Nausea (when quitting meds), lethargy, moodiness and major irritability, short temper, chest pain, severe sore throat/dryness, increase in thirst, loss of sex drive, anxiety, shakiness, rapid and skipped heart beat, gas and bloating. I was on this for years, and finally FEEL BETTER off of it!!! | TERRIBLE, and Loratadine isn't any better. The side affects greatly outweighed the benefits. DETOX and get off this stuff. | F | 34 | 5 years | 5/17/2006 | 2 | chronic runny/stuffy nose | Serious vaginal discomfort - feels like a yeast infection but I don't think it is. Elevated anxiety/depression, worse than I have felt in many years. | I had to stop because of the side effects. I am not sure if they would have subsided after a while, but I didn't want to take the chance. I'll deal with my congestion for now. | F | 30 | 5 days | 5/16/2006 | 2 | Allergies | What bothered me most and what's alarming is that I became very MEAN! Jeckyll and Hyde. Anything/everything irritated me. I was ready to bite everyone's head off, including my poor sweet children. I'm not a fan of water and was downing several water bottles at a time like crazy!!! It was never enough. Had a good night of sleep and would get knocked out for approx. 2 hours for a nap. TIRED, LETHARGIC. I thought maybe I was anemic, but after reading the other complaints, I seriously doubt it. My belly is uber bloated and my feet are a little swollen. It's the medicine! It is the only one I've used. I won't even take aspirin for a headache, so I know it's this. Allergies are gone-but I don't want a med that will make me emotional unstable and to where I don't have no control over the situation. | F | 28 | | 5/16/2006 | 1 | allergies | seemed to make my allergies worst | would not recommend | M | 19 | 1 weeks | 5/15/2006 | 4 | Extreme itching when body heat rose | I was prescribed this in college for a nasty allergy that made me itch real bad when sweating..not fun. I've been taking this for over 5 years straight, every day to control this. Not having insurance I can't go see a doctor for alternative methods to control this. Recently I started trying to figure out why I'm always tired, lathargic and generally feel like crap. Had blood tests thinking I was diabetic or anemic...nothing showed up. Having read the comments on this site I now know why I'm always irritable and easily ready to snap. | Worked well for my condition but I'm trying to stay off it and see what happens. I used to take it in the morning but will try to take it at night and then get off it all together. Fortunately the summer months are bearable for my itching problem but the winter months are misserable. | M | 29 | 5 years | 5/14/2006 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Extreme anxiety, vomiting, shaking, couln't sleep...I felt awful! I've suffered from depression in the past and it felt like everything was coming back. After 24+ hours the dire effects wore off so I know that's what it was. Horrible, out the window it goes! I also took it with Flonase which is a nasal steroid so it seemed to be a combination of effects. | F | 3 days | 5/4/2006 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Deep shoulder and arm pain, irritability, anxiety, depression. I was getting angry at every little thing that happened, and was always trying to curb myself from blowing up at people. I would have sworn I wasn't "drowsy", but I was mentally and physically exhausted! It ticks me off that no side effects are listed on the box. This web site is a blessing! | took care of my allergy symptoms, but I'd rather sneeze than be in physical and emotional pain all the time | M | 44 | 10 days | 4/30/2006 | 4 | allergies | feel a little wired..no appetite(love that)...sleeping in short spurts but never slept good before | cleared up my head allergies in 30 minutes. gave me the energy and motivation i needed to make it through the day. Was not able to put any food in my mouth until 7pm when it started to ware off..(not complaining about this) all in all, i can breath again. | F | 32 | 3 days | 4/22/2006 | 1 | 4 year olds seasonal allergies | NIGHT TERRORS!!!!! My son would wake up all night long, usually 2 hours after falling asleep and then on and off all night. Screaming, crying, telling us his head hurt, stomach hurt, body hurt. Or something was chasing him or on him. It was awful. I finally realized this started a week ago (for 5 nights out of 7) when I started him on Claritin, its the Loratadine as he took the generic brand also. DO NOT GIVE TO CHILDREN!! | This site helped me so much this morning. I can't wait to get back to a normal night. I feel horrible for putting him through this! | F | 41 | 7 days | 4/22/2006 |