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 | Seasonal allergies | Took Claritin for seasonal allergies experienced heart palipations as well as shaking and anxiety. Not worth the trouble to take this medication. I'll stick with the nasal sprays. | F | 27 | 1 days 10 mg | 7/16/2015 | 1 | Allergies | Dry eyes. | Would have loved to be able to take this medication for my allergies, but the dry eyes from the medication was just too annoying. | F | 26 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/13/2015 | 5 | general allergies | None. | I don't know where these people are getting such wacky ideas, e.g. "claritin almost ruined my marriage." I can only surmise that these are very confused people who aren't mentioning the context of their ostensible problems, such as other medications they are concurrently taking, or pre-existing conditions. I can see how claritin with pseudoephedrine, for example, might result in some of the symptoms being described, but loratadine itself is such a benign drug, and has no such contraindications or side effects as some seem to believe it does (on this Web site anyway). It sounds to me that many people here are experiencing nocebo effect, which is (simply described) the converse effect of placebo. I'm curious to see (which I will check) if people like this also make such wild claims about other innocuous drugs. Claritin nearly ruined your marriage...very funny! | M | 33 | 20 years 10 1X AN | 6/8/2015 | 2 | seasonal allergies | Tingling/numbness through arms, extreme irritability. | M | 34 | 1 months | 6/7/2015 | 4 | My heart races and my legs are weak | It works but my heart races and my legs are weak for about 3 hours and I feel numbness | F | 64 | 5 days 30 mg | 6/1/2015 | 1 | Spring allergies | just got out of the hospital yesterday. I take claritin every spring for allergies. I had severe diverticulitis and had 1/2 of my colon removed 2 years ago. I always had a flare up in the spring and ended up in the hospital. This time I have inflammation in my esophagus, stomach and small intestine. Another 4 day stay. I now believe it is because of the Claritin. I had no idea there were so many issues with this stuff. | F | 50 | 2 months | 5/31/2015 | 5 | year round nose allergy | none | I took 1 tablet before going to bed in the past three days (Claritin Allergy+Sinus, 5 mg Loratadine, 120 mg Pseudoephedire sulfate) and my nose is now dry. What a relief it gave me! I don't know if i will have a bit of runny nose again this evening (as it happened yesterday evening). | M | 54 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/9/2015 | 1 | Tree Allergies | DEPRESSION, MISERY, NEAR PARANOIA - ALMOST CAUSED A DIVORCE IN A 24 YEAR HAPPY MARRIAGE!!! | This medication almost cost me my marriage! I had no idea that an allergy medication could cause depression and weird feelings of worthlessness. I even became almost paranoid . I have taken it for years in the spring and my life always falls apart...and finally i put it together...2 days off and I am back to my old self. I have a runny nose and terrible allergies...much better than the extreme depression and weirdness that this med causes!!!! OMG! | F | 45 | 4 months 10 1X day | 5/4/2015 | 1 | Itchy throat/ears seasonal allergy | Extreme dry mouth | I had actually taken children's liquid Claritin, because it was in the medicine cabinet when my allergies were at there worst. The dosing on box addressed adults too. This was the first, AND ONLY time I will ever take Loratadine (Claritin). I have to say the one dose cleared up my problem almost immediately, but approximately 36 hours after taking it my mouth started to become increasingly dry to the point that I could barely swallow, and my entire tongue felt as though I had burned it. The worst part was that this extreme dryness in my mouth lasted for 6 days. Any professional I consulted with said it should of been out of my system after 24 hours, but apparently something remained. By day 6 I was so miserable I felt like I was at my wits end when I started to see some improvement in my saliva production. I will never again freely take any kind of over the counter medicine. I'd rather suffer. This should not be over the counter! | F | 35 | 1 days 5 | 4/27/2015 | 2 | Cold, runny nose | Extreme depression came out of nowhere. It only lasted an hour or so, but it was terrible. Until this happened I didn't know you could physically feel depression. I could also feel it lift later on. Very wierd. | It did a good job of stopping my runny nose. It's not worth the depression though. | M | 56 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/23/2015 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Severe anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, racing heartbeat, crazy thoughts, dizzness, feeling faint and disconnected. | This medicine is evil! Took for 8 days. I thought I was going crazy. Would wake up in the middle of the night with racing heart and anxiety. I couldn't drive or even hold a conversation. Limbs and face felt numb. Made me extremely paranoid and moody. Every day I didn't know how I was gonna make it through. My husband said maybe its the claratin. So I stopped taking it. All of the issues went away! I'm am back to myself. Claritin is scarey and should not be otc. Really it should be banned! | 46 | 8 days 30mg | 4/9/2015 | 1 | scientists say it helps with lyme | Can't concentrate or collect thoughts, don't feel like myself, (feel like drug is changing my personality) crazy disturbing dreams, no deep sleep because of nightmares, dark feeling | This drug is evil. I only took it as a recent study said Claritin killed Lyme disease in the lab, so thought it was worth a try. It made my joints more achy. Not sure what's worse, Claritin or Lyme disease. Ironically, it made me a bit sneezy. | F | 50 | 18 days 10mg 1X day | 4/6/2015 | 3 | Allergies | I was feeling great and actively strong again spite my allergies until the side effects hit me. I'm a sensitive side effects person so when a medicine has them normally I get them but I had no idea what regular Claritin (NOT D) could do. I had raging stomach issues that are described as "pains" but felt like contractions of my intestines, I was constantly using the restroom, and I had a massive headache which felt as if it never went away. Won't be using it again, even though it knocked out my allergies. | F | 15 | 1 weeks 30mg | 3/30/2015 | 1 | Year round allergies | anxiety, irritability, anger, paranoia, heart palpitation, hot flashes, hormone imbalance, | After months of hot flashes, heart palpitation and anxiety I decided to see my doctor. At first I thought I was going thru menopause however, blood test results showed a hormone imbalance indicative of hyperthyroidism. Saw an endocrinologist. Initially diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Had blood tests performed for approximately 3 months but, the T3 and T4 counts varied every single time there was really no pattern. She was not sure what was going on. There was the question of Graves Disease. I started reading up on Graves and learned that it is an immune system disorder that results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones. Since Claritin D interacts with the immune system, I began to wonder about its side effects and if it was possibly causing the hormone imbalance. (of note; Claritin D was the only medication I was taking. I was not and currently not on any other medication) I remembered that I had skipped taking Claritin D on days and/or a week or two in between blood tests. I began to suspect that Claritin D was the cause of the hormone imbalance. That's when I decided to stop taking it. I cannot declare Claritin D as the cause of the hormone imbalance. I think that would need to be researched however, I have had TWO blood tests since I stopped taking ClaritinD and BOTH tests have been normal. I plan on following up with the endocrinologists in about a year. I will be happy to report back then. | F | 46 | 6 years 30MG 1X day | 3/10/2015 | 3 | STUFFY NOSE | I did not have alot if side effects, till I noticed my bottom lip was swelling up, looks like I got hit in the mouth..very red and irritated. Did not realize Claritin D could cause this. will stop taking the product. | F | 1 years 30MG 1X day | 2/25/2015 | 2 | Seasonal allergy, food allergy | After taking claritin together with betametasone for 1 week, I have experience numbness on limbs and face, chest tightness and slow heart rate. My heart rate is 100 plus but it dropped at 80 to 70. | M | 19 | 1 weeks 5 | 1/7/2015 | 5 | Allergic to dust, mold, grasses | None. I don't get drowsy and I don't gain weight by being constantly hungry as I have with other antihistamines. | I take claritin in conjunction wit other mess for asthma and sinus problems. I work in an environment with lots of allergy triggers. It minimizes my reaction and helps me avoid sinus infections and asthma attacks. I can definitely tell the difference when I forget to take it. | F | 62 | 5 years 10mg 1X day | 12/30/2014 | 2 | Allergies | My son began taking Claritin a couple months ago. Dr switched him from Zyrtec. He has had a bad reaction to other antihistamines so we tried this one. I began noticing bad mood swings, inability to follow instructions no matter how small, rage,overall horrible behavior from my 7 yr old. He's been off the Claritin for 2 days and I can see an improvement with the mood swings and rage. | M | 7 | 10 days 5 | 12/5/2014 | 3 | Post nasal drip | Insomnia & anxiety | F | 26 | 1 days | 11/10/2014 | 1 | it made me feel awake and energized | I had been taking claritin D for a long time because i noticed that it would make me feel awake & energized. I read online that it was safe and not addictive so when I needed to get something done or was tired in the morning I would take it. Not until last week after days of not taking it I experienced an INTENSE anxiety attack my heart was racing i couldn't get it to slow down. I have always woken up tired in the morning but for the past 5 days now I have woken up with a racing heart WIDE awake. During these past few days I have experienced extreme anxiety, it feels like my brain is on fire, pressure in the back of my head, jitteryness, sweating hands & feet and increased heart rate. It's day 6, i haven't taken it for over a week and I'm still experiencing these side effects. I will never take this drug again. I'm praying everyday that I will return to normal. This has been the scariest experience of my life. | AVOID THIS DRUG COMPLETELY. It's not worth the risks of the side effects. | F | 23 | 1 years 1X day | 10/31/2014 |