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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | allergies and asthma | irritability, lack on focus, sensitivity, runny nose, headaches | My daughter was on singulair and zyrtec for about a year and a half before I started to realize that it was negatively affecting her grades at school. She was unable to remember things from day to day, concentration seemed to be an issue, and at home I noticed her becoming more irratable and sensitive. Once I realized that the medicine could be the cause of the symptoms, I discountied both. Things have improved in all areas. Before taking these medications, my daughter did not exhibit trouble in school. | F | 9 | 1.5 days | 12/9/2007 | 1 | Allergies | We have tried several medications for my 4 year old daughter over the last couple of years. She has a chronic runny nose and on several occaisions has had horrid coughing attacks at night due to drainage. We started her on Zyrtec at the recommendation of our pediatrician and our normally sweet even tempered child became a holy terror. IN TWO DAYS, she began having irrational fits, just about climbing the walls! She became very aggressive with her 18 month old brother. She acted as if she couldn't hear me when I tried to get her attention to stop her from her destructive behavior. I asked her why she was acting so nuts and she said-"I just can't hear you mommy". She would have moments of time where she just stared off into space; totally glazed over. At one point my husband said it was like having a football player on steroids in the house! Last night she went from hysterical crying to a dead pan face "Mommy, how do you spell your middle name?" We took her off immedi | As others have expressed, I wish doctors and pharmacists would be more aware of these kinds of side effects in children. I feel for the parents who had their children on this stuff for so long never making the connection and being told it isn't the medication. I guess we all have to be our own advocates! Especially for our children-I feel terrible for having put her through this! | F | 4 | 3 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | allergy (trees, mold) | Aggression, temper tantrums, sleepiness, but also waking at night and unable to settle back down without help. | We thought the aggression and tantrums this past summer were just age-related, but in the fall our son started hitting/kicking kids at preschool. We took him off the Zyrtec after we had a frost and his allergy symptoms subsided, and when the Zyrtec stopped, so did the negative reports from preschool. We also noticed a significant drop in tantrums at home. But then the weather warmed back up and the mold count shot up and his allergy symptoms came back. Gave our son a Zyrtec dose yesterday before school (the first time in 3 weeks), and when I picked him up from school, was told he had grabbed a girl by the hair and dragged her across the playground. This is a kid who hasn't shown aggressive behavior since we stopped the Zyrtec. Talked to his teacher about a possible connection, and she said that she took herself off Zyrtec because it made her feel jittery and nervous. Our son's allergy symptoms are better when he's on Zyrtec, but I am going to stop giving it to him. As I read about s | M | 3 | 8 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 2 | Allergies | Fits of irrational responses (screaming, hitting, rage), twitching, nightmares, sleep walking, extremely emotional. | My 6y daughter was put on Zyrtec at age 3 for various allergies. We thought she was being helped for those allergies and her irrational behavior typical of a 3y old. However; after talking with other parents of Zyrtec kids - We've realized her behavior was a result of the Zyrtec. She has now 11/03/07 been off of the Zyrtec since 10/24/07 - WHOA what a difference. A very calm child has reemmerged. Our family life is so much more relaxing. Now we see - she really is a normal 6 yr old girl. Not the irrational rageful luanatic she was. very scary stuff. | F | 6 | 3 days | 11/5/2007 | 1 | post nasal drip, mucus, congestion | My 7 year old son was taking Zyrtec and developed very bad behaviors in school, threatening suicide and others, and was very physically aggressive to his teachers. Once I realized that the bahaviors started the same time as Zyrtec, I took him off. One year later, he still has behavior problems, but they are lessening. Last week, I gave him one dose because of terrible itching. He had 2 very bad episodes at school so far. Thereis no doubt that Zyrtec triggered something in his brain. Hopefully it is not permanent. | Since my son was mildly retarded, I don't think he could express how he felt. But when asked why he felt so angry, he always said, I don't know . Something got in my head. | M | 9 | 1 years | 11/5/2007 | 1 | eczema itching and allergies | Unbelievable change in behavior for 6 weeks now. And it finally hit me that all of this started with the Zyrtec. We have been miserable with tantrums, aggression, problems playing with the other children in school and he seemed to not hear anything said to him. | We will go off immediately and hope for changes. I think that doctors should inform patients to stop if these mood changes are noticed. You have all given me hope. | M | 3 | 6 weeks | 10/26/2007 | 3 | Allergies, Env & cats year round | we endured her almost getting kicked out of preschool for basically torturing another child - extremely bad irrational behavior extremely bad outbursts - very unlike her - back to soy milk we went - some of the negative behavior subsided - however as she has grown her dose of Zyrtec has increased - 5 mg chewable each morning. She struggles not with drowsiness; but performing fairly simple tasks - and when failing that completely sobbing meltdowns. | I have said some of the same things "Where has my daughter gone?" "Please give her back" "Please go to bed and wake up as my sweet little girl" My daughter is 6 now, has been on Zyrtec 3.0 years for year round environmental and cat allergies. When she was 4 she had her tonsils removed - we thought she's be able to stop her medications - not true - she was worse with her behavior after that surgery - which at the time we switched her from her usual soy milk to cows milk - allergy tests showed only intolerance not allergy to milk - we endured her almost getting kicked out of preschool for basically torturing another child - extremely bad irrational behavior extremely bad outbursts - very unlike her - back to soy milk we went - some of the negative behavior subsided - however as she has grown her dose of Zyrtec has increased - 5 mg chewable each morning. She struggles not with drowsiness but performing fairly simple tasks - and when failing that completely | F | 6 | 3 years | 10/24/2007 | 3 | bad allergies/prevent ear infection | My son is having rapid cycling mood changes, to the point of non-provoked violent outbursts, anger and not being able to get him up in the morning, to at the snap of a finger, sweet as pie. He also is ravenously hungry all the time. Eyes dialated, says no one loves him, says he hears "a bear growling in his head". We are trying get him assessed by a psychiatric doctor for bipolar disorder or some other explanation for his extreme behavior and moods and help. After reading this forum, I am taking him off TODAY, however he suffers from chronic painful ear infections. This medicine is the only one that has helped him and we've tried them all. His doctors say it can't be the Zrtec that is doing this to him. I don't know what to do now...:-( | M | 5.5 | 6 months | 10/16/2007 | 1 | allergy dog/cat | vomiting right after and screaming fits. Notice a runny nose. | can't believe all the comments I feel the same way, noticed my daughter was not the same screaming banging her head staring off into space. When stop using ZYRTEC she will scratch til she is covered in blood. Tonight I looked up side affects after I looked at my shoulder her face and her PJ's,'s, all covered in blood. After reading I am feel awful, and can't believe this. At night she will lie in bed and whimper and whine all night long. | F | 1 | 2 months | 10/9/2007 | 1 | Allergies/Eczema | My daughter (21 months) was prescribed Zyrtec about a month ago for allergies. She's a very happy, sweet, loving child with the normal toddler challenges, but never anything unusual, nor aggresive. Well, that had all changed in the past month. We just kept telling ourselves that it must be the terrible two's - but this was bad, she would cry at the slightest thing, she almost stopped eating, she'd wake up crying at night and it would take hours to console her. She became aggresive (slapping, biting) and she was never like that before -- it finally hit me last Friday when she'd bit another child at daycare really hard that this just can't be normal and I can't say why I thought it, but that night I wondered if it could be the Zyrtec - it was the only change in her normal diet - so I went to web and typed in "Zyrtec & Mood Swings" and found this site - what a relief. we stopped her Zyrtec and by late yesterday (2 days later) she was back to her sweet self again. I'd rath | F | 2 | 30 days | 10/8/2007 | 1 | Severe Allergies | Stomach ache, throat pain, and severe stomatitis | M | 7 | 3 days | 10/1/2007 | 1 | allergies | 2 yr old boy has been coughing during sleep. Took this for possible allergies. Four nights and has been crying during day and yelling and tantrums that are not his usual self. | I would not reccommend this for children. | M | 2 | 4 days | 9/23/2007 | 1 | allergies | irritablity, sleepy | My son was prescribed Zyrtec for allergies. The second day he took it, we noticed a change in his behavior. I know toddlers are normally a bit challenging, but this was beyond his norm. He was having temper tantrums over things that normally didn't bother him. He was also having meltdowns over small things. I found this website and decided that he'll no longer be taking this medicine. If he was so ill behaved after two doses, I have no desire to see what would happen for a longer period of time. | M | 2 | 2 days | 9/22/2007 | 1 | allergies | waking up for no reason, temper tantrums, crying for no reason, stopped eating. | My 23 month old son turned into a nightmare. I have been thinking it was do to the fact he's almost 2 years old. But, after reading comments on here I'm not so sure it's the terrible two's! My son started by waking up super early, he stopped eating, he has turned from a sweet happy boy into a temper tanturm throwing nightmare child. The smallest thing sets him off and I end up w/ a child who screams and cries for 40 plus minutes. All this started last week shortly after his 2 second dose of Zyrtec. I had no warning from my dr. about side effects she made it seem like a wonder drug. Thank God for this site other wise I would of gone on druging my poor baby. | M | 2 | 2 weeks | 9/10/2007 | 2 | Allergies, Asthma | My daughter has been on Zyrtec for 2 1/2 years and has exhibited all of the horrible behavior problems other parents talk about on this site. We never made the connection. She was kicked out of a preschool; had a behavioral psychologist examination; was moved to private school and punished over and over again for poor behavior. I can not believe that pediatric allergists are continuing to prescribe this drug! | I can not believe that pediatric allergists are continuing to prescribe this drug. And if they are (because it does help with allergy symptoms) why aren't they asking the right questions at follow-up exams? Ask about behavioral changes? They always take careful weight and height measurements to ensure that steroid use for asthma is not inhibiting growth rates...why not ask about behavior issues? When I finally talked with our doctor about this site she did admit that some other parents were having problems and we should try something else. But we've lost more than 2 years during crucial brain development time. Is anyone suing? | F | 5 | 2 years | 9/6/2007 | 4 | My child's severe allergies | This medicine is great | This is the only allergy medication that in my opinion, saved my son's life. He no longer goes through asthma, itchy skin, sneezing, when he takes this at night. Plus he gets a good night sleep. | M | 7 | 1 years | 9/5/2007 | 1 | seasonal/pet allergies | Rage, hyperactivity, night terrors, loss of handwriting ability, complete personality change. | My 8-year old son discontinued the medication 12 weeks ago and he is still having outbursts of rage. Has anyone else had side effects continue for weeks or months after stopping the Zyrtec? Please e-mail me; I am frantic with worry. | M | 8 | 10 months | 9/3/2007 | 1 | allergies | nightmares, mood swings, hallucinations, crying outburst, bed wetting accidents, facial twitches | my 5 yr old son started taking zyrtec and started having these side effects quickly. I didn't relate it to the medicine, until the facial twitches caused me to do a cross refrence of zyrtec & facial tics...it led me to this web site. I took him off of it right away. Immediatly his behavioral effects stopped, but the facial tics just stopped a few weeks ago. we saw a pediatric neurologist who has seen this type of reactions before. It has taken 2 months to get him back. I am posting this so that I can help another mother that may be in the same panic I was a few months ago. Please feel free to email me if I can help. | M | 5 | 1 months | 8/30/2007 | 2 | Allergies | My angel turned into a devil. She's never yelled, hit, screamed or threw tantrums until taking this medication. 10 days ago, she was prescribed Zyrtec for allergies. About 7 days ago, I noticed she started to yell in frustration when taken away from a toy (to eat, change etc). About 4 days ago, she started actually throwing tantrums, with the worst being yesterday. 40 minutes of yelling, crying, screaming. Who is this child?! I finally decided to reread the side effects in the literature given to us by the pharmacy and there in black and white it states "immediately report mental/mood changes to your doctor". She is now off the medication. Yikes! | Now that I've read some entries on this site, I see that she may have had other symptoms as well. Staring off into space for long periods of time, waking in the middle of the night, even crying out in her sleep. How long does this medication stay in your system? Does anyone know? | F | 2 | 10 days | 8/21/2007 | 1 | sinus/allergies | My seven year old daughter began taking Zyrtec daily in July. She has suffered from sleeplessness, extreme temper tantrums, ODD like behavior (very defiant), crying over everything, extreme hunger (even after eating). This behavior has increased and escalated everyday. | We have taken her off this drug. I have reported this to the FDA through a link at the following website www.keepkidshealthy.com. | F | 7 | 30 days | 8/19/2007 |