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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Allergies | 9 yr old son took Zyrtec and now it takes up to 2 hours to awake him. When we try to awake him he fights (throws punches and kicks) all while he is still asleep. | M | 9 | 2 days 5 MG | 5/1/2015 | 1 | Allergic Rhinitis | My 9yo boy was advise by his pedia to take Cetirizine for 7 days, 1 tab/day, and since he started it he's having a terrible nightmares, he almost told me he's not happy with his life anymore.. what the ***.. I was terrified and it's not his usual sleeping behavior.. so on his 3rd day I stopped giving him this tablet.. and he had a very nice sleep.. no nightmares.. i tried to give him again on his 4th day.. then he had the nightmare again.. so I believe it is the drug causing him all of these bad dreams and confusion... | BEWARE OF CETIRIZINE be it generic or branded like Zyrtec.. it gives the same worst side effects! | M | 9 | 4 days 10MG 1X day | 2/4/2015 | 1 | seasonal allergies | My son is unable to take ANY of the 24 hour allergy medications...he becomes enraged, physically aggressive, tantrums, runs away from school...my very sweet boy turns into a demonic entity...we have tried Zyrtec, Allegra, Claritin, and their generics all have turned him into the most impossible child. We tried the OTC nasal steroids this spring...what an amazing difference...he was back to his normal boy behaviors!!! | M | 7 | 10 days 10mg | 8/2/2014 | 1 | Seasonal Allegries- children's dose | dramatic behavior changes, tantrums and rage, inability to focus | We started seeking drastic medical care, blood tests and therapists for the rapid change in our child. Unfortunately it took us almost a month to correlate the possibility. Within 4 days of stopping the medication, she was herself. I am not saying that this is a "bad" drug, but warnings should be given, especially with an OTC medication. And based on the numerous accounts, I am one of the many parents that have suffered through this. | F | 6 | 4 weeks 10 1X day | 7/19/2014 | 1 | Allergies | My 11 year old son's usually agreeable personality dramatically changed. He slept until 8:30 am when he always gets up around 7am and then proceeded to yell and be disagreeable all day long. He even called me names he has never dared use before! When I read about the medication and realized it might be a factor talked to him about why he was behaving the way he was. He apologized and said the medication made him feel "out of control" when he got angry. | Unbelievable that a pediatrician had prescribed this for mild allergy symptoms! I hate to think of all the children out there who are taking this - this should be taken off the market in my opinion. | M | 11 | 1 days 1X day | 6/27/2014 | 1 | seasonal allergies | My 2.5 year-old son started behaving very abnormal after 2 days on it. Very irritable, cranky, crying with no reason, hitting his head on the floor, hitting us....completely the opposite of what he normally is. | I can't believe our pediatrician recommended this. | M | 2.5 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 6/25/2014 | 2 | Dust mites, animal dander | Serious behavior issues. 8 year old daughter was prescribed singulair first and we went off that because of extreme mood swings. Tried zyrtec next, it wasn't as bad as the singulair so we continued it. Issues at home started increasing, lots of crying, anxiety, and physical anger issues. Her reaction to everything was so extreme. 3 months after starting zyrtec, her report card came home. Where she normally had +'s in behavior, she had -'s now! Teacher commented about her being distracted and not getting work done. Extremely unusual for her. | I believe it worked well for allergies, not sure as it may have been the work we did in the house to try to minimize dust and dander. Am planning to cut her dosage in half and see if it helps. | F | 8 | 3 months 10 MG 1X day | 6/13/2014 | 1 | Dust mite allergy/allergic rhinitus | The allergy doctor prescribed Zyrtec for my 4 yr old son to help alleviate the symptoms leading to his wheezing cough/respiratory conditions. Pretty soon I noticed that our normally easy-going, sweet boy turned aggressive, and completely over-reacted to things which frustrated him. His heart seemed to be racing faster than normal also. I realised this started the first day he was on Zyrtec. | This one has been tipped down the sink! I'll be looking for more natural alternatives. Should have known better than to trust a pharmaceutical drug! | M | 4 | 5 days 2.5mls 1X day | 6/7/2014 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Children's dye, sugar and alcohol free bubblegum flavored liquid: within 30 minutes of giving this to my 3 1/2 year old, she became angry, unreasonable and violent. She didn't sleep well for several days and the behavior changes lasted 2 days after just one dose. Oh, and several hours after taking it (just 1/2 tsp one time), she was digging on her leg with a sharpish stick, like she was trying to cut herself, but didn't have access to anything sharp enough. I will never use this medication again! | F | 3 | 1 days 1/2 tsp ch 1X day | 4/19/2014 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Children's dye, sugar and alcohol free bubblegum flavored liquid: within 30 minutes of giving this to my 3 1/2 year old, she became angry, unreasonable and violent. She didn't sleep well for several days and the behavior changes lasted 2 days after just one dose. Oh, and several hours after taking it (just 1/2 tsp one time), she was digging on her leg with a sharpish stick, like she was trying to cut herself, but didn't have access to anything sharp enough. I will never use this medication again! | F | 3 | 1 days 1/2 tsp ch 1X day | 4/19/2014 | 1 | Hay Fever | My 3 1/2 year old who is normally full of energy and loves to joke and laugh has been taking this for the last 2 weeks because of hay fever symptoms. Since taking it his energy levels have decreased and he has started having tantrums. He is clingy and very emotional. He has been totally out of character since he has been taking the medicine. Alot of people have told me it is probably his age but I know (call it mothers intuition) that something else is causing this. Finally it clicked one night that it all started at the same time as he started taking Zyrtec. After researching it on the internet I'm finding about 9 out 10 people are having or have had this experience. | I'm stopping this medicaton immediately and looking forward to my little man being himself again!! | M | 3 | 14 days 2.5Mil 1X day | 10/28/2013 | 1 | allergies | When my son was very young he took Zyrtec for his allergies. During this time, the smallest thing would make him get extremely upset and angry. He would throw a fit for a couple hours and nothing we could do would settle him. He had no pain tollerance as well. Our older child had to have perfect behavior with him because anything could set him off. It got so bad I thought I was going to have to take him to a therapist. He had been such an easy going child before this. Fortunately he was a very articulate child and during these episodes he would be crying saying he couldn't control how he felt and didn't know why he was so angry. I read a blog that others had written about the same reaction, unable to control anger and no pain tolerance. I immediately took him off the Zyrtec and he returned immediately back to his sweet easy going self. He has been off it for about 7 years now and is the sweetest child you could ever meet. DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILD ON ZYRTEC!!!! | M | 5 | 2 years 1X day | 10/16/2013 | 1 | Terrible side effects | over excitement, rage, violent behavior , mood swings, Anxiety, separation anxiety. Racing heart, stomach ache, crying for no reason. | After being on Zyrtec we noticed a change in behavior, our 5 yr old became aggressive hitting and screaming crying over little things, It was thought at first he was just acting out. The next day after each out burst he was back to his normal docile self. After taking the drug he again became extremely agitated and violent. Stated didn't care if he lived or not. His behavior was extremely disturbing to us . I have experience in dealing with adults with mental health issues and have never encountered an adult with this much anger and rage. Taking him off this drug Today after reading more post we aren't alone in this belief that Zyrtec is the problem. | M | 5 | 6 months 5 ml prn 1X day | 8/31/2013 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | 2 year old daughter started stuttering, having adverse behavior, and became very emotional...a completely different child than before she started taking it. I would NOT recommend this medicine as it made my child a completely different person! | F | 2 | 5 months 5 ml 1X day | 7/29/2013 | 1 | My 18 month old has been on it | My son has been on it for two days and is hyper at night and cries all night in his sleep and is clingy and emotional all day! I am stopping this med NOW | M | 1 | 1 days | 7/9/2013 | 1 | Allergies | Anxiety, depression, rage, dark thoughts, insecurity | I which I could give a negative rating for ZYRTEC. Zyrtec turned my daughter into a different child. Over the past three months she has changed from a typical 11 year old (with occasional drama but always good natured, kind and reasonable) into a girl that has intense irrational meltdowns several times a day. I am very sad to say that we initial brushed her behavior off as typical preteen drama but the intensity of her outburst made me believe that something else was going on with her. I finally made the connection this morning and began researching the side effects. I called my child's doctor and sadly they have never heard of any side effects like this from Zyrtec - wow- so scary! I encourage anyone who has had side-effects to log them here. I usually do not do this, but I am so scared for the kids that are taking this drug. If parents do not make the link between ZYRTEC and behavior these children could easily and unnecessarily get diagnosed with a mental health condition. | F | 11 | 3 months 1X day | 5/31/2013 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Facial tic (eye squinting/blinking) | My 9-year old son developed a facial tic immediately after starting zyrtec. One eye was squinting/blinking non-stop, every few seconds all day. At first, we thought it was a coincidence...but it started again when we tried to reintroduce it. His pediatrician said it's not uncommon. | M | 9 | 4 days 7.5 mg 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | seasonal allergies | This is actually a rating for my 2 year old daughter's experience. Her doctor recommend OTC childrens zyrtec for slight seasonal allergies. We thought she had suddenly and aggressively started with the terrible two's. She was having constant meltdowns over the tiniest things, hitting constantly, and just being downright malicious. Finally I happened to mention to my sister that my child was on Zyrtec and she told me to take her off it. Turns out my sister gets the same side effects on this drug and since then I have met many people who say that they have had the same experience. My daughter reverted back to her happy-go-lucky, joy to be around self in a matter of a few days. She will NEVER take this medication again. | I have started to notice some of these side affects in myself when i started to take Zyrtec this year. I am switching to claritin or allegra. | F | 2 | 3 weeks 1 pill 1X day | 4/26/2013 | 1 | Allergies | Anxiety, depression, anger | My 5 year old son started taking otc zyrtec when he was 3 due to allergies per the doctor's suggestion. His allergies would lead to recurring sinus infections. While it seemed to help with itching and hives, it didn't help very much with the allergy/sinus symptoms. I would usually give the zyrtec to him as needed but the pediatrician said to start giving it to him daily. As soon as he was taking it daily, I started noticing changes in him such as irritabilty, crying over little things all the time, huge increase in separation anxiety, being scared of noises and darkness, and depression. I was getting concerned due to the comments he would make... "I hate my life." "I wish I didn't have a life". "I hate school". "Nobody likes me at school". "I hate my life". He also would start following me everywhere. Won't let me out of his sight because he says he's scared. Clings to be when I drop him at daycare when he was fine before. Although I am not 100% sure it is from the Zyrtec, I am taking him off immediately after reading all the posts about the bad side effects. I was not told to look for mood changes due to the zyrtec so had just chalked it up to him being a child and going through changes. I stopped the zyrtec yesterday so I'm hoping he will revert back to his happy and secure self. | F | 5 | 1.5 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/18/2012 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Anger, fatigue, emotional outbursts including crying and yelling, clothes and hair bothering her, stomachache. My daughter has taken Zyrtec (generic) as needed for a couple of years. This time around, she had been on it for about a wk or so but still complained about her allergies. We also noticed her fatigue and thought that she might have a virus but we kept her on the drug. I even slightly increased the dosage this wk (per her doctor's orders) and split it so she took some in the AM and some in the PM but she still was complaining about not feeling well. This wk she has been very emotional over minor things and started to complain about her stomach hurting. Then, she said, "I am mad but don't know why." Later, she said she went to her room and felt like throwing all of her stuffed animals off of her bed, but didn't have any explanation as to why she would want to do so... | She is normally a very laid back and go-with-the-flow type of child so this was concerning. She even said that her heart was beating very fast. I quickly took her off Zyrtec & called her doctor, who simply suggested a different drug because of the fatigue & didn't acknowledge the behavior issues. Last night, after being off of Zyrtec for almost 24 hrs, she said she didn't feel well & she didn't know why, thought her heart was racing & asked if she could go to the doctor in the AM. That was it. We immediately went to the ER of the local children's hospital where she had an EKG that was normal. The doctor there said he sees this problem all the time with antihistamines in children. He stated that some children just go off the wall crazy with them & that it would take a few days for her to return to normal & that if she wasn't better by then to see her dr. That night was horrible & it was almost midnight before she could calm down enough to sleep. Her clothes were bothering her & she was worried about everything. Tonight will be 48 hours w/no meds & she seems to be doing better today w/only one small crying incident about her hair, one time where she said her pants made her feel bad (angry) & one time she said she was mad at her sister & blamed the meds. (LOL) I just want my girl back. I hope this helps someone else. | F | 7 | 3 weeks 1X day | 5/12/2012 |