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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | My son | His behavior gradually became very agressive. He was having sleep issues, anger problems and would cry very easily. He mentioned that he could not control it. I have stopped using the medication and I his behavior has returned to normal. It was so bad at one point that we were going to start him in therapy. Now I do not see the need for that. | M | 5 | 4 months | 6/7/2009 | 1 | seasonal allergies | moodiness,aggressive behavior,sleeplessness,irratable, inability to concentrate,rash on the back of neck | My son has not been himself for three weeks, he has been so irritable, angry and aggressive. He has had difficulty sleeping and has had some very serious problems in school with friends and his schoolwork. I only wish I had thought about a possible connection with Zyrtec. Today is the first day I did not give him any and I am hopeful I will notice a difference soon, I will never give him Zyrtec again, I will look into alternatives. | M | 6 | 3 weeks | 6/5/2009 | 3 | Seasonal Allergies | I started giving my 3 yr. old Zyrtec 8 days ago. It seems to be helping the stuffy nose and itchy eyes. Two days after starting the meds., She started having accidents. She has been fully potty-trained for a whole year- no accidents. Now she has 3-4 a day. She tells me she just can't tell when she has to go anymore. | F | 3 | 8 days | 6/4/2009 | 2 | Allergies | Mood changes, aggression, social anxiety, clingyness | My 3 year old son has been taking this medication for over a year. We hadn't connected the behavior changes with the medication until it was suggested that the issues were not necessarily just the terrible twos. He has been off of it for 4 days and I am already starting to notice a difference. He is less clingy, more social, and generally less aggressive with his sister. I am not saying not to take it, but for us, the side effects clearly over shadow the possible benefits. Planning on stocking up on benedryl! | M | 3 | 1 years | 6/2/2009 | 1 | seasonal allergies | My 2 and 1/2 yr old son was on zytec (liquid - 1/2 tsp) for red itchy eyes for the last 3 days... the drastic change I have seen in him is FRIGHTENING. Our normally calm, sweet, mindful boy was combative, hyper, defiant, and not listening to me to the point that I had to put him in the car b/c I was so wrought out. After reading several comments from others, I have now realized that it is the Zyrtec that is making him act this way. My husband and I are NOT giving this tom him effective tonight... I just hope his behavior stops as soon as we stop giving him the Zyrtec. I wish that someone would have informed us of this awful side effect OR the box would warn us!!! Shame on them!!!!!! | M | 2 | 3 days | 6/2/2009 | 1 | allergies | Obsessive-compulsive disorder Defiant behavior Problems with concentrating Anxiousness | Two weeks ago we noticed a radical change in our 9 year old son’s behavior. At first we noticed his obsessive-compulsive disorder. He began picking things around, filling his pockets and was unable to throw them away. He was touching things with his arm to the point to have bruises. He became obsessed with symetrie, and trying to get things in order. He became unable to concentrate at school or for homework, unable to obey. He was feeling extremely anxious and began having violent impulsions that, luckily, he managed to control to a certain point. Once he suddenly stabbed a pencil in my back .As I turned I saw his sweet little face saying « oops, sorry Mom, Just had to do it » He realized he changed, he was suffering and kept saying that he wants to become normal again, just as his friends, just as he used to be before. We were desperately trying to find the reason of this sudden change as he used to be a normal child, NEVER violent. At one point I thought of the fact that about three weeks ago he started taking Virlix which is the French name for Zyrtec, and luckily I found this site. We stopped giving it to him 2 days ago. The change is radical, our joyful son is back. Still some sporadic OCD gestures left, hopefully it will go away as well. | M | 9 | 20 days | 6/2/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Severe mood swings, sadness, anger, rage. | My 9 year old son has very bad seasonal allergies. I have tried everything from Singulair to Benadryl to this medicine. My son is one of the happiest children I have ever met...all of that changed when he began using this. At first it was subtle, but now it is full blown. He is so manic that it actually frightens me. He is very aggressive and violent. He will also cry for no reason. Then apologize for his behavior...and 2 minutes later start all over again. I really think the Zyrtec is causing this because the same thing happened on Singulair. He has stopped taking this and I will see if there is any improvment. | M | 9 | 2 months | 5/28/2009 | 1 | possible allergies, skin issues | extreme behavioral disorder (3 yr old) "possessed" | I have the world's sweetest 3 year old... until we had him on Zyrtec for four days. He woke up last night at midnight with uncontrollable energy. He fought with us, looking at us like he'd never seen us before, thrashing about, crying wildly and screaming. After about an hour, he finally went to sleep. This morning he was an angel again, and the Zyrtec is going in the trash. DON'T BUY OR USE. | M | 3 | 4 days | 5/28/2009 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | My son became very fussy, woke up crying from naps and sleep, threw tantrums for no reason, started banging his head on hard objects. His speech dropped off and he stopped being his usual happy, affectionate self. | M | 2 | 4 days | 5/26/2009 | 3 | Food allergy | I gave my 4.5yr old one dose of this due to possible nut exposure. It was horrible what happened. She became very angry and cried uncontrollably. Had the worst temper tantrum ever. I feel awful for giving it to her and never will again. | F | 4 | 1 days | 5/24/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | My son's pediatrician prescribed it for him. Almost overnight he became sleepy during the day and a completely different person. He is 15 months and I thought something was seriously wrong with him behaviorly. | I am so happy I stumbled across this site. His last dose was last night. | F | 1.5 | 10 days | 5/23/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergy | Depression, lack of attention span, confusion, and overall ability to make rational decisions | My son's grade dropped dramatically once on Zyrtec. His overall ability to function was impaired by Zyrtec. Now that he is no longer on the drug, he is feeling like his old (non zyrtec) self. | M | 12 | 20 days | 5/18/2009 | 1 | allergies | My 7 year old daughter has been on this drug for about 3 years. It controls her allergies 100%. HOWEVER, lately, she has been extremely overly emotional - she cries at everything. Almost every day. After reading all these comments on the side effects of zyrtec on children, I am hopeful that this is the cause of her upsetting behavior. She will never have another one of these pills - we will gave to find some other way to control her allergies. | F | 7 | 3 years | 5/18/2009 | 3 | watering itchy eyes, runny nose | F | 3 | 5 days | 5/10/2009 | 1 | Chronic Allergy | irrational escalation over small issues turning into rage and tantrum, followed by anger at self about not being able to stop the conflict. Inability to stop chewing lip, Periodic (negative) obsession with looks, "heads too big, face too long", low self esteem, depression "I have no friends". Rage/tantrums stopped within 24 hours of stopping medication, depression/obsession within days, lip licking - may be unrelated - took about 30 days to cease. | The kids have been hapily OFF the prescription for about 90 days. Product does a good job of alleviating allergy, but in my opinion the manufacturer is criminally negligent in not disclosing the potential side-effects for smaller children. Does not seem to affect all kids the same, but when the side effects manifest themselves it's heart-breaking. Prescribed to both sons, 6 and 8. The 8 year old seemed to have no problem with the medication. The 6 year old went through a year of progressively more frequent and more irrational arguing and escalation. Then would feel angry at homself over not being able to control it. On an instinct we decided to stop medication to see if it helped. Impact was immediate. He is still a headstrong kid, but he is rational, feels good about himself, and feels in control of hios emotions. Kills me to think of how much confrontaion we could have avoided and the unneccessary emotional conflict it put on my 6 year old. I didn't find this site until after we had stopped the medication, was amazed at the fast impact, and was looking to see if this was a published side effect. Overnight, with cessation of the medication, the tantrum behavior that had built up to almost weekly clashes has been gone for the 90 days since we stopped the dosage. I can hardly find the words to describe my contempt for the manufacturer for not warning consumers to watch for this potential side effect. I hope someone sues them into bankruptcy. | M | 6 | 12 months | 5/6/2009 | 1 | Allergies | Extreme agitation, screaming, moody, hyper... | I chalked his hyper and out of control behavior on just being 3, but when my normally content and well behaved son turned "demonic" I started searching online to see if the zyrtec I have been giving him for almost a week had anything to do with it...seemed kinda strange that almost immediately the same day he started acting out and just being almost impossible to deal with!! I came across this site and read of other little ones that have the SAME side effects! I haven't given him a dose today and plan on throwing this crap out! Back to benedryl at night! | M | 3 | 4 days | 5/3/2009 | 3 | spring outdoor allergies | irritability, anger issues, cranky, argumentative, rudeness, negative | We've had horrible behavior issues that last long for the past few days for no reason at all. Finally tonight it dawned on my husband and I that we just started giving him the zyrtec this week. I'm taking him off tomorrow and hopefully he will be back to his old 7 year old jolly self. It was helping his spring allergies,but we'll have to find something else because I can't deal with those side effects. Also it contains parabens in the ingredients and those are not healthy for humans according to my most recent research. Alot of beauty items in fact are advertising paraben free on the packaging. | M | 7 | 5 days | 4/29/2009 | 1 | Coughing from post-nasal drip | I gave my 5 1/2 yr old son this medication and within a day he was moody and miserable. I didn't immediately connect it with the medicine, I just thought he wasn't feeling well. I gave it to him for about 4 days and also started my 8 yr old on it when he started with a similiar cold. They were at each others throats, fighting and generally irritable. I stopped the medicine for both of them and it took about 2 days for them to be back to normal. What a drastic reaction they both had. I will never give it to them again. | M | 5 | 4 days | 4/24/2009 | 2 | allergies | My 4 year old son was placed on this medication for his allergies. Almost immediately he became a different child. "Possessed" comes to mind. He was extremely aggitated and irrational. | He will not get another dose. I'm glad I came across this website. | M | 4 | 1 days | 4/23/2009 | 1 | allergies | abdominal pain, vomiting, clingy, excessive crying, sleeplessness | I gave this to my 1 1/2 year old for allergies, after it was prescribed to her by her allergist. What a horrible drug! She ended up at the ER for abdominal pain and vomiting. If I had seen this website before giving her the medicine, I would definitely not have given it to her. | F | 1.5 | 3 days | 4/23/2009 |