ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.0 (1820 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYRTEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Year Round Allergies | I take zyrtec at night before going to bed. I find that I have problems waking up in the morning. It's as if I am in a drugged stupor. | I had been taking allegra-d but was told that I needed to switch up my allergy medicine so that my system did not get used to the medicine. I have been on allergy medicines since I was 20. | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 9/29/2008 | 1 | Allergies. Zyrtec suggested by doc | Gained 6 pounds in 1 week despite also being on antibiotics that caused stomach issues. Have been off the antibiotics for almost a week and still haven't lost the 6 pounds. No doubt that the Zyrtec caused this. Very blurry vision in the evenings (about 8-10 hours after taking it). Spacey feeling all the time. Face looks sunburned, but that may be from the antibiotics. | Helps for a few hours, but no where near the 24 hours that it is supposed to. I realize it's effectiveness is essentially a bellcurve with it peaking a few hours after taking it and slowly wearing off. But, if I take it in the morning, by 2pm, it's worn off. If I take it at lunch, it gets me to about 7pm. So, only works for about 8 hours for me. It's either breathe during the day or breathe at night. Allegra and Claritin do nothing for me, either. Was hoping this would work, but so far, it hasn't. I gained weight on Allegra, too. Quit taking it and the weight came off. But, now that fall has arrived, I've got to start back on something else. | F | 38 | 10 days | 9/29/2008 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Anxiety and panic attacks, unusual tiredness, irritability | worked well for the allergies but not worth the side effects. I thought I was losing it. There was no reason for me to be axious yet I could not control the overwhelming panic I felt. Zyrtec was the only new drug I had taken, the symtoms stopped when I stopped taking it. | F | 43 | 15 days | 9/25/2008 | 4 | allergies | NONE | My son has been taking zyrtec for about 3 years and has had NO side effects. He is a great student with no behavioral issues. We even get comments from people in public about how well mannered he is. It is actually the only medicine that keeps his itchy eyes and nose in check. We've also added an over the counter allergy eye drop by Similisan. We notice a big differnce within 2 days if he has not taken his pill. Thank God for Zyrtec. | M | 7 | 3 years | 9/23/2008 | 1 | sneezing, overall allergies | Tired, terrible mood swings. I felt like I was going to fly off the handle over the smallest thing! | Sounds dangerous to me along with others' comments. | F | 40 | 2 days | 9/23/2008 | 1 | seasonal allergies | My 9 year old son started zyrtec on a daily basis at the end of August to help with seasonal allergies that trigger his asthma. He started becoming extremely emotional both at home and at school. Knowing that normally he would never cry at school if he could help it I started questioning the Zyrtec. I decided to take him off for a week and see where we were at and immediately saw improvement at home. Then I was called into the classroom by his teacher because she wanted to tell me what a huge change she saw at school overnight! She explained that she was very worried about my son's transition into 4th grade but now she is confident he is doing fine! She claims he is like a whole different kid in the classroom than what she has been witnessing the 3 weeks prior since the start of school. I would decribe his side effects as fatigue, lack of concentration, weepy, depressed. | If your child is suffering from anxiety, depression and being very emotional take them off Zyrtec! Huge improvement over night! | M | 9 | 1 months | 9/22/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | I just took it for the first and after it was absorbed I got a cold sweat and a headache. An hour later I got a foggy feeling and slight dizziness | It only relieved the symptoms slightly. It stopped the sneezing and itchy throat but the runny nose was still there. I haven't took an antihistimine in years. I wouldn't take this drug because of the side effects and it doesn't work | M | 43 | 1 days | 9/21/2008 | 3 | Congestion, allergies | Took one pill at bedtime. Upon waking, I noticed my congestion was much improved. Started wearing off around 8 a.m. About 1 p.m., I became so exhausted and could not snap out of it. 3 1/2 hours I still feel the severe exhaustion and can barely stay awake. | F | 35 | 1 days | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Allergies | I became very distant and unhappy. I was delirious. I love singing but I am an Administrative Assistant. I found myself calling a blues club in Philadelphia to see about working there as a singer. Also, I had a desire to audition for American Idol. I know this sounds funny and crazy but this pill made me do things I would not normally do. I found myself fantasizing about being famous. My inner most desires were trying to be fulfilled and I was unhappy about my lot in life. I am a positive, happy person and everyone noticed my sadness and glazed over looks. I was not mentally present in the room even though I was there physically. Out of body feeling. Weird. | I would rather take Claratin-D. | F | 35 | 3 days | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Allergies and Ecema | My 9 month was taking Zyrtec two days. She has always been so sweet and friendly. Later the first noght she was screaming as if she was being tourtured , falling out , hitting and rying all day long. She has blister in personal areas and scratches like crazy. She is also very argrey , easy to cry and very moody. I can tell her NO and she cries for like ten minutes before she would just keep going letting nothing stop her. | I would not recomind Zyretc to anyone with small childen. Doctors push this drug on people not mentioning the side effects and then tha put this crap on the shelves. I would never have given my child this medicine had I know it was cause side effects no matter how small!!! | F | 28 | 2 days | 9/17/2008 | 1 | for Hives | I began taking prednisone and zyrtec, as recommended by my doctor for hives. I've taken one before bed for the past week. Since that time I have become increasingly agitated and anxious. Today I have felt like I had had about 20 cups of coffee and feel like I can't relax at all. I am also really bloated. | I saw my chiropractor today who is also into nutrition. I told him what was going on and he said I was most likely experiencing side effects of the prednisone and zyrtec. I can't remember everything he said, but I'm done with the prednisone and I will no longer take the zyrtec. A NATURAL ALTERNATIVE that I will use is Allerplex (made by Standard Process). My chiro told me I could take 3-4, 3 x day. It's all natural and has helped my son's seasonal allergies a lot. I wish I had taken it in the first place!!! | F | 41 | 7 days | 9/16/2008 | 1 | allergies | irritability, anger, sadness, insomnia | I took Zyrtec daily for 3 years and noticed no side effects. It worked great for relieving allergy symptoms. Then suddenly, about 6 months ago I began feeling over angry concerning the smallest things... I pulled my wife's hair for running out of jelly and stomped to my bedroom and locked my self in my room. It took me about 3 months to figure out my daily rage was caused by the zyrtec. As soon as I was off the medicine, my rage feeling left me, but the withdrawal symptoms were bad. I still have stomach aches, get angry easily and feel sad for no reason at all. I hope this is not permanantly in my system. | M | 50 | 3 years | 9/12/2008 | 1 | allergies | depression and lethargy -- no energy. | i take prozac for depression and allegra for allergies. the insurance company suggested that i try something else because allegra is so expensive. i sleep great but am in a depressive state. coffee doesn't help. so i know what's happened and am waiting this out until Zyrtec leaves my system. | F | 54 | 4 days | 9/11/2008 | 2 | seasonal allergies | urinary problems, possible visual disturbances | My 9 y/o daughter has been taking this almost daily for about 4 months for a chronic cough and seasonal allergies. Her cough has not improved and she says her throat is still itchy. Nasal symptoms/stuffiness seems better, but she's on Veramyst too. The disturbing part is she has been having problems urinating (feeling like she has to go, then can't go, or accidentally leaking a bit in her pants). She mentioned this before, but I didn't take much notice of it, till she told me again tonight and I got on this site. She also has had comments of "seeing horizontal blue lines" or shadowy "people' out of the corner of her eye a couple of times while she is watching TV. Took her to the eye dr. and her vision is perfect. I'm thinking both of these symptoms may be due to Zyrtec, so I will call her Dr. and take her off of it tomorrow. No point if it's not even helping the chronic cough they prescribed it for!! | F | 9 | 4 months | 9/7/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allegries | Behavior problems, severe stuttering | My 3 year old son started taking over the counter Zyrtec for his seasonal allegies. Within a week his speech was terrible. He had never had problems with his speech. He literally woke up one day and had a severe stuttering problem. We took him to a speech pathologist and she recommened therpy. I would give him Zyrtec just as needed. I noticed that he would be better some days, but other days he could hardly speak. One day while wasting time away I looked up Zyrtec and found other comments about behavior changes. I took him off Zyrtec and his speech has become normal again. | M | 3 | 1 months | 9/7/2008 | 3 | Heat bumps on skin, heat/sun | I had huge heat bumps from heat/sun allergy. Zyrtec took down the bumps big time, but left an itching that is horrible, I can't scratch it's now so tender. Very drowsy during the day time, even though I had taken them early evening. If any one has any suggetions for curing heat rash on the skin I would appreciate it very much. | M | 3 days | 9/4/2008 | 1 | allergic rhinitis | complete 180 in behavior in my normally sweet, good natured 6 year old son! Irritability, inability to concentrate, disobedience, inability to control emotions and what he says. ADHD like symptoms. | My husband and I noticed our son acting wild and a bit disobedient over the summer, but attributed it to running amok at day camp all summer. Our son started 1st grade last week and after being e-mailed by the teacher on a daily basis and getting called for a conference already due to his inability to concentrate, hitting other children and his general irritability and bad behavior, I started doing a little research. Thankfully, I found this site! At first, we thought he might have developed ADHD, but then I started thinking about when his behavior changes started. They coincided with when he started taking Zyrtec! I stopped it today, after confirming with our pediatrician that Zyrtec is the likely culprit. Beware! | M | 6 | 60 days | 9/4/2008 | 3 | Indoor & Outdoor Allergies | Racing Heart, EXTREME fatigue. It made me start sleep like 20 hours a day for awhile. Then after about 2 months, it won't let me sleep and I'm itching. Haven't been taking anything else except Tylenol. And some days, it wouldn't even work, like I hadn't even taken it. | Still taking it but wish I knew better. | M | 27 | 4 months | 9/3/2008 | 2 | allergies | mood swings, nightmares, not focus, sleeping problems. I am getting off!!!! | stay away from this drug!!! | M | 35 | 4 days | 9/2/2008 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Tiredness, grogginess, depression, anger, frustration, suicidal thoughts | Avoid if prone to depression or mood swings | F | 35 | 3 days | 9/2/2008 |