ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.0 (1815 Ratings)

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 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
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 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
 1  Seasonal allergies DEEEE-PRESSION! THAT stuff is terrible on my system. I had no idea what was making me feel so "dark." It crept up on me; but the literature didn't mention "Depression" - oh no. I thought about the meds in the first 10 days. I tried everything - meditation, relaxation, music, oh hec it was awful. I don't take any other RXs so I guess I'm lucky for my age. I hate that stuff. 68 2 weeks
9/1/2008
 2  Environmental allergies Noticed a weight gain first. Mentioned it to others and they thought I was crazy. I've been the same weight for 25 years and in the 5-6 months I've been taking Zyrtec I've gained 15 lbs! Despite working out and running more. Also noticed that I'm EXHAUSTED in the mornings despite being a "morning person". I haven't noticed any mood swings or anything though. I just googled Zyrtec and weight gain and found this website. Now I KNOW I'm not crazy! Can anyone tell me once they stopped the medication when their symptoms went away? Did you go back to your previous weight? Any alternative for this drug?? I'm never taking this drug again. Although it worked wonderful for my allergies, the side effects are terrible. F 37 6 months
8/31/2008
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 1  allergies zyrtec gave me severe depression, false thoughts, angry behavior, mood swings, feelings of suicide, and i cried all the time. worst 5 weeks of my life. the prescription zyrtec never effected me as much as the over the counter stuff just started. DO NOT TAKE> M 20
8/31/2008
 4  seasonal allergies 1 per 24 hrs is not always enough F 41 90 days
8/29/2008
 4  Daughter's Allergies Not any-my daughter has been taking zyrtec for 4 years now If I discontinue zyrtec-she will immediately become crazy from the allergies. She has environmental allergies and this seems to work great along with a nose spray. F 8 4 years
8/25/2008
 1  seasonal allergies skin rash, itching/burning skin. I initially began taking for seasonal hay fever about 7 yrs ago. When the season was coming to a close I stopped taking it, then I had terrible skin rashes and uncontrollable itching. I went to the urgent care center - they couldn't find anything wrong. On a whim I decided to try a zyrtec pill to see if that would work - it made the symptoms go away, so I've been taking it ever since. A co-worker told me about the zyrtec withdrawal effects, so I stopped taking it - cold turkey. It took about 2 weeks for the insane itching to stop, I FORCED myself not to scratch anything - mind over matter. Now I'm "clean" F 24 7 years
8/25/2008
 1  seasonal allergies Apathy, sadness, depression, feeling detached from my family, very irritable, can barely keep my eyes open. I took this drug for the first time last night, slept poorly and woke up an angry, sad, zombie. I literally went from being a happy stable person, to not caring about anything, literally overnight. I've never felt this way before. I knew I would be tired as I am very sensitive to antihistimines. The dry mouth is horrible--no amount of water seems to make it better. I couldn't imagine that all these disturbing symptoms could be from something so benign as an allergy med (I was on Claritin for awhile and it did nothing for my allergies, and I had no side effects that I am aware of). I take no other medications, so it can't be something else. My husband keeps asking "what's wrong?" and I keep saying that I have no idea. Thank God I thought to just check out others' experiences with Zyrtec. My son has been taking zyrtec off and on for a few months when he has problems with his allergies--I'll be taking both of us off this immediately. He's only 4 and I haven't seen any F 44 1 days
8/23/2008

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