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 |
| 5 | allergies | slightly drowsy. I use half tab for anxiety, itchiness from Cymbalta withdrawal, and seasonal allergies | F | 33 | 10 years 1 1X day | 8/27/2018 | 2 | Allergic reaction. Rash on arm | Awful side effects. Gets rid of my rash but raised my heart beat for a good 3 minutes. Was scary. Extreme dizzyiness couldn't stay stood up. Tiredness on another level. Felt confused and didn't know where I was. I have a underactive thyroid and already have minor anxiety issues so this med probably just caused my anxiety to get worse. | M | 33 | 7 days 10mg | 7/23/2018 | 1 | Puritis | Suicidal itching EVERYWHERE!!! | SO I’VE FOUND A CURE!!! (Cyproheptadine) Sooooo I have been struggling with puritis since taking cetirizine for steroid withdrawal symptoms, basically went from frying to fire. I had been dealing with my Cetirizine issue for just about a year, forcefully having to take it every 1-2 days. I have tried Loratidine, B12, everything you name it. I spent at least 9 months researching a cure once I realised my body was addicted to Cetirizine, and that the puritis I was experiencing was a withdrawal symptom. I stumbled across Cyproheptadine Hydrocloride by accident, it is basically an anti-histamine like Loratidine & Cetirizine except Cyproheptadine doesn’t have any withdrawal symptoms. Cyproheptadine is specifically designed to treat skin allergic reactions, such as puritis, hives and so. From what it looks like, Cyproheptadine Hydrocloride can only be purchased online not in stores, however it is very very cheap and almost all online pharmacies have it worldwide. I first took Cyproheptadine early March this year (2018), and to my surprise it worked extremely quickly. I stopped itching! I had been withdrawing from Cetirizine for 2 days and was dancing around my bedroom (itching) and decided to take Cyproheptadine instead. I didn’t feel the need to itch again for at least 2 weeks, and by that time it wasn’t a Cetirizine itch, it was a normal itch. I was very skeptical at first so I decided to take another pill of Cyproheptadine the day after, to see if it | F | 22 | 1 years 10mg | 7/15/2018 | 1 | My allergist prescribed it for me | So about 10 years ago my allergies had really gotten bad so I went to see an allergist. He put me on Zyrtec. I am a very laid back and easy going person, but after being on Zyrtec only a few days I started to feel intense rage and anger. I went back to my Dr. and explained what I believed to be side effects. He switched me to Xyzal and it worked great and no side effects. When Xyzal went over the counter, I ran into the drug store to grab more and hurriedly picked up a bottle. The next day I couldn’t get off my couch and felt extremely dark and depressed. I went to my purse and realized I had grabbed the wrong bottle and was taking Zyrtec again. I stopped immediately and my depression faded soon after. Never again! | Zyrtec is the devil. | F | 42 | 7 days 30mg | 6/24/2018 | 1 | Histamine issues | I was diagnosed with POTS shortly after starting this medication. Doctors told me this medication has no side effects and that I needed to be on it. This medication causes severe dehydration, anxiety, tachycardia. | F | 42 | 1 years 10mg | 6/23/2018 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Really thought I was losing my mind until I read these reviews. Have not been myself—just didn’t realize it until the anxiety settle in. Experienced severe brain fog (totally not with it) and anxiety, panic attacks over routine work tasks, heart palpitations, vision alterations, disinterested in basically everything, etc. Hopeful that I return to normal soon. Will not recommend this allergy med to anyone. | F | 44 | 3 months 1x day | 6/23/2018 | 1 | Allergies | Stuttering not being able to form sentences and extreme tantrums | F | 2.5 | 4 weeks | 6/2/2018 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Being in a fog. Dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, nervous ticks, confusion, stuttering, mood swings,upset stomach, waking up very nervous, loss of appitite and libido. | I noticed alot of these symptoms about 5 days after taking the medication and it just got progressively worse. Two days after i stopped taking it I had a massive panic attack with itching all over. The third day off the medication was a little better. Still nervous on the fourth day. I called my doctor and she said that she has seen my symptoms before with zyrtec and that basically I’m allergic to it. She told me to never take it again. It was a relief to hear from a doctor that i wasn’t crazy and that this is something that she has seen before. She told me that it should be out of my system completely in a few more days. I am a nervous person anyway, but this has been a nightmare! My wife and two girls take it and have no issues. I have never experienced anything like this. | M | 37 | 16 days 10 mg | 6/1/2018 | 1 | Pollen allergies | Dry eyes, dry mouth, sensitivity to sunlight, fatigue, tinnitus, increasing anxiety, mood swings, rage, adrenal suppression, mental fog, forgetfulness, decrease in Libido, weight gain, upset stomach, constipation/diarrhea, stomach upset, loss of appetite, craving salty foods, frequent urination, heart palps, irregular menses, loss of joy and happiness. Cortisol tanked yet DHEAs was very high, not in line with real adrenal fatigue, yet adrenal suppression. | Started Zyrtec for allergies when moved to a new area. Biggest mistake, it worked great the first few months, until I started noticing all these other crazy symptoms creeping in, I am such a happy person and to experience that type of anger and rage was just unsettling, Was sure I must be going into perimenopause as my period became unbearably irregular, even having two back to back. My mood was all over the place, anger on minute crying the next, although my eyes are so dried up tears would not come out. I was becoming a basket case. Was running all sorts of lab work trying to figure out what was going on and non if it made sense. I am a scientist, things must add up and make sense and nothing was. I realized the only thing I had changed the past 6 months was take Zyrtec, I do not take any other meds nor antihistamines etc. Only a very healthy diet, pharma grade supps and exercise, to which I was not able to do much of as of late due to the chronic fatigue setting in. I was losing site of all things important in life, losing my joy and happiness. It was quit scary. I thought I was losing myself. I finally put two and twp together, found this site and others who have had these similar experiences and finally all my labs made sense. So I quite the Zyrtec a week ago, horrid headache every since, the itching started setting in and I mega dosed on some Vit C, 5k mg 2-3 times a day. I have quercitine and DOA on the way to help me get past this awful withdraw. Crazy | F | 47 | 6 months 10 1X day | 5/11/2018 | 3 | Sinus and congestion | Major side effects. I was not able to function due to feeling spacey, light headed and just plain out of it. Could not sleep and would go in between of relaxation and then aggegtiom. With that being said it did clear out my sinuses. | Medication works but due to side effects I would not take it again. Be cautious and don’t plan to leave the house | F | 57 | 1 days 1X day | 3/26/2018 | 3 | Itchy skin | Nightmares, bad quality sleep, drowsiness | M | 34 | 3 months 30mg 1X W | 3/4/2018 | 5 | allergies | dry mouth | Every day for the past 9 or so years. Absolutely zero complaints. | M | 15 | 9 years 10 MG 1X day | 1/17/2018 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Stuttering and tantrums | We started noticing that our 2 year old had started stuttering and finding it difficult to talk when she previously had no issues. We have stopped using zyrtec now. What a scary medicine. | F | 2 | 3 weeks 2.5 mg 1X day | 12/12/2017 | 1 | Allergies | I started taking Zyrtec for pressure in my head that I was having. I was afraid to take a whole pill so I took half of a pill for 14 days. I had a doctor visit so I didn't take the pill on the 15th day and by 11 a.m. I almost collapsed I thought my heart was going to stop I went into full-blown tachycardia and it caused very high blood pressure. I did not end up taking it that day and decided I did not want to take it again to see if that was the reason that I felt so awful. So on the 16th day so that would be day 2 of not having Zyrtec in my system I'm very anxious I feel like my stomach is on a roller coaster, horrific anxiety. I feel very dizzy I'm very confused, tremors and the list goes on...this drug is poison!!! | Please do not take this drug it should be off the market. | F | 39 | 14 days 5mg | 11/10/2017 | 1 | seasonal allergies | tantrums, angry, aggressive, noncompliant, mean | This made my 3 and a half year old son mean, angry, aggressive and frustrated. He didn't want to go to school. He was hitting me and his sister. He was not himself. I didn't recognize him. Thank God I found these posts and stopped this drug after week. I would like this to be listed as an official side effect with FDA. If anyone knows how to go about petitioning that side effects be added please contact me. This drug took a big toll on my relationship with my son and I am upset I was not warned of its effects. | M | 3.5 | 1 weeks 2.5 1X day | 11/9/2017 | 1 | seasonal allergies | tantrums, angry, aggressive, noncompliant, mean | This made my 3 and a half year old son mean, angry, aggressive and frustrated. He didn't want to go to school. He was hitting me and his sister. He was not himself. I didn't recognize him. Thank God I found these posts and stopped this drug after week. I would like this to be listed as an official side effect with FDA. If anyone knows how to go about petitioning that side effects be added please contact me. This drug took a big toll on my relationship with my son and I am upset I was not warned of its effects. | M | 3.5 | 1 weeks 2.5 1X day | 11/9/2017 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Bad stiff neck. Continual dull forehead headache. Fatigue and just not feeling myself. | I started taking zyrtec at night for my allergies thinking it would help with nighttime congestion and sleep. Woke up very tired first. After a couple of days started getting a dull headache, I seldom get headaches unless extremely congested. Then started having a stiff neck which worsen over a couple of days. In good health ans active other than allergies. I was planning to go to doctor and spouse suggested only thing I was doing different was taking zyrtec, so I stopped. After 3 days off starting to feel better. Stiff neck gone and headache less severe. Waiting to see if in a few days if all symptoms go away. My symptoms started only after taking this medicine. After reading others remarks I did have one day with some hives on my legs but dismissed it because I was playing golf and thought it was alot of bug bites. Never had adverse reactions to Claritin or flonase like this. Going back to them. These reactions should be also noted on product. And doctors should be wary of suggesting this medicine. | F | 58 | 20 days 10 mg | 10/31/2017 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Bad stiff neck. Continual dull forehead headache. Fatigue and just not feeling myself. | I started taking zyrtec at night for my allergies thinking it would help with nighttime congestion and sleep. Woke up very tired first. After a couple of days started getting a dull headache, I seldom get headaches unless extremely congested. Then started having a stiff neck which worsen over a couple of days. In good health ans active other than allergies. I was planning to go to doctor and spouse suggested only thing I was doing different was taking zyrtec, so I stopped. After 3 days off starting to feel better. Stiff neck gone and headache less severe. Waiting to see if in a few days if all symptoms go away. My symptoms started only after taking this medicine. After reading others remarks I did have one day with some hives on my legs but dismissed it because I was playing golf and thought it was alot of bug bites. Never had adverse reactions to Claritin or flonase like this. Going back to them. These reactions should be also noted on product. And doctors should be wary of suggesting this medicine. | F | 58 | 20 days 10 mg | 10/31/2017 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Anxiety, night terrors, personality change, emotionality, tics | We gave our 10 year old daughter Zyrtec for approx 5 months ...it really affected her badly. We thought it was “tween hormones” at first but she became extremely moody, anxious, fearful, had spasms and just wasn’t herself..to the point where we consulted her pediatrician and took her to a therapist. We finally put two and two together and discovered that the only thing that changed in her life was the addition of Zyrtec. I started researching side effects and my mind was blown! Immediately took her off it and our happy, spunky little girl is steadily returning. It’s been a week and she’s a whole different child. We feel horrible that it took us so long to figure this out, our poor daughter was suffering for too long due to this supposedly “safe” OTC medication! | F | 10 | 5 months 10mg | 10/24/2017 | 3 | F | 43 | 1X day | 10/18/2017 |