ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.0 (1816 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYRTEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYRTEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Allergy | Insomnia that led to sleep psychosis, rash | DON'T START THIS IS ADDICTIVE. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY CLASS ACTION SUITS AGAINST ZYRTEC, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! | M | 17 | 3 years | 12/8/2007 | 5 | allergies | none | Sorry about all these people having severe reactions to this stuff.It did work for me, doesnt leave me tiredalthough i do take it at night so that might help. I would recommend to anyone who is healthy and not taken any other meds for various reasons/ | M | 35 | 1 days | 12/7/2007 | 4 | pollen allergies | I can't seem to breath if I stop taking this med. My allergies always went from late Aug-beginning of Oct. This year every night that I try to not take a zyrtec (I take one in the morning), I wake all night long, have terrible dreams and feel like I am choking and can't breath. Not sure what to do. | This medication helped tramendousely during allergy season, trouble is allergy season is long past and i can't stop taking the drug! Has anyone ever heard of this? | F | 44 | 2 years | 12/7/2007 | 3 | Hives | Hair loss, exhaustion, dizziness, anger, no sex drive, weight gain, headaches. | I've been allergic to several foods all of my life. I've been taking allergy medicine all my life. I believe I've been taking zyrtec for about 10 years now. It works most of the time. My body has suffered though. I am constantly tired, my hair is falling out, I have headaches, a very short temper, very emotional, dizziness, I cant seem to lose any weight no matter how hard I try. My sex drive is pretty much non existent. I have tried to stop taking it, but because I'm allergic to so many things, I end up breaking out in hives. Every year I develop an allergy to something new. This sucks. | F | 25 | 10 years | 12/2/2007 | 1 | Allergies | We have tried several medications for my 4 year old daughter over the last couple of years. She has a chronic runny nose and on several occaisions has had horrid coughing attacks at night due to drainage. We started her on Zyrtec at the recommendation of our pediatrician and our normally sweet even tempered child became a holy terror. IN TWO DAYS, she began having irrational fits, just about climbing the walls! She became very aggressive with her 18 month old brother. She acted as if she couldn't hear me when I tried to get her attention to stop her from her destructive behavior. I asked her why she was acting so nuts and she said-"I just can't hear you mommy". She would have moments of time where she just stared off into space; totally glazed over. At one point my husband said it was like having a football player on steroids in the house! Last night she went from hysterical crying to a dead pan face "Mommy, how do you spell your middle name?" We took her off immedi | As others have expressed, I wish doctors and pharmacists would be more aware of these kinds of side effects in children. I feel for the parents who had their children on this stuff for so long never making the connection and being told it isn't the medication. I guess we all have to be our own advocates! Especially for our children-I feel terrible for having put her through this! | F | 4 | 3 days | 11/26/2007 | 5 | palpitations | no side effects except for a little tiredness. | I was having runs of palpitations for 2-4 hours at a time due to a leak in my roof leading to mustiness in my house. We were tested for mold, which I'm allergic to, and that was negative, but there is still mustiness in my home that is triggering this symptom. Benadryl did not take my palpitations away so my MD prescribed Zyrtec. I take 1 per day and have been symptom free since day one of the med. | F | 51 | 4 days | 11/24/2007 | 2 | Year around allergies | OCD, Irrational and extremely unwanted thoughts, a little depression. | I just came upon this website in the past few days and by chance, I was searching for things about OCD. For the past 6 years, since October 2001, I have been thinking irrational thoughts that I don't want to have. These thoughts were worse when I was bored. When I wasn't bored, they kind of went away, but were still there a little. But since June 2007, they picked up a lot again because my schedule has changed to allow me to have more free time. But now everything adds up; I started taking Zyrtec in October 2001 and this may be what is causing these weird thoughts. I am still on it, but I have to get off it. However, I'll have bad allergies, but its better to live with allergies than these thoughts. | M | 22 | 6 years | 11/21/2007 | 4 | allergies | none | F | 32 | 1 years | 11/17/2007 | 1 | allergies dizziness | Exhaustion, hair loss, and most importantly WEIGHT GAIN!!! | I started taking this along with cymbalta (for neuropathy pain) and I IMMEDIATELY GAINED 8 lbs within 1month. I quit the Cymbalta a week ago thinking that this was the problem, but I'm still feeling the same in fact I'm absolutely exhausted and hungry still. I missed work yesterday because I was so tired. I absolutely have to peel myself out of bed in the morning even after 8+hrs. I haven't changed anything in my diet accept the drugs. I will post back in a couple weeks to see if I get more energy and loose weight. needless to say I'm stopping this drug today after reading the comments on here. I asked my Doc and she said absolutely NO Zyrtec wouldn't have this effect! Don't believe it!!!!! | F | 2 months | 11/16/2007 | 1 | allergy (trees, mold) | Aggression, temper tantrums, sleepiness, but also waking at night and unable to settle back down without help. | We thought the aggression and tantrums this past summer were just age-related, but in the fall our son started hitting/kicking kids at preschool. We took him off the Zyrtec after we had a frost and his allergy symptoms subsided, and when the Zyrtec stopped, so did the negative reports from preschool. We also noticed a significant drop in tantrums at home. But then the weather warmed back up and the mold count shot up and his allergy symptoms came back. Gave our son a Zyrtec dose yesterday before school (the first time in 3 weeks), and when I picked him up from school, was told he had grabbed a girl by the hair and dragged her across the playground. This is a kid who hasn't shown aggressive behavior since we stopped the Zyrtec. Talked to his teacher about a possible connection, and she said that she took herself off Zyrtec because it made her feel jittery and nervous. Our son's allergy symptoms are better when he's on Zyrtec, but I am going to stop giving it to him. As I read about s | M | 3 | 8 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 3 | Hives - Severe | Hair loss/thinning, ANXIETY w/ panic attacks, joint pain, skin sensations- burning, tingling and pain, irrational thinking, unapproachable, irritable, explosive anger, unable to cope with stress, headaches, short term memory loss, disrupted sleep, tossing and turning, OCD and mood swings. | My hives are controlled! But I feel like crap. The worst part is the anxiety and my temper. My relationship of 5 years is now ending b/c of my inability to cope with stress and I'm explosive with anger. I find the need to control every second of everything going on around me- OCD. I do believe this medication is causing my mental illness. But how do you decide between severe hives and being crazy? | F | 24 | 10 months | 11/14/2007 | 1 | Zirtec | Mood Swings, Violent Behaviour, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Off Food Completley, Excessive Thirst | Took my 2 year old son to the chemist for skin allergies and was highly recommended Zyrtec Oral Liquid. Developed vomiting, behaviour issues, bad cramps, not eating, etc. Went to the doctor because I thought he was sick and was told it was a virus but with no ear infection, no throat infection and a clear chest. Only change in his diet was the Zyrtec. Took him off yesterday and almost instantly a different child. DO NOT give this to your child. Not worth the risk. | F | 23 | 7 days | 11/7/2007 | 5 | Chronic Sinusitis | None | I've tried everything. Zyrtec is the only one that makes me feel somewhat normal as far as my daily battle with my sinuses. I haven't ever noticed any side effects, weight gain? Mabye? But I work in an office where we eat poorly so I really dont think the Zyrtec caused any weight gain. TOO expensive and insurance doesnt help us with this medication. We have to go to TJ were we can get 30 pills for about 30 dollars. Perscription in the US costs me about $80 a month! But I need it to breath so we make the drive. If the other allergy medications they're giving you dont work...Give Zyrtec a chance. Its worth trying it to stop the horrible sinus symptoms. | F | 28 | 6 years | 11/6/2007 | 2 | Allergies | Fits of irrational responses (screaming, hitting, rage), twitching, nightmares, sleep walking, extremely emotional. | My 6y daughter was put on Zyrtec at age 3 for various allergies. We thought she was being helped for those allergies and her irrational behavior typical of a 3y old. However; after talking with other parents of Zyrtec kids - We've realized her behavior was a result of the Zyrtec. She has now 11/03/07 been off of the Zyrtec since 10/24/07 - WHOA what a difference. A very calm child has reemmerged. Our family life is so much more relaxing. Now we see - she really is a normal 6 yr old girl. Not the irrational rageful luanatic she was. very scary stuff. | F | 6 | 3 days | 11/5/2007 | 1 | post nasal drip, mucus, congestion | My 7 year old son was taking Zyrtec and developed very bad behaviors in school, threatening suicide and others, and was very physically aggressive to his teachers. Once I realized that the bahaviors started the same time as Zyrtec, I took him off. One year later, he still has behavior problems, but they are lessening. Last week, I gave him one dose because of terrible itching. He had 2 very bad episodes at school so far. Thereis no doubt that Zyrtec triggered something in his brain. Hopefully it is not permanent. | Since my son was mildly retarded, I don't think he could express how he felt. But when asked why he felt so angry, he always said, I don't know . Something got in my head. | M | 9 | 1 years | 11/5/2007 | 4 | Pet and seasonal allergies | Tiredness | ** This drug will be going over the counter by the end of 2007 ** It has really helped for my allergies. When I'm not taking it, I'll be sneezing, breaking out into hives, or have extreme itchy eyes. The only side effect I've really had with it becoming very tired, but that is usually alleviated by taking this an hour or so before bedtime. Since this medication is going over the counter, it will be more expensive for me to buy it regularly than without my prescription. My doctor recommended a new allergy medication called Xyzal which she gave me samples but I haven't tried it long enough to form an opinion. | F | 31 | 2 years | 10/31/2007 | 5 | alergic to mold, bad on rainy days | Tired most of the day. But at least, the pain was gone. | F | 56 | 2 years | 10/29/2007 | 3 | Allergies | Itching all over, head felt like scalp was bleeding (wasn't), redness in skin where itching, total, complete chaos. Nearly panic situations during the worst of the withdrawals. Prior to stopping, lethargy, depression, weight gain. I'll take a sneeze every now and then, thanks.. | It does help with my allergies. Now on singulair and asmanex for asthma and allergies. Within 24.5 hours, itching began. Never really connected the dots to 'withdrawal' symptoms, but I have had this happen enough to know for sure it is the zyrtec. I will never take it again as a result, it is just not worth it. | M | 33 | 3 years | 10/29/2007 | 1 | Worse allergy season than usual | I went to my allergist to get a script for something other than my shots as allergy season was worse in my area than past years. I noticed a big difference within a few days, that I could breathe better, but then I realized that I couldn't eat without constantly feeling like I was either going to throw up or pass out. I stopped using it after I started getting extremely upset and annoyed over the littlest things, and not being able to sleep fully at night. I felt disorientated if I wasn't sitting 100% still. | In my 21 years of taking medicine, I've never taken anything that has made me feel the way I did when I took this, that made me feel scared, or whether or not I could make it through the day. I'll deal with having to blow my nose more often than not. | M | 21 | 2 months | 10/28/2007 | 3 | Allergies | Upon taking the very first pill i experienced a feeling of breathlessness. Having to take deep deep breaths. It got a little scary because it had only been 30 minutes or so and i didnt know if it would get worse. Also felt kinda "wired", tingly feeling, anxiety, but that was probably from the fact that i was having to breath deeply and wasnt sure of the outcome of that. Slight headache and stomach upset. | Its now been about 4 hours since taking that first pill and i still have a slight headache but the breathlessness has gone somewhat. I dont think i'll take any more though. I seem to be quite intolerant of drugs lately. Just took 5 days of Levoquin and boy oh boy!! Now thats some horrible stuff.I think if i could stay on the Zyrtec it would help but i don't like the initial feeling.Plus the reports here of it being hard to get off really put me off. | M | 48 | 1 days | 10/27/2007 |