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 |
| 1 | allergies | i took zyrtec at the age of 8. i started getting heart palpitations and stopped taking it that same week, after going to doctors who all insisted they were caused by zyrtec. At 13 i had an episode where my heart was racing 250 beats per minute and i found myself in the emergency room where i was given Adenosine, which is a drug that basically resets the heartrate and causes extreme chest discomfort. Im now 16 and i've had to go to the emergency room about 5 times since then, my heart rate reaching about 260 beats per minute. All because of palpitations zyrtec was causing when i was 8. | Now i have to get heart surgery. thanks zyrtec, ha. | F | 16 | 1 weeks | 10/3/2007 | 2 | allergies | fits of intense anger | I've been taking zyrtec for a while and it works alright with my allergies - nothing ever gets rid of all my symptoms. But the symptoms were bearable. I began getting really upset about things and having boughts of anger where I would yell, slam and hit things - not usual for me. My boyfriend said I needed to stop taking whatever "drugs" I was on and the only things I'm on is my birth control - same for the last decade - and the Zyrtec. It only then occurred to me that maybe the Zyrtec is the problem so I am going to stop taking it for a while. | F | 29 | 6 months | 10/2/2007 | 2 | Chronic sinusitis | Extreme irritability, drowsiness, itching in hands and arms, very hungry in mornings and no appetite later in day. | Went on this drug for sudden onset of allergies and sinusitis. Experienced some minor relief at first, but then symptoms got much worse and other problems, such as extreme irritability, started happening. Very strange that suddenly my appetite completely changed, starving in the morning, and then no hunger and almost nauseous in the evening. I took the medicine at night. | M | 52 | 30 days | 10/2/2007 | 1 | allergies | I took zyrtec and starting get hives that looked like ringworm. They didn't itch but looked horrible -- huge, raised welts. I thought it was an allergic reaction to food. I was tested for food allergies and was negative. Then I thought it was the zyrtec; I quit taking it and and the hives went away. I'll get a few hives every now and then but I think they're stress-related. | Everyone I know who takes zyrtec loves it, but I'll stay with Benadryl. | F | 45 | 1 days | 10/2/2007 | 1 | Allergies (year round) | Needed 9 -10 hours of sleep a night. Lethargy, couldn't concentrate at work, heart palpitations, heart thumping, dry nose. Now that I'm w/drawing - can't sleep past 3 am, migraine, dizzyness. | I've been off Zyrtec for a week to 10 days, and I was hoping to find some information on how to deal with the w/drawal symptoms. I've tried several times over the years to withdraw but after 3 days, the itchy sneezy nose would return with a huge migraine. Since being on shots for 3 years has helped I thought I'd try again and found that not only did I get multiple days of migraines (in spite of taking Rx for it), I can't sleep past 3 am. But I'm tired all the time, exhausted. For several days, I was extremely dizzy to the point of falling if I tried to stand. I'm worried because I have 3 kids on this drug, and wondering if they should come off, esp since one has depression and is on meds for that. This site has helped a great deal. But I still don't know what to do about the withdraw symptoms. If anyone has gone off with success, I would like to hear about it. Thanks! | F | 47 | 7 years | 10/1/2007 | 1 | allergies | eye dryness,sleepieness | Thought I must have scratched eye so went to opto doc,had dry eye so drops helped.Then was seeing designs in vision,tingly fingers,tiredness,heart pulpitations,dizzyness,finally awoke one night thinking heart attack. Doc sent me to Cardio doc ,did extensive testing to find nothing wrong with heart.Stopped Zyrtec!! and VWELLA.. All troubles are gone!! HMMM ZYRTEC?? | F | 48 | 1 years | 10/1/2007 | 1 | Severe Allergies | Stomach ache, throat pain, and severe stomatitis | M | 7 | 3 days | 10/1/2007 | 5 | allergies | Nothing else gets rid of the headaches & runny nose like Zyrtec. It's great. | F | 55 | 5 years | 9/30/2007 | 1 | serve allergies | hard to wake up in morning, mood swings, irrational thoughts, crying, anti social | It didn't occur to me that my severe mood swings had anything to do with zyrtec until I realized how out of control I was behaving and I started searching for side effects. Now I have a reason for my weird dreams in the morning and the agitation I'm feeling. There hasn't been enough coffee in the morning to help me function. I was beginng to fear I couldn't do my job and my husband was beginning to believe I was a lunatic. | F | 59 | 31 days | 9/30/2007 | 5 | Seasonal allergies | This has worked great for me. I have started and stopped taking it regularly since starting it three years ago, as the peak allergy seasons come and go. You can't always trust anecdotal reports like this because there are many contributing factors to why people have the conditions and symptoms they do. I have never had itching or any of that when stopping it cold-turkey after allergy season. Don't ask me why. | I've not had any issues. It's worked great for me. I start taking it in the spring and quit taking it after fall each year. | F | 40 | 3 years | 9/29/2007 | 1 | allergies | Very tired, sad, and attitude changes | My normally happy six year old went from a sweet child to a child that was tired all the time, cried very easily, and out of nowhere had behavioral problems. It got to the point she was not pleasant to be around. I talked to another Mom and she gave me this website. After my child being off the drug for three weeks she is back to her old self. The side effects of this drug just aren't worth it. | F | 3 months | 9/25/2007 | 1 | allergies | 2 yr old boy has been coughing during sleep. Took this for possible allergies. Four nights and has been crying during day and yelling and tantrums that are not his usual self. | I would not reccommend this for children. | M | 2 | 4 days | 9/23/2007 | 1 | allergies | irritablity, sleepy | My son was prescribed Zyrtec for allergies. The second day he took it, we noticed a change in his behavior. I know toddlers are normally a bit challenging, but this was beyond his norm. He was having temper tantrums over things that normally didn't bother him. He was also having meltdowns over small things. I found this website and decided that he'll no longer be taking this medicine. If he was so ill behaved after two doses, I have no desire to see what would happen for a longer period of time. | M | 2 | 2 days | 9/22/2007 | 1 | Allergies: cats, ragweed, molds etc | Depression/PMS, fatigue, loss of libido, trouble waking up in the morning, feeling robotic, loss of motivation, loss of creativity | My story is very similar to a lot of people's who have posted on this board. I stopped taking Zyrtec last week to let things drain after a bad cold, and since then I am like a new person. (Thank goodness, no withdrawal symptoms.) I started taking Zyrtec in 2000 and there are a lot of things I am just now realizing must have been side effects, because they started soon after I started taking it: a depression diagnosis, not being able to write or have new ideas, and increasing fatigue that had me falling asleep at the wheel and in meetings, religious services, and more. I lost a job because I could not get up on time while taking Zyrtec. I blamed a lot of this on "my depression" (trying to be responsible and "own" my problem) or on getting old (I'm 36!). Like most people on this board, I would rather have an itchy allergy nose than be the sleepy, depressed robot I've been for the last 6 years or so! | F | 36 | 6 years | 9/21/2007 | 1 | Seasonal A;;ergy | Fatigue, Muscles pain, mood swings, tired all the time. I keep complaint to my doctors, but because I take a handful of other medications, I had to withdraw one by one to find which one was causing the problem. Unfortunately Zirtec was the last one that I withdrew. The muscle pain has gone, which was my major complaint. I feel more energetic. | I wonder why the FDA doesn't do a real thoroughly, investigation on these medications, before putting on the marketing. instead the need making the Pharmaceutic Companies ultra gazillionaires while we, the poor guineas pigs, have to go through the hard side effects, that sometimes not even the doctor who prescribe are aware of it. | M | 44 | 12 months | 9/17/2007 | 1 | year round allergies | My son has been taking it for 2 1/2 years! He had all of the same things that many of you are saying. He was having severe ANXIETY attacks and fits of rage. Our pharmacist rettired and we talked to the new one. He said he has heard of these complaints and told us to stop. I would rather he have allergies than the HELL our family has gone through. NOW I am convinced, we need to do something to get this stuff off of the market! My wife and I have been on it as well, and we have been severely depressed. We thought that it was from the situation with our child who had been happy now being in therapy, but since we have stopped taking it, we have started to feel like a cloud is being lifted off of the whole family!!! | Yes it works for allergies, but the side effects are far worse!!! Does anyone out there know of a good allergy meicine for kids. Claritin makes my son sick. PLEASE HELP!!! | M | 36 | 2 years | 9/16/2007 | 1 | seasonal allergies | tired all day, couldn't finish sexually, just wanted to sleep all day, facial tick | i've always had a slight facial tick growning up...it wasn't anything major except for the time of year that school went back in seccion.. it's great to finally find out that it's been the allergy pills all along...now that there really isnt any stress in my life i've come to the realization that it's always been the allegra..switching to zyrtec seemed to be the answer..well it wasnt..i dont recomend this drug to anyone..having sexual performance problems at 25 is a scary thing..thank god i found this website and found out it wasnt me! | M | 25 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2007 | 3 | allergies | My 2 yr old daughter was prescribed Zyrtec and she changed for the worst almost overnight. Our normally sweet, loving child became highly emotional, easy upset and whiny. She lost her appetite and would not eat ANY breakfast or lunch. It all went down the drain after reading some other comments here. | M | 48 | | 9/12/2007 | 2 | Allergy | Achy bones in neck/back, really sore eyes (sockets and lids). More itchines than origanally started with (on face), weird dreams/mood, sleepiness | Only two days on this drug and I wonder...why give a medicine to remedy an itch that can have side effect of an itch? Also I suffer from depession anyway and was not questioned my mental health at the pharmacy when it was suggested to try this anti hystamine, found my mood to be even more anti-sociable, but could be something to do with the swelling on my face. This drug seems to work for a short time for relief (3-6 hours)and uninformed persons would probably keep using it to see if the symptoms(both of the drug, and the cause)continue or get better, or in this case worse. Thanks for your insight everyone to give me an informed (by people who have tested, not what the drug co says) decision to stop taking this drug.NZ | F | 32 | 2 days | 9/11/2007 | 1 | allergies | waking up for no reason, temper tantrums, crying for no reason, stopped eating. | My 23 month old son turned into a nightmare. I have been thinking it was do to the fact he's almost 2 years old. But, after reading comments on here I'm not so sure it's the terrible two's! My son started by waking up super early, he stopped eating, he has turned from a sweet happy boy into a temper tanturm throwing nightmare child. The smallest thing sets him off and I end up w/ a child who screams and cries for 40 plus minutes. All this started last week shortly after his 2 second dose of Zyrtec. I had no warning from my dr. about side effects she made it seem like a wonder drug. Thank God for this site other wise I would of gone on druging my poor baby. | M | 2 | 2 weeks | 9/10/2007 |