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 |
| 2 | seasonal allergies | depression, weight gain, | I never suspected Zyrtec until I read this board. I have been taking this med for about a year and blamed everything else in my life for my symptoms. I gained 40 pounds in about 6 months-I am not kidding. My migraines have become more intense and less responsive to treatment. I take 10 mg at night but I still feel drowsy and I was wondering why I was feeling tired all the time, even though I take Adderrall too. I did have some reduction in my allergy symptoms but there has to be another alternative. I keep gaining weight, I have a black cloud hanging over me and migraines that last for days! And I still get sinus headaches. | F | 25 | 1 years | 6/1/2006 | 1 | Severe Chronic Hives & Allergies | Extreme drowiness, dry mouth, fatigue, weight gain, unable to concentrate | I hate this medicine with a passion! So, it gets rid of my hives and allergies, but it is not worth it. I hate walking around all day lot a zombie. And it is not safe to drive at all. | F | 29 | 1 days | 5/30/2006 | 3 | runny nose and other allergies | With my first son, I noticed that he only got in trouble at pre-school on the days I remembered to give him his zyrtec. We had to choose between good behavior and runny nose. Now my two year old has been taking zyrtec for a year and a half. I am considering taking him off the medication because his behavior is awful. I had no idea so many other parents have had the same problems. | Zyrtec worked wonderfully for both my son's when the had a runny nose and helped stop the cycle of runny nose then bronchial infection. | M | 2 | 2 years | 5/26/2006 | 5 | late onset lethargy & extreme weight gain | I've noticed if I take the pill in the morning, that by 8:00PM I'm ready to almost black out, I'm extremely tired! Couldn't figure out what has been causing my rapid weight gain & hunger. I'm ALWAYS hungry, and never satisfied. (I'm not pregnant either!)I've noticed more drastic weight gain in the last few months & I've been taking zyrtec more consistently because of the season. Those are my only complaints, but it does REALLY help with my allergy symptoms. Guess it's a give & take. No more allergies but now I'm fat. | F | 29 | 1 years | 5/24/2006 | 1 | severe allergies and sinusitis | Severe edema, elevated eye pressure, hives and itching upon trying to stop zyrtec. Anxious to see how long after stopping the zyrtec edema and eye pressure are affected. | Though zyrtec worked to control my allergies, the addictive nature of the drug scared me. I have tried numerous times to get off it and the terrible itching and near panic attacks drove me crazy. I have now been off it for a week and am trying to put up with the itching with OTC Claritin. I have found that ice helps calm the nerve endings. NO DRUG IS WORTH THIS KIND OF WITHDRAWAL! How long before it's completely out of one's system? | F | 57 | 8 years | 5/22/2006 | 2 | Seasonal Allergies | My 6-year-old daughter went from a happy, beautiful child to an emotional trainwreck. Allergies and puffy eyes went away, but in their place was a teary, depressed, befuddled and evil child who slammed doors, broke glass, and acted out verbally. | I am mortified that I put this poison in my daughter's body. After reading the other comments on this site, my heart goes out to all parents who tried to help their kids and, like me, turned them into monsters. My daughter has 10 days left in the school year, and she will attend with puffy eyes and a booger nose, and be her happy, normal self again. I'll spend the summer finding alternatives that let me keep my daughter sympton free AND happy. Any other parents, feel free to e:mail me! | F | 6 | 30 days | 5/21/2006 | 1 | Pollen allergy (grass) | Depression, Anxiety, Adnormal/Difficulty thinking, Nervousness, Nose bleeding, drowsiness. | I had never experienced any very positive effects from this drug. I can't recommend it, really. | M | 3 months | 5/21/2006 | 1 | Chronic Sinus Infections | Irritability, crying, sour throat, tiredness When we tryed taking her off, our normally well focused child has problems following directions, focusing, itching and stomach pain. None of these problems existed prior to medication. She was originally seen for sleep apnea type symptoms and chronic sinus infections. | If we use this drug in combination with Singular, the sleep apnea type syptoms seem to go away, but I wonder if their masking it because their making her sooo tired. I did sleep with her one night and she still had irregular breathing during sleep after taking just zyrtec. When we initially went to our Dr. about our daughter (she was 3 1/2) waking at night saying she couldn't breath and having constant sinus infections, we were sent to a ENT that said there was nothing wrong with her. We insisted something was wrong, her beathing was irregular at night. Our Ped. referred us to an allergist who put her on Zyrtec and when that wasn't enough, he put her on Singular as well. I hated the way she seemed like she was a zombie, so we just put her on nasal spray. We finally took her off everything and she experienced extreme itching in her ears and stomach pain. I agree that this drug is addicting, I put her back on and her itching and stomach pain stopped. After reading all these notes, I am t | F | 7 | 2 years | 5/18/2006 | 2 | hay-allergies | mood has changed into very depressive | but works for allergies | F | 37 | 20 days | 5/17/2006 | 5 | Allergies and sinusitis | My daughter is taking it since a month ago and we have not noticed any wrong side effects, we are giving her the mexican equivalent (called Virlix). I am assuming that the problem of the side effects others are expiriencing could be residing in the formula of Zyrtec. She has been previously on Clarytin, Benadryl, etc. and none has helped her as this one... | Maybe if you could get the Mexican variation of the same drug you could give a try, there is no need a prescription to buy it there... best wishes to you all. | F | 3 | 1 months | 5/16/2006 | 1 | allergies | Fatigue, tiredness, overeating, stomach aches. | Took zyrtec for 7 days - only took 5 mg (1/2 a pill) at night before bed. Was tired, sleepy, fatigued the entire time. Also over-ate. When stopped taking Zyrtec, felt nauseated and had sinus headache. Tried Claritin as well, but it made me feel very jumpy and had hard time sleeping. | F | 29 | 7 days | 5/16/2006 | 3 | seasonal allergies | very real, anxiety-causing dreams just prior to waking up in the morning--not fun! | While it was an effective antihistamine, I had to stop taking it after several weeks due to the anxious-dreams side effect. Also, as with all antihistamines and nasal steroids I've tried, Zyrtec caused me to eat more. I couldn't put food down, even when I figured I was full. | F | 44 | 8 weeks | 5/10/2006 | 3 | allergies, asthma | Severe tiredness...falling asleep at work at my desk, unable to concentrate, making tons of mistakes and errors at work, forgetful, generally confused, weight gain, stuffy nose, dried blood coming out of my nose. | I was so tired and didn't put 2 & 2 together until I read comments on this website. I slept from 4:30 pm until 9:00 am the next morning without waking up... called in sick to work... too tired to make it in... too tired to exercise. | M | 48 | 1 months | 5/10/2006 | 2 | hives | I felt so drugged i could not even function. Still feeling the effects 24hrs. later. | Did take care of hives | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/10/2006 | 5 | Severe Allergies | I have had a few of the symptoms but never connected the two. Heart palpatations when under alot of stress, some hair loss, but since on multivitamins and DanActive has restored new hair growth, some vision blurring on and off, can not take at bedtime because I don't sleep well, take in morning with my tea to prevent sleepiness - no other caffiene drinks during the day or night consumed, only water, milk and juices. | Been on zyrtec for about five years and during these past few years I have been able to eat foods I have been severely allergic to in strides. I DO NOT recommend anyone doing this without the consult of your doctor, my family says I am playing russian roulette here. I am free of any allegy affects of all kinds. I also exercise running, jump on trampoline and swim. I also use flonase nasil spray sometimes before I fly for my ears and when I think the zyrtec is not effective enough (very few days of this occurrance - three times a year average). I am sure not everyone can have the pleasure of zyrtec working for them - but from what I read it seems to help the majority. It could be possible the side effects are allegic reations to the medicine. Not all allegies are hives, eye & nose watery and ichy and shortness of breath, it could be vomiting, lethargy and bowel problems (IBS symptoms)as well. I have experienced this from food allergies on many occassions. | F | 45 | 5 years | 5/9/2006 | 5 | severe chronic hives | I was asked by a doctor to take 10mg in am and 10mg in pm. As far as I know I had no side effects. I am currently looking into racing heart, however I believe mixing herbs with the zyrtec may have caused the problem with the racing heartbeat. Doctor recommends me to stop all herbs and zyrtec. | At first it did not work for me. It took several months to really kick in, weird I know. I was taking 2 per day at first. After a few years I found I could get by with 1 per day. Now I have been off for 72 hours and so far so good. I still have to give God the credit for healing me. | M | 55 | 6 years | 5/4/2006 | 5 | annual allergies | NONE | I could not live a life wothout this drug. When I turned 30 I became allergic to everything..mold, trees, pollen, dogs, grasses, you name it!! I take this at night before I go to bed because it actually works better during the next day if I don't have to wake up allergic and then try to stop it. Actually suppresses it. I find that I don't get as many colds during the year now that allergies are under control. | F | 34 | 5 years | 5/2/2006 | 3 | seasonal allergies | I take 1/2 a pill before bedtime. It makes me so sleepy that I sleep all night and take long naps in the daytime. In between sleep, I lay on the couch tired and foggy. I am crabby, short tempered and impatient I am usually a pretty nice, and easy going on my husband and kids! I have an appetite that is out of control. I am eating constantly. I feel hungry all the time. I have gained 5 pounds. I have no sex drive, which has upset my husband greatly! On a lighter note, it knocks out the allergies.....but at a high price! | I gave it a 3 rating, because it actually works. It knocks out allergies. I am sure that there are people out there that do not experience the side affects. I would recommend trying this medicine, it is worth seeing if you can use it since it works so well. I stopped taking it as of last night, and am alert and awake today for the first time in a month!!! My allergies are not acting up, but they will eventually. I will be going back to the doc to get something different to try. In the meantime, I have OTC medications that sort of work and don't have the bad side affects. | F | 43 | 1 months | 5/1/2006 | 1 | Inner Ear fluid | Rage | Had several outbursts within 1 week of taking drug, had an almost infinetly short fuse. I don't think any benefit would be worth the cost. | M | 43 | 5 days | 5/1/2006 | 1 | Allergies | Dear Families with children experiencing side effects from Zyrtec, I am seeking legal action. Please contact me if you are interested! | CLASS ACTION POSSIBILITY!!!! | F | 5 | 2.5 years | 5/1/2006 |