ZYRTEC Reviews (CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.0 (1815 Ratings)

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 2  Sinus problems, Allergies to Dander After about the 3rd week I started to notice that it was getting harder and harder for me to stay awake. Also, I seemed to be more depresses and unmotivated. Noticed during the third week my tongue swelling. Also found that I can't focus. On the plus, I don't have major allergic reactions to dander. But found that it would be better to take benydril before going to a friends house with pets. M 30 22 days
6/23/2004
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 1  hives sleepiness,fatigue,dull,chestpain M 28 2 months
6/2/2004
 5  SAR None Great Stuff! M 25 2 years
5/22/2004
 5  hives none I took 1/2 of a 10mg pill each night. If I missed one day, it was okay, but the 2nd day, I needed it to prevent hives from erupting. Not taking any meds now, b/c doctor and allergist running tests to see if it's something other than allergies. F 28 20 days
5/21/2004
 4  chronic allergies/sinusitis Extreme sleepiness during the day. The medication is more efective than Claritin or Allegra for treating my allergies, but the side effects make it impossible for me to function. I get so sleepy that I can't safely drive a car, which I need to do regularly for work. It took about two months of regular use for the drowsiness to appear. I now use the drug only on occasions when my allergies are at their worst. The drowsiness does not seem to be nearly as bad with occasional use. M 46 6 months
5/6/2004
 3  dermatitis none it didn't do away with dermatitis to my satisfaction, but helps. M 30 2 years
4/27/2004
 4  chronic allergies tiredness, fatigue, back ache? F 37 3 years
4/22/2004
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 1  allergic rhinitis none, and none with my son Didn't seem to do anything at all for either me or my son. Flonase works much better for me.......100% better. For my son, he has to use albuterol, patanol (for his eyes) and flonase plus zyrtec when the allergies kick up during Tball season.....otherwise he is a coughing, pussy eyed, boggy sinused poor little pool of a mess. I don't think the zyrtec does anything for either of us! F 28 4 years
3/25/2004
 4  Asthma, allergies slight sleepiness Tried Claritin, but it did nothing. Zyrtec is very expensive. F 3 years
2/23/2004
 5  Dermographism None I developed dermographism and was prescribed zyrtec(10mg)and ranitidine(150mg) and both worked like a charm. The dermographism has finally gone after nearly 3 years, but if it wasn't for the Zyrtec, I don't know what I would have done. M 37 3 years
1/12/2004
 1  allergies Um, allergies. Does Zyrtec even work? M 29 4 months
8/11/2003
 3  hayfever type symptoms Drowsiness.Could possibly be dependency forming.Dry mouth.Dehydrated. Im usually a light sleeper but with zyrtec I sleep very deeply.More like a tranquilizer than an antihistamine although I do find it to be helpful if taken at the first sign of symptoms appearing.If my attack becomes full blown before I take it,it does nothing.Im concerned about becoming too dependant on antihistamines because Ive noticed the more I take them the more frequent are my attacks when Im not using them thus I keep taking thus creating a vicious cycle. M 35 1 years
6/19/2003
 1  allergies, congestion depression and extreme emotional sensitivity in my 8yr old son he was back to normal when he stopped taking zyrtec M 8 3 weeks
5/21/2003
 5  Allergies None Zyrtc is the best medication I have ever taken. It works as fast as 20 minutes and lasts all day long. I have taken Claritin and Allegra and neither one of them even touch my allergies. You've got to ask your physician about this one. M 28 2 years
4/30/2003
 2  allergies I felt tired and had a headache F 35 4 days
3/14/2003
 1  allergies I experienced severe cns and disassociative episodes while on zyrtec for 1 month. If you are taking this medication and feel in anyway that your mood or emotional affect has changed, it probably has and is due to zyrtec. Please contact your doctor immediately. M 27 1 months
2/21/2003
 1  allergies I felt as if I were becoming depressed, but not sad or melacholic. It was as if I couldn't taste, smell, see, or hear things as clearly as I used to. I felt numb...emotional and (physical) sense-wise. Increased tendency to I would never ever recommend that anyone take this med. Claritin makes you sleepy, but zyrtec makes you dull, in a very very bad way. If you are taking this med and you feel like this, talk to your doctor. I did and it turns out this is a known side effect, just not one that is made much of. It should be. I am honestly surprised it has not been taken off the market. It seems dangerous. F 31 3 months
2/21/2003
 2  eye allergies extremely sleepy...I couldn't get myself out of bed in the morning. Such a dry mouth that I had to drink large amounts of liquids all day to feel satisfied. My mental state was "loopy"...I couldn't concentrate and felt it was unsafe for me to be driving, I was that out of it. There should be a stricter warning concerning the sleepiness and altered mental state. I stopped taking the drug immediately because the side effects were so terrible. Claritin never gave me these types of side effects! F 32 1 days
11/25/2002
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11/14/2002
 5  clear nasal congestion dry mouth excellent drug...worked much better than claritin for me..A+++ M 16 30 days
11/7/2002

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