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 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 | 3 | | 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 | 5 | allergies | F | 36 | 2 years | 11/5/2002 | 5 | hives | need to take at bedtime because it causes severe drowiness | F | 31 | 6 months | 9/26/2002 | 3 | seasonal allergies (hives) | drowsiness, dizziness | You only take it once a day, but the drug started to wear off long before the end of the day. However, relief is felt within about 15 minutes of taking it. | F | 31 | 2 years | 6/13/2002 | 3 | Pet dander/dust mite allergy | None | Reduced but did not eliminate sneezing and coughing. Worked okay for about two years but now it seems that either my allergies have gotten worse or my body has built up a resistance to it. | M | 45 | 3 years | 6/11/2002 | 3 | M | 32 | | 6/10/2002 | 5 | Allergies/Hives | No side effects. | Zyrtec works great for me. I take it everyday. If I miss even one dose, I break out in hives. | F | 45 | 1 years | 2/4/2002 | 1 | allergies | Utter fatigue and drowsiness. | I will not continue this medication, because I cannot function well being so fatigued. | F | 62 | 1 weeks | 12/24/2001 | 3 | allergys | fatigue, drugged feeling | F | 23 | 6 months | 11/28/2001 | 4 | allergies | dry mouth, increased reaction to alcoholo | M | 41 | 5 days | 11/4/2001 | 3 | possible allergies | its knocked me out . and made me drowsy. | M | 26 | | 11/1/2001 | 3 | | 10/16/2001 | 4 | Allergies | None | Has had no side effects and has reduced allergies probably 85%. I am very satisified | F | 28 | 2 months | 6/22/2001 | 1 | Allergies | Change in behavior of our 7 year old son. He also did not feel right on the medication. | Did not clear up the runny nose. It did lower occurrances of sneezing. | M | 7 | 3 weeks | 6/10/2001 | 2 | allergies | | 12/25/2000 | 2 | allergies | none | have not noticed any changes in allergies | M | 13 | | 12/25/2000 |
