ALLEGRA Reviews (FEXOFENADINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (857 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALLEGRA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLEGRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Seasonal allergies | Anxiety, severe depression, nausea | After 2 doses of this medication, I experienced extreme anxiety and depression to the point of not being able to stop crying and thinking of how I could end it all. I have never felt so miserable nor have I ever been so scared! After 4 doses, I realized it was the Allegra and stopped taking it. It's been almost a week and I'm still not completely back to normal but I am feeling so much better. I'll suffer with the sneezing, itchy and watery eyes and post nasal drip any day over what Allegra did to me! | F | 38 | 4 days 30 | 3/23/2015 | 2 | seasonal allergies | Took allegra for three days which led to increased anxiety,heartburn,shaky,increase sinus pressure, dizzy,felt calmy and generally on edge all day. I'd rather deal with the allergies then take these meds | M | 29 | 3 days 180mg | 3/21/2015 | 3 | Indoor winter allegries | Took allegra on and off all winter, could seem to put one and one together as to why I was so nervous ( much more than normal) so I stopped the coffee.... No caffeine still on and of nerves daily.. Then I had a aniexty attack for no reason following my morning dose .... Then I put it together the aniexty only came when I took the allegra for 2 or mor days straight ... Racing heart, a little dizziness.... Not for me | M | 33 | 5 days 60mg | 3/16/2015 | 3 | seasonal allergies oak tree | Feeling not myself, sort of depressed, more tired than usual, requiring more sleep than normal | Does help somewhat with the allergy symptoms. Experienced the same effects with clatitin and zyrtec which worked the best but makes me the most sleepy and dizzy too! Trying some herbal remedies now that I read all these comments. | F | 50 | 5 days 1 every 24 | 3/6/2015 | 1 | Hives | I first took Allegra (180mg) one morning before a fall festival where it was going to be windy, and it worked great with no side effects. Ten days ago I developed a slowly spreading rash and doc said I could try Allegra. This time I took it at 7 in the evening. At 1am I woke up with upset stomach and bloating and severe dry mouth. I drank water for two hours with some relief. I do have chronic digestive issues and recurrent dry mouth, so my take is that Allegra 180mg is just too strong for me and not suitable for nighttime use (when laying prone). | F | 44 | 1 days 180MG | 3/3/2015 | 2 | Asthma and Bad Allergies | Extreme Anxiety, Hyperactivity, Nervousness, Fatigue but wired. Personality changes, mood swings. | This is the first time I tried the real brand name Allegra, before I had only tried the generic. This drug is horrible. It did work on my allergy symptoms pretty well, but the severe anxiety and other side effects are not worth it. If I dare to take more than 30mg a day, it's like someone gave me ten lines of cocaine and I'm wired and jacked up like crazy. Extreme Anxiety and Hyperactivity. And all kinds of manic and not feeling myself. And very fatigued, but wired up. I'm not the only one who has gotten all this off Allegra, if you search google, you will find many people going back over ten years who got all this from Allegra. It's a terrible drug that never should have been approved. It shouldn't be given to children, and it should only be used in very small amounts in the most extreme allergy attack situations and even then, it's not worth it. | F | 45 | 1 days 30mg 2X day | 2/11/2015 | 2 | seasonal allergies | Tried taking allegra twice. First time I took it when first prescribed felt no immediate side effects until day two. Increased anxiety,dizziness,headache and stomach pain. Stopped taking it and a week later figured I'd gave it another shot. Again increased my anxiety, dizziness, woke up with a headache and generally felt on edge all day. Also felt an increse in nasal pressure and Congestion. | M | 29 | 1 days 180 | 1/31/2015 | 1 | Asthma, Allergies | Heartburn, stomach bloating, nausea, headache, migraine, feeling cold, dizzy, racing heart, dry cough, stuffy head, swollen upper throat, flu and headcold like symptoms, and a severe asthma attack. | The first two days, I took the 60mg dose twice a day. It cleared up my asthma and I had no allergy symptoms, but I had a migraine and nausea. And when I took the second pill, I got severe racing heart for two hours. So for the next dose, I cut it in half to 30mg. And then found on the third day, I got all kinds of side effects from stomach bloating to actual headcold and fluish symptoms with very dry cough and my asthma came back in full force with a severe attack. It's a weird drug that I wouldn't take again. This was the generic. Still coughing as I write this. And Wikipedia says it has caused real flu and cold symptoms during trials. Well, that's what I got from it. | F | 45 | 3 days 30mg 2X day | 1/15/2015 | 3 | Severe sinus congestion, rhinitis | First dose went ok, second dose ended with a bloated belly, very uncomfortable. This lasted an hour or so, then escalated to full on stomach cramping for over 20 hours. This also included nausea and vomiting. Pain was about a 7 out of 10. Had to stop taking it. It worked well for my congestion though! | F | 39 | 3 days 60MG 1X day | 12/17/2014 | 3 | Food allergy | Roof of mouth sore. Restlessness in legs | It help for months but last month of using I had weird dreams! Gums swollen | F | 64 | 5 months 180mg | 12/10/2014 | 3 | Seasonal allergies | Anxiety, Insomia, depression | I took Allegra every day for 35 days before I realized what it was doing to me. Anxiety was the worst side effect but I did not put one and one together until I got so depressed that I needed to see a doctor. Someone suggested I get off the Allegra to see what happened. All side effects went away within 3 days. I'll never take Allegra again. Two other antihistamines have similar side effects with me - Xyzal and Benadryl. I'd rather put up with the sneezing than take these meds ever again. | M | 45 | 35 days 180 mg 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | hmmmmmm allergies | anxiety, blurred vision, total unease, headache and fatigue | M | 44 | 30 days 180 1X day | 9/7/2014 | 1 | Hay Fever/Ragweed Allergies | Stuffy nose, Headache, Achey body, Chills No fever. | F | 41 | 1 days 90 mg | 8/30/2014 | 1 | Allergy season | Paresthesia, itching all over, backache, constipation, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, muscle spasms, high blood pressure, hot flushes | M | 29 | 7 days 180 mg 1X day | 8/5/2014 | 1 | drainage | Headaches, muscles twitching, muscle pain, anxiety, panic, couldn't sleep, desperate, hot/cold feeling, shaking... | I Went to ER, several doctors and my MRI nd blood work are normal. This week I have a EEG and EMG. I stopped taking Allegra for about a month and I was slowly getting better. Started taking again because my allergies was getting bad and I started to have all the terrible simptoms again. | F | 33 | 7 months 180 1X day | 8/2/2014 | 1 | Allergic to mold, dust, grass | My daughter had night terrors shortly after starting this medication. Along with extreme mood swings, waking 3+ times a night screaming, hallucinated, thirsty more often, anxious throughout the day, paranoid, and became mean. | After trying to figure out why she was waking all of a sudden every night and screaming, I started doing research. I knew that the only new thing in her life was the Allegra. I found so many other parents on blogs that say the same thing about their children. How is this stuff even legal to take if it makes you that crazy! She was a very sweet loving child before taking this and when she is taking it she turns into a completely different child. | F | 3 | 40 days 1X day | 8/1/2014 | 1 | Hay Fever | I took fexofenadine 180mg for 3 days. The first day I took it in the morning and felt very weird, a bit off balanced when walking, and lack of strength. Then I took it at night for 2 days, and my stomach felt as if it was full of air and very blown up, followed by constipation, even though I was on salad. I couldn't figure out why until tonight. So I have decided to go back to Chlorphenamine maleate 4 mg (to be honest, nothing really works 100% during the high pollen season). It probably helped a little bit with my itchy eyes, but my running or blocked nose, and the red itchy patches around my neck stayed the same. | F | 45 | 3 days 180mg 1X day | 6/24/2014 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Allegra was recommended to me because I would not use a nasal steroid (I just don't care for nasal sprays); however, after one dose, I woke up feeling foggy and nervous, and my hands were swollen. I'll go back to my Claritin--it's just not worth it, and the sodium is a big concern to me as well! | F | 49 | 1 days 1X day | 6/18/2014 | 3 | Grass allergy | Stomach pain, muscle twitching, heart racing and feeling nervous/restless, muscle aching. | F | 36 | 10 days 120 mg | 6/17/2014 | 1 | Allergies | Allergies nuts this year..someone said try allegra...so I did...been feeling horrible...achy...headachce...went to the doctor because of horrible stomach pains..constant high anxiety...thought it was all allergies...stopped allegra and a day and a half later feel great and normal again stomach pains have almost stopped...and the constant chemical plastic taste i had all the time gone. Evil drug... | M | 43 | 1 months 25 | 6/16/2014 |