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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLEGRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Allergies | Hyperness followed by fatigue, shakiness, irritability, heart palpitations | I was so shaky I was wondering if I had Parkinson's or DTs, then remembered I took an Allegra! It did help with the allergies tho. | F | 50 | 5 days 180 1X day | 7/10/2012 | 5 | allergies | Headaches, related to taking it without eating (or not taking it, prolly my sinuses acting up then) | It seems to have reduced effectiveness this past week or so, I'm sneezing a lot again. Until this point, though, it was a miracle!! The rare headache was the least amount of side effects I've had from any allergy medication, and Allegra did not make me sleepy or zombie-like. | F | 23 | 6 months 1X day | 7/9/2012 | 5 | Allegries | None, | Allegra works great for allegries. I see people have lots of problems with Allegra D. Allegra D has pseufed in it and if you take Allegra D later in the day you probably aren't sleeping and getting sleep deprived causing other problems. | F | 58 | 10 years 30 1X day | 7/5/2012 | 1 | seasonal allergies | I took allegra because zyrtec made me mentally unstable. Allegra didn't work AT ALL. I was still miserable with allergies and i took it for a few weeks thinking it needed to build up. And it made me severly constipated. What a waste of money. I am glad it works for some people but even if it did work, its not worth the constipation. | F | 41 | 2 weeks | 7/3/2012 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Severe Headache which I can't take it anymore..I am going back to Claritin. | F | 45 | 5 days 180 1X day | 6/27/2012 | 1 | Sinus pain and allergies | Dry mouth, anger, irritability, hostility, drowsy. | At first when I took this I felt great. I felt like a new person. I thought I had found the answer to all my allergy problems. That night, I had a worship music practice at our church. I was jittery, my chest was tight, and I was angry at everyone for no reason at all. I started yelling at our pianist, and she is one of my dear friends. I felt like I was having an out of body experience that I couldn't control. I knew how I was acting was not myself, but I couldn't control my anger and irritability and I snapped at everyone all night. I thought I was going crazy. I apologized to the pianist, but I still was baffled at why I had such a terrible mood swing, with so much anger and hostility. when I got home I googled Allegra and finally came across this site. thank God I saw this, because I never want to act like that ever again. The next morning at our performance, I told everyone about the Allegra side effects and told them I was extremely sorry for the terrible person that they witnessed the night before. I am so embarresed, and those that didn't hear my explanation of why I thought I had been like that the night before, probably think I've totally lost it! I hope I can get my friends and my reputation back after such a terrible evening. Needless to say, I am not taking another pill no matter how much it helped my allergies! | F | 33 | 1 days 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 4 | eczema, allergies | Sore muscles in neck and back, headache, dry mouth and vagina. Possibly anxiety? | I was looking to see if Allegra causes muscle pain and see that I am not the only one. I take a break from taking a pill usually for two days on the weekend to kind of "clean out." Allegra does help my eczema flare ups calm down and does help with sinus symptoms. I will not use the Allegra with decongestant because that stuff makes me dizzy. If I need a decongestant, I take Mucinex. I am surprised to see people posting anxiety as a side effect. I suffer from anxiety and had not correlated my increase in anxiety to the use of Allegra during the past few weeks. This is a good product if you don't need to take an antihistamine every day. My side effects don't manifest until I've taken it for several days. | F | 37 | 28 days 180 mg 1X day | 6/8/2012 | 4 | Allergies to pollen | Slight drowsiness, very intense dreams that I remember on waking | I've taken everything. Claritin, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Chlor-trimeton, Sudafed, Flonase, homeopathic remedies, herbal remedies, even a round of prednisone in high school. The prednisone worked the best as my problem is inflammation getting out of control, but one doesn't want to just be on steroids every spring. Allegra is second-best by a long shot. I just know (this is my second year on 24-hour Allegra) that once I start the Allegra I have very vivid and intense dreams every night. I take the pill before bed so I can wake up with plenty in my bloodstream, which might have something to do with it. I have a family and personal history of anxiety and depression as well that has been successfully managed without medication for the last couple of years. So, the Allegra might be playing with that a little bit. Folks with anxiety and depression--tread carefully with this drug, but it works for many people. | F | 29 | 30 days 180 mg 1X day | 6/2/2012 | 1 | allergies | headache, nausea, anxiety, elevated BP, night time hallucination | I've only been taking the 24-hour Allegra for 4 days now. After day 3, I started to have night time hallucinations. Since this is the first time that's ever happened to me and I'm not under any severe stress, I have to assume it's related to the Allegra. Day 4 came with headache, nausea, nervousness/anxiety, feeling flushed, itchy (skin crawling) and problems concentrating. Allegra actually worked a LOT better on my allergies than Claritin 24-hour, but NOT worth all of the other symptoms that I'm experiencing. =( | F | 38 | 4 days 180mg 1X day | 5/31/2012 | 4 | Seasonal allergies | Jaw clenching, dry mouth | F | 24 | 1 years 1x | 5/30/2012 | 1 | seasonal allergy | severe mood swings, depression, anxiety, dizziness, headache | This review is for my 9yr old son. Glad I found this site. Will be stopping this medication immediately after reading side effects for kids. Couldn't figure out what is wrong with my child- depressed, crying all the time, severe mood swings, complainis of a headache and stomachache, restlessness. This medication shoudn't be given to kids at all. | M | 9 | 1 months 30mg 1X day | 5/25/2012 | 3 | Seasonal Allergies (Hay Fever) | Just slight dry mouth at first, but started to feel unbelievably groggy in the mornings and on the last day a major migraine that lasted all day. Mildly dry/burning eyes. | At first I thought I had found the answer to my hay fever symptoms--it was not 100% effective, but seemed to do pretty well reducing my sneezing/itchy eyes, nose and throat. I used Claritin for years and it was only mildly effective, very few side effects but it seemed to be working less and less. Zyrtec stopped my allergies but made me completely unable to function I was so drowsy. Allegra didn't make me drowsy until after I slept (taking the 24 hour pill in the afternoon), I found it much harder than usual to get up and my head felt like lead in the mornings. Over just the past 5 days it seems to have started to be less effective already (I sneezed quite a lot and had a mild throat/nose/eye itchiness even when using Allegra after the first 2 times). Then today I had the worst migraine that lasted so long, accompanied by general malaise and my eyes feel like I haven't slept in 6 months. I read something about people getting over this type of thing after an "adjustment period" but I'm kind of scared to take it again since I felt so awful today (and the stuff's not cheap either). | F | 27 | 5 days 180mg 1X day | 5/23/2012 | 3 | seasonal allergies | Awful anxiety, dizziness, various digestive annoyances (heartburn, gas, etc), jitters, heart palpitations. | Allegra helps my allergies relatively well, but I'm going off it. It's not worth feeling ooky in every other respect. I didn't realize that my allergy meds could be the reason I've been feeling off over the past few months, but, looking back, I can correlate the start of all my symptoms to taking Allegra regularly. A pity, since it does help with my allergies when other meds don't. | F | 27 | 90 days 90 mg 1X day | 5/15/2012 | 1 | hay fever, seasonal allergies | stomach cramps, naseua, dry mouth, skin itching, skin rash/irritation, insomnia, nightmares, dry skin, loss of appetite, short term memory loss | I took this pill for the first time over a period of 6 days and experienced different symptoms each day. It wasn't until the last day when I had severe dry mouth that I made the connection that all of the symptoms were a result of the Allegra. My allergies (itchy/watery eyes, runny/stuffy nose, itchy throat) were non-existent over the 6 day period, however it was obviously NOT worth going through the cramps, memory loss, naseua, insomnia, loss of appetite, and the rash that I still have after having stopped taking Allegra for a month. I would NOT recommend this. | F | 26 | 6 days 60 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Headache, Dizziness, Scratchy Throat, Wet/runny nose, watery eyes, | First time taking it I felt fine. Woke up in the morning sneezing but not as much compared to zyrtec or benadryl. The next day I experienced every side effect listed. I feel like poo. Going back to benadryl. | M | 18 | 3 days 180mg 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 4 | indoor and outdoor allergies | none | Does not eliminate the allergy symptoms completely, just lessens them (to a very tolerable level) but zero side effects, unlike others I have tried. | F | 45 | 10 years 180 1X day | 5/6/2012 | 2 | Seasonal Allergies | Racing heart, insomnia | M | 43 | 1 days 60 MG | 5/3/2012 | 1 | For my pollen allergies | I broke out on my wrist and and hand and top of foot and ankles on toes and fingers with red small bumps that were gathered. I had an allergic reaction. | F | 32 | 10 days 30mg | 4/19/2012 | 1 | Bad Alergies | Nausea, confusion, depression, dizziness, week, fatigue, achey, loopy | i had been having throat and sinus problems for about a week and my mom figured it was my allergies so she gave me Allegra-D that lasted 12 hours. The first day i felt fine but later that night i almost vomited SEVERAL times, i felt something come up my throat and as a reflex i swallowed. ever since i have had a irregular pain and lump feeling in my throat that randomly hurts. I STRONGLY suggest that you dont take Allegra. I am still wearing off of its weird symptoms. also i have never had a problem with medicine before so this was a first, so don't think thats its not Allegra because its never happened to you before. :l | F | 14 | 2 days 60 1X day | 4/16/2012 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Tired all damn day | This stuff doesn't work... PERIOD! Going back to Zyrtec. I tried switching because this season is really bad due to a lack of rain in my area. I thought Allegra would better help me, however all it's done is make me more tired. Non-Drowsy?? BS!! All this stuff does is make me want to sleep more. If it works for you, then great... but personally I think they need to lable this as "May cause daytime sleepiness" | M | 30 | 1 months 180 1X day | 4/10/2012 |