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 |
| 3 | Year-round allergies | headaches (ranges from minor throbs to nasty migraines), nausea, dizziness, mood swings | My allergist used to prescribe Allegra for me, but I had stopped taking it 5 years ago after I stopped getting my allergy shots. Since then, I have been on over-the-counter Claritin and Zyrtec. When Allegra was approved for over-the-counter, I ran right out to my drug store and bought a 30-count bottle. Big mistake and waste of money. I have only been taking it for 4 days so far and I have gotten constant headaches, nausea, and dizziness. At first, I chalked it up to stress. And then I realized I have only been experiencing these symptoms in the past 3-4 days after I started taking Allegra again. In addition to all the side effects, Allegra also doesn't provide instant relief--it takes about an hour before my allergy symptoms stop bothering me. | F | 27 | 4 days 180mg 1X day | 5/13/2011 | 5 | Allergies | None | I have been taking antihistamines for 19 years due to severe allergies. I have tried every big name and generic brand out there looking for relief. None of them helped. So I continued my quest for relief and tried Allegra D, and it has really worked for me. All of my allergy symptoms have been relieved. I had been miserable for so long it is still hard for me to believe that this is actually working and I feel good! I am just going to enjoy the relief and hope it continues to work this well. | F | 37 | 6 weeks 120 mg 1X day | 5/12/2011 | 1 | Allergies | My daughter started taking about 2 months ago. Her allergies did get better once we added singulair. She started having constant headaches, stomach aches and sore throats. She also has indigestion, bloating and the need to burp frequently. She is almost eating nothing these days. I have had her to a psychologist, thinking it is psychological problem because she has withdrawn from friends and activities - now that I have read this information, I am pulling her from the Allegra IMMEDIATELY! | I cannot believe doctors are not more aware of these problems with Allegra. We have been to 2 different pediatricians and 2 specialists! | F | 10 | 2 months 60 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 5 | severe seasonal allergies | No side effects at all | Have taken zyrtec, claritin, bendryl and everything makes me so sleepy (without much help in the sneezing, itchy eye, throat, ear and everything allergies cause) area. Found allegra and it is the most wonderful drug, I can have all symptoms and within an hour of taking it, they are all gone and I am talking about 100 sneezes per hour. GONE!!! THANK YOU ALLEGRA YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!! | F | 43 | 180 mg 1X day | 5/7/2011 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | severe ear pressure and 50% reduction in hearing | My ears began to feel as though they were filled with fluid causing great pressure to my inner ears just shortly after starting Allegra. I did not make the connection until today. Reading the allegra side effects on the web and this site helped me make the connection. Really funny part - went to an ear specialist 5 days ago. He saw no physical change in my ears, deducted that it must be a sinus infection, presribed antibiotics and stepped me up to allegra D. Now I'm deaf and dizzy. When I reported that the symptoms began just shortly after starting allegra - don't you think that might have been a red flag for a trained doc? So tired of having to rely on own senses and internet for survival. Hope I'm never in serious need of medical help. It's a total crap shoot out there. | F | 56 | 2 months 1X day | 5/7/2011 | 1 | Allergies | This stuff is ineffective, and if anything, seemed to make my allergies WORSE! I've taken it off and on for the past two weeks (12 hr and 24 hr). I would suffer from mild allergies, take a pill and instead of feeling better, my allergies would feel a hundred times WORSE! From light sniffling, within an hour of taking Allegra, I would begin sneezing non-stop and feel totally itchy!!! My nose would itch, eyes itch, and my overall face felt completely swollen!!! I took this a few times, thinking it was just a fluke or coincidence. NOPE! I tried Citirizine the other day, and felt better afterward. Took Allegra two days letter with the same mild symptoms, and afterward, felt itchy and swollen...could not stop sneezing either! HORRIBLE! | NEVER AGAIN! | F | 29 | 2 weeks 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 2 | Allergies and sinusitus | Nausea, dizziness, foggy feeling, headache, shaky hands (caffeine related?), racing heart, flushed feeling. I just feel "weird". Metallic taste in mouth. | I thought I'd give Allegra a try after taking Zyrtec for years for my year round allergies. I felt pretty good the first few days and even felt that the slight drainage was clearing things out. Then today at work I just felt off. Woozy, dizzy, and spaced out. I have a horrible headache--could be the pollen but it's worse than my usual sinus headache. Thought I might be coming down with the flu, and found out these are common Allegra side effects. Back to Zyrtec for me! | F | 43 | 5 days 1X day | 5/5/2011 | 1 | allergies | after 10 days, nausea, abdominal pain, dry mouth, decrease in appetite, dizziness, neck pain, back pain, anxiety, depression. | Allegra helped with my allergies, but the side effects were very bad, after first 10 days, symptoms got even worse, no appetite, severe anxiety trouble concentrating, severe neck/back pain, dizziness, nausea and abdominal pain, stop taking allegra after finding this web site, after one day headache and dizziness went away, 2nd day nausea and abdominal pain gone, able to eat. still having some back pain, do anyone have any idea how long before back pain go? I will look for something else for my allergies. | F | 52 | 30 days 180 mg 1X day | 4/29/2011 | 1 | Allergies | Anxiety, feeling out of it, mental confusion. Especially if the drug is combined with coffee. I remember trying to pour orange juice into a cup for like 30 minutes because I couldn't understand what was going on and whether I was doing it right. That shouldn't happen with a drug. Then I just went to my room, sat for 30 minutes staring at the wall and trying to understand why it took me 30 minutes to pour the juice. Since then I only take it 1 doze in a month -- this is anough to alleviate allergies without causing too much damage to your body. I never take it regularly and cut the pills in half. This works (somewhat :-) | The drug has some serious issues. It's best to stop taking it if you notice any side effects. | M | 24 | 7 days 1X day | 4/28/2011 | 1 | Allergies | Dry mouth, could not sleep, heartburn, tired, headache and diarrhea. | Claritin might take longer to work but I never had one problem or side effect. It did work. I took Allegra for 3 days and it made my allergies 100% worse. Product did not work. | M | 48 | 3 days 180mg 1X day | 4/26/2011 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Stomach upset, severe gas and bloating, nausea, anxiety | I took allegra to see if it would be better than Claritin for seasonal allergies. I do not have any issues/side effects with Claritin so I was hopeful about Allegra. By the end of the day on the first night taking it my stomach was bloated/gassy (I hadn't eaten or done anything different that could cause it), then by the second night my stomach was a mess and disaster...and I was walking around the house an anxious mess.... No more allegra for me. I will stick to Claritin 10mg as needed... | F | 24 | 2 days 180mg 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Heat rash, throat tightening, dizziness, low blood pressure, unable to swallow, unable to breathe. Had to go to ER. | Worst and scariest drug that I have taken! Within 20 minutes all of those side effects that I mentioned presented themselves! I had to go to the ER and get an emergency Benadryl shot and epi pen! Very dangerous. | F | 39 | 1 days 60 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 2 | Allergies | Horrible knee pain. | F | 40 | 3 weeks 180 1X day | 4/11/2011 | 4 | allergic asthma | sleepiness. I take at night so its not a problem. | I started allegra when pregnant due to random hives. I discovered once I started it that I could wean myself off of all my asthma meds! I didn't know all these years that my asthma was due to allergies. I swear by the stuff. I don't like taking a pill every day, but this is worth it. | F | 29 | 1 years 1X day | 4/9/2011 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | My allergies seemed to be heightened after taking Allegra. I've taken two doses and both times, my allergies have flared within two hours after taking each dose. | M | 21 | 2 days 1X day | 4/5/2011 | 3 | seasonal allergies | Crazy dreams, sleeplessness, stomach discomfort, letheragy | I gave Children's Allegra to my nine year old daughter for her seasonal allergies. The medicine did wonders for the allergies, but the side effects were awful. She began complaining of stomach discomfort and was droopy for several days. She was unable to sleep through the night and had crazy dreams. I immediately took her off the meds and she is back to normal. Thank goodness! | F | 9 | 1 months 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 5 | Terrible Allergies | None. | Allegra is a godsend! After taking Zyrtec for 2 years it stopped working. I live in the southwest and it seems we have high pollen alerts all the time. As a result, my allergies turned into repeated sinus infections (6 in 4 months and getting to the point where normal antibiotics weren't working). My doctor said to try Allegra and I have been great ever since. I'm sorry to read about the side effects for some of you - it's a shame that you aren't getting the relief. | M | 45 | 14 days 180 mg 1X day | 4/2/2011 | 1 | stuffy nose | cannot discontinue allegra - long time user 10++ years ... worked good at first now no noticable benefit -- BUT get severe all body itching including eyelids and ears within 4 days... if i try to discontinue allegra -- itching starts with feet then legs and hands then arms and torso finally head scalp eyes ears etc... if you can get off allegra now without itching then do it... other antihistamines work just fine, except tht if i switch ti them i get the itching.... something in allegra has made me susceptible to itching if i dont use allegra so i am stuck with it. i have the generic not the brand name so maybe something in the generic did it. now my BP is way up and i suspect allegra is doing it... had rapaflow for prostate that also lowered BP but that made my nose swell shut so i could not breath at all... so i live with allegra and high BP so i can breath without itching... if i could get rid of the itching i could breath good enough without anything....b | M | 70 | 10 years 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | I was told to give the Children's liquid Allegra to my daughter for seasonal allergies. My daughter is 4 and began having extreme fits of rage and emotional outbursts. At first I thought it was b/c it was making her tired but the emotional outbursts became more extreme and occured more often. I have since stopped giving it to her and she is back to her normal, cheery self. It was very scary as a parent because a four year doesn't know how to tell you what they are feeling after taking a medicine. | Talk to your pediatrician before giving and monitor their behavior closely. | F | 4 | 5 days 30mg 2X day | 3/25/2011 | 1 | Allergies | This medicine has serious issues. It caused anxiety, restlessness, tiredness, feeling out of it, confusion, memory and concentration problems. | M | 25 | 1 days 1X day | 3/20/2011 |