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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLEGRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | allergies unknown | I have migraines , but not for awhile. I had a terrible headache all night long on the first night I took it. | I am sure it triggered a bad headache for me. It did dry my congestion very well. | F | 62 | 1 days 180 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Severe anxiety, depression, no motivation to do anything, horrible heartburn that would keep me up at night, at first I was hungry all the time then I experienced loss of appetite. I thought I was having a mental breakdown and was ready to go see a therapist and then I realized these issues started around the time I started taking Allegra. I do not take the generic pill. I will stop taking immediately. Thank you so much for running this blog! | F | 34 | 7 weeks unsure 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 3 | cat allergies | It helped with the allergies, but every time I take it I get a headache, irregular heart beat and extreme anxiety. | F | 63 | 7 days 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 1 | allergies | I have had dizziness, and headaches right after taking this med i dont think this helps at all i think the side effects are worse than my allergies, even though i have real bad allergies i do not like the side effects will be trying soemthing new next visit | F | 28 | 60mg 2X day | 5/11/2010 | 3 | dust and mold allergies | No side effects, as I had w/previous allegry meds. But, after taking for 18 yrs, and changing my locale to a different climate, it was ineffective. Changed to ZYXAL-forget it! It worked for 1 1/2 months; then nothing. Only change with XYZAL was an 8 lb. gain over 8 weeks. Thinking about going to Allegra D. | I never experienced being tired nor nervous the whole time I took Allegra. | M | 66 | 18 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/9/2010 | 1 | Bad allergies, sinuses | I'm an anxious person, but I had my anxiety under really good control when I started taking this medicine. After a couple days of taking Allegra, I couldn't function. I was having panic attacks non-stop, I didn't want to do anything, my stomach hurt, I could barely eat anything, I couldn't sleep. I got like 4 hours of sleep every night. Once I stopped taking it, I felt like I was back to my old self again, and wasn't constantly freaking out. | I wouldn't advise taking this if you're already an anxious person, because for me, it made me feel absolutely TERRIBLE. You could try it and see if you feel okay on it, but if you don't, stop taking it. | F | 20 | 6 days 180 mg 1X day | 5/8/2010 | 4 | Chronic Sinusitis | Grogginess which leads to irritability as I am an active person, jogger, do it yourselfer to the home and my Moms house. I also take Singulair and Nasacort to help me with my sinusitis. I did have septoplasty surgery 2 years ago and that helped me more than anything else, but Allegra keeps my hives under control. These drugs are wonderful but I've realized the side affects are also real and can cause tiredness, depression and headaches that makes me wonder if it's worth taking them but then I recall what is like without them and at times I could barely function or think with the tremendous headaches and dizziness I was experiencing. | Before I decided to take Allegra on a regular daily basis I would break out in hives and on occaision my lips and tongue would swell up. I also have an allergy to cold temperatures and Allegra helped me tremendously against that. There were times I was completely lost as to what was happening to me as I suddenly had these terrible sinus headaches and dizziness where I could hardly even stand up. I stopped responding to any antibiotics including Levaquin (sp?) which is supposed to be the strongest available. I did the allergy shots from age 39-45 and also all the meds but quite honestly until I had sinus surgery to remove a polyp behind my right cheek in my nasal cavity and had my septum straightened out I started to regress to the way I was when I started feeling so bad when I was 39. Not sure if this helps anyone but I got a second opinion about my polyp and septum and that Dr. felt it was very necessary to do the surgery. Don't be afraid to do what is right for yourself even if means offending your own Dr. | M | 46 | 3 years 180 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 5 | If you've had racing heart and anxiety from allegra you're probably taking allegra-D, which also contains a decongestant. I take allegra every day but cannot take allegra D because it causes heart palpatations. The decongestant is too strong. I take sudafed as needed and take half the normal dose because i'm sensitive to it. Stop taking allegra D and take regular, and add a decongestant only as needed and where you can control how much you take. | F | 49 | 1X day | 4/30/2010 | 5 | Rashes | None | Completely cured my horrible rashes. I think it may be diminishing in effectiveness slightly over time. | M | 52 | 20 months 180 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 1 | Fluid in ears | Mood swings, depression, loss of appetite, nausea, headaches, severe upset stomache. | Although my ears are no longer getting plugged, I immediately started getting headaches everyday. Severe stomache pains started 2-3 days in. I felt like I was going to throw up every time I ate. By day 5 I could barely get out of bed I was so depressed. I have never been down or depressed in my life. This lasted for 2 days. Today I feel fine but my ear was plugged for half the day. I plan to stop taking Allegra. | F | 26 | 7 days 180mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 1 | allergies | F | 32 | 2 months 180 1X day | 4/11/2010 Patient History | 1 | allergies | fluid feeling in ear (popping sound, fullness) horrible throat tightness | day 1 - horrible throat tightness. Everyone kept telling me it was just stress. Day 5, fluid feeling in my one ear. Then the other one. I found this site on day 9 and stopped allegra. What do you know, throat tightness went away. This was back in January. It took until now (April) for my ears to get back to normal. Doctor said it can take a few months for ears to heal. My throat gets tight every now and then now and it never did before. I think my throat muscles just remember that horrible feeling and every time I get stressed, those muscles are now the first to tighten. Has anyone else experienced this? Horrible medication. | F | 24 | 9 days 1X day | 4/9/2010 | 3 | allergies | Anxious, heart beating fast or abnomral. heart palps, just not myself | I have been taking Allegra 180 for at least 3 yrs now. im now having panick attacks, heart beating out of control at times, restless and cant sleep. Asked mutiple docs if this med is doing this too me. All of them say no. Ive never had pannick attacks until now. Ive worried myself to having high blood presure and now taking lexapro for the anxiety. Sometimes I think Allegra has caused the high blood presure. I just want to be well. | M | 31 | 180 1X day | 4/7/2010 | 1 | allergies | anxiety, nervousness, jittery, dizziness, headache, insomnia. | was prescribed Allegra D 24 hour for allergies, I took the prescribed dose for 2 days, the first day I had a little headache in the evening, but could not sleep, had racing thoughts. Took it the next morning, and a few hours later felt like I was about to have a panic attack, really nervous, slight dizziness, headache, just a weird feeling. Will not take again...sticking with Zyrtec | F | 38 | 2 days 180 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | allergies | they are all really bad zyrtec allegra sudafed benadryl the best one is advil cold and sinus go out and buy it asap i did not experience any side affects like all the other garbage i listed on top | nasty like all the other antihistamines nasty nasty | F | 31 | allegraD24 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 1 | allergies | heart racing, panic attacks | Had dizziness. Dr thought might be allergies. Prescribed Allegra D 180 (also did MRI and Ear/Eye/Throat Dr.) Took Allegra D 180 for 2 weeks. Heart was constantly racing & hard to breath. Started having anxiety. Ear/Eye/ Dr told me I needed a shrink. In Er 2 days later with heart at 159 (I run 120). Er dr told me I was stressed & sent me home. Original Dr had to give me a shot to lower my heart rate (the next day) I went through this heart rate all night at home. Figured why go to ER if they thought I was stressed & werent going to do anything unless I stroked out or had heart failure. Then the DR did tests on my heart. (I originally went in for my head!) After 6 months Dr told me I was fine. By then I was on Paxil, still panicky & still had the original dizziness they never figured out. Got a NEW Dr. Took me off Paxil and gave me ativan for as needed use. Still have panic attacks regularly. They told me when the medicine cleared my system I would be fine. THIS HAS BEEN 6 YEARS. I excercise 2 or 3 times a week and am constantly on the go. So excercise isnt adjusting the seritone like I was told. If anyone has had any luck getting over this let me know. I see someone on this board talked about their adrenal gland. I am going to check this out. I am not a hypochondriac-I actually hate going to the dr and still do. If you have a comment dont tell me its all in my mind. I think it is in my nervous system or glands. I would file a lawsuit if I co | F | 45 | 2 weeks 180 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 3 | Seasonal Allergies | irritability, increased sensitivity to sun, seems to increase rosacea redness, harder to sleep, little grogginess, slight headache, less energy. | I did a search on Allegra and anger which brought me to this website. I have always noticed some physical and mental changes when I start taking this stuff. This year after two days I am really noticing that it is making me more irritable. I hope that it goes away after my body accepts it. I am also taking Nasonex with it. | M | 55 | 2 days not sure 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 3 | chronic sinusitis | Have had chronic sinusitis and first time allergies, cant take sudafed due to heart palpations, Dr. thought this would be great. Loved it at first, but too strong, cut them in half. Taking daily now for a month and have chronic dry cough, feels like my chest is tight, and throat is closing...just finally dawned on me to check for side effects of the allegra. too late, already took dose hour ago. will discontinue, call Dr. on Monday and in meantime use my netty pot, drown in my mucous I guess or go back to useless loratadine!!! THIS IS A FRIGHTENING FEELING | I WAS SO HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS MEDICATION AND SINGING IT'S PRAISES, MAYBE FOR NOW AND THEN USE...BUT FOR DAILY USE LONG TERM.....I ALSO REALLY WONDER WHEN OUR INSURANCE CARRIERS MANDATE US TO USE A 'GENERIC' IF THEY ARE RISKING OUR HEALTH...PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL ALLEGRA MIGHT BE BETTER | F | 57 | 6 months 180mg 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 4 | seasonal allergies | No side affects, I only take this drug on an as needed basis. | F | 58 | 5 years 180 1X O | 3/19/2010 | 3 | U R allergies | Might be just now figuring this out - have taken fexofen. for a LONG time for allergies. Strangely, it seems to help with arthritis in addtion to allergies (i.e. stopped it and horrible joint pain flared up) but also felt A LOT calmer when I was out of it (not taking it) this is a mystery! i cant even remember how long I have taken fex. b/c i used to take brand name. I am going to try NOT taking it and see if it is causing down mood and irritabliity...I will then try something at whole foods for allergies. | F | 51 | 6 years 180mg 1X day | 3/14/2010 |