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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLEGRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | sinus, insect bites, hives, asthma | Mostly this helps me but mildly; if you quit taking it you notice it WAS helping. After a number of days of it, I get lower abdominal pains, joint pains, and dry mouth and eyes. I developed severe small intestinal cramping recently & am wondering if it might be this so found your site. Not sure it is allergra or not. but please note, if you take it as allegra-D, it might be the "D" that is giving the palpitations, moods, jitteriness or higher bp, so user beware. I am less drowsy on this med than others, less bp elevation than others. | I only take this as needed, sometimes a week or two at a time, sometimes just a day here and there or after insect bites. If i take it for a week or two, for sure I have lower abdominal and low back pain with joint pain but then I just knock off til i get over it. | F | 56 | 13 years | 2/8/2008 | 3 | Year round allergies | none | Allegra didn't work very well for me, it's helped a little, though. | F | 13 | 8 months | 2/7/2008 | 3 | sinusis | heart beat way to fast!, couldnt sleep, cold sweats, irritable and pacing. | it did help my sinusis but, I dont like this side effects at all.....I rather have my sinusis then all of the mention side effects.NOT GOOD FOR ME. | F | 30 | 3 days | 2/6/2008 | 1 | food and environmental allergies | confusion, lack of concentration, fatigue, lack of motivation, weight gain (25 pounds in 6 months), insatiable appetite for food, non-existent sex drive, mood swings between mild depression and crying, weepy, whiny, can't get out of bed, want to die but too tired to think about how to do it let alone actually get out of bed and do it, intense muscle pain especially in neck, shoulder (scapula), upper back, and upper abdomen, both legs freeze up..think a whole leg charley horse, both legs at a time, unreasonable fear of going outside the house, dry mouth, frequent urination, headaches where I've been admitted to the ER because they think I've had a stroke, pain, inflammation and weakness in joints, esp. hands, wrists, ankle, knees, hips, and jaw. Shaky hand tremors, hot and dripping sweat in 50 degree weather, arms, hands and legs go tingly, pain like waking up from falling asleep, and numbness, puffy round red face, fingers swelled, anxiety, blurry vision, eyes hurt. | In late '02 I became ill & was eventually diagnosed w/food & environmental allergies &prescribed allegra 180mg, crantex la, nasacort/flonase. Initially these were a god-send but soon I began to experience severe pain & fatigue. The drs (8/5 yrs) attributed my symptoms to not being able to handle the stress of daily life, a job & that I'd been so sick I needed more time to recuperate. To cut down on "the stress." I dropped out of UCD, stopped socializing, got divorced, stopped working out and quit my job. I was always very organized and responsible, writing down my goals, working to accomplish them & then set new ones after succeeding. That stopped in '03. I went from being a very active person who loved to go out,learn new things, meet new people, successfully employed @ $75-150k/yr, traveling the world, to an overweight(50lbs), unemployed, confused, unmotivated recluse who was weepy, tired & jumpy all the time. 2 weeks ago I stopped taking to get | F | 38 | 5 years | 1/29/2008 | 1 | allergies | severe tachycardia, thought I would die | I took this product one time as a physician sample. Got tachycardia (extremely high/spiked pulse) but I couldn't get up to call 911- I felt like I had been given an overdose of sleeping pills. I was dizzy, blurred, heart racing out of control, and I felt like I could only watch myself die. supposedly allegra is just seldane (terfenadine- pulled from market in 90s due to arrythmia side effects- metabolizes to fexofenadine in liver- This is allegra) except it has one less chemical molecule on it. BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU EVER TOOK SELDANE OR HAVE OCCASIONAL HEART FLUTTERS. I ALMOST DIED ON ALLEGRA. Allegra is the metabolized form of seldane. | F | 31 | 1 days | 1/23/2008 | 1 | Year-Round-Allergies | Racing heart, palpitations, pressure in chest, anxiety (diagnosed with GAD & panic attacks, but this increased it to the point I thought I was dying or about to drop dead on a daily basis and I'm only 27), severe leg cramps especially at night, sleeplessness, insomnia, can't fall back asleep after waking during night, blood pressure went from low (typically about 105/50ish) to 178/114 and other similar readings. I get exercise and am at a very healthy weight and BMI so the increase in blood pressure was extremely scary. | I have moderate allergies that came about when I moved from the Northeast to the Southwest (I'm allergic to basically anything desert). I know what it was like before I experienced allergies in the NE and Allegra doesn't even make me feel like I come close to that. I honestly haven't seen any significant changes in my allergies and my eyes water more now and my sinus drip isn't any better. | F | 27 | 6 months | 1/23/2008 | 1 | severe dust and pet allergy | nervousness, sleeplessness, heart racing. daytime effects less noticeable. | I have had similar side effects taking some over-the-counter antihistamines, but not all. Very unpleasant. My doctor switched me to Zyrtec. | F | 45 | 2 days | 1/23/2008 | 1 | hives | Light headedness-almost fainting, Increased heart rate, and blood pressure, all over tingling, increased urinations, dry eys, chronic cough. | After being on it for 3 weeks started having episodes of near fainting, heart racing (up to 142 while in bed), uncontrolled chills or shaking. Now off for 6 days and sypmptoms improving. Still now need to get heart monitored for 48 hours. Terrible drug, how come if so many people are having these significant symptoms not nothing has changed in how the drug is advertised. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 1/20/2008 | 4 | Allergies and allergic type rash | None | I have been taking Allegra (180mg)on and off for the last 5 years. I was in a phase of not taking it and I had an allergic reaction to something. I just started taking it again today and my itchy allergic rash that covers my entire body is calming down after a few hours from taking it. I can only hope it helps more. | F | 43 | 5 years | 1/15/2008 | 1 | sinusitius | I had been on a z pack that did not help...Doc prescribed Allegra D (a prescription drug). I took two...head felt as thought stuffed with cement...for a year and one half I lost all sense of smell and taste...was frightening...went to Doctors at Mass General Hospital...there was nothing they could do to help...I thank God it came back...it was a long wait...especially for someone that likes to cook and eat! I lost about 12 pounds, but it came back...I was not overweight, on slim side. | Never, never never again | M | 66 | 1 days | 1/15/2008 | 3 | seasonal allergies | severe cramps and back pain during menstruation, amennorhea, heavy periods | Took allegra for years with no problems. After the birth of my2nd child, had severe cramps and back pain along with my normal PMS. Super heavy periods. All this long after my system should have returned to normal after having my child. Stopped taking it and my cycles are back to normal. | 37 | 5 years | 1/11/2008 | 5 | Allergies, hives, sinus problems... | dry mouth (I just make sure to stay hydrated) | Allegra works really well for me. I can only take the 60 mg tablets. The 180mg tablets were way too strong for me-- gave me dry mouth & stomach aches. Now I just take 60 mg once/ day when I'm having symptoms. I had bad luck with Zyrtec and Claritin. They made me very tired. | F | 27 | 6 years | 1/10/2008 | 2 | Allergies | I thought I was imagining things, until I saw this site. I have wanted to cry about anything, increased anger, anxiety, food tastes odd, not hungry, change in bowel movements, headache, bloody nose, troubles falling asleep, extreme dizziness, feeling "high" or sedated | I only got it because they had a generic, I am going to switch back to Singular. This has been awful. And they have not all been constant, so it took me awhile to put it all together. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 1/10/2008 | 1 | for drainage in throat | panic,anxiety,crying, tightness in chest,night was the worst,no sleep,throat pain and tightness | this was given to me for a drainage in my throat, and now I am in worse shape for taking it than ever. I already have anxeity and it doubled that plus added to my chest tightness. I will never take it again. It did nothing for me. | F | 46 | 3 days | 1/9/2008 | 4 | Sinus infection | Insomnia, elevated heart rate, diziness | I took it short-term (7 days) and I didn't have a good nights rest the entire time, however, allegra worked great at clearing up my sinus infection... I would take it again but maybe half the dose in the evenings so I could sleep at night. | F | 27 | 7 days | 1/7/2008 | 1 | post nasal drip | the first 8 days of taking the generic fexa fenedine, i had no results whatsoever, but on the 9th day my stomach began to bloat.and every day after it began to bloat more.my bowel movements began to change also.after taking it for 14 days total i quit taking it,but still continued to bloat until i could not even take a deep breath.i spent 1 night in the hospital and all the doctors wanted to do was check my heart because i could not take a deep breath.exactly 14 days after quitting the drug,my bowels began to feel normal again and i had 10 bowel movements in 3 days and my bloating went away. | maybe my system cannot handle it,and maybe yours can.but if you experience any bloating or bowel change,i would seriously consider stop taking it because you will not get any better until you do.i will never ever take it again. | M | 34 | 14 days | 1/6/2008 | 1 | seasonal, smoke & pet allergies | I am writing this for my mother, who was taking only Allegra at the time of her death in 2001. She used it for chronic sinus allergies. She had developed chronic insomnia, fatigue, & lately, some depression. She was in excellent cardiovascular health, swam laps every morning (for 30+ years), & did cardio 4 times a week. | My mother died suddenly of a cardiac tamponade, although her health was excellent & her relatives had lived well into their 80s. The coroner expressed interest that she had been taking Allegra at the time, but said nothing. I have long suspected that it raised my mother's blood pressure to the point that it caused her heart attack and death. Unsure how long she'd been taking it; at least one year. These postings seem to confirm my suspicions. | F | 75 | 1 years | 12/27/2007 | 3 | Year Round Allergies | I have only been on Allegra for 3 days and already I feel EXTREME fatigue. I thought it was my Sinus Infection making me feel bad until I felt wonderful this morning. That is until I took my Allegra pill...here I am at work and I am about to fall asleep. | F | 25 | 3 days | 12/14/2007 | 3 | allergic to everything | no side effects, but it doesn't work very well either | if i want a stronger medicine it will have side effects, if i take allerga i still have allergies. | F | 21 | 5 years | 12/5/2007 | 4 | chronic allergies | I thought that I had none to speak of but my prescription ran out and I took Claritin as an alternative. The Claritin together with the Allegra gave me a constant tinnitis(ringing in the ears) that has never gone away. I went off both drugs and it has been months now but I still have the tinnitis. | I have asked my doctor, my pharmacist and checked all the drug interaction websites but I have not found anything about this. It is driving me nuts! | F | 60 | 5 years | 11/20/2007 |