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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLEGRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | allergies/hay fever | my side effects were lower back and upper leg pains. Had very sensitive skin from the waist to my hips. Since reading this website I have stopped taking Allegra as of 8-29-05 with notable improvement. I am taking alleve til all of this med is out of my system. | I have been taking this for 3 summers (consecutively. Just last week (~ August 25, 2005) starting with these very new symtoms. JUST TO BE CLEAR...I ONLY TAKE THIS MED DURING THE HAY FEVER SEASON. | M | 50 | 3 years | 8/30/2005 | 3 | seasonal allergies | anxiety, sleeplessness, dry mouth | it helped my congestion and other allergy symptoms but i am so anxious and can't sleep, i am discontinuing use after only 2 days. | F | 31 | 2 days | 8/24/2005 | 3 | Hives | Rapid heart beat, nervousness, backache, asthma-like breathing symproms | F | 27 | 7 days | 8/22/2005 | 3 | seasonal allergies | depressed, irritable, dizzy, very hungry | I was so cranky I felt like tearing someone's head off! This is not listed as a side effect, but it definitely is. Just one day off the medicine and the irritability was gone. It really helped the allergies, but it's not worth it. | F | 46 | 4 days | 8/18/2005 | 4 | Year round allergies | Frequent urination, severe back and hip pain, fatigue, extreme sleepiness (I can sleep 12 more hours a day). | F | 45 | 6 days | 8/14/2005 | 3 | hives fromfood and seasonal allergy | hair thinning, back pain, tendonitis (wrists and ankles), drowsiness, depression | Doctor switched me to Allegra becuase I was having the same side effects with Claritin. For the first few weeks things were better, but now it's just as bad as the Claritin. | F | 38 | 60 days | 7/8/2005 | 4 | Hives | some minor back pain, fatigue(slight), a little swelling too | I also have unexplainable hives (internal and external) and Allegra and Zyrtec are the only two medications that keep in in check- however, I've been investigating the possibility of Candida(overgrowth of yeast in your system)that is causing my troubles. I've had chronic hives since Jan-05 and the Dr's can't figure it out. if you have hives, check out a homeopathic or natura-pathic option, you never know.Hives are MISERABLE to deal with, to not be able to figure out the cause, it's maddening.. | F | 36 | 4 months | 7/6/2005 | 2 | allergies | Depression, stomach cramping, gastrointestinal distress symptoms, backaches, headaches; developed hives AFTER I stopped taking Allegra | I had my tonsils removed in Dec '04, and by the time I healed, I noticed I had severe post-nasal drip that I never seemed to have before. I asked my ear-nose-throat doctor about it and she insisted I be tested for allergies. I found out I'm very allergic to all weeds, grasses, trees, dust, molds, basically everything but animals. However, my ONLY allergy symptom was post-nasal drip, which I still to this day suspect had more to do with healing after the tonsillectomy. This is where the run-around started... I was told to try Claritin, which made me extrememly depressed AND I had such terrible symptoms that I thought I was pregnant and had IBS. Next, I was given Allegra samples. They reduced my PND somewhat, so I thought it was the best option at the time. Then I was given Zyrtec samples for comparison. They only worked as well as the Allegra, but made me too sleepy to function at work. So the doctor convinced me to fill an Allegra prescription. I paid all this money (even WITH insurance) and took 28 pills (one every morning) before I realized that it gave me way too many bad side effects to make it worth my while. Now I have $100 worth of useless Allegra pills, AND I have developed hives since I stopped taking them. I get hives about four or five times a week now, never had them before. I tried Benadryl, it made me too tired. I tried guaifenesin, made the PND worse. I have stopped taking any sort of allergy medication and, ironically, I feel better NOW than before. | F | 27 | 28 days | 6/30/2005 | 5 | Allergies | I am on a lot of medications right now, so I can't tell which is causing which side effects. However, when I took Allegra alone last year, I believe the side effects I experienced were headache and dry mouth | I have severe seasonal and indoor allergies, I get 2-3 sinus infections per year - this med has helped my allergies a great deal and prevented my sinus infections! For people whose allergies are bad enough to take it every day and who don't have severe indoor allergies, I recommend not taking it during the winter. It's effects and helpfulness can decrease taking it year-round. WAY better than that weak Claritin. | F | 16 | 3 years | 6/28/2005 | 4 | Allergies | Allegra 180 does make me drowsy, adjusted my taking the med to nightime, dryness of the mouth, but otherwise AOK. | Taking Allegra on and off for years now, allergies act up and my sinuses get inflamed - causing all sorts of problems from runny nose to really sore throat, And I do not smoke or do any other drugs. But it does make me sleepy, so i just take it in the evening. Works well. | M | 44 | | 6/24/2005 | 3 | seasonal alergies | back pain, constipation, cramping | I like Allegra, it works very well for me. Anything else would make me very tired. Some of the side effects aren't so pleasant, but I can put up with it for a few months out of the year. | F | 21 | 2 months | 6/16/2005 | 5 | running nose, itchy eyes, sneeze | I don't like any medicine, even vitamins. Stopped use after 1 pill a day for 3 days straight. today my nose start to bleed like a water faucet, can not stop it even pinching my nose. Don't know if this is due to medication. My nose bleeds on every bad allergy day when no Allegra is taken, but nose never bleed while taking Allegra. What worries me is why my nose start to drip like faucet when on first day right after stop taking Allegra? Especially, toady is not a bad allergy day? By the way, I did have a weird violent dream last night and I have not had dreams for several months, especially not being violent. | Great during the active time of the pill, stopped running nose, no more eye scratching, no more sneeze unless cutting lawn. I only take one pill a day at needed bases. Average 4 pills a year. This year is more severe at around 9 pills so far 2005. | M | 38 | 3 days | 6/15/2005 | 5 | Allergies | Anxiousness, jittery, dry mouth. | On occassion, I have stopped taking Allegra, when I do I usually end up with a sinus infection. | M | 41 | 2 years | 6/9/2005 | 5 | allergies/hayfever | none | I have taken so many products for my allergies and Allegra is the most effective. This isn't a drug that I have to take on a daily basis or on a strict timetable. I just take it when the pollen is high. | F | 26 | | 6/8/2005 | 2 | seasonal allergies | back pain | It worked great for my allergies, did not notice any other side effects, but the lower back pain got so bad I had to stop using it. The back pain went away after a couple of days off the Allegra. | M | 39 | 6 months | 6/7/2005 | 4 | allergies | mild back pain, difficulty in catching my breath taking it once a day for about 2 weeks. I felt I couldn't breathe in all the way | M | 31 | 3 weeks | 6/6/2005 | 3 | Weird dreams, paranoia, drowsy, lazy, inability to sleep correctly -- allergies in check though | Yeah, I never have dreams that are weird, but since I've been on allegra I've spent the last two days believing that a demon was trying to possess me. Weird. I also feel like things are crawling all over me in my sleep. Since allegra was making me feel drowsy, I thought it would be better to take it right before bed. Big mistake. Anyway, if your allergies are bad enough, side effects like this are fine I suppose... I wonder if any other people have had these weird paranoid side effects though. Maybe something else is wrong with me? | M | 25 | 7 days | 6/1/2005 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Major depression, crying for no reason, reluctance to go out of the house | I am never depressed, but this started about 3 days after I started taking the medication, and went away right after I stopped taking it. It was wonderful for my allergies, but the personality change wasn't worth it. | F | 35 | 8 days | 5/28/2005 | 2 | allergies | WEIRD DREAMS, RASH, HIVES | DID NOT HELP MY ALLERGIES VERY MUCH | F | 18 | 1 months | 5/22/2005 | 2 | Allergies | lower back pain, near kidneys | this back pain was SO bad I sometimes couldn't even get into my car, I woould have to lift my left leg with both arms and pull it in. Pain so bad I would cry. I didn't make the connection until the Allegra stopped working and my doc switched me to Zyrtec - I felt so much better I stopped taking the Celebrex I was prescribed for the back pain!!! | M | 40 | 1.5 years | 5/22/2005 |