User Reviews for Zyrtec oral

I tried Zyrtec a couple of years ago. I had heart palpitations and my blood pressure became higher. I then quit them after two days. I went to an allergist this week who prescribed it along with other asthma meds and I told her I tried it and it caused higher blood pressure but she said it shouldn't cause that and so I tried it again. After ONE pill yesterday, last night I had mild pain in my chest and heart palpitations for a second or two. After reading some of these reviews, I had to give you my review. Just FYI, sometimes YOU know more about your body than anyone else, even a doctor that ignores your concerns about a medicine. I'm switching to Claritan which never gave me problems. This Zyrtec is BAD STUFF. OH and persons over 65 should take a MAX of 5mg in a 24 hr period which I was not told about either. Read More Read Less

I am taking Zyrtec for clogged up ears due to allergies. It works fairly well, but I have put on 9 pounds in 4 months. The scale keeps climbing, and I've never weighed this much. I searched to see if it could be a side effect of Zyrtec, and it seems to be. I'm going to stop taking it and see if I lose the weight.

Was taking claritin because of seasonal allergies, switched to zyrtec because felt like the claritin wasn't doing the job anymore. Because of this switch, I didn't put two and two together, but I started having horrible side effects from the zyrtec that I never had with the claritin. As others descrbed, if i stopped taking it, I suffered from increased hives and skin sensitivity, but that went away after a few days. However, during my treatment, I suffered from constant anxiety, having anxiety throughout the day and often time panic attacks. I had no idea what was causing them, but I suffered with them for 6+ months. Its been a week off of zyrtec and I have not even had a moment of anxiety since I stopped taking these pills. I had no idea that these pills were causing my literally EVERY DAY anxiety, and now that I'm off for this long, it's the longest ive been anxiety free for 6 months. These pills have been a literal nightmare. I will handle my runny nose and itchy eyes gladly, if it means i'm not suicidal and anxious every single day.Read More Read Less

I have allergies all year round (trees, flowers and grass pollens, weeds, ragweed dust, pet dander, perfumes, and colognes). My allergies are much worse during the Spring, Summer and early Fall. I love Zyrtec. The minute I take it -- it starts working. It stops the sneezing, coughing, sniffling, stuffy nose, and itching. I don't experience any side effects either which is the best thing. I tried both Allegra and Claritin and experienced side effects from both. I have taken Zyrtec for years and never once experienced any side effects.Read More Read Less

I have a reaction to dust mites. Every morning my nose runs for several hours. I have used nasal rinse with little results. I started Zyrtec the results are very good. Little to no runny nose in the mornings and I sleep better. The only side effect is with my contact lenses. My eyes feel a little dry, but not troublesome. I forgot to take the pill one evening and the runny nose came back. For me this has improved my life.

I have had moderately severe seasonal allergies to pollen (especially grass and weeds, some trees) since I was 7 years old. I am now 34. My symptoms are fairly debilitating in total, though fall far short of anaphylaxis (for comparison's sake). They include extreme itchiness of eyes, ear canals, mouth, and throat; rhinitis and runny nose; watery eyes that secrete enough mucous to seal my eyes shut while sleeping; hives if I come into direct contact with pollinating grass (I.e. Lay in it, mow the lawn); and significant fatigue. Zyrtec is the only antihistamine that has ever worked for me. I use it in combination with a prescription antihistamine eye drop. I am fortunate in that I do not experience any side effects. Zyrtec brings symptoms into a low-level tolerable range for me, and I don't know what I would do without it every spring and summer. I also find it useful when I am having an allergic response to other things like mosquitos or allergic dermatitis or hives from an unknown source. I am surprised to see all the negative reviews here, though they seem based on individuals' experiences of negative side effects or ineffectiveness at suppressing symptoms (which I could say the same for Allegra, Claritin, etc.) I only take it seasonally for grass pollen allergies and as needed for infrequent allergic responses to other things. Fingers crossed it never loses effectiveness for me! Read More Read Less

Took one today for runny nose, sneezing. I am broken out with hives & itching on back & upper chest areas. What should I do?

I have had seasonal allergies since I can remember. I tried Claritin before but tried Zyrtec one season. I found that it took care of allergy symptoms but had a side effect of seriously affecting my ability to concentrate at work. So I went back to Claritin the next season, but ironically my dermatologist realized I had a rare reaction to Claritin so could no longer take it. With bad allergies, I tried Zyrtec again and tried to minimize how often I took it to bad allergy reaction days and just deal with the side effect. This season, I started taking Zyrtec again and realized some significant effects. First, I've been working out regularly the past year and watching my diet quite well maintaining a certain weight, after taking zyrtec, in just a week or two my weight went up a whole 10 lbs and I'm heavier than I've ever weighed in my life. I've also noticed feeling tired all the time, and no matter how much sleep I get in a night I feel tired the next day. (which is very uncharacteristic of me). I've felt that I've become more easily agitated and have less patience when I normally would be very patient. Lastly, at my birthday meal the other day, I realized my appetite had shot up as well since I'm not one to ever finish a meal out entirely and usually take some of it home; but this time, I ate the entire meal and still felt hungry afterwards. I can't definitively say this is all due to Zyrtec; however, I have experienced some rather significant changes and the only real change in my daily routine has been to take a Zyrtec pill in the morning for allergies. After reading other people's reviews on this and seeing the effects myself, I will stop taking Zyrtec to see if any of what I have been feeling will go back to normal.Read More Read Less

I began taking zyrtec daily for the last 8 years when I began working in a historic moldy building. I recently retired and stopped cold turkey. I began experiencing intermittent agitating itching almost immediately in nearly every place I have skin. I am starting week 5 of withdrawal and still itch. The drug worked well for my mold allergy but the withdrawal is really rough. I have suffered from allergic rhinitis since I was a child.

I have been taking this generic brand for years because I can't live without it is what I thought until I started reading these reviews. The main problem I have when I stop taking it is extreme body itching. I thought something was wrong with me until reading the reviews and seeing that it could be a side effect. I am going to try and quite this medication and use something for the itching while cleaning my liver out.

Medication worked well. Reduced itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing, headaches from seasonal allergies. Took it year round. Now had to stop med, due to allergy testing. Have had intense itching! Unaware of this side effect until researching it on Internet. I will no longer take it. Have been off it for 5 days and still itching on back, shoulders, arms, hands, scalp, face, lips, and upper legs! Unable to sleep! I recommend not taking this med, due to this unfortunate and common withdrawal side effect! This side effect should be posted for the public to know!Read More Read Less

I took Zyrtec for allergies. It took away the runny nose and itchy eyes, but brought upon drowsiness, followed by an extremely anxious feeling. This happened a number of times, only on the days I took zyrtec. I have stopped taking Zyrtec as I would rather deal with a runny nose than the anxiety I felt from this drug.

My daughter takes this medication on advice of doctor.. My daughter has been to 2 heart specialists for rapid heart beat.. They found nothing wrong.. But all Doctors ignore me when I ask if Zyrtec could be the problem. I am divorced and my wife wont listen and continues to give her this medication and is still experiencing rapid heart beats. I stopped giving it to her and only have had 4 occurrences in last 6 months. They all occured within 12 hours after leaving mothers home and taking this poison. Reported to FDA .They do nothing but protect Drug Companys. Read More Read Less

at first this med was awesome, altho, i discontinued it related to an allergy test an then the problems unloaded... at first i started to itch on my hip area an the itching continued all over body including my scalp an face. My body developed an red raised rash scattered across my arms that itched me to the point of blood surfacing, i became panicked !! i knew i needed to take an antihistamine to reside the itching an raised rash so i was forced to take zyrtec to realize within 30 mins or less the rash went away an the itching stopped!! but then the problem resurfaced the next day very aggressively realizing i was having withdraws from the zyrtec an NOT having an allergic reaction, i continued with this intense consistent itching for several days an actually had scabs on my skin an scalp, i became into a state of panic an felt doomed to the realization i was itching only because i have stopped taking the zyrtec an felt an overwhelming emotion of depression while dealing with this constant itch i became panicked !! It finally after several days stopped .. i have scars on my arms from aftermath of this withdraw.. Zyrtec needs to be taken only under the care of an MD an for a short period of time.. as well as being tapered off the medication related to withdraw symptoms from this medication.. it does not need to be an over the counter medication!! Read More Read Less

Somewhat constricted breathing/chest discomfort, weakness and dizziness after first tablet. Discontinued after taking the first one.

Awful! Simply awful! I was groggy for about 14 hours after taking this medicine. As the grogginess wore off, I became enraged. The slightest little thing would turn me into a screaming maniac. That phase lasted another 5 hours! No matter how well this medication MIGHT ease my allergy symptoms, it is NOT worth it. I will never use this stuff again.

For BP my doctor added losartan 25mg because 5mg norvasc was not enough. I had allergic reaction from losartan 25 mg i.e swelling of lips. I took the generic zyrtec and felt good. Next day I took norvasc 5mg along with Zyrtec and my pressure remained under control. Two days went well with this combination but today is the third day and I was unable to sleep and feeling restless, though feeling sleepy but not getting sleep. strange type of weird feeling, a sick feeling. will stop this med and hope I soon become normal. Read More Read Less

To be perfectly honest I don't even accept my alleges as a condition of my existence. I double dosed on this stupid so called allergy medication and my allergies blocked my airway and monopolized my entire night. These so called allergy medications do not make sense to me.

Lifechanger. Before taking Zyrtec people couldn't hear me in loud areas because I was congested and couldn't project my voice. Not only do I feel better on a minute-to-minute basis, but I come across as more confident as well.

Ive been taking citirizine for almost 6 months.I havent experienced any of the side effects other reviewrs have.But It gives me difficulty swallowing somewhat..as if my throat has a lump inside .Nobody has mentioned about having this.