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Cetirizine Hydrochloride

Popular Brands: : Zyrtec, Cetirizine, Cetirizine Hydrochloride, Children's Zyrtec Allergy, Cetirizine Hcl
Official FDA Reports153,910
Social Media Events7,767
Total Posts162,232
Avg. Review Score2.73/ 5
Active Ingredients
  • Cetirizine Hydrochloride
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Manufacturers
  • 7-eleven
  • A P J Laboratories Limited
  • Aaron Industries, Inc.
  • Access Business Group Llc
  • American Sales Company
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The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.

The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.

The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.


Cetirizine Hydrochloride Side Effects

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User Voices

The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Cetirizine Hydrochloride

Drug Tolerance

... about 12-16 hours after you take it. (That's why I take it at night before I go to bed.) Also, if you skip a dose, take it ASAP. Otherwise, your body will build up a type of tolerance to it and it wil...


Source: Zyrtec-D-Allergy-Medicine-review-3a051

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Somnolence

can make some drowsy , other generics may be cheaper makes me less drowsy than others, helps topical and respiratory allergies, seems safe, can be taken daily if needed, no prescript...


Source: Cetirizine-Hydrochloride-Generic-Zyrte...

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Somnolence

a few side effects: can cause drowsiness , can be higher in price 24 hr relief, helps w/ indoor and outdoor allergies, rx strength but is over the counter pros> Zyrtec allergy 24 hr...


Source: Zyrtec-Allergy-Medication-review-598d

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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Headache, Dizziness, Nausea, Pain, Chills, Vomiting, Loss of consciousness, Anxiety, Visual impairment, Euphoric mood, Dyspnoea, Insomnia, Pyrexia

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on September 3, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Nausea and dizzy I cant go outside I fant every time I try..can eat cant sleep my nerves system cant stop shaking headache eyes blurry light headed cheats pain shortness of breath vomit...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Abnormal weight gain, Lethargy, Abdominal distension, Depression, Mood altered

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on September 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am

... when I found this site and read all of the comments. I've been experiencing all of the same symptoms but never contributed them to taking Zyrtec. I've gained a lot of weight, I'm always bloated and ga...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nasal dryness, Somnolence

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on August 28, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Dry nose, nasal crusting, blood in nose, mild drowsiness This stuff works well on hay fever, maybe a little too well because I can only take half a pill and I'll be good for a...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Thought withdrawal, Increased appetite, Somnolence

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on August 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am

... It's like my brain was sleeping. I gave up and slept for 2 hours after a full 8 hours of sleep the night before. I am normally a high energy person so I thought I was losing my mind until I realized...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Lethargy, Depression, Irritability

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on August 15, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Irritability, severe depression, lethargy. On this for probably 15 years after trying so many others that either didn't do the job of muting the allergies or their side effect...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sleep disorder, Nightmare, Screaming, Rash, Scratch, Haemorrhage, Seasonal allergy

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 29, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: My son was experiencing seasonal allergies and rashes due to moving into a rental that previously had cats and dogs. After many sleepless nights of scratching himself to the point of bl...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypersomnia, Pruritus, Mood swings, Anger, Depression, Insomnia

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 16, 2015 @ 12:00 am

... of days ago, and many side effects described were eerily similar to what I've experienced these past couple of years. Bad temper, mood swings, depression, insomnia and sleeping too much were things I ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Somnolence

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 13, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Drowsiness. Could not stay awake with this medication. Would sleep for 10-12 hours and still feel tired after getting out of bed. I even tried splitting the pill to make 5 mg ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sleep disorder, Insomnia, Mood altered

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 3, 2015 @ 12:00 am

... for her outburst. I am still going to have her see a therapist just in case it is so something else. I think the medicine has a lot to do with her outburst though and her lack of sleep ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Weight increased

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on June 22, 2015 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: WEIGHT GAIN!!!! While this worked great for my allergies I have gained 20 pounds with refular daily use for the lasr year. Stopped taking it and am already shedding pounds aft...


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