Loratadine for Allergic Rhinitis User Reviews

Brand names: Claritin, Claritin 24 Hour Allergy, Alavert, Allergy Relief Tablets, Claritin Reditabs, Help I Have Allergies, Allergy Relief 24 Hour, Loratadine Reditab, Wal-itin, Children's Claritin Allergy, Children's Allergy Relief 24 Hour, ohm Allergy Relief, Clear-Atadine Children's Bactimicina Allergy Tavist ND …show all brand names

Loratadine has an average rating of 4.6 out of 10 from a total of 89 reviews for the treatment of Allergic Rhinitis. 35% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 55% reported a negative experience.

Loratadine rating summary

4.6/10 average rating

89 ratings from 94 user reviews.

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Reviews for Loratadine

Sunny...
March 31, 2017

Claritin (loratadine) "It was effective for my allergies, however it caused many side effects that are listed nowhere! Depression, anxiety, confusion and sleepiness that was so pronounced I had to pull over while driving. This was the Nondrowsy formula. There are 11 other people who had similar reactions in the support in drugs.com group, under the drug name. I'll deal with my allergies rather than end up in the psych ward."

4 / 10

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Mandy
Taken for less than 1 month
March 14, 2019

Claritin (loratadine) "I was prescribed Claritin by my ENT. I was told to take it every morning, which I did, but after a few hours of taking it, I would get the worst neck pain/head aches. I also got joint pain in my knees. I looked up these two side effects and sure enough a good percent of female patients age 49+ reported these side effects. Seems more common in females. It did nothing whatsoever for my severe allergies and my Otis externa. I couldn't take the pain from this drug and stopped. Within 24 hours the painful aches went away."

1 / 10

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Ryan
Taken for less than 1 month
February 20, 2019

Claritin (loratadine) "Read some of the reviews, says it causes confusion, anxiety, depression. I took it for 2 days. 1st day I didn’t feel anything except my ears started ringing really bad. 2nd day I took it, it caused the worst confusion of my life. Going on the day after and I still feel like rubbish. Don’t take this drug."

1 / 10

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Black...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 16, 2022

Claritin (loratadine) "First symptoms were congestion in my nose and vertigo from fluid in my ears. After a visit to an ENT was told to take Claritin and Flonase along with Azelastine. Worked wonders for my congestion but started to feel really foggy in my head. Back to the ENT and had a hard time describing my symptoms other than being “off.” This brought on anxiety, did not want to drive, or leave the house. Never feel like this before. Any reading the comments on here, I stopped all medication and feel better less than 48 hours after. Not 100% but headed in right direction. Anyone else feel this way?"

1 / 10

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Simba
Taken for 2 to 5 years
February 16, 2020

Claritin (loratadine) "I've been on this product for a few years. Works great. Makes me super thirsty but keeps my sinuses clear. My eyes aren't red and itchy. Even my skin has cleared up!! My son was put on this and when I saw he was doing better I joined him on it. No problems with sleep, or tummy aches!"

8 / 10

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Charley
Taken for less than 1 month
January 22, 2019

Claritin (loratadine) "I have had postnasal drip and chronic cough especially in the winter for at least 10 years....scratchy throat, itchy ears, sore throat and burns at times facial pain, sneezing. I just got over what I thought was a sinus infection. I was still feeling bad so I was doing some reading and I read what clairtan can offer so I tried it. Within and hour or so my post nasal drip was a whole lot better and my cough along with it now I am on day 5 of taking clairtan...I feel like I could go out dancing I am sure it can only get better from here ...GOSH why didn't I try clairtan years ago ...."

9 / 10

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Dian
Taken for less than 1 month
November 20, 2019

Claritin (loratadine) "The first day it was effective but I started to feel tired and sad. I also suffered form lack of sleep and felt thirsty all the time even though I drank lost of water. I was not able to do number 2 :-) for 3 days and I had stomach aches. I stopped taking this drug immediately."

3 / 10

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Waxta...
Taken for less than 1 month
January 6, 2020

Claritin (loratadine) "Claritin is very effective on my allergy symptoms but it also makes me drowsy. However I've had problems getting a good night's sleep in the past, and the usual OTC sleep aids like melatonin and Advil PM don't always work for me. With "non-drowsy" Claritin I haven't slept this well in ages! Need to ask my MD or a specialist if Claritin induces good quality, healthy sleep and whether I can keep taking it as a sleep aid."

9 / 10

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witzend
Taken for less than 1 month
October 14, 2020

Claritin (loratadine) "Took one 24-hour Claritin on Sunday. Within hours, my itchy eyes and runny/stuffy nose had cleared. Took a second Claritin on Monday. Poor sleep that night. Tuesday morning, getting out of bed, I experienced a terrible backache and the beginnings of a headache that Tylenol didn't touch. Backache lasted all day. Stopped Claritin before my third dose. Today is Wednesday and I'm feeling zombie-like, fatigued, with lingering back pain. Much as I had hoped this might be my miracle pill, it's not. I'm a 70+ year-old lady in good health who will not be taking this again."

3 / 10

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Dinod...
July 27, 2017

Claritin (loratadine) "I have chronic allergies (undiagnosed). I suffer from dry , red, stinging eyes and a nose that gets stuffy even with turbinate reduction surgery as well as general fatigue and low energy. Claritin helped me feel functional again and I can look people in the eye when I talk to them. Nose it a lot more clear. It is VERY important to take it for a week before it provides full relief. This did not start working for me till day 4 and now I feel great , perhaps the best ever. I am giving it an 8 because it causes me dry mouth and my sleep is not the greatest. The point of this review is not to fully trust all the negative reviews. Try it for yourself every day for one , maybe even 2 weeks and see how it affects you. Best of luck."

8 / 10

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space...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
October 13, 2019

Claritin (loratadine) "This medicine Claritin I swear on god it’s the best. I've tried other medicine like zirtec and over the counter ones but this the only thing that works and it kicks my allergies in instantly like 20 min tops and last for days."

10 / 10

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Kids
June 21, 2019

"I purchased Claritin NON DROWSY (yeah right) this morning. I took one at 10 am and within an hour my symptoms all stopped. I felt exhausted and spaced out and by 4 pm I started to feel like I was on speed and wired. I felt like I was in slow motion saying what the heck is going on with this? It’s nearly midnight as I’m typing this and feel tired but wired. I can’t wait till morning being it’s a 24 hour dose for this to leave my body but it did stop my coughing all day wheezing, sniffling and sneezing but these side effects are not worth it. Anyone have any recommendations for another allergy med as I cant take a decongestant due to the ingredient causing worse fatigue."

1 / 10

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AZJJ
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
November 13, 2022

Claritin (loratadine) "I took this for some time and never realized until coming here and reading reviews that is could be responsible for my racing heart, palpitations, brain fog and on top of all that it didn't work well at all."

1 / 10

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Wendo...
June 14, 2010

Claritin (loratadine) "This is the 2nd time in a month that I have suffered from dizziness and fatigue after taking Claritin. My blood pressure has dropped to 96/58 which is low even for me. I have always had lower than normal blood pressure. I last took Claritin on Thursday morning and this is Monday and can finally stand up without feeling dizzy."

3 / 10

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AnnPnTN
Taken for less than 1 month
March 21, 2019

"After a trip to the Urgent Care again, and a diagnosis of severe sinus infection, pressure in head, fluid around ear drum-almost an infection, excessive post nasal drip, and slightly asthmatic due to allergies! This is a repeat scenario and I have tried ceterizine, but it does not stop my severe post nasal drip at all. So the Doctor (who also has allergies and a wife with severe allergies) told me to take Claritan during the day and also prescribed Cephalexin, Steroids, and an inhaler. Well after praying and spending another 2 hours spitting due to post nasal drip, I took the Claratin/Loratadine. Wow it stopped my post nasal drip in only 20-30 minutes! *** My reactions were, sudden drowsiness even though it says non-drowsy, and before that a few heart palpitations. However it did work and nothing else has stopped my symptoms! I have indoor/outdoor allergies, numerous food and medicine sensitivities and allergies, and so on. * Tried the 10mg but plan to go to 5mg child dosage. :0)"

9 / 10

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Xanmom
June 25, 2014

Children's Claritin Allergy (loratadine) "My five year old son took Claritin chewables for approximately two weeks and had a sudden onset of facial tics ( eye blinking). His doctor attributed it to the Claritin and said it was a known side effect, especially with family history of tics. "

5 / 10

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Horri...
Taken for less than 1 month
February 14, 2022

Claritin (loratadine) "I was experiencing night sweats and racing heart. I figured the only thing I had done differently was take Claritin. I went off and the night episodes disappeared. I tried it again. Wow. Night sweats pounding heart, muscle pain. I will never be taking this again. Strange as I took this often when younger with no problems. This is the Walmart generic version."

1 / 10

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Cleri...
September 24, 2021

Claritin (loratadine) "Honestly I am very sensitive to medications so I should have felt some sort of relief and I felt nothing but side effects. Dizziness, fog brain, and overall it made my head feel strange. I will be discontinuing this medicine and trying something else."

2 / 10

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LouAnnP
Taken for less than 1 month
May 6, 2015

Claritin (loratadine) "It did help with symptoms but it caused depression for me. took it for three days then realized that , had depression. Google claritin and depression and the second listing that comes up us a discussion on this website about claritin from users saying it caused depression for them"

4 / 10

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claya...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
January 30, 2023

Claritin (loratadine) "I have had a stuffy nose for 4 days and I have tried everything. I remembered that I had Claritin so I took one and it helped me so much. My nose became normal and I feel so much better. Thank you Claritin"

10 / 10

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compm...
February 11, 2022

Claritin (loratadine) "I took Claritin for congestion due to allergies. Day 1 I felt a bit tired after taking it, but the congestion began to clear. Day 2 I felt fine for a few hours with the exception of dry mouth, all of a sudden I became severely dizzy and felt like I was going to fall out of my chair. Checked all my vitals, BP, oxygen, sugar, etc and they are perfect. The only new medicine I took was Claritin. I am lying on my back right now writing this review while I am recovering from the effects."

2 / 10

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AZJJ
Taken for 1 to 2 years
March 29, 2023

Claritin (loratadine) "This stuff did very little for my allergies. It made me feel tired and spaced out and gave me minor heart palpitations. Benadryl works much better but has some dangers if taken long term. Nasacort has few side effects for me but only limited help. Some homeopathic nasal sprays work better than most OTC stuff."

2 / 10

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A Rob...
May 5, 2014

"First of all I'm not and never have been a smoker. Have COPD due to chronic bronchitis, I developed asthma after 40. I've been taking this product for five yrs and the illness due to weather has decreased dramatically I had previously suffered from pneumonia due to worsening bronchitis at least twice a yr. I average once every three years now it is due to consistently taking this year round."

10 / 10

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jenn
June 15, 2020

Claritin (loratadine) "I started using Claritin (loratadine) per my ENT's instructions to address a runny nose/PND. After one week I noticed facial redness on my cheeks and nose, the only thing different that I'd been using was the Claritin. I stopped taking it today and sure hoping the redness disappears. It did work as far as clearing up my nose and PND."

3 / 10

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Sam
Taken for less than 1 month
September 9, 2018

Claritin (loratadine) "Absolutely no relief whatsoever from a severe allergy condition I had for one day a few weeks ago. Wrote to Bayer, they responded the next day with promises of a refund but nothing after initial first contact. Do not waste your money on this product, try something else."

1 / 10

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