Loratadine for Allergic Rhinitis User Reviews (Page 3)

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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.

Reviews for Loratadine

Anonymous
October 13, 2011

"I took 1 tab a day for 2 weeks. Blood pressure was somewhat low for me and I take blood pressure medicines.I did have very dry eyes, so my contacts were giving me problems. I stopped tabs and about third day my eyes are not near as dry. Other than drying of the eyes tablets seem to work for my allergy."

3 / 10

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Clanb...
Taken for less than 1 month
June 26, 2018

"I'm not sure if people leaving positive reviews are serious when they say it takes a week for the product to work?? This is for people with hay fever and is meant to stop their symptoms. Why on Earth would someone suffer for an entire week waiting for a product to work? That is absolutely outrageous. Luckily there are plenty of products that work within minutes and can actually give relief! For me this provided no relief whatsoever would recommend Claritin or citrine."

1 / 10

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Siro
Taken for less than 1 month
January 19, 2022

"I took this medication (10mg) for my runny nose due to Covid-19. The first hour I took it I started feeling a severe headache and a little bit fatigue which lasted for about 10 hours. In the beginning I thought it was an extra symptom from Covid, since I hadn't had such a symptom until then.The next day I woke up and there was no headache and fatigue at all and was feeling much better overall. As I was suspicious with this medication I decided to take it again and see myself whether I will experience the same symptoms. Again, after an hour I took it, I started feeling headache and fatigue. So, I decided not to take it again. However, the symptom of runny rose decreased."

4 / 10

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Aaa
Taken for less than 1 month
January 24, 2022

"Within an hour after taking this, I started to have formication/ paresthesia on my nose. it has been more than 12 hours and I’m still having crawling sensation on my nose. I couldn’t sleep well, have dry mouth, and have been feeling anxiety and nervousness. as I’m typing this, I’m still having the annoying sensation on my nose. I am hoping it will fade away asap. PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE TAKING THIS. Zyrtec did not make me have all these side effects."

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AZJJ
Taken for 1 to 2 years
September 4, 2022

""Loratadine has an average rating of 4.9 out of 10 from a total of 80 ratings for the treatment of Allergic Rhinitis. 39% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 51% reported a negative experience." This stuff is nasty, gave me anxiety and depression, heart palps... AVOID!!"

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badger
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 19, 2023

Claritin (loratadine) "Everyone in my family has allergies. We recently moved into an old house and cleaned what needed to be cleaned and we stopped Claritin because it was no longer helping us. Allergies were situational. That being said the one time it genuinely helped me was when I burnt my throat from vomiting and sore throat at the same time and I NEEDED a dry mouth because of excess saliva from injury. I found Claritin made everyone in my family snore too but possibly that happened before taking it. I would say it interacts with other meds that make you drowsy even though websites say it doesn't."

1 / 10

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Sunny
Taken for 10 years or more
March 7, 2021

Wal-itin (loratadine) "As a child I had severe urticaria which required phenergan injections promptly. In my twenties I had allergy tests and the full course of the preventative for linseed, house dust, cat hair certain plant leaves. That worked well mostly but phenergan tablets were always to hand. I am now in my 80s and still have occasional urticaria if I have been gardening and hay fever from milk products during spring and summer. I have taken Loratadine (OTC) for some years now"

10 / 10

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Dozer...
Taken for less than 1 month
May 29, 2017

"I had swollen legs and feet from what I've since discovered was a histamine reaction due to eating two foods that are high in histamine. Dark chocolate and almonds. It was suggested I take Benadryl as this helps many people with this type of reaction. I tried Benadryl first and didn't have any lessening of the swelling. The next day I tried Claritin 24 hour and within hours the swelling was gone. If you have trouble with edema when having a histamine reaction you may want to give this a try. I should note that I have no other allergy symptoms at all. Only edema. Something to do with how my Mast Cells don't work they way they should."

10 / 10

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Pumpkin
Taken for less than 1 month
April 30, 2024

"Suffer from seasonal allergies. Started loratadine - the first few days were good, then I started having heart flutters, feeling very nervous and shaky. I checked all my vitals, everything was normal. I will not be using this anymore, it's not worth it. Also, ladies, it causes dryness in the lady bits."

5 / 10

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Nat
Taken for less than 1 month
June 5, 2020

Claritin (loratadine) "This product doesn’t work at all on me and it’s 24 hours so I can’t take another pill to help me. Currently my sinuses are so stuffed I can’t breathe"

1 / 10

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regai...
Taken for less than 1 month
December 20, 2022

Claritin (loratadine) "Stay away from this. It nearly took my life, it gave me severe suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, and weakness. How is this drug even legal!"

1 / 10

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Kimbe...
September 15, 2017

Claritin (loratadine) "Horrible product, barely works. Been sneezing with a runny nose all day."

1 / 10

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eaten...
June 21, 2016

Claritin (loratadine) "Feel like i have been ripped off. Does nothing for me"

1 / 10

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Alexis
November 14, 2016

"This is the only medicine that works for my nasal drip, I have yet to find anything better!!!"

9 / 10

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Tmr
Taken for 5 to 10 years
December 8, 2018

"Loratadine made my son suffer for several years. We had no idea this medication was making him sick. He had frequent tummy aches, motion sickness, vertigo, anxiety and vomiting."

1 / 10

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Anonymous
June 4, 2010

Claritin (loratadine) "Didn't do much for my allergies. "

1 / 10

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Roger...
Taken for less than 1 month
May 13, 2014

"Loratadine worked wonders on my hayfever but it gave me unbelievable insomnia - I have never suffered insomnia before,"

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Anonymous
April 7, 2009

Claritin (loratadine) "Works great, no side effects."

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Anonymous
June 6, 2009

Claritin (loratadine) "Claritin seems to help for the first 2-3 day, but loses all effectiveness for me beyond that. All symptoms return."

3 / 10

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Somej...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
September 24, 2015

Claritin (loratadine) "It takes so long to kick in and only works for like two hours."

1 / 10

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jonryan
April 11, 2009

Claritin (loratadine) "I have tried it more than once. It was as if I took nothing. No help from taking it."

1 / 10

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QAano
Taken for 1 to 2 years
August 7, 2019

Alavert (loratadine) "Cuts through a lot of my allergy symptoms (seasonal and cat dander). Once in a while, when the season is at its worst, I will feel a bit of stuffiness, but overall it has worked well for me."

9 / 10

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polly...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
November 18, 2019

"LORATADINE Helps with my burning eyes, runny nose, etc. I take one in the morning and one nightly. I am 87."

8 / 10

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Punis...
Taken for less than 1 month
August 16, 2021

Claritin (loratadine) "I have bad allergies and have tried Claritin and I will tell you Claritin doesn’t work. It didn’t improve my allergies at all it just made it worse."

1 / 10

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Ed Me...
Taken for less than 1 month
August 12, 2021

Claritin (loratadine) "Claritin is a joke. For me it did nothing as advertised, waste of money, shame on Claritin."

1 / 10

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