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52 People found this comment helpful

THIS MEDICATION IS VERY GOOD FOR ALLERGIC REACTIONS. IT STOPS THE ITCHING IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THIS DRUG ALS0 HELPS WITH SLEEPING...I RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO HAS FREQUENT REACTIONS WHICH RESULT IN HIVES OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND THE REACTIONS ARE UNKNOWN.....

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15 People found this comment helpful

Once I saw it could cause heart disturbances I refused to take this drug. I am using benedryl instead. The risks seem to be very high with this drug with what I see as a low effectiveness for the risks at hand.

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Hydroxyzine | 35-44 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
11/29/2023
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.0
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My eyes went blurry after I woke up anybody else I took the medication before taking a nap woke up, could not see

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JustMe | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
10/8/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 1.7
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I have issues with itching and anxiety. This drug doesn't do anything for either one.

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Chris | 45-54 | Male | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
9/30/2023
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
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My doctor prescribed this for sleeping. I had issues where I would wake up 5 hours after going to sleep and had trouble falling back to sleep even though I was tired. I take one of these before going to bed and sleep like a baby. Even if I have to get up early for an unforeseen reason I'm not groggy. Love this medicine

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Eri Noman | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
5/30/2023
Condition: Additional Medication for Calming
Overall rating 4.3
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I have anxiety and panic attacks. My doctor gave me this to use 'as needed' and I use it when I get hit with a panic attack. My panic attacks make my chest feel tight and warm, breathing is hard and my heart starts racing while I'm terrified. A single 25mg dose seems to work well for me to calm me down within 10 minutes. It relaxes me and makes me have a sense of well-being for the rest of the day. It does make me feel drowsy too, but not terribly so.

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mlvroone | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
5/26/2023
Condition: Inflammation of Skin caused by an Allergy
Overall rating 5.0
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before being prescribed hydroxyzine my whole body would itch intensely and nothing would relieve it. A soak in an oatmeal bath would help for as long as I was in the water and for maybe an hour or so after. Thank-you hydroxyzine, the three times a day Rx keeps it away. i

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Hydroxyzine | 45-54 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/6/2023
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.0
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will elevate your blood pressure and swelling !!!

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Linda Wofford | 75 or over | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/31/2023
Condition: Itching
Overall rating 2.7
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My dermatologist prescribed it for my scalp itch. 25mg tablet, It seems to be more of a sleeping pill. It made me fall asleep in 30 minuets, it was too hard to wake up next morning. Next time I cut it in half but it is way too strong. I don’t like it.it only stopped the itch because of falling asleep. I think it’s dangerous.

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noahshelby | 13-18 | Transgender | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/7/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 1.0
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took 25mg once and about 30 mins later my chest feels tight and my heart is absolutely pounding and fast and i can only doze off to sleep about every hour and then wake up due to the feeling i can’t breathe in my sleep and the next morning i had auditory hallucinations and very vivid dreams when i did manage to sleep a little

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Cz775 | 25-34 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/27/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 2.7
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Been having anxiety to where it’s making me feel like my heart is fluttering or having palpitations. Was prescribed this medication only benefit, it made me fall asleep, but I would wake up every night (the 2 weeks I was on it) with a weird pressure in my chest & heart palpitations. Definitely not a medication that helped with my anxiety.

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Just me | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/22/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 1.7
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My dr gave this to me to help with anxiety but it literally didn’t do anything for me. No calmness, no sleepiness, still have raging anxiety. This med just doesn’t work for me at all. Luckily no side effects either though. I used to take klonopine (probably didn’t spell that right) and that worked great, I had to stop taking that and I had high hopes for this med but unfortunately it was about the equivalent of a tick tac for me.

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Gina M. | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
2/13/2023
Condition: Additional Medication for Calming
Overall rating 2.3
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This medicine works a little too well for anxiety. So much so that it causes confusion and I've lost two jobs because of it.

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Maggie R | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
2/3/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 3.0
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I am 17 years old, I was prescribed to take this pill for when I have panic attacks or increased anxiety, Although it does help my anxiety and calm me down, It makes my heart race and made me feel like I was having out-of-body experiences, I felt odd. But I also took it in the middle of the day, Maybe if I try taking it before bed it would help because It does make me drowsy.

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ASB | 25-34 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month |
1/29/2023
Condition: Nausea and Vomiting
Overall rating 3.0
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A Physicians Assistant gave me 25mg hydroxyzine for nausea associated with Meloxicam 15mg. As for nausea, this was nowhere near as effective as Phenergan (promethazine) but it had noticeable anti emetic effects that were clouded by drowsiness. I thought these were capsule only. I got tablets which compared to the faster acting capsules were awful tasting and hard to cut. Ask for the capsules. I find Hydroxyzine, or Vistaril/Atarax to be one of the better anti-histamines, not as good as Nordlex (orphenadrine) but better than Benadryl. It relaxes muscles slightly and can help calm someone. I'm on Valium 10mg so they do nothing for my anxiety/panic but they are a nice way to fall asleep. Read More Read Less

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Govinator | 35-44 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
1/26/2023
Condition: Itching
Overall rating 5.0
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My kid brought home fifth disease from daycare. Apparently i never had gotten it so i got to enjoy the adult form. Body aches, swollen joints, headache, and the worst itching full body rash, super bad on knees and ankles. Got the best sleep ever but very hard wakeup. Rash and swelling are very much reduced. I recently started seeing a counselor for my anxiety and today im trying to figure out what anxiety really even is

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emma | 25-34 | Nonbinary | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
1/22/2023
Condition: Anxious
Overall rating 4.3
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my doctor prescribed this for me because i have anxiety and adhd, so he refused to mix the better anti-anxiety meds with the adhd ones. and truly, it works! the anxiety can have me in it's grips, but you take the medication (10mg is a joke, 20 is decent, 30 is iconic) and you'll be feeling better in no time! generally this is because you'll fall asleep, and well. you can't be anxious if you're asleep. it works well if you don't have other stuff to do in the day. otherwise, you're sol.

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Anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
1/10/2023
Condition: Nausea and Vomiting
Overall rating 4.7
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I was prescribed this to help with intense nausea related to my anxiety. Though I smoke, I havn't noticed any sort of reaction and love what it can do to dissipate my nausea in about 10-20 minutes. I cant speak for itching but for my needs it helped a ton!

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Hydroxzine | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
12/30/2022
Condition: Itching
Overall rating 1.0
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I’m having trouble with tremors and my hands shaking and randomly throwing things like a reflex are way worse

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maggie | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/30/2022
Condition: Itching
Overall rating 4.7
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I've been taking 25mg of hydroxyine hydrochloride for the relief of itching every night. It totally works because I sleep deeply through the night and don't experience any itching. The only problem is that I am sleeping 10 - 12 hours per night. I even sleep through the alarm. I am going to cut this tablet in half and hope I wake earlier.

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Noel Garnet | 19-24 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
12/26/2022
Condition: Itching
Overall rating 5.0
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This medication has really helped me with itching due to hives and allergic reactions, but it is also a very good anxiolytic and it has hypnotic effects as well (not habit forming). I am very satisfied with it!

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RLC | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/23/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 2.0
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My doc put me on 25mg to allow me to sleep through the night. I have been waking up due to hot flashes and cronic pain. It did NOTHING to help either problem, except maybe allow me to fall asleep faster after waking? It still takes me 2 hours to fall asleep. And i am still waking up every single hour during the night!

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