User Reviews for loratadine oral

I have been taking Loratadine for some time now. I buy it OTC at Walmart. It is basically the same ingredient as that found in Claritin, just made by a different manufacturer. Although it states that it does not cause drowsiness, I found, like all other antihistamines, it does - but to a lesser degree. I combine the oral pill with the real Sudafed's generic (Psuedoephedrine) which is now behind the counter due to some young, creative Crystal Meth makers. The combo of Sudafed and Claritin (brand or generic) is fantastic!Read More Read Less

I took this for about a month. It's easy to use and works great, Except it makes my heartbeat run fast and skip beats. I have Atrial fib. (controlled with Rx medicine) and it made it worse. When I quit taking it the problems stopped. So, if you have heart problems be careful.

I started giving my 2yr old this medicine on 3/30/2010 and about a week later he got very mean and aggressive half of the time and the other half of the time he is crying and whining. He is usualy a happy boy with a few temper tantrums but this is crazy!

The longer I take it, the more side effects I've noticed. I am starting to experience a shortness of breath, have had weight gain, and more short-tempered. I will be talking to my doctor about another allergy med since I have cats (allergic) and seasonal allergies.

Thank you to user Publius, 25-34 Male (Patient), you have helped me to figure out a mystery of my own. I have been taking loratadine for around 3-4 years, maybe longer, and only recently have had any noticeable side affects. I have found I can become depressed while using this drug. And it lasts all day long. And I have never been depressed before in my life! Thankfully, I have really had no other problems with this drug. I know take it only when needed, instead of everyday, as I use to.

i think this pill works good and i will keep on taking it for my allgeric conjunctivis to help me. with those problems their are a lot of problems why i had to use this drug i had to us it for runnynose,hives,sickness and bad allegries

IT WORKS

The medicine worked fine for allergies BUT I could not handle the extreme anxiety that I ended up with, waking up early every morning in a panic. I had to stop taking it completely.

I found after taking a loratadine tablet everyday for a month that I was having problems with dizzyness when I would move my head to the right or left. I was also having feelings of light headness. These symptoms cleared up after stopping the medication.

I use it to prevent hives. I am allergic to alcohol, so I take it an hour or 2 before I drink. I usually only have 2-3 drinks but it has prevented my hives. I have pretty severe hives from drinking, covering my whole body and lasting 2 weeks if I don't take an antihistime. Any antihistimine works but this one is much cheaper. $4 at walmart for 30. Or $8 at Kaiser for 100 (I don't think you need to be a member to get it)

I took this for three days because my ear was sore and my doctor prescribe it. It worked but I became quite sleepy and my eyes seemed very tired. After quitting for one day my ear is OK and I am back to normal.

I was prescribed this medication due to allergies and Sinus problems. I told the doctor i had to have something that would not make me sleepy. I started taking it and within just a few days saw immediate relief from my sinus problems. However, I then started getting extreme fatigue! So bad that I could not even go to the store after work and was in bed at 4 pm. I did not think about the loratadine doing this to me since they advertise that it does not cause drowsiness, but taking the loratadine was the only thing that it could be, I stopped taking it and sure enough the extreme fatigue went away. You think the doctors could have told me this. It does state on the side effects that it causes fatigue in 4%. They need to add Extreme Fatigue! to the list. I won't be taking it anymore. Made me crabby and muscle aches like the flu also.Read More Read Less

I have been giving this to my twin 8yr old girls for a little over a month do to allergies. It seemed to help them for a while but their behavior started to change they were very grumpy and sometimes doen right nasty everything seems to bother them. I have since stopped giving it to them and they seem to be behaving better. It had only been 2 days so I am hoping they will continue to get better in the next few days.