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Friday, May 23, 2025

Allergic reaction after taking Zyrtec (Cetirizine)

 

If you do not know, Zyrtec is an allergy medication that is used for allergies and seasonal allergies.

 Me being me and having server allergies every year and developing new allergies, I have spent most of life on it since Claritin never worked on me. Luckily it gave me relief but lately, I have noticed if you stop taking it or tapper off of it then you start itching. 

Me not knowing this is a new side effect now, I thought it was just me being allergic to something new and developing new allergies in which yes that has happen to me.  

One day, I was laying in bed and suddenly I started itching from no where. I thought it was my soaps, my bed sheets, my wash that I wash my clothes in but no, it was the cetirizine. I have developed rashes on my arms not sur where they were coming from. I also developed red rashes and everything else thinking it was something else but no it was my allergy meds all alone. 

I have found out, this is not just me having this. A lot of people are dealing with this.  

So as of now I have stopped my Cetirizine and now taking benadryl for the itching I got from Zyrtec. I am probably going to switch to Allegra

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