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Why did Claritin make me very drowsy?
I was staying at my dad's house and some bug kept biting me during the night. I ended up with lots and lots of very itchy bug bites that were very uncomfortable. I decided that I would purchase an allergy medication at the local Wal-Mart to help the itchiness die down.
I purchased Claritin after looking through the allergy section. They had Benadryl, Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec. I chose the Claritin because it was affordable and had the non-drowsy plus.
I had just woken up 2 hours prior to making it back home with the Claritin. I took it as directed and within an hour I was knocked out. I ended up sleeping for a good 12 hours straight, if not a longer. I checked the packaging and it claims that the drowsiness is NOT a side effect at all.
I didn't take anything else with the Claritin. I felt completely fine before taking the Claritin. It was like the light switch turned off all of a sudden and stayed that way for 12 hours. I've decided to not take Claritin anymore because of this reason.
Can anyone tell me what happened? Am I allergic to an ingredient in Claritin? Is this side-effect just an extremely rare case?
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Medication affects everyone differently. Ny-Quil, for example, makes some people extremely hyper.
Claritin never works for me. It's also designed to be more of a daily medication for chronic allergies. Benadryl would have been a better choice (unless of course you're allergic, but allergies to allergy medicine are very rare). The generic version [Target or walmart brand, for example] is about 1/3 to 1/4 the cost of the brand-name, and works just as well.
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claritin like other allergy medications is kind of a drug and anyone who takes it is bound to get tired it works for about an hour and then your out i would stop using it because allergy medication is the number 3 cause for roadside accidents.
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