Claritan symptoms and conditions

I have son that has been on singular for 5years . He is 14 and a half started taking it for his asthma its his wonder drug never any side affects! I had him stop taking to see if his asthma got better within 2 weeks he started wheezing every day and asked my if he could start taking it again I put him back on it no side affects again works wonders i would recommend any day for asthma. Every one can blame drugs and that sorts but if you think your a bad parent for trying a med. to see if would help your child well then you could be just as bad for not trying cause one child committed suicide while taking it does not mean my child will . In that statement i think the doctors no more than we do thats why they go to school, and now and days they will put any child on meds and say they have add or add parents too... so its all in what you believe in if it works for your child then it does if it don`t try something else but there could be a lot of other reasons why your child acts out! My other son acts and sounds much like you describe as side effects well guess what he is 9 and takes no meds just vitamins! good luck all and don`t get scared. sometimes its just who they are! Yes my 14 and half year old will continue with his singular until my doctors say other wise.

I'm a 37 year old female and have severe asthma and allergies and have used pregnisone on and off for 30 years. I believe I am the poster child for the long term side effects. My immune system is shot to the point that my normal medicines for asthma (ventolin, advair) and allergies (tylenol sinus, claritan, visine A) and ezcema (elidel, hydrocortisone, etc. - - NOTHING works!

In the past 6 months, I have developed various infections that the doctors have not been able to identify. My eyes are swollen and red with large amount of white/yellow secretions. Vaginal secretions. Face swollen. Skilled covered in a rash with ezcema out of control. Sharp pains in my back and stomach. Constant asthma. Abnormal hair growth. It is to the point that it is impossible to function and each doctor just wants to prescribe more pregnisone. I feel as if my body is a walking time bomb and it is so full of all the cortisone from over the years and has just decided no more.

I admit that I too readily believed in the doctors when they would rapidly prescribe the pregnisone. Only now am I paying attention to the long term side effects.

Has anyone had tests done to test their immune system and other organs for damage? Thanks and best to our pregnisone club.

I started taking Lisinopril for my bp about 2 1/2 months ago and even though it did lower my bp, I started having strange side-effects. It started out with drowsiness throughout the day, no matter how much sleep I got. And, waking up feeling drowsy even after 8-10 hours of sleep. Then, I started getting strange aches and pains throughout my body, like I was getting over a stomach flu. My asthma also flared up and I started having to use my inhaler for the first time in almost 15 years (usually I just need it after exercise.) The side-effects continued to get worse over the next months with increased fatigue, drowsiness, coughing, anxiety, muscle aches, poor concentration, feeling like my nerves were "shot," headache, weakness, tightness in my lungs, numbness in my hands and feet, and just plain feeling bad.
I made an appointment to see my doctor because I thought there was something seriously wrong with me. It crossed my mind that I might be feeling this way because of the Lisinopril. I stumbled across this website and after reading everyone's testimonials, I decided to stop the Lisinopril. I haven't taken it in 3 1/2 days, and I am already feeling much better. I would rather try a more holistic approach to lowering my bp then taking Lisinopril.
I hope this helps someone else out there who might be going through the same thing.

I orignally started taking 25 mg for chronic hives after a roller coaster w/any thing containing blue dye, prednizone, allegra, claritan. Finally I stopped taking all colored meds only white or pale. I have a lot of wgt gain since this ordeal started in Nov. I did not know Doxepin could cause wgt gain. I am now taking 50 mg at night for insomnia and it does have an antihystamine in it. I think I am going to cut back to 25 mg again and get off this. One Dr. told me anything with antihystames are a wgt gainer. I also take Zoloft in the a.m. which helps okay and Doxepin can also be used for that but mainly helps me sleep and gain wgt :-)