Allegra and medication

I have lost a significant amount of weight since I began taking Allegra D two years ago. I struggled with my weight since having two children and have found that since i started taking Allegra D I have increased energy and reduced appetite. I take it first thing in the morning with my coffee to jump start my day. I love this medication that not only helps relieve my allergys but helped me loose weigh and have energy while doing it.

I have taken Allegra-D for a year now and have noticed extreme mood changes. I have even lost motivation for daily duties. I seem more careless and lack energy. I find myself crying for no real reason at all. I too have felt the itchiness of skin, if I fail to refill my prescription in a weeks period.

I have had a "reverse" side effect. I have been taking Allegra 60 mg for years, without any apparent side effects. Then I tried to discontinue the medication, and I started itching ALL over my body. The itching begins immediately, and will stop as soon as I resume the medication. This has happened on more than one occasion, when I tried to "quit". Is there any way off this stuff, or do you have to use it for life?

I have taken Allegra 60mg.2x daily for the last 2 years (regulary during allergy season) and have noticed that I have lost a considerable amount of hair! My hair has thinned so much, I do not want to continue taking this medication. I also have had mulitple earaches and more of the same symptomes ( side effects) other guest noted but no weight loss.

I have also experienced terrible lower back pain, and severe hives!!

About 2 days after I started taking Allegra, I began to break out in hives. They started on my wrists and ankles, and then they moved up my legs. Now I've got them on my back, arms, stomach, and even my eyelid!

It's unbearable.

I think I'd rather live with the sneezing from my allergies than suffer through the scratching and sleepless nights!

I'm 22 and when I wake up, I feel like I'm 90 because my back hurts so bad.

Allegra, I am done with you!

Good luck to anyone else who might take this medication.

My advice? Stick with Benadryl.

I started taking Allegra in Feb and by Mar noticed an itchy part of my scalp then started to lose hair on that spot. The bald spot is now getting bigger so i decided to stop my medication. I have made an appointment to see my doctor. This is a new medication but there may be an interaction with Tenormin that I've been taking.

I started taking Allegra at 8 p.m. on April 8, 2003, for seasonal sinus problems here in Michigan. After taking the second caplet at the same time the following evening (April 9), I awoke the next morning with a lower back ache. On April 10, after my third Allegra, the back pain was so severe I could not stand from a sitting position without assistance. By my fourth Allegra caplet on April 11, I also had a severe headache along with the increasing back pain. I had taken Allegra for approximately one week before I saw a local television ad for the medication stating that "possible" side effects included headache, cold symptoms and/or backache. I thought then that the possibility of the back pain being related to the Allegra was evident. I discontinued taking Allegra on April 15, 2003, and the backache is nearly gone. The slight headache remains, but responds to aspirin. It should be noted that I had a problem several years ago with Allegra-D causing severe head congestion and sinus pain. I would not recommend anyone taking this medication without knowing that the side effects are more than just "possible" .