Claritin 24 Hour Allergy, Tablets, 30 ea | 
| Brand: Claritin
List Price: $22.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5209
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 4 x 2.8 x 1.6
UPC: 041100802477
EAN: 0041100802477
ASIN: B0000AYXBB
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| Features:
| • | Non-drowsy allergy tablets for relief of sneezing, runny nose, and itchy throat | | • | Provides respite from hay fever and other respiratory allergies | | • | 24-hour formula delivers 30 days of relief | | • | Consult a physician before use if pregnant or nursing | | • | Please read all label information on delivery |
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 Claritin is a great Medication for Allergies September 2, 2005
James Koenig (Minnesota)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Claritin (Loratidine) is a medication in the class of anti-histamines. Histamine is a chemical in our cells that is released during an allergy attack. Histamine causes all the symptoms of allergies: sneezing, nasal congestion, itching, hives, etc. Being an anti-histamine, Claritin blocks the action of histamine in the body.
Claritin replaced Benadryl (Diphenhydramine) as the #1 doctor prescribed allergy medication, the reason being that Claritin does not have any drowsiness as a side-effect like Benadryl has. Benadryl has very significant sleepiness as a side-effect, and this limited its use in people who needed to operate cars, machinery, or needed to have full-attention in their jobs. The sleepiness of Benadryl was so marked, that manufacturers marketed it as a sleeping aid! (Diphenhydramine is the component in Tylenol PM or Excedrine PM, it is also in all the sleeping pill formulations). Fortunately for allergy sufferers, Claritin has no sleepiness as a side-effect, in fact, Claritin has virtually NO side effects, which makes it an excellent medication to take if you are taking other medications as well. Plus, Claritin WORKS to counter allergy symptoms. I developed a form of full-body hives that persisted for over a year, and Claritin was a God-send for me. Without Claritin, my life would have been miserable.
Up until a few years ago, Claritin was a prescription medication and was the mainstay for doctors to prescribe for allergies. Once its potential for abuse was determined to be nil, and its safety factor proven, it was released on the market as an over-the-counter allergy medication.
Claritin still is expensive, as the medication is still "owned" by a major drug company. Until its lease expires and it can be marketed as the generic Loratidine, consumers will have to ante up the money if they want the best over-the-counter allergy medication available. If you can't or won't afford Claritin, then the cheaper alternative is Benedryl (Diphenhydramine), and you put up with the drowsiness.
Hope this helps.
Jim "Konedog" Koenig
 Claritin Allergy tablets not as good as one Sudafed November 7, 2004
Bonnie Sayers (Los Angeles, CA)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Claritin 24-hour allergy tablets is a good product if you just want to try it and see what the buzz is all about, but if you have allergy problems that could last months or seasons this is not the best product on the market considering the time span of the dose and the price comparison to other brands.
For many years now I have utilized one small red Sudafed pill and it works perfectly. When Claritin came off the Rx market I tried it along with a coupon and found the blister packaging difficult to remove a tablet.
Since I would take the tablet by 6:30 am each morning it was working for a full twelve hours. According to the box though I could not take another tablet in the same twenty-four hour period. So basically I feel this is misleading because this stopped working repeatedly after twelve hours and I had to get through the bedtime battles with pestering allergies. The past month also had some big weather changes here as the temperatures soared into the 80 degree mark for one week and the winds were kicking up dust all around. I did not like the position I was in where I could not take anything to relieve the uncomfortable feelings associated with the watery eyes, runny nose and itchy throat.
I would not recommend this product over the other options.
Avoid, unless you have established success with it. April 6, 2004
Christopher Wanko (Nutley, NJ USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
It will help control allergies, but sinus sufferers looking to decongest-dry out must seek the Claritin-D formulation instead. This is effective, but pricey. Generics are almost equal, but a word about generics: they use the basic drug formula, but are free to use any delivery additives they wish. Those additives do change how it reacts in your body, for some people. I would recommend Claritin and not a knockoff for precisely that reason. Fred
Great! February 2, 2005
S. Chi (Princeton, NJ)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I guess it might depend somewhat on the person, and/or various placebo effects, but my allergies have always been solved by Claritin. I have tried cheaper generic allergy medications and a cheaper brand call Nuprin, but they just didn't cut it for me. I'd have to take several in order for them to be effective. Claritin has always worked!
 sleeping pill? April 7, 2005
Super_Juice (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been taking Claritin for about 4 weeks; it worked well for my allergies. Over the past several days it caused increasing drowsiness. I searched the web for information regarding this and the only place I found any mention of it was here on Amazon. I have stopped taking it, the runny nose and sneezing is nothing compared to the gray haze it caused.
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