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What is Loratadine?

Loratadine is an over the counter medication used for the relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis and for the treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria (itching).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 125 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Seasonal Allergy 79 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Perennial Allergy 45 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Seasonal allergy symptoms 31 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 28 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Allergic Rhinitis 27 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 270 patients currently taking Loratadine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 10
None
 52

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Loratadine

Sleepiness 3
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 3
Dry throat 1
Daytime sleepiness 1
Migraine headaches 1
Nausea 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Loratadine. See all 17 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 5mg/5mL as needed 10 mg weekly 2 mg daily 5 mg/5 mL daily 2 x 5 mg/5 mL daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 20 daily 30 mg daily
  31 Number of Patients: 31 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 208 Number of Patients: 208 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Loratadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 39   Did not seem to work: 36%
Course of treatment ended 25   Course of treatment ended: 23%
Other 21   Other: 20%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 9%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 7%
Expense 8   Expense: 7%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 107 patients who’ve stopped taking Loratadine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Loratadine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Loratadine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Loratadine

Always
 39 60%
Usually
 18 28%
Sometimes
 6 9%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Loratadine

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 1 2%
A little
 8 12%
Not at all
 55 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Loratadine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 2%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 4 10%
< $25
 36 86%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.