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What is Cetirizine HCl?

Cetirizine HCl is an antihistamine used for the relief of indoor and outdoor allergy symptoms. It also treats itching due to chronic hives.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 175 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Seasonal Allergy 68 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 39 5 Efficacy_major
Perennial Allergy 38 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Seasonal allergy symptoms 33 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Allergic Rhinitis 24 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 377 patients currently taking Cetirizine HCl

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 10
Mild
 22
None
 64

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cetirizine HCl

Sleepiness 9
Drowsiness 6
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 3
Headaches 2
Dry eyes 2
Post nasal drip 1
See all 19 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Cetirizine HCl. See all 22 dosages ►

  5mg as needed daily 10mg as needed 1 mg daily 2 tab(s) daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 35 Number of Patients: 35 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 277 Number of Patients: 277 19 Number of Patients: 19 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cetirizine HCl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 29   Did not seem to work: 31%
Other 20   Other: 22%
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 15%
Expense 13   Expense: 14%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 12%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 3%

See all 91 patients who’ve stopped taking Cetirizine HCl

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

Currently Taking Cetirizine HCl

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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 Cetirizine HCl

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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 Cetirizine HCl

Always
 74 74%
Usually
 19 19%
Sometimes
 5 5%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cetirizine HCl

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 3 3%
A little
 9 9%
Not at all
 87 87%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cetirizine HCl

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 1%
$25-49
 13 18%
< $25
 59 81%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.