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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 146 38 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Seasonal Allergy 44 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 39 5 Efficacy_major
Seasonal allergy 33 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Perennial Allergy 32 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
General health 19 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 325 patients currently taking Cetirizine HCl

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 7
Mild
 20
None
 58

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

Sleepiness 9
Drowsiness 3
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 2
Headaches 2
Dry eyes 1
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
See all 18 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Cetirizine HCl. See all 19 dosages ►

  daily 5mg as needed 20mg as needed 10mg as needed 1 tab(s) daily 1 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 31 Number of Patients: 31 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 243 Number of Patients: 243 16 Number of Patients: 16  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cetirizine HCl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 20   Did not seem to work: 26%
Other 17   Other: 22%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 15%
Expense 12   Expense: 15%
Side effects too severe 11   Side effects too severe: 14%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 14%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 77 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
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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
 65 73%
Usually
 17 19%
Sometimes
 5 6%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cetirizine HCl

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 3%
A little
 7 8%
Not at all
 79 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cetirizine HCl

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 1%
$25-49
 13 19%
< $25
 53 79%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.