27 patient evaluations for Cetirizine

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Jul 9, 2010 (Started Oct 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for reaction to medication)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for puffy lumps on thighs)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (costly (ie money or time))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: costly (ie money or time)

Feb 5, 2010 (Started Oct 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for itchy scalp)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for itchy hands)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for itchy soles of feet)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: costly (ie money or time)

Jan 21, 2010 (Started Oct 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy scalp)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy hands)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy soles of feet)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: costly (ie money or time)

Oct 15, 2009 (Started Oct 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy scalp)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy hands)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for itchy soles of feet)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: costly (ie money or time)
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 20, 2010 (Started May 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for allergies)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg One time
Advice & Tips: Seems to make me a little drowsy and so I tend to take it at night as I am mostly affected first thing in a morning anyway...
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks

May 26, 2010 (Started Aug 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for itching)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: none
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 2, 2010 (Started Feb 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for allergies)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 14, 2011 (Started Feb 14, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for hives (urticaria))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 18, 2011 (Started Dec 23, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for seasonal allergy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (allergies, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I stopped taking this medication because it was not helping my allergies at all. The only thing that it did was make me want to sleep all day and all night. I tried taking it at night to see if it made a difference and it didn't. I still suffer from bad allergies and it seems that this medication didn't want to work for them at all.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 26, 2012 (Started May 21, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for allergic rhinitis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Taken at night will help in lessening some of the drowsiness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 23, 2012 (Started Dec 15, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for allergies)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 10, 2012 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for allergies)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 15, 2011 (Started Jul 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for allergic rhinitis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for allergies)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for seasonal allergy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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