FDA warns of ‘rare but severe itching’ after using popular allergy medications

FDA warns about 'severe itching' side effect from some allergy medications

Spring allergy season is in full swing, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about a rare but serious "severe itching" side effect from popular allergy medications that has affected hundreds of people. In a safety warning posted on May 16, the federal agency said some patients who had taken oral allergy medications for long periods of time experienced acute itching, medically known as pruritus, after they stopped taking…

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FDA warns of rare severe itching from stopping allergy meds like Zyrtec

WASHINGTON - The FDA has issued a warning about a rare but severe itching side effect linked to popular allergy medications. The affected medicines include well-known brands such as Zyrtec and Xyzal.

I have a sudden itching in my hands and legs, especially in the evenings, and when I get up I notice blisters that bursting into grains, with a thick texture. I have been having this disease for three years and it gives me trouble sitting down, because they have come out of my buttocks, and my job is to sit for many hours. My relatives tell me that they can be cancerous lesions. The medicine I take is loratadine and betamethasone, but I don’t fe…

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Stopping these popular allergy medications could lead to severe itching, FDA warns

People who regularly use the allergy medications Zyrtec or Xyzal may experience severe itching when they stop, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a new warning. Although the itching, called pruritus, is rare, the FDA said hundreds of people reported the condition after they stopped taking the medications cetirizine or levocetirizine daily for at least a few months. In some cases, the itching got so bad it required medical attention, t…