Claritin or Zyrtec for Pregnancy and 3 Year Old?

my husband likes both! my daughter (2yrs) has a prescription for zyrtec but i just buy her childrens benadryl cuz it does the same thing. i know zyrtec can make you drowsey it did for my daughter. so does benadryl. my friend gives her daughter claritan and loves it. but here are things to ask yourself- does your son have asthma? if so and hes on a prevenative already then he shouldnt use some allergy meds because they contain a prevenative in it (i know this because my daughter has asthma). if your son doesnt have asthma i would try one set of allergy meds and see how it works (keeping in mind both zyrtec and claritin take a few days to fully work). if your not happy with one try the other and i your unhappy with both ask your sons dr about what else you can try for him. as far as you i would do the same thing. good luck!

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B.,

Wow! My doctor said 'no' to allergy meds when I was preggers. But, my son and I both are hay fever people and I use Claritin for OTC stuff. But, now we both have a prescription for stuff which the name escapes me.

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Good Luck!

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I thought no allergy meds were safe during pregnancy, but if u trust your dr then take them.
As for kidsit all depends on the kid.You will have to try it and see.
My 31/2 yr old girl takes claritin 1xday and does well w/it. She still has the runny nose now and then, but this works for her.
Now my 2 yr old was on claritin and it worked for awhile-then stopped working and we switched him to allegra which is working well w/him.
They had no side effects orproblems w/either.
Good Luck-hope my info helped. L.:)

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If your Doc's said it's okay, then I guess it's okay.
Or you can try Google searching it.

For me and my family per allergires, we use Claritin... or the generic brands of Claritin (MUCH cheaper). And compared to other brands, this is the brand that suits us the best. BUT, every person is different. Some brands did not work for me, but did for my Hubby.

For your child though, use ONLY the "kids" Claritin.

Claritin does NOT cause "drowsiness." Which is important.
I don't know about Zyrtec.

YOu may just have to try one brand first, then wait and see if it works. Give it a couple days. And if not, try the other brand.

You can also read about the ingredients/affects online... and if it is okay for pregnancy/children....if you want to just re-confirm on your own what your Doc told you.

Take care,
Susan

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