Talk:Cetirizine

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If you take a look at the very sexy hydroxyzine page, you'll notice i've practically re-written the article. Same here; i'm rapidly expanding and referencing it in entirity so it's available as a medical resource for other doctors :-) James.Spudeman 00:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 GA 2 Melodramatic BS sticks out like a sore thumb. 3 Needs more content 4 Unsynched 5 Levo version

[edit] GA

Sorry, but this article has not gone through the Good article candidacy process, and therefore cannot be considered GA class. Feel free to submit it for consideration, though! Best, Fvasconcellos 02:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I am taking this drug, it comes with a sheet listing potential side effects etc... worth having a section on this ?

Anyone have any facts about when cetirizine is going over the counter in the US? I've heard it was this fall when Levocetitizine comes out.

[edit] Melodramatic BS sticks out like a sore thumb.

Wow, what truly bad writing crops up in this article:

This medication may be prescribed to institutionalized individuals who suffer from depression -- temporarily enhancing their emotions, including those of alertness, speediness, and even perhaps anger. Repeated usage may increase the chances of these aforementioned symptoms.....

Let's look over this in detail:

"temporarily enhancing their emotions"

This is nonsense. First of all, there is no specific mechanism for "enhancing emotions", temporarily or otherwise, in medicine. "Enhancing emotions" is strictly BS druggie talk -- and rest assured, I'm saying that as a druggie. Secondly, there is no reason why "temporarily enhancing" a patient's emotions would be at all therapeutic, or desirable in any way.

" . . . including those of alertness, speediness, and even perhaps anger."

Bad grammar. Emotions of alertness? "even perhaps anger"?

"Alertness" is not an emotion. "Speediness" is DAMN well not an emotion.

"Repeated usage may increase the chances of these aforementioned symptoms....."

Whatever that means. But a suspense ellipsis, for cryin' out loud?!? I'm pretty sure that's not Wikipedia style. Hell, five dots, it's not even a proper ellipsis.

You know what, screw it. I'm taking it out. It needs a citation that it's never gonna get, anway. Whoever wrote this drivel should be deeply and permanently ashamed. --63.25.236.17 (talk) 16:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needs more content

The article never directly mentions Zyrtec, which is what the drug has been marketed as in the U.S. for years. Nor does it mention the fact that the zyrtec patent expired, and its now available OTC in the U.S. as of January 2008. Or the fact that generics will be coming soon in the U.S. Or the fact that the drug is marketed in Canada as Reactine, that generics are available in Canada, India, U.K., etc. Or any info on known side effects (sleepiness, etc.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.195.238.230 (talk) 21:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I also found this odd. Good to hear that (hopefully cheaper) generics of Zyrtec will be available OTC soon. It's way too expensive in its current incarnation. --uana·uerba·sunt (talk) 03:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsynched

The image, title, lede sentence, and chemical formula are out of sync with each other. Is this article talking about the free base? Or the mono-HCl salt, or the di-HCl salt? The chemists have agreed on the neutral free base/free acid forms, FYI. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 21:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Levo version

From what souce is there a claim that the levo version of the drug has fewer side effects? -Grammaticus Repairo (talk) 15:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)