Dosage of the medicine:

• For adults, the standard dose of Generic Zyrtec is 5 to 10 mg one time in a day. For treating allergic rhinitis the dosage for the pediatric patients is 2.5 mg taken once or twice daily. For ear, nose, or throat infections, the adults are also prescribed for the same dose. A dose of 2.5 to 10 mg 3 times a day is prescribed for the bacterial infections of intestines.
•  Missing this drug dosage can give the bacterium that wasn’t killed completely and restart an infection.
• Take Generic Zyrtec by mouth with or without food. If stomach upset occurs, take with food to reduce irritation of the stomach.
• To clear up your infection completely; take Generic Zyrtec for the full course of treatment. Keep taking it even if you feel better in a few days.
• If you miss a dose of Generic Zyrtec, take it as soon as possible. Do not take 2 doses at once. In serious cases, overdose may even result in coma or even sudden death.

Ask your physician if you have any questions about how to use Generic Zyrtec. Generic Zyrtec should be used with doctor’s recommendation.

Children having renal and hepatic impairment are not suited for the drug. The difficulty appears with the usage of 2.5 mg or less than that of Generic Zyrtec to them.

Precautions related to Generic Zyrtec:

• Results of laboratory tests like blood-glucose monitoring may hamper with the medicine Generic Zyrtec. Ask your doctor before you change your diet or the dose of your diabetes medicine.
• Lab tests, including liver function, complete blood cell counts, and kidney function may be performed if you use Generic Zyrtec for a long period of time.
• An elderly person should not consume this medicine without consulting his doctor. The medicine is not suitable for weak kidneys. One needs to inform the doctor if he is suffering from any kidney problems.
• Patients must complete the total course of this drug. Otherwise, the issues may relapse, because here the bacteria could also appear less sensitive to this or other medicines. Therefore, follow the doctor’s prescription carefully and this could make the infection more difficult to treat in the future.
• Long-term or repeated use of this medication may cause a second infection. Tell your doctor if signs of a second infection occur. In such case, your medicine needs to be changed.
• For the children having diarrhea or an infection of the stomach or bowel system and age under ten years should be administered Generic Zyrtec cautiously.

Warnings:

• Patient should never take this medicine for treating any viral or fungal infection because it’ll show no result in them.
• This antibiotic medicine reduces the effectiveness of birth control pills. So, the patient should try some different method to control pregnancy.
• Taking Generic Zyrtec is not recommended with the medicines like minocycline, erythromycin, doxycycline, tetracycline because it delays in the bacterial treatment.
• taking Generic Zyrtec with other medication may be treated as an overdose. In such case, the medication works in the central nervous system and the patient finds some disorders in him. It is not studied yet that how alcohol reacts to generic Zyrtec. So, to become safe sided, patients better to avoid alcohol while taking Generic Zyrtec capsule.
• Before undertaking any kind of dental procedures tell the dentist that you are using Generic Zyrtec. Though some kind of antibiotic is always recommended before any kind of dental surgery, still you should confirm with your doctor about applying the drug in your dental care.
• Try some alternative treatment if you are allergic to generic Zyrtec. If you have a problem of swallowing liquids, then try the capsule form of Generic Zyrtec.

Side effects related to it:

• Allergic reactions like urticaria, angioedema, erythema, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and in rare cases fever, joint pain, eosinophilia are felt. Anaphylactic shock is a rare symptom of the drug.
• Issues of digestive system like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and development of superinfection are some ill-effects of Generic Zyrtec.
• For the cases of pseudomembranous colitis, disorders of hematopoiesis and interstitial nephritis consult with your physician as soon as possible.
• Long-term use at high doses can cause dizziness (very common), loss of consciousness, ataxia, depression, recurrent neuropathy, and seizures.
• Generic Zyrtec is noted to cause loss of sensation in the fingers or toes, weakness, pain or twitching, tremor in muscles, perplexity, and convulsions.