There's a strange war brewing between Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit and Schering-Plough over their monster allergy brands Zyrtec and Claritin. Both companies have extended their ...

With the FDA's approval of Claritin as an over-the-counter drug, the popular allergy medicine may be in stores soon. The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay explained on Monday that the ...

Cetirizine can cause side effects that range from mild to serious. More common side effects include sleepiness and sore throat. If cetirizine side effects become difficult to tolerate, talk with your ...

SaveHealth, a prescription savings card website, compares Xyzal vs. Zyrtec. Xyzal (levocetirizine) and Zyrtec (cetirizine) are antihistamines widely used to treat allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny ...

What’s in a name? A lot, especially if you’ve already got solid brand equity in a crowded market. And so Bayer’s new nasal allergy OTC drug ClariSpray is taking two syllables--and possibly name ...

You know the symptoms: runny nose, sneezing, itchy and watery eyes. When your child has allergic rhinitis — otherwise known as allergies—you want to find a medication that can safely relieve their ...

When that allergy season hits, it's normal to reach for your medication to try and get through your day. An FDA estimate says that 62.7 million over-the-counter packages of Zyrtec (cetirizine) and ...