• Can cetrizine help in reducing fever?

I took cetrizine for a cold that I believe resulted from an allergy, but now it resulted in a fever. Is it alright or will it cause any reactions in the future?

4 Answers

  • Family Practitioner
  • Kluang, Johor

Cetrizine is used for allergy and itching and running nose. It is not used for fever, the fever may be just coincidental.

  • Family Practitioner
  • Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Ceterizine (cetirizine) is not a medication that helps fever, but helps allergies. It does not cause fever either. The situation you described might have been an infection which went untreated and progressed to you having a fever (which the ceterizine did not help). I hope you did see your Dr. for this cold you have had.

  • Family Practitioner
  • Bennettsville, South, Carolina

Cetrizine is strictly an antihistamine. In the dimilar category of Allegra, Benadryl. It’s brand name is Zyrtec.
If you were already feeling bad or like you had a “cold” it is more likely that the fever was a result of the illness.
Of course I can not answer this definitely in this type of forum so also check with your personal family doctor.
Take Carr and God Bless.

  • Family Practitioner
  • CHADRON, NE

Yes, it has been shown to cause hyperthermia

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