My youngest son has severe asthma and allergies. His asthma is particularly aggravated by pollen in the spring, and is also exercise induced. Although we have tried a variety of other prescription medications to help with his allergies, the one we have found to work best is Cetirizine. Cetirizine is the generic for Zyrtec allergy medication.
My son has difficulties with swallowing pills, however, his body size is such that liquid medications are a huge volume. This became an issue with insurance companies paying for his prescription allergy medication at age eight. So, that’s when we first switched over to Cetirizine.
At the time my son was taking a 5 mg chewable which was grape flavored. However, as his age and weight demanded his is currently on 10 mg Cetirizine one time each day.
Even though it helps his allergies, my son tells me that he doesn’t care for the taste of the chewable allergy medication. He liked the grape flavor; however the 10 mg cetirizine comes in a flavor called “Tutti-Fruitti”. He tells me that it tastes gross and not like any kid of fruit he’d eat, because it tastes like rotten fruit. I haven’t personally tasted it.
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