Complete adverse effect profile including incidence rates and management
Important Safety Information
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience any unexpected symptoms. For serious or life-threatening side effects, seek emergency medical attention immediately.
Side effects reported with the administration of hydroxyzine hydrochloride are usually mild and transitory in nature.
Anticholinergic: Dry mouth.
Central Nervous System: Drowsiness is usually transitory and may disappear in a few days of continued therapy or upon reduction of dose.
Involuntary motor activity including rare instances of tremor and convulsions have been reported, usually with doses considerably higher than those recommended.
Clinically significant respiratory depression has not been reported at recommended doses.
Cardiac System: QT prolongation, Torsade de Pointes.
In postmarketing experience, the following additional undesirable effects have been reported: Body as a Whole: Allergic reaction.
Nervous System: Headache.
Psychiatric: Hallucination.
Skin and Appendages: Oral hydroxyzine is associated with Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) and fixed drug eruptions in postmarketing reports;
Nursing Mothers It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk.
Since many drugs are so excreted, hydroxyzine should not be given to nursing mothers.
Like all medications, Hydroxyzine Hcl can cause side effects. However, not everyone who takes this medication will experience them. Many side effects are dose-dependent and may improve as your body adjusts to the medication. Others may require dose adjustment or medical attention.
Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you experience:
Seek immediate emergency medical care if you experience signs of: