Slow and steady as she goes
A drug is a drug. Any drug has the ability to create addiction if used for more than a few weeks. Your bodymind simply incorporates into its biochemical system. So when you decide to stop, assume some kind of withdrawal. In the below case, some people who used this allergy medicine found themselves with crazy itchy skin. The best way to stop using ANYTHING—coffee, CBD or aspirin—is to go off in small increments called “titration.” The smaller the better I’ve found. For example, if you are using two pills a day, go to two pills every other day with one pill in between for a month. Then drop one of the two pill doses for a month, then two, etc. until after four months, you are taking just one pill a day. Then drop one day of use for a month, say Monday’s, then two, Monday’s and Thursday’s, etc. After a year of titration you will be completely clean without experiencing some unpleasant emotional or physical spring back effect. Docs generally make titration schedules too short and you end up back on the drug again.-–MR
FDA Requires Warning About the Risk of Pruritus After Stopping Long-Term Use of Cetirizine or Levocetirizine
by Drugs.com, May 16, 2025
FDA requires warning about rare but severe itching after stopping long-term use of oral allergy medicines cetirizine or levocetirizine (Zyrtec, Xyzal, and other trade names). Can occur with both prescription and over-the-counter forms of these medicines.
