Cetirizine 10mg hayfever and allergy tablets. The active ingredient, Cetirizine hydrochloride belongs to a group of medicines called antihistamines. It blocks the effect of a substance called histamine which occurs naturally in the body. Histamine is involved in allergic reactions. Cetirizine tablets are used to treat people who have hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis), year round allergies such as dust or pet allergies (perennial allergic rhinitis) and urticaria (swelling, redness and itchiness of the skin). Cetirizine tablets also relieve the unpleasant symptoms and discomfort associated with these conditions, such as sneezing, irritated, runny and blocked up nose, itchy, red and watering eyes and skin rashes. Please read the information leaflet enclosed in the box. Directions: Adults and children aged 12 years and over: The recommended dose is 10 mg once daily as one tablet daily. If the tablets make you feel drowsy or dizzy, taking half a tablet twice a day may be better than taking one tablet once a day. Children aged 6 to 12: The recommended dose is 5 mg twice daily as half a tablet. Not recommended for children under 6 years. Patients with moderate to severe renal impairment Patients with moderate renal impairment are recommended to take 5 mg once daily.

1 box is 1 months supply. Taken to relieve the symptoms of hay-fever and other allergies, including: skin and pet allergies, Mould spore/house dust mite allergies, sneezing and itchy eyes.