Editing Loratadine (section)

== Adverse effects ==
As a "non-sedating" antihistamine, loratadine causes less (but still significant, in some cases) [[sedation]] and [[psychomotor retardation]] than the older antihistamines, because it penetrates the [[blood brain barrier|blood/brain barrier]] less.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://allergies.emedtv.com/claritin/claritin-and-alcohol.html | title = Claritin and Alcohol | vauthors = Monson K | publisher = emedtv.com | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120424203016/http://allergies.emedtv.com/claritin/claritin-and-alcohol.html | archive-date = 24 April 2012 | access-date = 7 May 2012 }}</ref> Headache is also a possible side effect.<ref name="Austria-Codex" /><ref name="Mutschler">{{cite book| vauthors = Mutschler E, Geisslinger G, Kroemer HK  |title=Arzneimittelwirkungen|publisher=Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft|location=Stuttgart|year=2001|edition=8|pages=456–461|isbn=978-3-8047-1763-3|language=de}}</ref>

Unlike earlier-generation antihistamines, loratadine is considered largely free of [[antimuscarinic]] effects ([[urinary retention]], dry mouth, blurred vision).<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1016/bs.podrm.2021.10.002 |title=Loratadine |date=2022 | vauthors = AlMasoud N, Bakheit AH, Alshammari MF, Abdel-Aziz HA, AlRabiah H |series=Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients, and Related Methodology |volume=47 |pages=55–90 |pmid=35396016 |isbn=978-0-323-85482-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-53717-1.00314-0 |chapter=Antihistamines |title=Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs |date=2016 |pages=606–618 |isbn=978-0-444-53716-4 }}</ref>