{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: A case report of sleep terrors exacerbated by cetirizine.
{Author}: Hussain S;Aziz SG;
{Journal}: J Clin Sleep Med
{Volume}: 17
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 01 2021 1
{Factor}: 4.324
{DOI}: 10.5664/jcsm.8794
{Abstract}: Sleep terrors are a type of sleep disorder that is classified as parasomnias and is more common in children than in adults. Cetirizine is a histamine H1 antagonist that is US Food and Drug Administration approved for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria and has common adverse effects of drowsiness and headaches. We present a case of an adult man with a history of chronic sleep terror disorder and allergic rhinitis who developed worsening of his sleep terrors after initiation of cetirizine that subsequently resolved after discontinuing cetirizine and starting paroxetine.