SINGULAIR Reviews (MONTELUKAST SODIUM)

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SINGULAIR  (MONTELUKAST SODIUM):  Montelukast is used regularly to prevent the wheezing and shortness of breath caused by asthma and decrease the number of asthma attacks. Montelukast is also used before exercise to prevent breathing problems during exercise (bronchospasm). This medication can help decrease the number of times you need to use your rescue inhaler. This medication is also used to relieve symptoms of hay fever and allergic rhinitis (such as sneezing, stuffy/runny/itchy nose). This medication does not work right away and should not be used to treat sudden asthma attacks or other breathing problems. This drug works by blocking certain natural substances (leukotrienes) that may cause or worsen asthma and allergies. It helps make breathing easier by reducing swelling (inflammation) in the airways.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-02-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  Allergies Took for 3 years. Joint and muscle pain along with weight gain. Mainly feet, hips and knees. Could barely get out of my car. Would go away once I got moving so was still able to exercise. All Drs baffled. I'm fit so this all didn't make sense. Took it upon myself to research. Been off for a week. Joint pain almost gone. Coincidence? Gained 15-20 lbs despite healthy lifestyle. Not sure what else was an effect. Excited to see the new. Me:) Negatives outweigh benefits. Not worth it. F 47 0 days
1X day
8/4/2023
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 1  Mild asthma, post-nasal drip Rage, anger, dizziness, anxiety, depression, migraines, muscle weakness, unexplained bruises, confusion, feeling too hot, feeling too cold, more infections, ear pain, sinus pain, flu-like symptoms My doctor convinced me when I first started taking Singular that it could not possibly be the medication causing me to have a variety of side effects like anger, rage, dizziness, muscle weakness, etc. Over time the side effects got worse. I went to a Psychiatrist 6 months after starting Singular and got prescribed an SSRI to help with anxiety. This helped for a while. After taking Singulair for 4 years, it suddenly got worse. I was convinced there were voices inside my head telling me to move (I moved across the country), but side effects didn't stop until I stopped the medication. It's been 4 days since I stopped Singulair, and still don't feel normal. So please, if you're considering this medication please be careful and let someone know that this medication can have certain effects on your mental well being. In my opinion, Singulair/Montelukast should be taken off the market for most situations. M 33 4 years
10 1X day
7/3/2023
 4  Chest pressure, wheezing, mild coug None except possible reason for notable weight gain. It almost cures my lung issues, just wish I knew whether it was a factor in all the weight gain. F 43 3 years
Standard 1X day
5/29/2023
 5  Allergies None, worked as I expected I felt like I had to leave a review because of all the negativity. Not to dismiss them, but I want people to read this and see that not all experiences are bad. I am a football coach and took it for two years because the allergy issues I had when I only took an antihistamine was unbearable. Singulair relieved probably 85-90% of my allergy issues. I finally got off of Singulair because I decided to do allergy shots instead. Would recommend to anyone with the time and means to get shots. If not, go with Singulair. I had ZERO issues with it. M 31 2 years
10MG 1X day
2/5/2023
 3  Asthma Stomach pains, vivid nightmares, sonic hallucinations. I could always hear music in my head, songs and melodies I had not heard since my childhood and what I would call a sonic hallucination? All of a sudden I could hear voices shouting at me and it actually startled me as if someone had just jumped out at me. The nightmares I experienced also were very vivid. One I remember, I was in a car park and stepped out of my car bare foot onto lots of snakes, but I could really feel the snakes under my feet The worst thing about this drug is the stomach pains it gave me. I went to countless appointments and a specialist who all said different things but assured me it would not be this medication. I decided to take myself of it and voila! No more daily stomach aches. However my asthma has gotten worse. If you don't get any of the huge list of side effects listed in the paperwork included with this medication, it is like a miracle drug. It's just unfortunate for me and it seems many others that the side effects listed are actually much more common than they'd like us to think. Fingers crossed that an alternative is available one day with less side effects. A couple of things to note, Doctors will not buy the fact that this is causing whatever problem you're having, it will change you as a person mentally, I used to be a very chilled person, but even though I no longer take this medicine I am plagued with horrible thoughts of bad things happening to people I love, which I never thought of before, another tip is that this medicine can show incorrect results on liver function tests. M 30 2 years
10mg 1X day
1/17/2023
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 1  Allergies Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal thoughts, aggression, nightmares I knew the side effects even before I started taking this, and I'm glad I knew because I would have stayed taking this medicine and it would've been torture. I quickly began to feel sad and it was a constant feeling. I couldn't even be around family or friends because I would just begin to cry. I also have been fighting more recently with my boyfriend. The first 3 days I took this medicine I have had the worst nightmares of my life. Keep in mind that I have never suffered from any mental illnesses, but this pill really changed the way I viewed my life and I will never be taking this again. F 18 5 days
10mg 1X day
1/9/2023
 1  Severe allergies Terrible ear aches. Eyes hurt, cheeks and teeth hurt. Frequent UTI's, increase of anxiety, heart palpitations and shortness of breath. Felt like I was loosing my mind. Went off it today, my Doctor doesn't think it is the Singulair. I do! He will see once I am all better! Wish I had never touched the stuff! F 66 2 years
10MG 1X day
12/9/2022
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 1  Severe allergies Tremors, fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety, HAIR LOSS, auditory hallucinations, sleep disturbances, weird dreams, irritability/aggression, no sex drive I started taking Singulair in conjunction with Allegra due to severe allergies. The first 2 weeks I started taking it, it was great. Took away my nighttime nasal stuffiness, made me sleepy enough to actually fall and stay asleep. My only complaint then was no matter how much I slept at night I always woke up so incredibly fatigued the next day. Over the remaining 2 weeks I have developed all the other symptoms I mentioned above. My anxiety was getting so bad it would wake me up in the middle of the night mid panic attack. I started to hear songs in my head on repeat, some that I had heard recently, some I hadn't heard in years. And no matter what I tried I couldn't get the auditory hallucinations to stop. I became increasingly agitated and irritated, to the point I was kind of afraid to be around my family because I was afraid I would snap on them for no reason. Completely unexplainable stomach pain. Went to my family doctor because I was convinced I had either a UTI or an appendicitis. She ruled out both and said the singular would not cause symptoms like that. Went to my OBGYN and got an ultrasound because I thought I may have had an ovarian cyst, nope. Completely unexplainable stomach pain that bothered me almost 24/7. And right at the month mark of taking this medication my hair started falling out in handfuls and I was afraid to take showers. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION. F 30 1 months
10mg 1X day
10/22/2022
 2  Asthma and allergies Ear aches, tingling, numbness, back of calves hurting , light headed, headaches, tiredness, anxiety Had to be put on antibiotics for ear infection - no I would not recommend this to anybody F 39 0 weeks
1X day
7/11/2022
 1  Seasonal allergies Anxiety, psoriasis, rage, low testosterone, suicidal thoughts. DO NOT take Singulair! I was prescribed this for years to help with seasonal allergies, chronic sinusitis, or allergic rhinitis, whatever you want to call it. As the years went on I started being controlled more and more by my emotions. I developed a skin rash all over my body that looked like psoriasis. My testosterone also tanked to clinically low levels. Three weeks after quitting Singulair all of this started to disappear. I have now been off singulair for 5 years and consider it a life-changing decision for the better. Please do not take this, especially if you are considering it for a child. The mental damage is not worth it! M 29 6 years
10 1X day
6/30/2022
 4  Cough None that I'm aware of. Hacking cough seems to be better. Not as much blowing my nose. F 62 2 months
30 mg 1X day
6/1/2022
 4  Allergic Asthma from Pollen I take this pill when I have a bad exuberance of my allergies that causes allergic asthma symptoms. It controls everything but I only stay on it for 2 1/2-3 weeks because it does cause anxiety to increase. I take it at night cause after about an hour your so sleepy. Sometimes the drowsiness lingers into the morning. Other than that I take a break in between to get through a high pollen and grass count spring. Drink a lot of water and hot tea. Take at night. Don't take for long period of time. Go off and on to decrease anxiety and mental health issues. F 44 14 days
10 mg 1X day
5/4/2022
 3  Asthma Insomnia, (BIG TIME) vivid dreams F 65 0 weeks
10mg 1X day
3/22/2022
 1  Asthma Depression DO NOT TAKE! ITS NOT WORTH WRECKING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH JUST TO BREATH. For 2 years and 9 months I was fine, but in August of last year I noticed I was depressed feeling (totally unlike me!) Didn't really link it to anything other the pandemic. Nope. Continued to get more depressed. Planning on discussing with my pulmonologist on safely discontinuing this drug! F 28 3 years
10mg 1X day
3/6/2022
 1  Allergies Our daughter was prescribed this drug by her pediatrician at 7 yrs of age for seasonal allergies. Within the first week she was having intense nightmares and then began experiencing mood changes, intrusive and suicidal thoughts and ocd, as well as severe abdominal pain over the next few months/yrs. Before taking this drug our daughter was an extremely happy, healthy child without a trace of any of these aforementioned conditions. We questioned our pediatrician multiple times regarding Singulair as the cause of the symptoms, which he dismissed. We kept her on the drug because of this and for the fact it helped with her allergies - for 2 yrs. This was back in 2005-2006 before the black box warning was issued. Our daughter is now 23 yrs old and has lingering side effects from this poison including intrusive thoughts, ocd, nightmares and abdominal issues. She has managed these through therapy, ssri's, watching her diet and continued support from her family. We still regret the day we ever It seems some have taken this drug with little to no negative side effects. After countless hours of research we have found that perhaps one reason is due to a correlation between montelukast and a mutation in the MTHFR gene (which our daughter has) affecting folate and B vitamin assimilation. F 23 2 years
1X day
3/5/2022
 1  Asthma My daughter was on this medication for 20 days, her behavior changed almost immediately, throwing fits that were not normal 3 year old fits, I had to pick her up from daycare 3 different times for being mean to other kids and just being completely out of control, the last episode was completely horrible. The daycare recorded her and I could not even believe that it was my child she was so angry and aggressive throwing chairs across the room. After it was over with she was crying and apologizing saying she did not know why she did it, and it is not fair. We stopped the medication last night so hopefully she will get back to normal. F 3 20 days
1X day
12/15/2021
 2  Allergies Side stitches/pain on my left side, heart palpitations, increased resting heart rate, diarrhea, sinus congestion, becoming more aggressive, less patient, odd muscle and joint pains I'm sure this works for someone but not for me. I also take levothyroxine and ortho cyclen along with zyrtec, flonase and daily multivitamin and pre/probiotics F 37 3 days
10mg 1X day
12/2/2021
 1  Urticaria/food allergies Developed constant headaches and severe lower abdominal pain the first night of taking. Spent the next three days in bed with abdominal pain, sleeping about 18 hrs a day. Went to urgent care center for the abdominal pain, thinking maybe it was a terrible UTI. Had a UA done - nothing. They had no answers. Day 4 came and I didn't take the meds, started feeling better within hours. The rash, the reason I started taking this drug, Montelukast, got worse in the three days I took it. Seems like I was prescribed this in almost an off label manner for a rash that my allergist thinks might be food related. With the horrid side effects of this, I'd rather live with the rash. 53 3 days
10mg 1X day
10/10/2021
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 2  Asthma Extreme vaginal dryness, pain in upper left thigh, my typical patience is non existent, crazy dreams, and pelvic pain. Helped asthma, but I rather take my inhaler. I had no idea this Med caused pelvic/vaginal issues. Wish I was told of these side effects. Do not take if you have pelvic pain! So angry with my dr. F 37 3 months
10 mg 1X day
9/27/2021
 3  Allergy related ashtma My mouth has been getting dry, and vaginal dryness F 41 30 days
1X day
9/25/2021
  

SINGULAIR  (MONTELUKAST SODIUM):  Montelukast is used regularly to prevent the wheezing and shortness of breath caused by asthma and decrease the number of asthma attacks. Montelukast is also used before exercise to prevent breathing problems during exercise (bronchospasm). This medication can help decrease the number of times you need to use your rescue inhaler. This medication is also used to relieve symptoms of hay fever and allergic rhinitis (such as sneezing, stuffy/runny/itchy nose). This medication does not work right away and should not be used to treat sudden asthma attacks or other breathing problems. This drug works by blocking certain natural substances (leukotrienes) that may cause or worsen asthma and allergies. It helps make breathing easier by reducing swelling (inflammation) in the airways.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-02-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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