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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | preasthmatic syptoms | Our daughter began taking Singulair at the age of 3.For two years, we had problems with agression, biting herself, refusal to listen, no remorse for hurting others. It was a nightmare. The meetings with teachers and their attitudes were not helpful. We left 2 preschool settings. Potty teaching also was a problem, and we are still completeing training. I was relieved to find this site. We took her off Singulair. We saw immediate improvement in her behavior, mood, cooperativeness, etc. I am sickened that it took us so long to see the negative effects of this drug. While it was helpful, and it helps a number of kids, I would initiate taking Singulair with great caution starting on a weekend and watching carefully for any changes in behavior, mood, etc. Our 5 year old is better now, but has lots of catching up to do because she was so unfocused during so much social training. She is now on allegra and seeing an allergist for her symptoms. I regret the precious time that she was so unhappy | F | 5 | 2 years 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 3 | asthma | aggressive, hyper | With the winter thaw, my 5 year old son gets a terrible dry cough every year for about 2 months. I had him on steroid inhalers last year, but took him off after he become so aggressive he tried to choke me several times and he was still coughing quite a bit. I then tried Singular. He was not as aggressive, but very hyper on the 4mg I was prescribed to give him, but the coughing completely stopped. So I decide to experiment a bit. I HALFED THE PILLS and then HALFED them again so he was taking 1MG. Worked like a charm. Not as hyper and no aggression and it was just enough so that he didn't cough at night. My gut was that his little body couldn't handle the high dose and why not try and cut it down? Singular also has a red dye it in that some children have really bad reactions to. Perhaps that could be the problem as well. An alternative to that would be to be prescribed the adult dosage and cut it right down. Adult dosage does not have the red dye in it (the red for the 4 and 5mg is because it's a chewable for children). I think I'll try that next year and see if I can see a change. It's only for a couple months and I now give it to him RIGHT before bed so I don't have to see the instant change in him. Somehow my little dude falls asleep. Otherwise, he's running around like a banschee! | M | 5 | 2 days 1 mg 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 3 | Asthma | My son has been on Singlair for nearly a month. It's such a relief that he is not having asthma attacks anymore. However, most days I don't feel like I know my son anymore. He is moody and snaps at me for the smallest things. He gets very aggressive and very Hypa. I'm going to take him off the tablets and see my doctor if we can prevent his asthma another way. | M | 5 | 12 months 5 1X day | 3/10/2012 | 3 | Asthma | Mood Swings, Headaches, Hyperactivity, Loss of Appetite | GREAT at controlling asthma symptoms, but my sweet-as-pie 5 year old began screaming and crying at the drop of a hat, telling me she hates me (then crying about it 2 minutes later), throwing tantrums, became more hyper than usual, and complained of headaches very frequently. She also lost a lot of interest in food. I had read about the psychological side effects in a magazine, but against my better judgment, her father put her on it anyway. Needless to say, I dont give it to her when shes with me, and after reading all this info I wil be encouraging him to stop it altogether. | F | 5 | 2 months | 8/29/2009 | 3 | asthma | My son has been on this medication for 2 months after being diagnosed with asthma. All of the sudden he has been waking up in the middle of the night screaming and crying terrified. He doesn't know where he is at or who I am. I ask him what is wrong and he talks about seeing scary stuff and is even scared of me. I started to suspect taking singulair might be causing it. The few days he has stopped taking it, the night terrors go away and he sleeps great again. He has also been sleepier in the mornings and not paying attention at school. I was amazed at all the other comments on here about kids having bizarre dreams and night terrors. I took my son completely off of it since reading all of the other parents stories on this site. Thank you!!! | I think that singulair is a good medicine for controlling asthma. I myself have had asthma since I was a kid and have been able to control it before there was singulair. The night terrors are not an acceptable side effect for me as mom to watch my child have. I will have to discuss another alternative with our doctor. | M | 5 | 2 months | 11/29/2007 | 3 | asthma, allergies | nightmares, aggressive behavior | I never thought that it might be the Singulair (his only med) that caused his aggression. He complains all the time about bad dreams. He has told me that he wants to be good but just can't help the things he does. I think that it has helped with the symptoms but we are weaning him off over the next week or two. | M | 5 | 4 years | 11/7/2008 | 3 | asthma/allergies | My 5 year son old has been on Singular 4mg for 11 days. Within the last week he has been experiencing mood swings, leg pains, crying, screaming, yelling, hurting animals, loss of appetite, very tired, throwing, and very uncontrollable at night. | I am starting to decrease his dose to 2mg and I am going to see what happens. It has worked to clear up his allergies and it is not as bad as the Prednisolone, but still....he is changing. I am keeping my eye on him. | M | 5 | 11 days | 12/15/2008 | 3 | asthma | I have noticed several concerns, beginning with bed wetting followed by night terrors, constant leg pain, very sensitive when dosing restarts. | My son is 5 and has wet the bed almost every night for a long time. I recently failed to give him his medicine and noticed he was dry the following morning. We tried the experiment again, with the same results. I will be interested to see if he leg pain subsides as well. The night terrors happened at the beginning of dosing and have subsided. | M | 5 | 1 years 5mg 1X day | 10/20/2014 | 2 | allergies | moodiness,loss of focus,"bouncing off the walls" | My son was prescribed Singulair after I had tried many other allergy meds-antihistamines and decongestants and had "moody" reactions to them. When the Dr. suggested Singulair I thought it would might work better since it was a different type of med, and I had worked around it in the past(I worked at an ENT office) and never heard any complaints. After ten days on the med the same moodiness, hyperactivity, and sensitivty started. His kindergarten teacher also noticed the change. I am stopping the med immediately. I thought it was just my son being sensitive to the med, now I realize he isn't the only one. | M | 5 | 10 days | 3/17/2008 | 2 | asthma | My son went on Singular 5 days ago. Since then he has gone from a happy 5 year old to a moody child. He has had horrible mood swings, he has cried at school, hit at home, "bounced off the walls" and eaten like there is no tomorrow. I am taking him off the medicine and asking for something new. | M | 5 | 5 days | 10/7/2007 | 2 | Mild Asthma due to Cold | Five Year Old Girl - Frequent Urination, Waking Up in Middle of Night, Quick Mood Swings from crying to laughing, Rash like Welts, and itching around the groin area. | Daughter was prescribed Albutrol, Advair and Singulair to get her through a nasty cold. She continued to have a barky cough after cold went away and the cough is why the prescription for Singulair was made. Singulair did help the cough go away, but the side effects are terrible. We had our daughter on Singulair when she was three and she started wetting the bed after being on the drug for 2 months. We took her off of Singulair and the bed wetting stopped. Now that she is five we had to use the Singulair again to control the bark-like cough. The side effects are much worse this time and we are taking her off Singulair again. We will keep our fingers crossed that she does not get another bad cold. So, if you are prescribed Singulair for your kid to get them through a cold, don't be afraid to take them off Singulair. Our daughter made it a whole 1 year and 1/2 before she needed Singulair again. | F | 5 | 2 weeks | 2/17/2007 | 2 | My 5-yr-old son is having severe tantrums, screaming, hitting, kicking, freaking out! He is also hallucinating. I take it also and have gained 15 pounds. Miserable. It does help with asthma, but not worth it. Both of our doctors say it can't cause they things, but this website has confirmed my fears. | M | 5 | 9 days | 5/13/2007 | 2 | asthma | aggression, super quick trigger to physical aggression when frustrated, frustration intolerance, difficulty with transitions, anxiety | If you have questions about mental health side effects to singulair, go here: parentsforsafety.org/17601/index.html We have stopped singulair for our 5 year old who took it for two years, coincidentally the 2 years we have been struggling with these side effects. We stopped 4 days ago and are seeing many fewer of the problematic behaviors and frustrations and tantrums pass much quicker. He's becoming the reasonable boy we used to know! Keep your fingers crossed the improvement continues. I am worried about the asthma flare ups since singulair did seem to keep them under control but the mental health of my son tells me to find something different to take. | M | 5 | 2 years | 10/22/2008 | 1 | my 5 yo son took it | 2 days after began taking it, started hitting/biting himself, saying he was | Take extreme caution before giving this drug to your child. | M | 5 | 19 days | 6/21/2005 | 1 | allergy-triggered asthma | My 5-yr-old son has taken Singulair for 2 weeks and I noticed almost immediately his change in mood. He would cry inconsolably over seemingly minor things, especially in the evening. | This site is where my research on the drug has led me. How very frightening. We have discontinued the drug. Thank you to others for posting your experiences. | M | 5 | 2 weeks | 10/15/2008 | 1 | allergies-pollen | My son has been moody, gets angery , irritable and hyper beyond what a normal 5 year should be | I dont think this medicine is good for children . Perhaps because they are not yet in control of there mood changes due too the medicine. | M | 5 | 1 days | 4/14/2006 | 1 | Asthma | A few weeks after starting my 5 year old on Singulair, he began having nightmares. And, later he began having night terrors! Every single night. As soon as we figured out that Singulair might be causing the night terrors, we stopped giving it to him... and, sure enough, the night terrors stopped! Thank god! :) | F | 5 | 7 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 3/8/2012 | 1 | Asthma | At age 5 my daughter has really been struggling with Allergy/Asthma. I finally gave in and started her on Singulair. After 1 week, I noticed SEVERE mood changes. Sad, Crying A LOT, issues with being away from me, not sleeping, sleep walking, and VERY aggressive. None of which is anything like her! Tonight is only the second night not taking it, and I hope this nightmare ends soon! I can't believe something like this is prescribed, and not carefully monitored. Zyrtec is our best friend!!! | F | 5 | 15 days 5mg 1X day | 3/4/2012 | 1 | Bad allergies | Bad dreams, Restlessness, Irritability, Sleepwalking, Fear, Crying spells. | My 5yr old daughter has been on this for a little over two weeks. She is also on 10mg of Zyrtec. The Zyrtec has never given her any problems. It just was not working on it's own. Once she started taking Singular, it helped almost instantly. But, then, she changed. She started having a nasty attitude. She was going out of her way to disobey us. She was becoming very aggressive. This is nothing like her normal self. She is now extremely scared to be in another part of the house without someone with her. She started getting up and standing in her floor peeing. She would be asleep and not know what was going on. At first I had blamed it on her no longer taking naps at preschool. But she had stopped them a few months ago. What clicked was tonight. She had gotten out of bed. Walked over to her dresser. Peed in the floor. Then, climbed back in bed. My husband woke her up to change. She had no clue she was even wet. She swore she did not pee her pants. She had no memory of getting out of bed. She has only done this since being on Singular. She has been dry through the night for several years before this. She has also been complaining of her stomach bothering her on several occasions. She has also had quite a few meltdowns over nothing. She had one again tonight right before bed. She is normally a very laid back happy smart little girl. But, since being in Singular, she is completely different. I am not giving her anymore of this medicine. I was afraid to give it to her to begin with. | F | 5 | 2 weeks 5mg 1X day | 5/14/2012 | 1 | Allergy/asthma | Extreme anxiety, could not fall asleep or stay asleep, major behavior problems, proximity fears, aggressive, laugh when in trouble, sleepwalk, nightmares, fear of bedtime, very emotional and change moods within seconds | M | 5 | 3 months | 7/26/2012 |