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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Asthma and allergies | anger, aggressiveness, inability to concentrate, inability to sit still, cannot hold hands still when in class and easily distracted, cannot sleep, easily upset, temper tantrums disobeying, not as happy as normal, not following directions | my six year old was placed on Singulair in place of Simbicort or proventil along with Loratadine to help with his Asthma and Allergies because he kept have bouts with Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory Infections about 2 weeks every month. But after about 2 weeks of Singulair, Daniel started becoming aggressive and a bully. He did not want to be away from me, but he was extremely rude. He has also gained about 15 pounds while on Singulair. I have taken him off Singulair and I am going to call his doctor to have him placed on another medication for his Asthma and Allergies. He was doing fine on Simbicort and Claratin, but I realize that they do not want children on steriods for long periods of time. | M | 6 | 30 days 5 mg 1X day | 8/27/2012 | 1 | asthma | Normally a happy child. After taken Singular for 3 days, he was depress, violent, itchy throat. Would go in another room and cry instead being with the family. | M | 6 | 3 days 5mg | 10/1/2012 | 1 | allergy induced asthma | Very emotional in the beginning with crying spells after change in dosage to 4mg. Difference in attitude, mood, depressed. Anger issues and outburst with family. Difficulty sleeping. Afraid to go to sleep at night. Anxiety levels very high. | This medication controlled asthma. HOWEVER it will cause horrible side effects in your child. Do not use this medication. I wish that I had realized it was the medication causing my sons problems so much sooner. THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE if you really want to help your child. | M | 6 | 2 years 4mg 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 1 | asthma | irritability, aggressive, crying often | my daughter who is usually very sweet, and even tempered became very aggressive and irritable while taking this medication. | F | 6 | 6 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 9/20/2012 | 1 | asthma | Bed wetting, nightmares, mood swings, anger outburst, very sensitive and would cry easily. | My son was prescribed this medication in attempt to help his asthma. He became a different person. After reading the side effects, I decided to stop this medication. I am thankful he was only on it for 3 months. I wish we never started it. | M | 6 | 3 months 1X day | 4/13/2013 | 1 | asthma/allergies | After stumbling upon possible side effects of Singulair and finding this website, I took my 6 1/2 year old son off Singulair. He had been on it for almost 3 years. It has taken almost 6 weeks to see him "evolve" into a "normal" child. He cried off and on for the first 2 to 3 weeks and I was starting to wonder if I had done the right thing. It turns out that I have. I am dismayed beyond belief that not a SINGLE MD or RN never suggested that this drug could be causing these issues ("I dont know whats wrong with my brain, there is something wrong with my brain mommy!", bouts of solitude, angry outbursts, uncontrollable behavior,constant throat clearing, etc...)in my bright and loving son. I am more dismayed with myself that I never put 2 and 2 together, he was put on it at such an early age. Never again will I give my child something without first researching the side effects. This drug is toxic to children, and from what I have seen, male children in | M | 6 | 3 years 5 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 1 | Asthma | My daughter, now 6, has been on singulair since she was like a year old. She has always seemed sad and worried about everything and at times had the "glazed over look". Her father and I divorced when she was very young and it was not the nicest divorce. We always chalked up her "issues" with the divorce and spent lots of money on therapists who couldn't find anything wrong or abnormal. Recently, we uped her dosage due to her age and her asthma still not being under control. She startd having some even crazier behavior problems! She was more angry and at times, out of control. She was anxious all the time to the point the school called to talk about it. She seemed more sad than usual and sometimes out of it! She complained of a tummy ache all the time. She was just a different kid, worse than what we had grown "accustomed to". I heard a story on TV about Singulair and the side effects. I started doing research on it and immediately called the specialist who | M | 6 | 5 years 5mg 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 1 | asthma & allergies | sleepwalking, night terror, mood changes, no self esteem, anxiety | My 6 yr old son has been taking singulair for 2 years and I am just putting together all of the problems he was experiencing with the meds. He starting showing changes in his mood, nightmares, sleep walking, saying he hates himself, anxiety that something were going to happen to his family etc. It has gotten increasingly worse within the last 2 months so I started looking into what could be causing it. After coming across this website I called his allergist and was told to stop the medication IMMEDIETELY! My son has been off the meds for 3 days now and we are starting to notice slight changes in his sleep and behavior. Lord willing my sweet little boy will be back to normal soon with no lasting effects from this drug. It makes me sick to know I was giving this drug to my child for 2 years. | M | 6 | 2 years 5 MG 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 1 | allergies/asthma | Aggression, tantrums, moodiness, tired, not listening, crying | My son has dealth with postnasal drip and asthma that comes on during the middle of the night since he was born, we saw a new pediatrian 2 weeks ago and she said 'your son has allegies and needs to have his asthma under control' and prescribed singular. At first I was so happy to finally have some answers and a 'solution' but boy was I wrong! With in 2 days of taking this medicine, my son who is my mellow child and very caring and loving started throwing tantrums like i've never seen any of my children do, he was agressive, would not listen to me or his father, then after a couple more days started hitting his sibblings, punching them to a degree more than 'normal' sibbling playing around. I then looked closer at the side effects of the med and saw 'mood behavoirs' listed under 'possible side effects' ok I thought it would maybe level out after 2 weeks on the medicine. While the screaming tantrums have mellowed out, the other things have not and finding this site tonight seeing the other comments, confirms my resolve to not give him anymore Singular. I have my sons 6 year check up in 3 days with his usual pediatrician and I'm going to give my complaint to him about the side effects of this medicine. | M | 6 | 14 days 4mg 1X day | 3/27/2010 | 1 | Congestion from allergies | uncontrolled urination & bowel movements; nightmares, inattentativeness at school; moodiness; slight aggressiveness; sleep walking | My six year old son was on the medication for about three weeks before the abrupt changes in his personality. The first indicator was a phone call from his teacher very concerned with the unexplained "accidents" he was having at school. This was very unlike my son considering that he never had any type of "accidents" since he was potty trained at two years old. My son's teacher also described my son's inability to concentrate and almost an unwillingness to do his work. The potty "accidents" continued at home with almost a daily occurence. I began noticing a change in his level of moodiness and aggression. Unhappy with a conversation I was having about him with his grandfather, my son hit me with a plastic toy bat. What was alarming was the action, not necessarily the force. The straw that broke the camels back was when he was caught sleep walking. He ended up in my kitchen, removed his shorts and underpants and urinated on my dining room chair and kitchen floor. He was completely unaware of the incident when he woke up later that morning. It wasn't until I connected these changes to the onset of putting my son on this medication. I passed along my concerns to his pediatrician who merely dismissed it as a change in his diet and now having a sleep walker on our hands. Her advise was to bulk up his diet and to put gates and bells around the house to awaken us if my son continued to sleep walk. I know my son, and I know his behavior patt | M | 6 | 1 months 4 mg 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | Allergies & Asthma | Easily angered, easily frustrated, horrible temper tantrums, PM restlessness, Bed wetting nightly, paranoid behavior, either loves something or more often HATES something - no middle ground ever | Wow,for 2 yrs.I was convinced my son had beh.probs.He's the sweetest boy,very sensitive,but eas.angered. I have a Grad.Deg. in Clin.Soc.Work & my husb.is a Firefighter/Paramedic & not once did we consid.his Sing.He was very sick 2 yrs.ago when start.this rx & it was coupled w/liq.pred.& the nebulizer.His asth.& aller.improved signif.but we have dealt w/unbeliev.fits of rage involv.phys.aggres., daily "I hate you","I wish I would die","I wish I was never born".He attends a very lov. nurt. Christian sch.& went from loving pre-k to fighting us on going.This year in K he was paranoid about kids not liking him & talking about him.We were very concern.'cause his teacher whom we love stated that this is completely untrue & that he plays well w/oth.kids.At home we felt we were walking on egg shells daily.He'd be fine 1 min.& then complet.hateful the next.I kept thinking maybe he's tired from not sleep well at PM & there are no naps in K. He would easily take a 3 hr.nap at home on the wknds., again not normal. The bed wet.was improv.but then this yr it got worse sudd.& now looking back I realize it was when they uped his dose from 4mg to 5mg.We stopped Sing.on 3/16/10 & w/in 3 days he was a complet.diff child.Since 3/16 he's had only 1 temp.tant.& it was of norm.caliber for a 6 yr.old.He has been so sweet & goofy too.He warms our hearts daily.I can't believe there isn't more out there to educate peo | M | 6 | 2 years 5mg 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | asthma and allergy | She started having wild behaviors and attacking to me which she hasn't done ever even if she was very mad, feels hot when I take her temprature is 100 and right after that she said she feels she is not hearing anything then a loud noise and feeling dizzy. | I think this is a junk and they should stop producing this garbage and giving it to kids. | F | 6 | 15 days 5mg 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 1 | allergies | Angry, moody, tantrums, never happy, never smiling. Frustrated easily. Fighting constantly with sister and family...now even grandparents, aunt, etc. | My son has been on and off Singulair for years. When he was off in the summertime, I had my son back. After reading this site, I am thrilled to see that there might be a reason for this unbearable behavior. He does very well in school and this problem does not carry over there. So, I didn't attribute it to the meds. I am taking him off today and will be patiently waiting for a change! | M | 6 | 3 years 5mg 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | Mood swings, anger issues, hyper behavior, not listening, excessive crying. | My 6 year old started taking this to help with a cough he has as a result of chronic pneumonia. Within a couple of days we noticed extreme mood swings. Over the next week or so we watched our even keeled child lose his temper and cry. He wasn't listening and seemed to be bouncing off the walls. He was miserable, not worth the side effects. | F | 6 | 2 weeks 4 mg 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 1 | Son taking for allergy management | Just now taking my 6 year old off of Singulair, despite Pediatrician recommending continued use. Within the last month, he has become extremely agitated, grumpy, weepy, miserable. Complaining of stomach aches, very tired, not a happy camper. I strongly believe it's the singulair and will not put him or my other children on this medicine again. | Seemed to work fine for the first year of use. Did seem to help with asthma/allergies for a short time, then the effect seemed to lessen and the side effects worsened. | M | 6 | 2 years 4 mg 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 1 | Son was taking for allergies | My 5 year old son had severe allergies and was prescribed Singulair. I asked the doc about side effects and she said there were none that she knew of. I believed her and didn't do my own research. He has had unexplainable mood swings, happy one minute and hitting himself in the face the next. Saying he doesn't like himself. Nightmares. complains of stomach pain and headaches. I thought he was just having behavior problems until I got curious and read the ratings about this drug. I'm shocked that this is prescribed to children! I will never give him this drug again or trust his doc! | M | 6 | 1 years 4mg 1X day | 10/4/2011 | 1 | Allergies and acute asthma | MY daughter started taking this drug for her allergies.. it worked, her runny nose went away and she had a much easier time sleeping and breathing at night... after just a few days she hated wearing anything.. everything felt funny on her, she would pull on her clothes constantly.. her favorite shirt became her worst nightmare...she has always been the sweetest child and I can understand usual hate for clothes but something wasn't right.. she also started to get easily angered and would throw horrible tantrums and screaming and crying. she was not herself at all.. I thought she was going crazy until I figured out when all this behavior started.. she has been off it two days and I finally have my daughter back to normal.. Parents be aware of the serious side effects!! | F | 6 | 2 months 1X day | 2/22/2011 | 1 | Constant runny nose & cough | moodiness, irratability, crying, sad. | My extremely happy 6 year old daughter started takeing Singulair 20 days ago....within approx 3-4 days I started noticing slight changes in her personality. Figuring everybody has a bad day I didn't think anything of it but they became more often and more out of charachter. I started putting 2+2 together and kept coming back to when she started taking Singular. We just got back from the pediatrician and come to find out....I'm not losing my mind, nor is my daughter. He said to stop "cold turkey" and that he had had other patients who had similar experiances....like 1 in 20. The benifits of less of a runny nose were not worth it. I thank God that I caught on to what was causing the issues and I can't wait to get "my" daughter back. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD TAKE SINGULAIR!! | F | 6 | 20 days 1X day | 1/21/2011 | 1 | mild asthma / allergies | irritability, anxiety, poor appetite, muscle soreness, nightmares, hallucinations, quick to tears, restlessness, dilated pupils, bruising, behavior problems in school | BEWARE of this drug in children. Symptoms of side effects are not always obvious. This drug caused harm to my child physically and emotionally for 3 years. Merck should be forced to make parents and physicians more aware of the side effects and the rate of occurence. After discontinuation, it took 2 weeks to see the dramatic improvements. | M | 6 | 3 years | 4/21/2007 | 1 | childhood asthma | My son took singulair once a day and also receives injections to prevent allergy related asthma attacks. Over a year after taking this medicine my first grader told me that he was sad sometimes and he didn't know why. He said that he had been feeling sad off and on since kindergarten--this is when he had his first attack and started medication. Also my son would wake up crying at night or even whimper in his sleep but I thought that it was just nightmares. After stopping the singular two weeks ago, my son immediately felt better and stopped crying at night. What makes these side effects so terrifying is that it is happening in young children who sometimes have difficulty expressing their feelings or even identifying their emotions. It breaks my heart that my son suffered with bouts of sadness for over a year without me knowing it. If your child must be on singular please be sure to communicate with them to make sure that they are not suffering from short periods of depression. | Be very cautious. I was unable to find any information on the drug company's website regarding depression. My son's specialist said that she had not heard of this and also that she was unaware of any medical studies regarding night crying and depression in children while on this drug. This website was my only resource and it has helped my son's quality of life. | M | 6 | 1.5 years | 3/8/2007 |