SINGULAIR Reviews (MONTELUKAST SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.1 (1370 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SINGULAIR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Asthma | psychotic thoughts, seeing and hearing things not there. Severely depressed, facial ticks, crying for long periods of time and not know why, worried all the time, severe nightmares, unable to distinguish between imagined thoughts and real events, they just started to blur together, paranoid (thinking people were talking about him and looking at him, even following him. | The only thing I can implore is to any parent who cares about their child - Never give this medicine to your son or daughter. It has taken away almost 2 years of our lives from us. I am having a hard time forgiving myself for not figuring it out sooner. I have taken my poor son off of this medicine about 4 wks ago and he is about 95% better. Shame on you Merck! I filed a complaint with Merck and the FDA. This should be taken off the market yesterday. | M | 8 | 1.75 years | 4/24/2007 | 1 | grandaughter took for allergy | she became more moody, and demanding, grades dropped at school, ate constantly, more difficult to deal with and argumentative, less willing to do school work | I am calling her doctor, she will not be taking this medicine after today. | F | 8 | 90 days | 3/5/2008 | 1 | fluid on ears, difficulty breathing | My son changed completely in the course of one week of this medicine. He has been hyper, unfocused, and full of fear and anxiety (nightmares, other fears). He has had intense stomach pain as well. He has dissolved into tears in situations he would have normally handled with ease. He's off the medicine and will not go back on it again. | M | 8 | 9 days | 4/10/2008 | 1 | ALLERGY INDUCED ASTHMA | EXTREME ANXIETY THAT INTERFERED WITH DAILY FUNCTIONING (UNCHARACTERISTIC OF TYPICAL BEHAVIOR.) | F | 8 | 3 years 30MG | 10/15/2019 | 1 | My daughter had asthma. | Neuropsychiatric meltdown. OCD, ADHD, nightmares, seizures, hallucinations. The anxiety and ADHD was during the medication, the rest of the symptoms came as Post Acute Withdrawl Syndrome. We literally lost our daughter for a little over four months to the side effects. Horrifying. | Medical professionals are either woefully unaware or willfully ignorant of how this medication affects the human brain. Unfortunately you have to be a freelance pharmacist to protect yourself these days. We still get vaccines and take Advil and whatnot, but my GOD this drug destroys lives. I've seen it in hundreds of other cases firsthand. | F | 8 | 5 years 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Asthma allergies | Behavior problems, night terrors, sleep problems, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, suicidal, emotional breakdowns and this continues. She is 16! | I am so frustrated that no one in the medical field informed me of the life altering psychiatric changes. No one! Not 1! My child is forever changed by this drug! | F | 8 | 7 days 10 | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Allergic Asthma | My 7/8 year old daughter took this and experienced severe night terrors, anxiety, fear of death, INSANE aggressive behavior, kicking, hitting, etc., After discontinuing the medication she returned back to her normal, kind self although she still has some residual fear/night terrors. | It isn't as effective for asthma as some physicians claim. Our pulmonologist suggested that a daily inhaler with occasional albuterol and maybe a daily anti-histamine is more effective at controlling the asthma. An allergist suggested the Singulair - the pulmonologist basically said it wasn't even needed. And he was right. She's gotten better in her behavior and asthma since stopping it. | F | 8 | 1 years 5mg 1X day | 8/5/2020 | 1 | My son for breathing/asthma/allergies | Awful, awful drug! Sent my son into a tailspin. Terrified of everything, anxious, crying, certain he was dying, wouldn't leave my side. Said to me, "I can't control my brain! I don't know how to!" | Terrible drug. Do not use. | M | 8 | 1 months 10 mg | 2/11/2016 | 5 | asthma | none | It has been a godsend for us to have my 9 yr old daughter's asthma controlled. No more middle of night trips to ER and endless oral steroids/inhalors. Fortunately no adverse reaction of any kind. It would be very unfortunate for us to have this med unavailable. | F | 9 | 4 months | 9/10/2009 | 3 | Asthma | Symptoms of allergies and asthma have abated, which is good. However, depression and crying and thoughts of dying or never even being born have come up frequently. This last time has been the most severe and my son will not be taking another dose. | Weighing benefits and side effects is up to the individual. A 9 year old is not mentally strong enough to fight depression. | M | 9 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 10/7/2013 | 3 | Allergies and asthma | Oddly, my son has episodes of night terrors as well. I never thought of it possibly being related to the singulair until reading the other posts! | M | 9 | 10 days 30 mg | 4/22/2014 | 3 | allergies, borderline asthma, | After about a week or 2 of regular singulair, my son often notices mood changes, like crying easily. He also gets painful pins-and needles in his feet. When ever we stop it, the symptoms improve. At least 3 different docs have told us he should take it regularly to help prevent his frequent sinus infections. We tried every other day for several weeks, as well as every day, but one side-effect or the other returns after it gets built up in his system. | A thought came to me--the kids chewable singulair has phenalanaline in it (nutrasweet/aspartame). I wonder if some of the side-effects kids have are due to the nutrasweet, which turns to wood alcohol and formaldehyde as it's digested. I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it is impossible as it's in everything. Kids who get aspartame from other sources as well may be more likely to have more extreme side-effects. Or, kids who are sensitive to aspartame are maybe more likely to have trouble with Singulair. It's just an educated guess. My son does well with nasacort. I also have him inhale hot water with tea tree oil, and put tea tree oil in the vaporizer when we use it. I think we will continue trying to find a rotation with Singulair that gives the benefits w/o the side-effects. Avoid Zyrtec--now that is a really evil drug! It made my son wake up crying every night after only a week. When in doubt, resort to the old tried-and-true classics: chlor pheniramine maleate and | M | 9 | 1.5 years | 2/17/2009 | 3 | Asthma | excessive/rapid weight gain, thirst (especially in afternoon), some anxiety, trouble focusing on tasks | I am so relieved to have found this web site. I saw an article in the news today and did some research. My daughter has gained an unexplained 10 pounds in less than a year (without gaining much in height like you would expect for that kind of weight gain in a child) & she is a very healthy eater for her age. She eats virtually no trans fats, drinks no fruit juice/soda, swims twice a week, plays basketball, softball, etc...I can't believe that Singulair could be responsible. The worst part is she worries about being heavy & I keep telling her she will grow out of it. It could also explain her anxiety and trouble focusing (which I attributed to her age). I'm going to take her off today & see what happens. Her asthma is not completely under control anyway and we are seeing the doctor in a few weeks for more options. How scary. | F | 9 | 18 months | 3/27/2008 | 3 | allergy induced asthma | Excessive weight gain/sleeplessness | My son is 9 years old and has been taking Singulair with wonderful results for his asthmatic reactions, however, he continues to gain weight. He is now in JFL with hard workouts nightly and decreased food intake, and he is still gaining weight. He also has a "moon face" which is charasteric of steroids - which Singulair is supposed to have in minute quantity. We are very concerned. His doctor says Singulair should not cause weight gain - but after reading, I think it does. My son also does not sleep more than 7 hours/night. He says he can't. I am thinking about other options at this point. | M | 9 | 2 years 5 mg 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 2 | asthma/allergies | outbursts, argumentative, anger, depression, hyperactivity, expressed suicidal ideation. | My 9 year old son began taking when he was 6. His teacher thought he was ADHD. Last year, I began to think it also. We ran out of the medication and i took two weeks to refill it. The second week he had a really good week at school. The next week he was back to being a problem. I remembered reading about side effects but never made the connection until then. I have since stopped giving it to him and the negative behaviors are dissapating. I am angry with myself for taking so lomg to see the connection. He is at his 3rd school in 3 years because of problem behavior that could have been avoided! | M | 9 | 3 years | 1/28/2010 | 2 | fall allergies | inconsolable crying spells, violent tantrums, extreme frustration | My 9 year old son was on it for 8 days and yesterday it was reported to me that he had a crying spell on the bus to school, tantrums and crying spells in school, then came home from school crying inconsolably and had several violent tantrums and was extremely irritable at home. He has autism, but never displayed this kind of behavior before. I thought he might be coming down with something so I took him to the doctor today and was informed to immediately stop giving him the Singulair. He was otherwise healthy. Since he was only on it 8 days, I'm hoping for him to have it out of his system in the next day or so and be back to what our 'normal' is. Thanks for the feedback on this website! | M | 9 | 8 days | 10/28/2008 | 2 | Asthma | Loss of appetite, mood swings. Spaced out and unfocused. Greatly affecting schoolwork. Depressed and cries alot. | F | 9 | 11 months | 1/29/2009 | 1 | allergies | vocal and motor tics | its a horrible drug and they dont mention tics when they perscribe it and the bottle does not say anything about ticks and guess what neather does the paperwork you get with the medicine its crazy there trying to make this otc i wish someone/allot of people would get together and file a suit against them for selling something and not labeling it the dr had no clue but the hospital was like oh yeah she's on sigulair thats a possible side effect stop taking it well my now 9 year old still has the tics cant go to a movie gets bitched at by teachers and guides on fieldtrips etc i took her off the meds and the tics have gotten a lil better but its still a daily problem for her and just sad that she didnt have this problem and now she does and the company who makes the drug takes no responsibility | 9 | 1X day | 4/30/2014 | 1 | ALLERGIES | I am the mother of a 9 year old who has been taking this medication for 3 months. His behavior has changed drastically. Agression, depression and recently anxiety and compulsive behaviors. I could not sleep tonight and found these entries. I have never felt compelled to look up a prescription but I was desperate as to what might be causing my son to change so much in such a short time. PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILDREN ON THIS MEDICATION. I read so many entries from parents whose children ended up at the psychologist and who suffered for years. Each entry is such a mirror of the others and what I have seen in my son. | DO NOT GIVE TO YOUR CHILDREN. | M | 9 | 3 months | 6/22/2007 | 1 | Asthma & Allergies | Hallucinations (visualized things like skeletons coming out of the walls, etc., & voices), Morbid or "Bad Thoughts" OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), very violent thoughts of hurting people or animals, facial ticks, frequent urination, bad dreams, severe headaches, depression, aggression, deep sadness for NO reason, constant confessions, worrying about things that hadn't happened, thoughts of death, became antisocial (couldn't make friends anymore)..... you name it! | THIS IS POISON! BEWARE! My 9 yr. old son was diagnosed with Morbid OCD after he had been taking Singulair for a short time. It started off slowly then got worse and worse as time went on. I took him to specialists, had every test imaginable done on him. I was told he had a severe thought disorder. The doctors tried to put him on antipsychotics, antidepressants, etc. I refused. I REFUSED to believe that my emotionally healthy, sweet and loving son could "develop" this disorder for no reason and so quickly. Unfortunately for my sweet boy, he lived through this nightmare for almost 2 years. It has scarred him so emotionally there are no words. I had taken him off the Singulair a few months ago and his OCD had started to go away then it was just gone. (I still didn't associate it with his OCD) About a month ago his asthma and allergies got bad again and his doctor told me I really needed to put him back on Singular. I did. I noticed signs of his OCD within a couple/few days and b | M | 9 | 2 years | 4/10/2007 |