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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | asthma and severe allergies | severe abdominal pain,headaches,lack of concentration ,agressiveness,low self esteem,spacey,tics,suicidal thoughts and depression. | My daughter had been taking singulair for 3 yrs .She suffers from severe allergies and exercise induced asthma. Singulair seemed to be fine at first but when she started acting out I never thoght about connecting the two.She began having trouble with attention and was becoming a little monster! Things went from mild to full blown rebellion over the course of a year.She began hitting,bitting,and lying over every thing. She went from having a quite demeanor to having a sarcastic,smarthmouth attitude. I thought it was pretween thing,she is 9 yrs old.She is a GT/straight A student since first grade. And all of a sudden started having trouble with simple homework and complained about not being able to concentrate.Her average went from A to D over a 6 week period. We had a parent teacher conference,where teacher expressed concerns over her behavior and concentration. Her pediatrician referred her to a nuerologist and he determined she was having mild seizures. Not known wether it wa | F | 9 | 3 years | 4/10/2008 | 1 | allergies | repeated upper respiratory infections, repeated bouts of pneumonia, strep throat, and bronchitus; emotional over-reactions and aggressive tendencies | I put my 9 year-old son on Singulair to help with seasonal allergies. He took the 5mg dosage. He contracted bronchitus within weeks, then he got pneumonia, then bronchitus, then strep, then pneumonia, etc. Finally, I saw a commercial that listed frequent upper respiratory infections as one common side-effect of Singulair. I took my son off it immediately, and he became a different child. He is happier with fewer mood swings and very little illness to report at all. We give him Claritin D for his seasonal allergies, and he tolerates this medicine with no noticeable side-effects. We give him vitamin C and Zinc, and he is very healthy now. I also took Singulair for asthma for awhile before my son did. I went off it when my son did, and I also had fewer upper respiratory infections. I had never made the connection before. I thought we were both having the infections because we had poor immune systems. I was 44 years old, and I also took Singulair for 1 year. Both of us have bee | M | 9 | 1 years | 1/18/2009 | 1 | allergies | Severe Mood swings, violent behavior, easily agitated, mild-moderate depression. No energy or reason to go on. Panic attacks. | Some people may do fine on this drug but not me. | F | 9 | 3 years 6 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 1 | Asthma | Suicide attempt, depression, scary dreams, mood swings, easily crying, hallucinations, headache, abdominal pain, lower back pain, sadness, biting nails and fingers, fatigue | our son is 9 years old been on singulair since the age of 2. We had recent problem with him forgetting his stuff in school, lost his progress report, not finishing all his work in class and recently had a grade D in english. He was always an outstanding student and he is in gifted program. upon talking to him he stated that he was depressed and attempted to stab himself with a knife. He has been hallucinating and feeling unsafe with scary dreams. Upon reading about singulair we noticed that it can cause suicide, depression and hallucinations. We are going to stop singulair today and see what happen. | M | 9 | 7 years 5 mg 1X day | 12/26/2010 | 1 | Asthma | joint pain, horror dreams, sadness, feeling depressed, angry, agrresive beahavior, headache, stomachache, legs pain, attempting suiside, worring, can't sleep, not doing school papers, not really listening to mom and dad, keeping secrets away from mom and dad, having sleep problems, not having a good appitite,eye rolling,diarrhea | I've experieced an attempt to stab myself with a knife, I've said NO alot to my mom & dad i've tried to sleep at night but I could not sleep more than 7 hours I've complained about not sleeping I look like I'm sleeping but I was not asleep I fell suddenly at my freinds house it looked like my back was the problem I have bad dreams my wrist pain makes me refuse to do school work I feel like I want to fight someone I do not eat like normal I like to be alone alot & my leg pain makes me not go to sleep so does my back pain I feel like pukeing & my stomach hurts & I have diarrhea evrey day I like to stay away from people & I have lots of enemies I roll my eyes alot & I do not recommend singulair to anyone | M | 9 | 8 years 4-5 mg 1X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Asthma allergies | My daughter was in singular when she was around 5 and I took her off because I didnt think it was helping .. Also her personality seemed depressed.. That being said recently we have had a hard time controlling her asthma exacerbations so her allergist suggested we try it again.... WRONG ! after taking it for 2 weeks I notice her personality changing ... Very angry, mood swings , yelling and screaming over little or nothing . This is not her Normal self .one night last week she came home from school and was very angry because we didn't have the snack she wanted. She started freaking out! I sent her to her room to calm down and she is screaming "Im gonna kill myself!! I hate you!! Then she opened up her window and jumped out!!!!!! She did not get hurt!! THANK God!! We live in a split level so it was not as high as a normal 2nd story window , but HIGH ENOUG!! Be very careful when taking this drug or giving it to children!! Weigh tbd risks and benefits !! Never EVER AGAIN!!! | F | 9 | 2 weeks 5mg | 1/14/2012 | 1 | asthmatic | horrendous moodiness, aggression, can't walk far, bike, run etc. Disinterested, inability to sleep and confusion to name some. Also toilet accidents which, in our 9yr old, stopped at 3yr old. Where has our lively sunny boy gone? Have stopped meds on Friday night after another humdinger at bed-time. How long does it take to be out of system as Sunday night was worse? | M | 9 | 4 months | 3/5/2007 | 1 | asthma | sudden negative change in mood and behavior. grand mal seizure | M | 9 | 6 weeks | 6/8/2006 | 1 | Seasonal asthma | Depression, anxiety, unable to cope with school, fear of being alone, body tics, deep sadness | My son has taken 5mg Singulair for five months. We put his increasing depression down to the shock caused by three severe asthma attacks in five weeks, he had never had an attack before. Slowly his anxiety became depression, last week the doctor said he needed a psychiatrist. Previous to Singulair he was happy, now he just cries and wants to be at home. I am shocked by the change. Last week took him off Singulair, he has improved already, though has a long way to go. Thank you for this site. I will get a full blood test tomorrow. | M | 9 | 5 months | 1/28/2007 | 1 | Asthma | Suicidal Ideation, severe anxiety | This should NOT be prescribed for children!! | 9 | 2 years 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 5 | Asthma | My son was a bedwetter nightly until age 9 until his asthma improved and the Dr took him off of it at Christmas at which time he stopped wetting the bed nightly. I had taken him to speicalist for it and was told he would out grown it. Well he just recently put back on it for allergies and he started wetting the bed every night again. | M | 10 | 3 years 20 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 4 | Cold induced Asthma | My 10 year old son has been taking Singulair for about 6 weeks to control stuffy, drippy nose and cold induced asthma. We usually make a trip to Emergency in the fall and in the spring. One of those visits usually involves a stay for 3 to 4 days. He just broke out into a rash the last 2 days. It is only on his skin that appears to be exposed to the sun. It looks like a sunburn, but has bumps and blotches all over it. I have given him benadryl and it is gone in the morning, but comes back when he comes home from school. No other symptoms seem to be present. He is still a very sweet, quiet and loving boy. No mood swings, but after reading all of these comments, I am somewhat concerned. He has a wet cough right now and has had it for the last week, but the stuffy, drippy nose is gone. We have an appointment to see a child allergist in a couple of weeks and I will ask him what his thoughts are on this topic, but don't expect him to admit any connection. My experiences with doctors tell me | The insert with the medication does not mention anything about photosensitivity or sun exposure. That is the only thing that seems to make sense. We have only had some good sunny weather this past week and that is when the rash started. | M | 10 | 6 weeks | 6/4/2009 | 3 | Allergy/Reactive Airway Issues | Mood swings, emotional outbursts | my daughter had taken Singular for several years and we loved the results . . . she rarely needed albuterol anymore. Her pediatrician wanted her to take it daily, year-round. We only gave it to her seasonally, as I didn't want her to take something she didn't need. During the same period of time, she was diagnosed with central precocious puberty. I blamed the mood swings on the monthly Lupron injections. Because of insurance issues, I stopped giving her the Singular, as needed. Shortly after we stopped the Singular (Lupron was still monthly) we heard about the reported side effects of Singular. I realized that she was probably experiencing side-effects from the Singular, not the Lupron. She is still on monthly Lupron injections, no Singular for over 1 year, and NO regular outbursts, emotional meltdowns, etc. | F | 10 | 2 years | 1/11/2009 | 3 | cough variant asthma | Irritability, extremely hypersensitivity, unable to focus, not able to complete tasks Take time and closely examine the hypersensitivity and the irritability areas. | In the begining I thought it was wonderful. but slowly but surely my son began to suffer in school. unable to focus or complete tasks. He just became irritable and extra hyper. His grades began to suffer Especially in the area of mathematics. It works because he never had to use an inhaler. The problem is the side effects. So I took him and his sister off the meds and am TRUSTING GOD for their complete healing. I'll point out my son has not had to use an inhaler since being off the meds for almost a month. My daughter ,5, has been extremely irritable and angry. that why I took my daughter off the meds. She had only been on them maybe 1 and 1/2 year give or take a few months. | M | 10 | 3 years | 10/7/2005 | 2 | Environmental Allergies | Facial and vocal tics. My daughter first used montelukast on and off for a year and then continuously everyday for a month and a half. First, we noticed blinking, then nodding. Then when she was using the meds everyday for about 45 days, she developed horrendously grotesque mouth contortions and hard eye blinking. It was disturbing and alarming to watch. We thought she had tourets syndrome. We did not make the connection until we ran out of meds and didn't refill the script for almost 2 months over the summer. Her tics went away. Most recently, our daughter's allergies flared up again and so on Monday we began giving her the montelukast again. Today, she started with the nodding and blinking tics once again. It has to be this medication. | F | 10 | 4 days 1 tablet/d | 10/1/2014 | 1 | Allergies | My daughter's personality changed completely starting at about the 2nd month. She became hostile, easily angered, stopped playing and would cry about every little think. She had terrible fear of everything and anxiety attacks. She would fear when I left the house and would no longer stay overnight at her grandmas house which was always her favorite thing to do. It was so worrisome. Then I looked up the side effects of singular and took her off it immediately. You need to also go to the FDA sight and make a complaint. Never give your child this medicine. She also had daily headaches and hot flashes. | F | 10 | 3 months 2mg 1X day | 7/23/2014 | 1 | sports induced asthma | severe headached, mood swings, just not her self, more recently what we know now a petit mal seizure and on sunday a ride to the hospital in an ambulance after we found her in convulsions and foaming at the mouth!!!!!! | my 10 year old daughter has not been the same since she started taking singulair just 2 months ago, if it would not have been for the sites we may have never linked it. we have taken her off the medicine of course and are waiting for mri, eeg, ekg testing. please pray for us.!!!! | F | 10 | 2 months | 2/17/2006 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Side effects started 2 1/2 years ago and were wrote off as nervous "tics". Beginning with involuntary movement of wrists. Then constant clearing of throat. Months later it was a "funny breathing" as though it was an astma attack. Now over the last week, he started this involuntary turning of the neck and head and stretching of the eyes. Said it made his eyes feel better. Took him to an eye doc for exam, everything was fine. Took him to his pediatrician who again wrote it off as a nervous tic. I stopped the meds myself and two days after stopping the head turning and stretching of the eyes stopped. His whole demeaner has changed. I have contacted the USFDA and reported the side effects that he experienced noting that I had seen this forum. They in turn said that no one else had reported any of these symptoms had been reported to them. So please if you have experienced and of these please contact them and have it recorded so that they can notify and be more | Please contact the USFDA and report all these side effects. They are telling me that they have never had these repored. I gave them this link so they could read all these posts for themselves. As a mother, I am very upset and wondering what long term effects this drug may play out later in my sons life. He is only 10. | M | 10 | 3 years 5mg 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Behavior problems, separation anxiety, school anxiety since kindergarden,anger,low school grades and her saying she wished she was never born/wishes she would die. | The rx helped with my daughter’s allergies.For 5 yrs we have been dealing with behavior problems,separation anxiety,school anxiety,anger,low school grades and depression,comments like she wished she was never born/wishes she would die.Until, Feb 2009,I had to start homeschooling because the school anxiety had gotten so bad.I then began to notice that she was doing strange things that eventually became apparent that she was having seizures. We went to the Neurologist, which he discovered that she had a brain tumor.Which a lot of these behavior issues could have come from problems related to the tumor and seizures.She had the tumor removed in July. She started Keppra for seizures. Well, not many of the problems went away. So,I was told that some pt’s with seizures has mood disorders. We have been trying different medications that are for seizures and mood disorders.So far nothing has helped.Instead of starting another seizure medication that has tons more side effects than Keppra (that has worked well) I decided to look at the side effects of her allergy medication.This was the first site I came to and I feel terrible. It's been two weeks since I stopped given her Singulair.It's amazing in the difference in her behavior, attitude and schoolwork. | F | 10 | 5mg 1X day | 3/17/2010 Patient History | 1 | Allergies | Extreme moodswings and anxiaty. Violent behavior and lashing out at the simplest of things. Very low self esteem and her grades went from straight As to Cs. Chronic stomach pain and headaches. Lack of appetite. Just turned into a completly different person. | When I read about the side effects caused by this drug I almost cried. I never made the connection between the changes in my daughter and the medication. I just thought it was a part of her changing attitude as she got older. I will be immiediatly taking her off this medication and will hopefully see some changes soon! I so want my little girl back! I really wish the doctor had mentioned these possible side effects when he prescribed the meds to her! | F | 10 | 10 months 5mg 1X day | 2/24/2011 |