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 allerigies | depression,anxiety,sleep disorder,school phobia,ocd | while my son was on this drug,my family and my child went through hell,this drug is poison for some.It is so important that anyone who has experianced the rath of this drug make a report to the fda,this is the only way someone may listen.The doctors sure do not seem to recognise the havoc this drug causes,if they did they would not brush off us parents,send our children to therapy and give more drugs to combat the side effects of this benign pretty pink pill that is killing children | M | 11 | 3.5 days | 1/17/2010 | 1 | Allergy Induced Asthma | Night terrors, hallucinations, anger, depression, violence, suicidal thoughts/comments, extreme mood swings, crying, moodiness. | I had no idea these were side effects. I don't remember reading any of these when we started the Rx. My friend told me about her son and his experiences, which were exactly like my son's. We are done with Singulair. | M | 11 | 2 years | 1/24/2010 | 1 | asthma | my son took singulair for two weeks after not taking it most of the summer in the past few days he has become worried easily,clingy,easily upset. he has irregular heartbeat on/off and since thursday may be having vision hallucinations which is very scary to him. he is seeing black images now some white,his eye ball has alot of red lines and i'm not sure but it might have been yellow. i have been giving him eye drops for the past day cause we thought he might have gotten something in his eye. it is sometimes itchy and hurts alittle after the drops.he was feeling weak/funny, headache and stomach aches. | as i reread the side affects i see over the years it could have been singulair all a long. fevers only that last over night, nightmares, stomach aches, headaches. since age 4 he has had Pneumonia 5 times. until this past february he has been seeing the same doctor since birth. we will talk to the new doctor in two weeks. he has been taking singular since age 3 and is now 11 1/2 years old. the past doctor would not let us stop it but i have stopped in on/off until he gets the signs of getting a cold. his asthma seens to be weather related/ high temperature/mold. today i talked to the pharmacy and they said the image could be hallucinations but he has not had any one have any problems with singulair. that we could try stopping it let it get out of his system and just start back with half a pill. we decided to stop and seek info from the new doctor. | M | 11 | 8 years | 8/23/2008 | 1 | 11 yr old for dust mite allergies | Poor performance at school, tearful episodes, nightmares about himself and family dying. Wanting to quit school. Poor self esteem | Ethan 11 yr. old had been taking Singulair for dust mite allergies since he was 6. Has always done poor to fair at school. Very emotional. Did not associate this with Singulair, until he began talking about death. Researched on the computer about childhood depression, found link to singulair. Described him perfectly. Although I feel like a terrible mother, I realize better late than never. I read the package insert when he was 6, but these side effects were not listed then. Since he has been off the Singulair 2 1/2 weeks now, he has been less tearful and when he does cry, it is not an outburst, hysterical cry. He has a better attitude about school; although, because of the damage already done, he will probably never like school. He is just a more rational kid. So far his allergies are not bad. He is on a nasal spray and goes for a check up in a week. I'm not mad at his doctor, I guess. She probably didn't know about the new side effects, either. I'm more mad at myself and my | M | 11 | 5 years | 3/15/2009 | 1 | allergy | my daughter has seasonal allergies in the spring and fall. She has been on and off singulair and zyrtec since she was little. for years we experienced aggressive behavior depression anxiety suicidal thoughts night terrors and urine problems.we had seen several doctors for second opinions was in counseling and she was on anxiety medicine . In the spring of 2014 when I refilled her singulair prescription a new warning label came out with all of the issues I listed above. the FDA has had so many complaints that they mandated the drug company to list of side effects. my daughter will not take any allergy medications do to her adverse reaction. she has been off for over a year now and she is the most wonderful 11-year-old any mother could ask for. I encourage you to Make a complain to be FDA regarding this medication. The drug is advertised for children with asthma but it is harder on their system to tolerate it. My heart ackes for the other families going through this. do your research and help make the side effects of these drugs public knowledge. | F | 11 | 1 years | 2/9/2015 | 1 | To help with asthma/allergies | Sleepless nights, depression, quick to anger and most importantly violent voices yelling in my daughters head. She was terrified. | We stopped after 7 days and the side effects are going away. Our pediatrician dismissed this as we called her and recommended a psychiatrist. No one took the extra step to help till the Walgreens pharmacist pointed the side effects out to us. We're not alone and the side effects are real. | F | 11 | 7 days | 9/11/2015 | 1 | Sinus/Allergies | My 11 year old son taking for 3 weeks. Last night in ER for severe body tremor and double vision. This is the ONLY medication he is on. Dr. said this drug may cause these side effects. I would use extreme caution using this drug in children. Informed prescribing physician and will insist on letting Merck know this happened. This drug should be used with EXTREME CAUTION. Never again for my son. Merck needs to be upfront about these potential side effects. I am hearing this more and more with this drug. | M | 11 | 3 weeks 5mg 1X day | 12/1/2015 | 1 | allergies | My son developed uncontrollable anxiety, crying, irrational fears and thoughts, body pains, muscle twitches. I feel horrible that I allowed him to be put on this medication. I will NEVER trust big pharma. They know | M | 11 | 3 weeks 5 | 1/4/2016 | 1 | Asthma | Severe anxiety and OCD with intrusive thoughts | Mental problems diagnosed by psychiatrist, completely went after discontinuing Montelukast. A very scary drug. | M | 11 | 28 days 5mgs | 10/15/2019 | 5 | Asthma | We are experiencing NONE of the side effects claimed. My daughter is going on 13 and has been on Singulair since she was 9 or 10. | She is now almost as tall as I am (5'2), she is developing normally in all other areas related to the female anatomy, I lost track of how often I have to buy her new shoes, etc.. In other words, zero stunted growth issues, zero anger issues, zero any issues detailed here. She works with a renowned Pulmonary on her asthma, who keeps a close watch on these things. I should also add that she takes this in the morning, with Claritin being taken at night. In fact, on our next visit, the Pulmonary is considering weening her off of it due to her asthma being under control and her believing she might be "growing out of" the allergies that caused the asthma in the first place. This is a child who stands close to my height and weighs all of 80 lbs. So she is built very petite to begin with. (the age and gender listed are for her) | F | 12 | 5 years | 1/6/2009 | 5 | Asthma | None noticed or suffered yet | My 12 yr old son, was prescribed singulair after asthma medicines were increased to maximum doses allowed for his age as his sporting activities brought on severe asthma attacks, he was fine the rest of the time. Since taking medicine (Sept 06) he has not had one asthma attack and plays football 5 times a week, his steriod intake was reduced, and his blue inhaler has not been used in anger, although I still make him take a couple of puffs before sport. | M | 12 | 8 months | 5/9/2007 | 2 | Asthma | Asthma is better.. But hallucinating , OCD , feeling weird | M | 12 | 3 years 5mg 1X day | 9/12/2011 | 2 | Asthma | Anger, frustration, angst, introversion, depression, fainting | My son began taking Singulair when he was 7. We were warned about behavioral issues (ADD like symptoms, insomnia, irritability, etc.) and didn't really notice any change. We recently noticed that my son was hiding it and not taking it (chalk it up to being 12?). Oddly, this surly, angry, frustrated tween I've been dealing with for 2 years went away and my son is back to his silly, funny, not perfect but fun self. He's not as obsessive and introverted (e.g., hooked on video games) and is back out playing basketball with his brother, volunteering to help with his dad, etc. We thought, for a moment, he grew out of being a surly pre-teen. But no...the day we realized he stopped taking it (mid spring-flowering trees, of course), we asked, and he insisted it was an accident and took it in front of us. He fainted at school. Come to find out that fainting is a rare but side effect of singulair. Meanwhile, I add that together with this "normal" kid who is back in our lives and I realize that something happens pre-puberty where kids just don't process it the same. If your kid is on Singulair and you're noticing the "teen angst" -- consider it might be his meds. | M | 12 | 5 years 5 mg 1X day | 4/26/2013 | 1 | year around alergies | My son was prescribed Floniase and Singulair because he has terrible allergies year around- we began the medication and about 3 weeks or so my husband and i notice my son (he was 12 at the time) developed a tic disorder. We thought at first stress-spoke to him and he said not under stress. I didn't relate the meds at the time. He ran out of meds and it was awhile before i got a refill. All of a sudden the tic disorders stopped. I still didn't think it was the meds. I was focused on him possbily being stressed and not telling us. When i refilled his meds and just gave him the Singulair NOT the Flonaise - soon after the Tic Disorder began again! I immediately equated it to the Singulair made him stop and threw them away. I have reviewed side effects and I am convinced this was caused from that medication. Regardless of no mention of this possibility. It was a scary moment to see him uncontrollably blinking his eyes and jerking -he said he didn't realize he was doing it. | I was told by his physician that this was not related, I am not convinced I am his parent I know my son- if all of sudden you as a parent notice a difference in your child PLEASE don't listen to anyone other than YOUR CHILD!!!! | M | 12 | 5 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 9/20/2012 | 1 | asthma | My 12 year old son was recently diagnosed with Asthma and was prescribed singulair. He rapidly changed in behavior, going from a happy, social kid to a depressed, sad, angry, anxious kid. He has mood swings, crying for no reason, sadness, says he doesn't care about having friends anymore, he doesn't want to live this way. Naturally, we were terrified. We could not understand what was happening to our son. Took him to the doc today and she took him off the singulair. I am praying that this will be the turning point for him. | M | 12 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 1 | allergies | eye and neck twitches | My son just started taking this medicine last Thursday. So, its only been 7 days and yesterday and today I noticed he would turn his eyes all the way to one side or the other several times and then stop. I asked him if something was bothering his eyes and he said yes but he couldn't explain what the problem was only that he couldn't help it and couldn't keep from doing it. He was only supposed to take for a month to get through the spring pollen season here. But, I'm not giving it to him anymore now that I realize the singulair is the problem. I asked him how long his eyes have been bothering him, he said it wasn't bothering when he went to the doctor, but now it is. He's only 12 and has enough to deal with just being in middle school. He says he's been sort of embarrassed by the problem. I hope stopping the medicine will end the side effects. | M | 12 | 7 days 5mg chewab 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 1 | asthma | muscle aches, stomach aches, restless sleep and inability to sleep at night | M | 12 | 10 days | 4/1/2009 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | HORRIFIC neuropsychiatric side effects that lasted months after ceasing drug. This drug is very dangerous and should NEVER be prescribed to children for seasonal allergies. The benefits do not outweigh the risks. | Although the FDA has issued warning issues and listed neuropsychiatric side effects in the packaging, the medical community is generally unaware of these side effects and consider them rare. Unfortunately, they are not rare. | M | 12 | 3 weeks 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Urticaria | Dark circles and became flat,glum and tearful and also very tired. | Horrible medication. Seeing the change in my daughter was very upsetting. Medicine now stopped but have be warned that it could take a while to leave her system. | F | 12 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 3/18/2016 | 1 | Allergies | Not sure if it was due to singulair but my daughter took 1 dose, that night I researched the drug as I always do when Dr. Prescribes something for my children, after reading about side effects I decided not worth keeping her on it to see if she would get them, day or so after the dose she suddenly wanted to quit gymnastics team she's been on for three years, when asked why she would say I don't know and start crying, one dose seems very small to cause symptoms but I really am wondering if possible, it's been about a week since she has taken it and yesterday she seemed happy after gymnastics class, anyone else notice symptoms after only 1 dose? | F | 12 | 1 days 5mg | 4/27/2014 |