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 | Allergies | I took singulair for 3 weeks. After 1 week I became very depressed and had nightmares. I also became very anxious and had mood swings. I stopped taking singulair 2 days ago but am still experiencing some of these side effects. | How much longer will I experience these side effects? | M | 18 | 3 weeks | 7/1/2009 | 5 | allergic rhinitis | None | It really allieviated all my nasal drainage and cough- It worked wondefully! | F | 19 | 6 months | 2/16/2005 | 4 | asthma | vivid dreams, insomnia, slight anxiety | I've taken this medicine for most of my life and it has made my asthma so much better. Before I started taking it I had to use my inhaler a couple times a day. Now I use it less than once a month. The vivid dreams are really interesting so they don't bother me. I feel anxious even when I'm not taking it, so I don't know if I can blame that on the medicine. As for the insomnia, I'll definately take not sleeping through the night over felling like I am being suffocated. Luckily this medicine works really well for me, and I feel bad for all the people who have had negative side effects because it makes breathing so much easier. | F | 19 | 12 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/2/2010 | 3 | Asthma, irregular sinus problems. | Depression, anxiety. | Taking singulair did help my breathing, but caused me to become extremely moodly, depressed and anxious. Not just the odd bad day which everyone experiences, but full blown depression. I have tried being on and off the medication to see the difference a few times, and being off it has helped me relax significantly. Not worth taking for me - it didn't do anything my puffers couldn't. | M | 19 | 5 months 10mg 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 2 | Allergies | Heart palpitations, increased heart rate, mood swings, depression, irritability. | It worked very well for allergies, but the moods and heart rate were not worth it to me. | F | 19 | 8 months | 3/31/2008 | 2 | Chronic sinus infections | Extreme anxiety, obsessive compulsive behaviors, extreme hypochondria. | I have always been an anxious person, but never to the point of having negative thoughts about myself and those around me. I suffer from extreme hypochondria now, to the point where I am going to the doctor once a week for even a small, minor pain. I still have sinus infections! | F | 19 | 2 years | 4/1/2008 | 1 | asthma | Increased anxiety, panic attacks lasting for hours, ringing in ears, and intense pins and needles in my face and all over my body (especially after drinking). | F | 19 | 5 months | 2/24/2008 | 1 | Asthma | seizures | I never had a seizure in my life until I started on singulair. I would wake up and my body would start spazzing out and even randomly at night time. I had multiple tests done and the doctors didn't know what was causing this. I stopped plaquenil and I've been seizure free for over 2 years. | F | 19 | 1 years 1X day | 3/9/2010 | 5 | Asthma | None | Excellent | M | 20 | 180 days Standard 1X day | 2/5/2011 | 5 | Severe Asthma (also allergies) | None | This has been the miracle drug of my life. I haven't been to the hospital ever since I started taking it. I have never had to go to the ER and be put on predisone or anything! Thank the makers of this drug, for it has changed my life forever! I love singulair! | F | 20 | 6.5 years | 9/20/2005 | 5 | Asthma | After using singular for about 4 months I started not being able to fall asleep as easily. It took 2 hours to go to sleep sometimes. After about 5 months I became very paranoid, like someone was in my house. I also started experiencing night terrors. | Singular worked great for my asthma. The reason I stopped was because of the mental side effects. | F | 20 | 6 months | 12/26/2014 | 3 | Asthma | None | Like most allergy medications, it was like eating candy...but I'm a special case...I'm like Bubble Boy, except I'm a girl, and I'm a real freaking person. there was no difference while on it, but. When I stopped taking Singulair I noticed my asthma was worse than it was before. | F | 20 | 2 years | 5/14/2007 | 2 | Asthma | Palpatations, Myalgia, Insomnia, lethargy, weight gain, depression. | Have been on this drug for a long time and the symptoms came on slowly but now the muscle pain has gotten so bad that the Dr. recomended I cut the dose in half for 4 days and then take half every other day for 4 days to help get off it. I will let you know what happens. The pains have gotten better after just 2 days, but I do have tightness in my chest he said that should get better in a few days | F | 20 | 4 years | 5/11/2005 | 2 | Exercise Induced Asthma | This drug caused extreme emotions and intense mood swings from anxious to depressed and so forth. It also caused me to gain 5 pounds in 3 weeks. | I did not notice a drastic enough change in my asthma to mitigate the use of Singulari | F | 20 | 3 weeks 10 MG 1X day | 10/25/2011 | 1 | asthma | For eight months, I experienced debilitating knee pain. I needed crutches for five months. I fainted a few weeks ago and I discovered that symptoms like my horrible knee pain were similar to those in other sufferers of Singulair. I've been off of Singulair for about two weeks now and I have almost no pain in my knees now. | Side effects = severe knee pain, muscle pain, muscle weakness, swollen joints, difficulty breathing, fainting | F | 20 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 1 | Asthma/Allergies/Chronic Sinusitis | When I was about 13 my doctor put me on this medication to help with severe asthma and allergies. I was an extremely happy, intelligent and outgoing child before I was put on this medication, but once I began taking it, it was like I was a different person. I was suddenly extremely irritable, prone to aggressive outbursts, chronically depressed, developed severe insomnia, developed a severe anxiety disorder accompanied by massive and frequent (3-6 times per day) panic attacks, began to fall asleep and hallucinate during daily activities, catatonic episodes, experienced horrible nightmares and perhaps most annoying of all, I experienced uncontrollable and unceasing tremors and 'ticks'. After 1 year on Singulair I attempted to commit suicide, 6 months later I attempted again, and again 2 years later. When I was 18 my doctor took me off of Singulair because my asthma had seemed to improve, one year later she put me back on it because of chronic ear infections. That one year that I was off | I have taken myself off of singulair again, after happening to review a patient information handout at work one day (I am a pharmacy technician). I have been off of it for a week now and already I am beginning to see beauty in the world again and feeling more confident in myself. I feel as if being on singulair has ruined my life. My whole adolescence was consumed by this drug, and I was coming close to trying to kill myself again, before I took myself off of it. This drug has taken away time and ruined relationships that I will never get back. I am writing this note on here in hopes that patients and parents consider very carefully the side effects of this medication and the implications that it carries with them. Yes, it got me off of my inhaler, but I paid a heavy price for that convenience. | F | 20 | 6 years | 1/25/2010 | 1 | Asthma and Allergies | couldn't sleep!!!!!!!! | It helped some of my congestion but I didn't really see much of a difference with the asthma. Never had problems sleeping at night, but on this medicine I did. I took it at night, and I couldn't sleep. Out of the 4 days I took it, I would get 3 or 4 hours of sleep every night. The 4th day I took it, I didn't sleep AT ALL and couldn't fall asleep during the day. I didn't take it the next night, and slept perfectly. I didn't wake up once during the night. Never taking it again | F | 20 | 4 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 1 | allergies | loss of appetite, nausea, stomach pains, insomnia, interrupted sleep, anxiety, pain and weakness in arm, fatigue, headaches, feeling disconnected, heat flashes, dizziness, aggression, deppression | It's working wonders for my allergies, but with my side effects and seeing all these negative reviews I think I'll see about switching to something else! | F | 20 | 6 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/21/2014 | 1 | Asthma | Loss of bladder control, shaking, tremors, extreme eczema flare, hives | I have mild eczema on my arms and legs and it flared over my entire body and became extremely painful hives. Creams, ointments only slightly work to ease the pain. The shaking started almost from the first day and progressed to muscle jerking. I have never had any issues with bladder control and there are times I feel like I will not make it to the bathroom. I have stopped taking it and hope all this stops soon. | F | 20 | 30 days | 4/15/2020 | 5 | asthma | Very tired after about 6 hours awake | Has cleared up my very uncontrolled asthma | F | 21 | 1 months 10mg | 10/12/2015 |