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 |
| 5 | Allergic rhinitis | None! Love SingulairŽ! | So far, this seems like a miracle medicine! After a lifetime of allergies and antihistamines, this one has done me the best! I've been outside a lot this week during a heavy oak pollen time, and I haven't even sneezed ONCE, even while mowing the lawn. Truly remarkable! Am using it in combination with FlonaseŽ. The real test will come in September (a.k.a. "Sick-tember"), when I used to sneeze nearly uncontrollably due to ragweed. | M | 38 | 2 weeks | 4/7/2006 | 5 | Asthma | none | This is the greatest medication I've EVER taken! It controls my asthma so well that I have only had to use my inhaler once in the last 6 months...compared to having to use it multiple times a day (like 6 - 8 times per day) prior to taking singulair. PLUS, the singulair helps control my allergies! I have not noticed any side-effects from this medication, which is extremely rare for me. I usually suffer side-effects from every medication I take and/or the medication quits working for me after a short period of time, but | F | 38 | 4 years | 7/11/2005 | 5 | seasonal allergies | None | F | 38 | 10 years 10mg 1X day | 1/24/2013 | 5 | asthma control | no side effects so far | Has been very beneficial for my asthma. It took about 3 weeks for the medicine took effect. | F | 38 | 4 months | 8/27/2002 | 5 | asthma | none | 4 year old daughter taking it for asthma-allergies. No side effects noted at all. | F | 38 | 2 years | 12/7/2009 | 5 | allergy-induced asthma | None | I, and my 4 year old son, are highly allergic to oak pollen. Before Singulair, I was on inhalers and he was on albuterol, xopenex, pulmicort, prednisolone, you name it. This year, on Singulair, *not one breathing treatment* was required. It has worked wonderfully for both of us. No problems at all. Today his Allergist refused to refill his prescription 'and see what happens' and now I am just waiting for the asthma attacks to start.... | F | 38 | 2 years | 6/6/2008 | 5 | Allergic rhinitis | None | Worked well for allergies. Unlike other people on this site, I don't feel the need to blame my life's problems on an allergy drug. Grow up, this drug is benign. | F | 38 | 2 years 10 | 9/27/2015 | 4 | asthma | F | 38 | 1 years | 8/23/2004 | 4 | Allergies/Asthma | Nighttime drowsiness, dizziness in afternoon, inability to remember, concentrate and focus, occasional headaches, occasional nightmares/night sweats, weight gain, water retention, decreased urination frequency, increased hunger | I am a patient who is considered very healthy without any other medical problems and take no other meds except birth control. I never had any of these symptons until taking the medication. Over the last 4 months since beginning the meds, I have increased my caffeine intake to combat drowsiness without success. It is more of a dizzy-drowsy sensation and is different than the drowsines associated with allergies. Have weighed the same for 20 years and immediately gained about 10 pounds within 1 month of taking and am now up to about 15 pounds total after 4 months. Have a difficult time remembering, focusing and concentrating. Occasional nightmares with night sweats. Hunger comes on fast and strong and I eat more quantity rather than more often. Medication is otherwise effective and I have only had one asthma attack in 4 months versus 1 per week in the past. | F | 38 | 4 months | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Asthma/sinusitus | Diarrhea,Severe abdominal cramps,nausea,anxiety vaginal dryness,chest pain,generally unwell and not myself. | I had been taking singulair for 3 weeks and noticed side effects almost straight away.I put up with the severe cramps & diarrheaup until 2 days ago when i decided to stop taking the drug.The next day i started to feel better. Anxiety was rather severe along with all the symptoms i described.I just never felt "Myself" and was unhappy. However since being off the drug my sinusitus is playing up again and am finding it harder to breath so it obviously did help the asthma. However with all the symptoms i endured all being rather severe and worrysome for the duration i was taking singulair i dont feel that i will resume taking the drug.There is just no way i could possibly continue on with the symptoms for a life time! Reading all the sideffects everyone has noted here im glad i DID stop taking it. As ive heard others say...My Dr told me there were little or no side effects and that it was tolerated very well!!Sadly it seems that Dr's obviously feel the need to pass this | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 12/4/2006 | 3 | Bronchittis sinusitis asthma | I am so happy to have found this site. Now i know im not crazy! thank you! I have had night terrors insomnia general ill ease and ANGER! omg I was cleaning the kitchen and ended up kicking some bowls that were out of place. I mean Come On! Irritability is off the hook. I am stopping tomorrow. It did help clear my stuffy nose- and helped with coughing. But nothing is worth these horrible side effects. Back to Dulera and simbicort religiously. | F | 38 | 2 months 10mg | 1/14/2013 | 3 | allergies and allergy induced asthm | I have recently been having severe joint and muscle pain/I'm not sure if it's related, I've been taking Singulair for a few years. I've had aches and pains and never made a connection but recently aches and pains are everywhere and extreme. Also have had a lot of ear pressure and fullness/fluid in the last year along with vertigo. I'm not sure if there is a connection but I wonder. Also seem to be water retentive. | I think I'll try to get off of this. It's really helped the wheezing. On the other hand, when my mail-delivery meds didn't come on time and I missed doses, my wheezing seems worse than ever. | F | 38 | 3 years | 4/7/2008 | 2 | Allergies/chronic sinusitis | After hearing from friends this drug did wonders for allergies, I decided to consult with my dr and began taking singulair. The first few days I noticed runny nose (which wasn't a usual symptom and sore throat). I have ulcerative colitis and receive remicade immune suppressing infusion every 8 weeks. Since having an immune disease and chronic sisusitus I wasn't surprised by the immediate onset of a sinus cold, but noticed the unusual runny nose. Shortly after I felt much better. Then I soon realized I had mistakenly left singulair out of my pill container upon refilling....i didn't notice until 5 or so missed doses. So I went back on it thinking it was unrelated and the symptoms immediately returned and worsened. I've noticed insomnia is also an issue (it is 2:30 am as I write this). My throat pain is immense and head hurts soooo bad and now it seems I have the onset of an ear infection. Not happy and stopped taking this drug 2 nights ago. I also noticed some red itchy blotches early today. Not fun. Would definitely not recommend it to anyone with non related heath issues. Thankfully no signs of depression. | F | 38 | 1 weeks 1 | 3/8/2014 | 2 | asthma and rhinitis | Was great for the first week or so but then things went downhill. Until I found this website I thought it was me. I wasn't feeling "myself", waking up all night long with every noise almost jumping me out of bed, having anxiety attacks, heart palpitations and loss of appetite. | Works great on the rhinitis. Wasn't sleeping well and switched to taking it days which improved my sleep some but heart palpitations and anxiety attacks too much to take. | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 1/31/2007 | 2 | Allergies / Asthma | My 8 year old son has been on and off Singulair for approximately 3 years. As far as relieving symptoms of seasonal allergies and asthma, it does a great job. At times, he has a difficult time with concentrating in school, mood swings, eye and head tics / twitches, crying at night, worrying about his grades, etc. I have noticed when we get off Singulair for a week or so, these symptoms subside. Not sure what to do!! There has to be another drug out there that has the positive benefits as Singulair without these scary side effects! | F | 38 | 3 years 5 mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Allergies and asthma | Depression, suicidal thoughts, mood swings, inability to focus | Worked WONDERFULLY for the asthma and allergies. However, I think it took about 3 months to get all of the side effects out of my system. | F | 38 | 5 months 1X day | 2/28/2010 | 1 | asthma | severe mood swings, hallucination's,uncontrollable crying,thoughts of self harm. | I have been off singulair for 2 weeks now side effects are now wearing off, anyone who is prescribed this drug should be warned of these horrendous side effects.did help with my breathing problems but is not worth the side effects, i thought i would end up being committed into a mental hospital i have never felt so much fear or out of control in my life,please think twice before taking this drug. | F | 38 | 4 weeks 10mg 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 1 | Asthma | Fifteen pounds weight gain in two months. I was careful with my diet and exercised for 45 minutes 5 times a week. Unbelievable! | It did work to control my asthma symptoms. | F | 38 | 60 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/9/2012 | 1 | Severe allergies | Severe anxiety attacks-even at home for no apparent reason, irritability, sadness, lack of interest, unusual thoughts of death, feelings as though I were going to faint | F | 38 | 9 months 30 | 1/21/2013 | 1 | Allergies/Asthma | I'm a sound sleeper ordinarily, and I had horrible violent night terrors that would jolt me out of bed. My doctor suggested adjusting the time of the day that I was taking it, and it didn't help. I came across these pills last night and decided to try one, not remembering if this was the medicine that caused the nightmares (I've tried a lot of different asthma meds), and I had night terrors once again. I could see the bad dreams leading to poor sleep habits and fatigue. And I see on this site folks talking about tingling hands and feet; that's indicative of hyperventilation from anxiety. I'm not taking this anymore. We have a drop box for unused prescription meds here in my town, and that's where this bottle is headed. | F | 38 | 2 weeks 10 MG | 1/2/2014 |