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 | Angioedema | No side effects. This is the ONLY thing that controls my angioedemas. | F | 58 | 3 months 30 mg 1X day | 10/3/2020 | 5 | Allergy | I didn't notice side effects other than it really worked for me. The only negative is the expense. I have to pay $65 a month - my co-pay. | F | 58 | 30 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 5 | asthma | none | wonderful medication,only have to use my inhaler occasionally. I can finally breath with no chest tightness. I can run up and down the stairs with no wheezing and shortness of breath.. | F | 58 | 66 days | 10/22/2005 | 5 | migraines | slight ringing in ears, a little drowsy | great medication, a wonder drug for my migraines | M | 58 | 3 months | 5/26/2007 | 5 | COPD | none | Since taking Singulair have been able to get through the cold weather without resorting to steroids for my breathing problems for the first time in ten years. My respiratory capacity has also improved. | F | 58 | 3 years | 6/6/2007 | 4 | asthma/allergies | None that I am aware of | This did help with preventing paroxysms of coughing due to stress-induced asthma and probably helped increase O2 levels as I was less tired. I took my dose in the morning as it did seem to act more like a stimulant for me and made sleeping difficult. Cost is high so I am not currently taking it, but may have to return to it come spring and summer allergy seasons | M | 58 | 9 months unsure 1X day | 3/6/2011 | 3 | allergy and asthma | Cramping in calves and feet. My toes would curl up in a terrible cramp and it would take me awhile to get it to release. Also I would get cramps in my legs. | It helped but the side effect for me is too painful. | F | 58 | 25 days | 5/30/2009 | 3 | Asthmatic/cough/severe/ruptured mus | After 1 month, began experiencing FREQUENT severe cramps in ribs-back-thighs-groins-chest-calves.After 2 months, total sexual anesthesia.This month I have started talking about dying A LOT. | For 6 months I coughed so hard I ruptured muscles in my chest, threw my back out 3 times and became incontinent of bladder. Singulair, Advair and Combivent all prescribed at the same time. Breathing is wonderful but I have read where some of the side effects mimic the illnesses. Combivent makes me cough terribly and produce mucus. I can't move at all without triggering a cramp and am terrified of one hitting my heart- after all, it is a muscle. 3 coworkers started to ask me if I had any plans to suicide (at 3 different times and occasions) Planned to switch the Combivent for Albuterol but had a terrible cramp while answering this survey- no more Singulaire for me. | F | 58 | 90 days | 8/13/2008 | 2 | Asthma | Severe depression, very vivid dreams, skin problems with excema and severe itiching of face, scalp and neck, hair falling out. Scalp was numb and tingling. | Helped with asthma symptoms, but due to side effects could not take. | F | 58 | 6 months | 2/6/2009 | 1 | allergic asthma | insomnia, hand tremors, tinnitus (pulsating in left ear), pain in front of right thigh, thoughts about death | Singulair did control my asthma symptoms. I took it for 6 1/2 years. I stopped it when I read that Singulair had a black box, that it may cause suicidal thoughts in children. I asked myself what it is doing to me. I had no idea. It has been a year since I stopped Singulair. The pain in the front of my thigh went away in 3 days; the tinnitus, which I had noticed for about 6 months, lessened in 6 months and then was gone; the insomnia improved immediately--I slept so well. The hand tremors I'd had since Sept, 2005, are much less, and I only notice somettimes when I am tired. I noticed those when I would lift a fork to eat. I didn't realize I had the thoughts about death and that it wouldn't be so bad, until I stopped the Singulair and the thoughts went away. I would never take this drug again. I would never recommend it to anyone. Why does it have this effect on the brain? I tried a Flovent inhaler, but I was allergic to the propellant, according to my allergist. He placed me on Asmanex twisthaler, which is a powder, with no propellant. It has been a year and it has worked. No espisodes requiring prednisone. What a relief. And, no side effects, of which I am aware. | F | 58 | 6 years | 4/28/2009 | 1 | Asthma; persistent, intense cough | Significant increase in shortness of breath and fatigue. Prior to Singulair, I was able to walk on treadmill and do some light activity, but after only 2 days of taking 10 mg/day, I felt ill and unable to engage in normal conversation, so I stopped medication. It took a few months just to get back to baseline. | Allergist's recommendation was to continue taking Singulair and to begin using a combination inhaler. I decided against that advice as I am afraid of inhalers; also I believed that following his advice would take me down the wrong path (more meds, and thereby more side effects & interactions). I've been waiting for appt w/new allergist who uses sublingual allergy meds--supposedly less problematic. My chronic cough has caused organs to prolapse, so I hope the sublingual med helps before I need operations to correct prolapses. | F | 58 | 2 days | 12/4/2009 | 1 | ADULT ASTHMA | Beware- I am basically a level headed person- I gradually drifted into a deep depression and crying spells after 2 weeks. Takes several days to realize it is this drug that is this causing this. Takes another several days to detox it from your system. | This is the second time I have taken Singulair and experienced the same thing. It helps so much with my lungs that I had forgotten that I had the same side effects 2 yrs. ago. The experience is so scary I feel this drug should be taken off the market. If not for this web site I would probably think I was losing my mind. | F | 58 | 19 days | 11/19/2009 | 1 | allergic sinusitus | Insomnia was the first side effect and that was on day 1. Irritibility, joint pain, an inability to think clearly and just a sense of feeling "weird" soon followed. I can't seem to determine from what I have read how long it takes for the medication to be effective but after 5 days, there's been no improvement. The side effects aren't worth the wait to see if it's going to work. | F | 58 | 5 days 10MG 1X day | 2/22/2011 | 1 | asthma/allergies | HIGH Blood pressure, leg cramps, dry itchy eyes, head aches, several more, but severe reaction with blood pressure! | F | 58 | 90 days 10 mg 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 1 | terrible allergies, seasonal asthma | rapid heart beat, anxiety, depression, heavy sleeping, crazy dreams, mood swings, weight gain, bloating and water retention | Its the best allergy medicine I have ever taken, but I have to stop because the side effects are too great. Honestly, I am afraid at times that i will have a heart attack. Wish there was something else I could take that would work without the side effects. | F | 58 | 60 days 10 1X day | 4/15/2015 | 1 | COPD | Worsening breathing and reduced lung capacity by 30% | M | 58 | 14 days 10 1X day | 6/7/2016 | 5 | Hay fever and asthma | None that I noticed. I was going through menopause at the time so if there were any initial mood/mental changes I probably attributed them to menopausal mood swings. | Both myself and my 21 year old daughter have been on Sinulair for 10 years. It's been a wonder drug for us. Totally controls our severe nasal allergies and asthma symptoms. If I miss a pill for a day I can already feel my asthma wheezing returning. Luckily, neither of us have had problems with nightmares, depression, or any other type of mental/mood changes. Our allergist said that he has had patients on Singulair for decades with no complaints of negative side effects. | F | 59 | 10 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/30/2012 | 5 | Allergies, exertional asthma | None | Wow, this drug has been like a miracle for me. My breathing and stamina have greatly improved in the year I've been taking it. No side effects whatsoever. | F | 59 | 1 years | 4/19/2009 | 5 | asthma | F | 59 | 1 years | 10/9/2004 | 2 | Allergy induced asthma | Stomach pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, palpitations | It worked somewhat for my asthma but it gave me nausea and horrible stomach and abdominal pain. Also made my anxiety worse. I did not know what my stomach pain was from until I looked up side effects of this medication. | F | 59 | 3 weeks 1X day | 1/29/2021 |