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 |
| 3 | asthma/allergies | extreme constipation, serious dry mouth, could not sleep more than 15 minutes at a time without drinking water. | The first two or three days on singulair I thought it was a wonder drug. Suddenly I realized that I was hardly sleeping and when I did sleep it was for short times. The constipation kept me feeling full and uncomfortable. I had leg cramps at night. I stopped taking it about a week ago and I am my normal self again. I sometimes wonder if a smaller dose (i.e. 5mg. a day) would be better for me. But I am not sure that I am willing to try it. | F | 73 | 2 weeks | 11/11/2007 | 2 | Nasal congestsion | I have a lot of nasal congestion that is the result of inhalers I use for my COPD. Generic Singulair was prescribed to help the sinus congestion. It did improve the sinus congestion a lot and it also helped my breathing to some extent. But I started having heart palpitations as soon as I started taking it, was always tired and sleepy (was sleeping as much as 12 hours a night), had hip pain, lower back pain, pain and tightness in my thigh muscles, and after three days I started getting very irritable. I decided to stop taking it after three days because the side effects outweighed the benefits. | M | 73 | 3 days 10 1X day | 2/8/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Depression, loss of mental clarity, memory problems, inability to focus and concentrate, huge weight gain, bloated, look pregnant, heartburn, severe shortness of breath, lethargy, lack of interest in anything | The mental and emotional suffering - not overstated - makes singulair not worth any possible benefit. I had to leave my work because of severe shortness of breath. Have been seeing a psychiatrist who has me on antidepressants and something to keep me awake during the day. Another doctor has me on something to control the restless-leg syndrome that another singulair patient mentions. My weight gain probably contributes to my depression, and my distended abdomen probably interferes with my breathing. The 5 years I've been on singulair have been miserable. I am so thankful to have found this site. Today is April 3, 2008, and last night is the last time I will take singulair. I can't wait to see how I will be next week, next month. | F | 73 | 5 years | 4/3/2008 | 1 | i am 73 and have taken it forever | I started noticing unusual depression thoughts of suicide and so unlike my personality I feel so much better since stopping it, I think it might be a dangerous drug. | M | 73 | 8 days | 4/15/2008 | 1 | asthma, COPD | Depression, weight gain (40 lbs. in 4 months), restless leg syndrome, mental fogginess | I wrote on April 3, 2008, and mentioned that the previous night would be my last dose. It's now a little over 3 months later, and I have lost 20 pounds and don't need the antidepressant, restless leg, and "wake-up" meds. Am desperate to find something now to help my breathing, but I'll NEVER take singulaire again. | F | 73 | 5 years | 7/15/2008 | 5 | asthma | none | I take it before I go to bed to combat tight chest and congestion which would wake me and require the use of my inhaler | M | 74 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 8/24/2012 | 5 | rhinitis | Sleeplessness and vivid dreams, switched from night to morning dosing and side effects eliminated probably due to peak serum effect occurring during the day instead at night. Allergies well controlled and sleeping much improved due to a reduction of sleep apnea snoring. | M | 75 | 60 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/12/2013 | 1 | have had unpleasant reaction to in | After only 6 doses awoke with excruciating jaw pain which required pain meds to function the rest of the day. | No positive results are worth this kind of pain. I can live with this little shortness of breath better than this.....can only hope this gets out of my system quickly! | F | 75 | 6 days 10mg 1X day | 6/4/2015 | 4 | Asthma | I am taking the generic of Singular, (Montelukast). Initially it seemed to be working OK, but for the past few weeks have had muscle pain in my lower back that made it hard to walk, but eventually that weakened and was better. | I thought that this was the Magic Bullet for Asthma, since initially all my Asthma symptoms disappeared. It was only after taking it for somewhat over a month that these lower back pains surfaced. I bought a massage pad to help alleviate the problem, but it keeps recurring. I am on the verge of discontinuing since it causes pain each and every day especially in morning. I am taking Aleve twice a day and that seems to help. I was taking Statins in the past, and that also caused serious muscle aches that went away after I stopped. Hope the pain goes away after I stop taking Montelukast. | M | 80 | 50 days 10 MG 1X day | 5/13/2014 | 1 | asthma | caused seizure and confusion | F | 89 | | 10/2/2007 |