| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
  | F M | | | | |||
| 3 | Chronic allergic rhinitis | I have been getting so frustrated with my 8 yr old son's highly emotional behaivor. Over the last month he worries about everything and cries easily. He has always been a little sensitive, but this is on a whole new level. To the point where I was getting very worried about him. He has bad dreams every night and has been wetting the bed nearly every night. I told my mom about these symptoms and she suggested it was the Singulair. I wasn't convinced but decided to look it up online anyway. I am so glad I found this site. Some of the side effects the mothers here listed sound exactly like my son. I will never give him this medicine again. THANK YOU | The Singulair did seem to help his symptoms. But, as so many others have mentioned, the side effects are not worth the minimal improvement. | M | 8 | 4 months | 12/20/2007 | 2 | asthma/allergies | mood swings; unhappy; headaches and stomach aches; 25-30 lb. weight gain in under 2 years | Oh my goodness! I am sitting here crying because my daughter has been on Singulair for a year and a half along with albuterol and nasonex. My sweet loveable child has turned into a monster! On top of it, wouldn't a doctor question a 25-30 lb. weight gain in less than two years in a child?? NOW I KNOW THE REASON FOR HER BEHAVIOR!! Guess what? I took my child to an allergist and discovered that she was highly allergic to the cat we had gotten. Her pediatrician felt the cat had nothing to do with it. Boy was she wrong!! Why did I not know about all these side effects? I can only hope that in time my happy-go-lucky child will return and pray that puberty does not arrive before she is 9 yrs old. | F | 8 | 1 days | 9/23/2007 | 2 | to control asthma-inducing allergie | Extreme anxiety, worrying, and obsessive compulsive behavior | I am sitting here in tears because I have only stumbled upon this information and and will stop giving this to my daughter immediately. My daughter has always been somewhat shy and concerned about things, but within recent months, she has been having extreme anxiety, running back in to check the door locks, asking "what if...?" constantly. A babysitter's house was broken into and our friend's car was stolen recently, so I was attributing her worries to those incidents, but it's just gotten worse and worse. She has even cried a couple of times at school, which she's never done. Now as I read all these testimonies, I have to think it is her Singulair, and feel awful that she's been so affected by this medicine and that I had no idea it was the cause. She recently started Flovent, and her stomach has been hurting, so we'll probably try stopping that too and see if that helps. Thank you all for posting. | F | 8 | | 11/29/2009 | 2 | Allergies - to control asthma | Anxiety, anger, fear, paranoia | My daughter was on Singulair for about a year and became a different person. I didn't even make the connection with the medication, but then stumbled upon this site and starting putting two and two together. In November, I posted here and wanted to update: I took my daughter off of this medication, and slowly her behaviors changed. She is now back to her normal self. While the Dr. hadn't warned me of any side effects when she prescribed this, when I told her I was taking her off meds, she acknowleged it could be the problem. Perhaps this medicine works for some, but parents, if you start your chid on it, please watch for changes. | F | 8 | 1 years 1X D | 8/1/2010 | 1 | allergies | head twitches/tics | My son starting taking Singulair on and off since January. I started giving it to him REGULARY the last week of January til about a month ago. What he experienced/now experiencing was/is head twitches. It was like a twitch to the side of his head, all day long for a month now. It was a ped on call that asked if he was taking singulair and said taht it was known to cause tics and twitches. He has been off for a month now and although the twitches has subsided they are still very-much-sothere. I plan to leave an update with hopes that I can help someone else out becuase I am claiming the victory over this medicine. To see my son go thru this has caused a major depression for me and has affected everything that I am involved in. But as I pray, I KNOW all will be well and that it will just take time for this drug to pass through his system. God Bless you all and I feel your pain. | M | 8 | 3 months 1X D | 4/17/2010 |
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