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 | in-door allergies | stomach ache, extreme fatigue, dryness, lack of libido | My doctor prescribed the generic of Zantac (Ranitidine), the generic Claritin (Loratadine) and Singulair for acute hive-like allergic reactions to in-door allergens. Am I the only one who reacts strongly to thrift and second-hand clothes from stores—not from individuals?? Anyhow, after a week of the combo, I decided to try each separately to assess where the different side-effects were coming from. I experienced headache and stomach pain on Singulair. Always woke up with diarrhea and stomach pain. Total lack of libido, dryness doesn't help and neither does extreme fatigue, | F | 43 | 1 months | 7/24/2008 | 3 | Allergies | 1st day seemed good but felt druggy. Kept taking over weekend. Helped with the headache all day, but still having sneezing attacks in the mornings. Sunday really tired. Monday really tired at work and now I have a twitch. I will keep monitoring my symptoms. | F | 43 | 4 days | 5/8/2006 | 3 | asthma/allergies | increased upper respiratory infections and bronchitis | It helped both my asthma and allergy symptoms, but I was plagued with upper respiratory and lung infections each year I took the drug. It wasn't worth it. After suffering with asthma for 30 years, I now I control my condition without medication and I haven't been sick for 3 years! | F | 43 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/28/2012 | 2 | allergic rhinitis | unusual weight gain, unexplained anxiety | While overall, the singulair increased my air flow at night to help me sleep better, I have experienced periodic bouts of anxiety for no reason. I have also had unusual weight gain in a short time (when usually pretty consistent)which I have seen mentioned at length on other sites, and is not a listed side effect. Please note too that the children's formula contains aspartame which can lead to many of the side effects I see listed. | F | 43 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 2 | allergies | I just took my first dose of singulair. I took it at night as prescribed. I cannot sleep at all. I feel wide awake. I am not taking it again. I am a school teacher and I can't be having sleepless nights. | F | 43 | 1 days | 3/22/2009 | 1 | Asthma / Allergic Bronchitis | Moodiness; aggressive behaviour; occasional bad dreams (h/n remembered dreams for years. Shame because it prevented attacks. | Do not give to children. Gave to my daughter and she had the same symptoms... especially the aggressive behaviour. | M | 43 | 6 months | 4/2/2009 | 1 | allergies/asthma | nausea, motion sickness, dizziness, depression, crying all the time, irritability | Started the medication 9 days ago. Had depression after a couple days, which I have never had before. No desire to do anything, crying all the time. Also stared feeling a bit dizzy at times. Yesterday, I took my pill in the afternoon because I forgot to take it in the morning. While cooking dinner that evening, I got so dizzy, I had to turn everything off and lie down. Came upon this site and saw that I am far, far from alone. Quit the meds...would rather have a hard time breathing that take another one of these. I am trying to keep my chin up. Hope it gets out of my system soon. | F | 43 | 8 days | 1/28/2009 | 1 | severe allergies | insomnia | Claritin and Veramyst used to control my allergies. But this year pollen was so bad I developed bronchitis. So the doctor gave me an inhaler and singulair. After the second sleepless night I started reading this site. I have no desire to find out if I will develop other side effects and I am discontinuing. | F | 43 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/9/2013 | 1 | allergies | Internal tremor throughout my body, leg pain and cramps, tingling in extremities ,shooting electrical pains throughout body, numbness in extremities, my skin and insides feel as if they're burning, heart palpitations and chest pain, anxiety, severe headache, fatigue. | Update 12/19/10 Still having the internal trembling, however, it's not as bsd as it was, yet still bad enough to interrupt my life and my sleep. I'm still suffering from fatigue and a lack of energy. I still have some tingling now and again in my hands and feet. I wish everyone who is suffering from this medication all the best and I hope this serves as a warning to those considering taking it. | F | 43 | 2 days 10MG 1X day | 12/20/2010 Patient History | 1 | Lung issues due to prematurity | Extreem behavior, violent toward everyone, crying over minor issues, screaming all night, major mood changes and once taken off the drug, we got our little girl back. The behavior changes were scary. | F | 43 | 4 days 30 mg 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | asthma | Within one hour of taking this med. I began experiencing hot flashes, feeling faint, sweating palms and tingling in arms and legs (almost like when you take a high dose of Niacin). This sensation lasted on and off for about 26 hours (terrible experience). I could not sleep the entire night. Would have thought I was having an anxiety attack except for the fact that I could breath great! Not worth it though. I will never take this again. | F | 43 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 1 | asthma | unexplained weight gain. jittery. tightness in chest. insomnia | F | 43 | 5 months | 5/2/2006 | 1 | Asthma | 7 y.o. son: Nightmares, aggressiveness, headaches, numbness/weakness in left arm and leg, shaking (hard to write), unable to focus, loss of concentration, crying, anxiety, depression, nausea/throwing up in morning, hyperactive, mood swings, tantrums, sinus problems, increased appetite, anger, short temper, rash like welts, many many problems in school with aggression and not following instructions, disruptive, etc. | Worked great at first, over time noticed symptoms progressing. I thought it was just "growing pains" and never thought it was the med until I started reading up on it through sites like this. Many problems in school and home. Pediatrician said "sounds like ADHD," and put him on medication which didn't help. Then, advised seeing a psychiatrist. It has affected the entire family. I have decided to take my child off this medication. When my child told the pediatrician about his left arm/leg numbness/weakness, the pediatrician shrugged it off. Now, I am very concerned this drug may have caused some other damage to my son. I have recently noticed his eyes rolling back in his head for a couple seconds at a time. If the physicians are not informed, we are not informed, so how are we supposed to protect our children? This drug definitely needs to have more detailed warnings or better yet taken off the market. | F | 43 | 2 years | 11/1/2006 | 1 | allergies | bad migraines, numbness / burning in hands/ legs/ arms and face. Pain in ears and muscles. Tired all the time, can't think and have major depression. irregular heart beats and feeling dizzy and lightheaded | I have been to so many Dr.'s trying to understand what is going on with me. EKG's to brain scans. I went off of this medicine for about 3 weeks (forgot to refill) and noticed SOME improvement when I went back on the MAJOR side effects came back. Actually almost went to emergency because I thought it was a stroke. All my body is numb and hot, face hurts, stuffy nose, irregular heart beat, major migraines. Finally linked my issues to this drug. THIS DRUG IS A NIGHTMARE!!! | F | 43 | 9 months 10 1X day | 8/10/2016 | 1 | non allergic rhinitis | The worst anxiety I have ever experienced. I took one pill of the generic (Montelukast Sodium 10 Mg) around 11pm, by 12am I started experiencing anxiety, panic attacks and severe palpitations. Another weird side-effect, my sinuses got so inflamed that not even Afrin was able to bring the inflammation down. I was not able to sleep at all after taking that poison. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this medication. | M | 43 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 12/15/2015 | 1 | Allergies and VCD | Irregular Heartbeat, bad anxiety, panic attacks. Horrible Nightmares at night or while even while napping. Feeling of fear and doom both day and night. Overall depression and anxiety to the point of unbearable. I kept telling my husband "I feel scared" and I had heart palpitations that sent me to ER. These symptoms showed up gradually. During weeks 1 -3 were the horrible dreams day and night. Week 4 started the heart palpitations and feeling of anxiety, fear, and depression. After leaving the ER, I quit taking. It has only been 2 days..palpitations are less frequent. Side effects are not worth it...but the drug helped my throat wheezing during night and cough that both come from VCD. | F | 43 | 40 days 10MG 1X day | 9/9/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Depression, worsening depression, hostility, irritability, suicidal thoughts | It helped my asthma and wheezing but two hospital admits for severe depression and suicidal thoughts makes this drug dangerous and not worth it! Took ten weeks of being off of it before I felt like myself again. | F | 43 | 1 years 10 | 5/13/2020 | 5 | Asthma | Twitching eye lids every day. Insomnia for the first few days, but this has now passed. | Singulair (or Montelukast Sodium as we call it in New Zealand) has given me my life back. For the past year I have had a cough and wheezing that would not go away. I have been on steroid tablets and three different puffers just to be able to breathe - and all I have done is breathe since any activity caused me to have really bad attacks. My Dr prescribed me Singluair as a last resort since every time I was due to have a Saline Challenge for a proper diagnosis, I would get some sort of chest infection and so a diagnosis was just impossible. Within a few days of starting my cough just stopped. Another couple of days and my wheeze stopped. I no longer feel like someone is permanently holding my chest in a vice. I can live with the twitching because breathing is far more important to me and I can not tell you how good it is to be able to go outside and play with my kids again. | F | 42 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 6/25/2014 | 5 | Seasonal Allergy and Asthma | Progressive dizziness, brain fog, generally feeling "weird." | I had to stop it because of side effects. Too bad because my breathing was wonderful while taking it. The dizziness got progressively worse and I didn't recognize that Singulair was the culprit until I read the comments on this page. When I stopped it, the symptoms all resolved within a week. | F | 42 | 30 days | 8/7/2006 | 5 | Asthma | none | Singulair changed my life for the better! I have had none of the symptoms others have had - depression, weight gain, etc - but I HAVE had those on corticosteroids, which are the only alternative to this amazing wonder medication. Yay Merck! | F | 42 | 10 years | 6/6/2008 |