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 |
| 4 | Asthma and Seasonal Allergies | Slightly dry mouth for 1st month | It has helped prevent sinus headaches. I now only use my albuterol inhaler when I have a cold. I used to take albuterol 2-3 times a day. | F | 40 | 3 years | 5/27/2007 | 4 | asthma-wheezing | GREAT: as a sleep aid (for falling asleep) and for my wheezing (excellent) BAD: trouble concentrating or thinking clearly, mispelling words, dry mouth, blurred vision (not sure if Singulair is cause, yet because I'm also taking Claritin-D 24 and Thyroid), migraines w/ aura, sensitivity to light | I stopped for one night and noticed a difference today. I can think clearer. Last weekend, I did not take it for 3 days. Upon restarting, I felt terrible that morning and received a migraine. BUT....it is GREAT for my wheezing and for falling asleep at night. I am going to continue my log of observations. It is too early to give definitive comments because I also take Claritin-D 24 during the day and am hypothyroid. | F | 40 | 2 years | 3/31/2006 | 3 | Asthma | CHRONIC HIVES, vaginal discomfort- itching, soreness, raw. Hallucinations- Hearing distinct noises that jolt me awake, sound of sliding door opening and someone coming into the house, someone calling my name, someone screaming a shout at me, seeing things, sometimes vivid dreams, tightness in eye cheek area tension face, different and strange type of headache, ITCHING FEET! | I have infectious asthma, which means that I get asthma once I get sick, I also have hyper active respiratory disorder, both are so bad when full blown that I fear dying. Singulair helped me control my asthma, cutting the time it took me to get control over my airways from 3 months after an illness to about 4-6 weeks. I was so satisfied with the results I would take claritin to control the chronic hives, from head to toe all day long. However the vaginal dryness, inflammation, itching etc. is too much to bear. I will have to stop using this drug. However I would continue it if I did not have this side effect, tolerating most of the others including the chronic hives an d hallucinations. | F | 40 | 9 months | 1/3/2007 | 3 | Asthma Pediatric | Taken by daughter (born nov 2001). She complains of itchy feet at night. She is difficult to get to sleep. It takes her 2 hours to fall asleep every night. | With asthma it is hard to tell if something is effective. She still has difficulty when she catches a cold with wheezing and coughing. | F | 40 | 2 years | 8/30/2006 | 3 | allergic rhiniti/mild intermittnt a | wt gain, craving food all the time increased need for sleep, difficulty starting tasks | I would take this again for a short period of time during a fierce allergy week or a brochitis, because it works well, but I gained 10-15 pounds. I'm craving food all the time. I'm needing more sleep and having a terrible time waking up. I'm having trouble getting thins done and I am more irritable. | F | 40 | 2.5 months | 4/27/2006 | 3 | Exercised Induced Asthma | Insomnia, loss of memory, lack of concentration, fatigue | Funny thing, when something obviously works (I can now work out w/o having to puff on a rescue inhaler) but the consequences outweigh the benefits. It's EXTREMELY frustrating to be tired, yet not be able to sleep/stay asleep. Also, the inability to focus and loss of memory is downright frightening.. I thought I was losing my freaking mind until I found this site and found others experiencing the same thing while taking this drug. No more for me.. I'd rather puff the damn inhaler when I work out. At least I can remember my kids names when I leave the gym... | M | 40 | 1 months 10mg 1X day | 8/9/2012 | 3 | adult on-set asthma, allergy induce | hair loss, mood swings, blurry spot in my right eye, joints ache, and have had a few joint related injuries. | it has controlled my wheezing and keeps me from getting the headaches accompanied with my lack of oxygen. I am also taking Lorratadine for my terrible allergies. My allergies were so bad that I couldn't see some days because I was sneezing so much and my eyes were always watering. | F | 40 | 180 days 20 1X day | 10/18/2012 | 3 | allergies, croop | My 6 year old boy has mood changes on a dime, when he gets upset he can cry for an hour. Very aggitated. My 14 year old son was on it for 5 years and he had some of the same side effects until he was taken off of it and then they went away. | F | 40 | 4 years 5mg 1X day | 12/10/2010 | 3 | Allergies | Dirrhea, Watery stool, anxeity, stomach pains after I ate, upper and lower back pain and headaches | Singulair worked for my allergies but the side effects were to much for me to handle. It might work is some people with no side effects but I cannot fathom taking a drug with the side effects that happened to me I mean to give you an example after I ate something I would experience stomach pains then not shortly after run to the bathroom. since coming off of the drug the side effects have gone away. I rather suffer than take this drug! | M | 40 | 25 days 10 MG 1X day | 8/22/2010 | 3 | rhinitis, asthma, bronchitus | After 6 mon.of use: fatigue, itchy legs, itchy and tingling fingers, dry eye, incontinence, colds, flu, sore throat, side and leg cramps, weight gain, erratic digestion, anger spells, crying spells, insomnia, acid reflux | Had Recurring Bronchitus that turned into Asthma. Had coughing episodes to coughing all the time and wheezing at night or after physical activity. Got a bacterial lung infection and was prescribed antibiotics, Singulair and Advair. Worked first few months for my breathing, heavy chest, and cough (with cough medicine at night). Stopped Advair due to mouth sores and very severe sore throat which I never had before. Decided to try to get off Singulair because my coughing, acid reflux, and heavy chest are coming back; like I built up an immunity to the drug. Also, even though it helped all my lung and itchy nose issues, I was sick every 3 to 6mos. like clockwork with severe cold and flu symptoms. Had to have Depo Medrol shots. Been off 4 days and have a sore throat and no fatigue or cramps. | F | 40 | 2 years | 4/13/2008 | 2 | athsma | i would recommend caution and observation when prescribed this medication, and feel that the manufacturer most likely has not completed enough clinical trials of the medication for it to be on the market. the medication relieved my allergy symptoms (sneezing, wheezing, etc), but within 24 hours of taking this medication, i experienced the most severe headache i had ever had. i continued the medication and didn't have any more headaches for at least eight months, when i had both severe headache and flulike symptoms. a warning about sudden headaches and flu-like symptoms are mentioned in the drug information sheet, but there is not any explanation of why that might be. i am on nexium, 40 mg twice a day. the headache and sudden flu began when i added a bedtime dose of ranitidine after having a very serious episode of acid reflux. since then, i have recurring headaches that are not eased by the maximum dose of acetaminophen, have cut the dose in half, and am most likely going | F | 40 | 9 months | 4/10/2008 | 2 | Allergies | I developed a very bad allergic cough. My doctor actually thought I had developed asthma. | I was not given this drug for asthma and I am not an asthma sufferer so my experience might be different. | F | 40 | 3 days | 12/2/2002 | 2 | asthma - allergies | extreme fatigue, weird muscle spasms, sick/nauseous/headachy feeling waking up from any sleep (no longer able to take naps), depression. | at first I was pleased with singulair. my asthma, especially nighttime coughing was completely eliminated. however, after going off of it as an experiment over the past week, many strange and very uncomfortable physical symptoms that I've been having have gone away completely. Energy-wise, I've felt as if I've been run over by a truck and any sleep has been awful. And along with bad dreams and waking up feeling quite ill, the overall quality of my life has totally eroded. I had no idea it was Singulair! argh. | F | 40 | 6 months 1X day | 9/16/2011 | 2 | Allergic rhinitis/chronic sinusitis | At first I was thrilled - finally a wonder drug for my allergies! After a few weeks, I started to get really itchy, especially on my hands, around sunset every evening. Large red splotches would appear on my chest and neck. When I would scratch, welts would raise. As I continued to take the medication, I developed increasingly severe welts in response to the slightest skin trauma. It got to the point that I would have huge welts that would leave scars along the waistband of any of my pants, and I couldn't let the edge of a sheet of paper touch me. I stopped taking Singulair, and worst of the symptoms were gone in a few days. It took about six months for the last of them to totally disappear. This stuff SCARES me! Very disappointing. | F | 40 | 3 months | 12/23/2006 | 2 | allergies | Extremely moody, easily angered, weight gain, nightmares | F | 40 | 6 months | 10/9/2008 | 2 | Costochrondritis/Asthma | Insomnia, acid reflux, stomach pain | I am a person who has had trouble taking the steroids for asthma. The doctor knows I have trouble with stomach pain from drugs, since I have GERD, which I treat by avoiding some trigger foods and sleeping on a wedge. I took my first dose last night, and it took 1 hour to fall asleep. No weird dreams, but in the morning, I woke up 1.5 hours early because of the pain. Even antacids could not take the pain away. It seems that Singulair is yet another drug to add to the long list of drugs I cannot use. Judging by the side effects I read here, that may not be an entirely bad thing. While I took it, I didn't notice any improvement. Found it rather tough to breath, and my nose felt stuffy. | F | 40 | 1 days 10 1X day | 6/19/2014 | 2 | Allergies, Asthma | Anxiety, depression, irritability, bloating/swelling of abdominal area, loss of appetite, RLS, insomnia | This is my second round of trying Singulair (trying to replace Claritin and steroid nasal sprays...Just "because"). This is my LAST time trying Singulair. I am a grown woman, albeit quite petite, and two days after my first dose I was angry, depressed, my moods were all over the place - I'm ashamed to say that I even contemplated suicide. BEWARE!!! For me, the cons absolutely outweigh the pros. I'll keep on using an antihistamine and Nasonex, thank you very much. | F | 40 | 6 days 30mg 1X day | 9/10/2014 | 1 | For allergies/croup cough | My son was put on singulair when he was 3 1/2. He suffered from a bad croupy cough everytime he got a cold or just from his allergies. The doctor put him on singulair 4 mg. It was a miracle. He stopped coughing and it helped tremendously. However, I began to notice after about 2 months, that he was very hyper, and had mood swings. I just chalked it up to his age. Well, when he was about 5 1/2, I started to notice that right after he had the singulair he would become hyper and moody, crying etc. Then when he had a virus and had to stop the singulair for a few days, I noticed, even being sick, he was so much calmer. I stopped giving the drug. I contacted the doctor, who increased his inhaler and said it was okay to stop the singulair. Well, after about 3 weeks, he was a TOTALLY DIFFERENT BOY. He was calm, sat in his chair, smiled more, didnt have crying spells. I emailed this info to my doctor. I would seriously think twice about this medication before giving it to my child | F | 40 | 2 years | 8/14/2006 | 1 | asthma, allergies | I am amazed at finding so many others who have had the same experiences. Weight gain, (I did a couch to 5k last summer.Ran all summer and didn't lose ANY weight.) Depression,RAGE, & despondancy,(I took myself to a therapist because I was so estranged from my normal self.) Night terrors (approx 2-3 times a month I would hallucinate/dream and awaken screaming or with my heart POUNDING so it felt it might burst.) Night sweats, moodswings. Thought it was my age, but the past month w/ no meds has been WONDERFUL! I feel so much better! Just taking my inhaler every day. Starting to smile again. | F | 40 | 2 years 10mg/day | 2/28/2012 | 1 | cronich broncitis and allergies | I only took one pill last night. I had very strang dreams. did not get up till 11. Now feel very weird. Fearful with anxiety. Everything around me just looks strange. | This drug should be banned !!! | F | 40 | 1 days 10 1X day | 1/26/2011 |