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 |
| 1 | asthma | hallucinations, very disturbing dreams, suicidal thoughts, depression, extreme emotional upset | My 13 yr old daughter was on singulair for 6 weeks. She began having mood swings and saying life was horrible and not worth it. She took advil and Tylenol PM and thank goodness she told me. We ended up in the ER where she had to drink charcoal twice, was poked and prodded non stop, had to have a catheter, and her heart rate and blood pressure were extremely low. Honestly thought I might lose her. The child was so dazed that when she vomited the charcoal she couldn't even lift her head out of it I had to do it for her. Leave the hospital wondering if she's crazy until she gets home and tells me everything else that had been happening. She had been sleeping with the light on in her room all night (always had slept in total darkness with the door shut.) She said she had been seeing a man in her room wandering around and that she also saw him following her at her school. She was having horrible nightmares that she was dying and couldn't stopit. Terrified that she would not wake u | M | 39 | 6 weeks | 4/25/2008 | 1 | child taking it for asthma | After being on singulair for about 5 days my child woke up one night in a panic and hallucinating that spiders were in the bed. She is 31/2 yrs old and never has displayed behavior like this before. It was very frightening to see her this way. I literally had to chase her around the house because she kept runnning from "these large spider". I have not given her singulair since. | If any one else had this particular problem with the hallucination in a child taking singulair, how long before the hallucinations stopped? | F | 39 | 5 days | 8/12/2009 | 1 | seasonal allergies | repeated ear infections, sinus infections (never had problems with any upper respiratory infections before), irritability, weight gain, headaches, sinuses felt like they were closing off if missed a dose | It was great for awhile, the best drug I ever took for allergies..suffered with them all my life, it relieved all symptoms to the point of not even thinking about them. Then the side effects got too bad to continue using. Looking for a replacement! | M | 39 | 2 years | 6/7/2005 | 1 | Flair up of seasonal allergies | Depression, moodiness, extra sensitive, weepy, anxiety, dry mouth, hard time focusing and was very tired. | I only started taking the drug 12 days ago. It seemed to help with my allergic flairup (seemed like a sinus infection without the coughing). I did experience a very dry mouth at first, but this side effect lessoned and I started feeling anxious, had a hard time focusing, very tired and starting becoming very sensitive, moody and depressed - without any prompting - which made no sense to me. It was like someone was pressing a button inside my head and making me depressed. I do take Wellbutrin for depression, which has worked successfully for me to this point. I read the singulair insert for side-effects and only continued taking the drug because I thought the depressed feelings must be coming from something else - a busy life style? Nothing I haven't handled before. Then I went on line to see if anyone else experienced depression as a side effect and found this site. Thank you for sharing your experience. I will stop taking this drug and am sure the side effects will disappear. This is not the first time I've experienced side effects that weren't on the label. My doctor has told me that if you get a side effect when you start a drug and then you stop it and it stops - well I guess you need to do your own research since we're all individuals with our own chemistry. I could be prone to the depression side effect. I'm just so happy - I thought I was losing my mind! | F | 39 | 12 days | 5/21/2005 | 1 | Asthma & allergies | I felt Singulair worked very well for my asthma and allergies, however I had 3 seperate increasingly violent nighttime episodes where I believed someone had entered my room while I slept and I attacked them. It turns out I was only attacking my lamp, and a wall. The 3rd time I hurt myself so bad that I am still unable to walk on my swollen knee. I recommend making sure you aren't prone to sleep walking or nightmares before taking this medication. | I have stopped taking singulair after realizing these instances began after I started taking this med 6 months ago. I recall terrible dreams as well. I was a sleepwalker/talker as a child and have always had some issues around sleep but these episodes were extremely out of the ordinary and obviously well out of my childhood | F | 39 | 6 months | 9/17/2015 | 5 | Allergic rhinitis | None | Worked well for allergies. Unlike other people on this site, I don't feel the need to blame my life's problems on an allergy drug. Grow up, this drug is benign. | F | 38 | 2 years 10 | 9/27/2015 | 5 | asthma control | no side effects so far | Has been very beneficial for my asthma. It took about 3 weeks for the medicine took effect. | F | 38 | 4 months | 8/27/2002 | 5 | asthma | none | 4 year old daughter taking it for asthma-allergies. No side effects noted at all. | F | 38 | 2 years | 12/7/2009 | 5 | allergy-induced asthma | None | I, and my 4 year old son, are highly allergic to oak pollen. Before Singulair, I was on inhalers and he was on albuterol, xopenex, pulmicort, prednisolone, you name it. This year, on Singulair, *not one breathing treatment* was required. It has worked wonderfully for both of us. No problems at all. Today his Allergist refused to refill his prescription 'and see what happens' and now I am just waiting for the asthma attacks to start.... | F | 38 | 2 years | 6/6/2008 | 5 | Asthma | none | This is the greatest medication I've EVER taken! It controls my asthma so well that I have only had to use my inhaler once in the last 6 months...compared to having to use it multiple times a day (like 6 - 8 times per day) prior to taking singulair. PLUS, the singulair helps control my allergies! I have not noticed any side-effects from this medication, which is extremely rare for me. I usually suffer side-effects from every medication I take and/or the medication quits working for me after a short period of time, but | F | 38 | 4 years | 7/11/2005 | 5 | Allergic rhinitis | None! Love SingulairŽ! | So far, this seems like a miracle medicine! After a lifetime of allergies and antihistamines, this one has done me the best! I've been outside a lot this week during a heavy oak pollen time, and I haven't even sneezed ONCE, even while mowing the lawn. Truly remarkable! Am using it in combination with FlonaseŽ. The real test will come in September (a.k.a. "Sick-tember"), when I used to sneeze nearly uncontrollably due to ragweed. | M | 38 | 2 weeks | 4/7/2006 | 5 | seasonal allergies | None | F | 38 | 10 years 10mg 1X day | 1/24/2013 | 4 | Allergies/Asthma | Nighttime drowsiness, dizziness in afternoon, inability to remember, concentrate and focus, occasional headaches, occasional nightmares/night sweats, weight gain, water retention, decreased urination frequency, increased hunger | I am a patient who is considered very healthy without any other medical problems and take no other meds except birth control. I never had any of these symptons until taking the medication. Over the last 4 months since beginning the meds, I have increased my caffeine intake to combat drowsiness without success. It is more of a dizzy-drowsy sensation and is different than the drowsines associated with allergies. Have weighed the same for 20 years and immediately gained about 10 pounds within 1 month of taking and am now up to about 15 pounds total after 4 months. Have a difficult time remembering, focusing and concentrating. Occasional nightmares with night sweats. Hunger comes on fast and strong and I eat more quantity rather than more often. Medication is otherwise effective and I have only had one asthma attack in 4 months versus 1 per week in the past. | F | 38 | 4 months | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Asthma/sinusitus | Diarrhea,Severe abdominal cramps,nausea,anxiety vaginal dryness,chest pain,generally unwell and not myself. | I had been taking singulair for 3 weeks and noticed side effects almost straight away.I put up with the severe cramps & diarrheaup until 2 days ago when i decided to stop taking the drug.The next day i started to feel better. Anxiety was rather severe along with all the symptoms i described.I just never felt "Myself" and was unhappy. However since being off the drug my sinusitus is playing up again and am finding it harder to breath so it obviously did help the asthma. However with all the symptoms i endured all being rather severe and worrysome for the duration i was taking singulair i dont feel that i will resume taking the drug.There is just no way i could possibly continue on with the symptoms for a life time! Reading all the sideffects everyone has noted here im glad i DID stop taking it. As ive heard others say...My Dr told me there were little or no side effects and that it was tolerated very well!!Sadly it seems that Dr's obviously feel the need to pass this | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 12/4/2006 | 4 | asthma | F | 38 | 1 years | 8/23/2004 | 3 | allergies and allergy induced asthm | I have recently been having severe joint and muscle pain/I'm not sure if it's related, I've been taking Singulair for a few years. I've had aches and pains and never made a connection but recently aches and pains are everywhere and extreme. Also have had a lot of ear pressure and fullness/fluid in the last year along with vertigo. I'm not sure if there is a connection but I wonder. Also seem to be water retentive. | I think I'll try to get off of this. It's really helped the wheezing. On the other hand, when my mail-delivery meds didn't come on time and I missed doses, my wheezing seems worse than ever. | F | 38 | 3 years | 4/7/2008 | 3 | Bronchittis sinusitis asthma | I am so happy to have found this site. Now i know im not crazy! thank you! I have had night terrors insomnia general ill ease and ANGER! omg I was cleaning the kitchen and ended up kicking some bowls that were out of place. I mean Come On! Irritability is off the hook. I am stopping tomorrow. It did help clear my stuffy nose- and helped with coughing. But nothing is worth these horrible side effects. Back to Dulera and simbicort religiously. | F | 38 | 2 months 10mg | 1/14/2013 | 2 | asthma and rhinitis | Was great for the first week or so but then things went downhill. Until I found this website I thought it was me. I wasn't feeling "myself", waking up all night long with every noise almost jumping me out of bed, having anxiety attacks, heart palpitations and loss of appetite. | Works great on the rhinitis. Wasn't sleeping well and switched to taking it days which improved my sleep some but heart palpitations and anxiety attacks too much to take. | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 1/31/2007 | 2 | Allergies / Asthma | My 8 year old son has been on and off Singulair for approximately 3 years. As far as relieving symptoms of seasonal allergies and asthma, it does a great job. At times, he has a difficult time with concentrating in school, mood swings, eye and head tics / twitches, crying at night, worrying about his grades, etc. I have noticed when we get off Singulair for a week or so, these symptoms subside. Not sure what to do!! There has to be another drug out there that has the positive benefits as Singulair without these scary side effects! | F | 38 | 3 years 5 mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 2 | Allergies/chronic sinusitis | After hearing from friends this drug did wonders for allergies, I decided to consult with my dr and began taking singulair. The first few days I noticed runny nose (which wasn't a usual symptom and sore throat). I have ulcerative colitis and receive remicade immune suppressing infusion every 8 weeks. Since having an immune disease and chronic sisusitus I wasn't surprised by the immediate onset of a sinus cold, but noticed the unusual runny nose. Shortly after I felt much better. Then I soon realized I had mistakenly left singulair out of my pill container upon refilling....i didn't notice until 5 or so missed doses. So I went back on it thinking it was unrelated and the symptoms immediately returned and worsened. I've noticed insomnia is also an issue (it is 2:30 am as I write this). My throat pain is immense and head hurts soooo bad and now it seems I have the onset of an ear infection. Not happy and stopped taking this drug 2 nights ago. I also noticed some red itchy blotches early today. Not fun. Would definitely not recommend it to anyone with non related heath issues. Thankfully no signs of depression. | F | 38 | 1 weeks 1 | 3/8/2014 |