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| 1 | allergy | my daughter has seasonal allergies in the spring and fall. She has been on and off singulair and zyrtec since she was little. for years we experienced aggressive behavior depression anxiety suicidal thoughts night terrors and urine problems.we had seen several doctors for second opinions was in counseling and she was on anxiety medicine . In the spring of 2014 when I refilled her singulair prescription a new warning label came out with all of the issues I listed above. the FDA has had so many complaints that they mandated the drug company to list of side effects. my daughter will not take any allergy medications do to her adverse reaction. she has been off for over a year now and she is the most wonderful 11-year-old any mother could ask for. I encourage you to Make a complain to be FDA regarding this medication. The drug is advertised for children with asthma but it is harder on their system to tolerate it. My heart ackes for the other families going through this. do your research and help make the side effects of these drugs public knowledge. | F | 11 | 1 years | 2/9/2015 | 1 | To help with asthma/allergies | Sleepless nights, depression, quick to anger and most importantly violent voices yelling in my daughters head. She was terrified. | We stopped after 7 days and the side effects are going away. Our pediatrician dismissed this as we called her and recommended a psychiatrist. No one took the extra step to help till the Walgreens pharmacist pointed the side effects out to us. We're not alone and the side effects are real. | F | 11 | 7 days | 9/11/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Severe anxiety and OCD with intrusive thoughts | Mental problems diagnosed by psychiatrist, completely went after discontinuing Montelukast. A very scary drug. | M | 11 | 28 days 5mgs | 10/15/2019 | 5 | Asthma | My son was a bedwetter nightly until age 9 until his asthma improved and the Dr took him off of it at Christmas at which time he stopped wetting the bed nightly. I had taken him to speicalist for it and was told he would out grown it. Well he just recently put back on it for allergies and he started wetting the bed every night again. | M | 10 | 3 years 20 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 4 | Cold induced Asthma | My 10 year old son has been taking Singulair for about 6 weeks to control stuffy, drippy nose and cold induced asthma. We usually make a trip to Emergency in the fall and in the spring. One of those visits usually involves a stay for 3 to 4 days. He just broke out into a rash the last 2 days. It is only on his skin that appears to be exposed to the sun. It looks like a sunburn, but has bumps and blotches all over it. I have given him benadryl and it is gone in the morning, but comes back when he comes home from school. No other symptoms seem to be present. He is still a very sweet, quiet and loving boy. No mood swings, but after reading all of these comments, I am somewhat concerned. He has a wet cough right now and has had it for the last week, but the stuffy, drippy nose is gone. We have an appointment to see a child allergist in a couple of weeks and I will ask him what his thoughts are on this topic, but don't expect him to admit any connection. My experiences with doctors tell me | The insert with the medication does not mention anything about photosensitivity or sun exposure. That is the only thing that seems to make sense. We have only had some good sunny weather this past week and that is when the rash started. | M | 10 | 6 weeks | 6/4/2009 | 3 | Allergy/Reactive Airway Issues | Mood swings, emotional outbursts | my daughter had taken Singular for several years and we loved the results . . . she rarely needed albuterol anymore. Her pediatrician wanted her to take it daily, year-round. We only gave it to her seasonally, as I didn't want her to take something she didn't need. During the same period of time, she was diagnosed with central precocious puberty. I blamed the mood swings on the monthly Lupron injections. Because of insurance issues, I stopped giving her the Singular, as needed. Shortly after we stopped the Singular (Lupron was still monthly) we heard about the reported side effects of Singular. I realized that she was probably experiencing side-effects from the Singular, not the Lupron. She is still on monthly Lupron injections, no Singular for over 1 year, and NO regular outbursts, emotional meltdowns, etc. | F | 10 | 2 years | 1/11/2009 | 3 | cough variant asthma | Irritability, extremely hypersensitivity, unable to focus, not able to complete tasks Take time and closely examine the hypersensitivity and the irritability areas. | In the begining I thought it was wonderful. but slowly but surely my son began to suffer in school. unable to focus or complete tasks. He just became irritable and extra hyper. His grades began to suffer Especially in the area of mathematics. It works because he never had to use an inhaler. The problem is the side effects. So I took him and his sister off the meds and am TRUSTING GOD for their complete healing. I'll point out my son has not had to use an inhaler since being off the meds for almost a month. My daughter ,5, has been extremely irritable and angry. that why I took my daughter off the meds. She had only been on them maybe 1 and 1/2 year give or take a few months. | M | 10 | 3 years | 10/7/2005 | 2 | Environmental Allergies | Facial and vocal tics. My daughter first used montelukast on and off for a year and then continuously everyday for a month and a half. First, we noticed blinking, then nodding. Then when she was using the meds everyday for about 45 days, she developed horrendously grotesque mouth contortions and hard eye blinking. It was disturbing and alarming to watch. We thought she had tourets syndrome. We did not make the connection until we ran out of meds and didn't refill the script for almost 2 months over the summer. Her tics went away. Most recently, our daughter's allergies flared up again and so on Monday we began giving her the montelukast again. Today, she started with the nodding and blinking tics once again. It has to be this medication. | F | 10 | 4 days 1 tablet/d | 10/1/2014 | 1 | Allergies | My daughter's personality changed completely starting at about the 2nd month. She became hostile, easily angered, stopped playing and would cry about every little think. She had terrible fear of everything and anxiety attacks. She would fear when I left the house and would no longer stay overnight at her grandmas house which was always her favorite thing to do. It was so worrisome. Then I looked up the side effects of singular and took her off it immediately. You need to also go to the FDA sight and make a complaint. Never give your child this medicine. She also had daily headaches and hot flashes. | F | 10 | 3 months 2mg 1X day | 7/23/2014 | 1 | sports induced asthma | severe headached, mood swings, just not her self, more recently what we know now a petit mal seizure and on sunday a ride to the hospital in an ambulance after we found her in convulsions and foaming at the mouth!!!!!! | my 10 year old daughter has not been the same since she started taking singulair just 2 months ago, if it would not have been for the sites we may have never linked it. we have taken her off the medicine of course and are waiting for mri, eeg, ekg testing. please pray for us.!!!! | F | 10 | 2 months | 2/17/2006 | 1 | seasonal allergies | Side effects started 2 1/2 years ago and were wrote off as nervous "tics". Beginning with involuntary movement of wrists. Then constant clearing of throat. Months later it was a "funny breathing" as though it was an astma attack. Now over the last week, he started this involuntary turning of the neck and head and stretching of the eyes. Said it made his eyes feel better. Took him to an eye doc for exam, everything was fine. Took him to his pediatrician who again wrote it off as a nervous tic. I stopped the meds myself and two days after stopping the head turning and stretching of the eyes stopped. His whole demeaner has changed. I have contacted the USFDA and reported the side effects that he experienced noting that I had seen this forum. They in turn said that no one else had reported any of these symptoms had been reported to them. So please if you have experienced and of these please contact them and have it recorded so that they can notify and be more | Please contact the USFDA and report all these side effects. They are telling me that they have never had these repored. I gave them this link so they could read all these posts for themselves. As a mother, I am very upset and wondering what long term effects this drug may play out later in my sons life. He is only 10. | M | 10 | 3 years 5mg 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Behavior problems, separation anxiety, school anxiety since kindergarden,anger,low school grades and her saying she wished she was never born/wishes she would die. | The rx helped with my daughter’s allergies.For 5 yrs we have been dealing with behavior problems,separation anxiety,school anxiety,anger,low school grades and depression,comments like she wished she was never born/wishes she would die.Until, Feb 2009,I had to start homeschooling because the school anxiety had gotten so bad.I then began to notice that she was doing strange things that eventually became apparent that she was having seizures. We went to the Neurologist, which he discovered that she had a brain tumor.Which a lot of these behavior issues could have come from problems related to the tumor and seizures.She had the tumor removed in July. She started Keppra for seizures. Well, not many of the problems went away. So,I was told that some pt’s with seizures has mood disorders. We have been trying different medications that are for seizures and mood disorders.So far nothing has helped.Instead of starting another seizure medication that has tons more side effects than Keppra (that has worked well) I decided to look at the side effects of her allergy medication.This was the first site I came to and I feel terrible. It's been two weeks since I stopped given her Singulair.It's amazing in the difference in her behavior, attitude and schoolwork. | F | 10 | 5mg 1X day | 3/17/2010 Patient History | 1 | Allergies | Extreme moodswings and anxiaty. Violent behavior and lashing out at the simplest of things. Very low self esteem and her grades went from straight As to Cs. Chronic stomach pain and headaches. Lack of appetite. Just turned into a completly different person. | When I read about the side effects caused by this drug I almost cried. I never made the connection between the changes in my daughter and the medication. I just thought it was a part of her changing attitude as she got older. I will be immiediatly taking her off this medication and will hopefully see some changes soon! I so want my little girl back! I really wish the doctor had mentioned these possible side effects when he prescribed the meds to her! | F | 10 | 10 months 5mg 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 1 | moderate-persistent asthma | Over time, the following occurred: almost immediately began bedwetting (after being a dry sleeper); physical aggression; emotionally overreactive; irritability; gradual weight gain; always hungry; bad dreams; difficulty waking in A.M.; most recently thought he was seeing a "robber" in our house during the night (on several nights - and we don't watch scary shows) - this after a dose increase. | Our son started taking it at age 5 w/onset of moderate-persistent asthma not controlled with Advair or Albuterol. He was dry at nights from age 3-1/2 to 5; w/in 48 hours of starting Singulair, he started bedwetting at night (which we attributed to Advair). We finally moved 2-1/2 years ago to remove him from the environmental triggers, got him off Advair/Albuterol, keeping the Singulair going for asthma control. Still dealt with bedwetting all this time, but thought that had a genetic component. BUT, after a dose increase last month b/c of a flare-up, his mood & behavior worsened markedly. Mood was darker, very impatient, emotionally labile-never knew how he'd react to anything. Started wetting the bed 2x/night. We "Googled" Singulair & stopped it on 1/7/08--in 9 nights he's had 4 dry nights (the last 3 nights in a row). He stopped "seeing" a robber at night; is easier to awaken; he says he feels more awake at school and it was easier to get out of bed. He sa | M | 10 | 5 years | 1/17/2008 | 1 | Allergies | My 10-year-old son suddenly became very clingy always touching and smelling me--as if he was trying to make sure I was really there. Normally a pretty lazy kid he could not sit down and was very anxious. Then the hallucinations started--he was seeing dark figures and words like "death" floating in the air. He also was convinced everything was poisoned. It took us 2 weeks to consider that it was the medicine. He is returning to normal after 3 days of no Singulair. Thank goodness for this website. | Very scary medicine. | M | 10 | 2 weeks | 4/12/2009 | 1 | Asthma | My son has been taking Singulair for a year and a half. Initially, I didn't notice any changes, but over the past several months, he had developed a habit cough and has gradually taken on strange eye tics. Kids have started noticing at school. He also seems to be a little on edge and not the happy go lucky kid I know. I took him for his annual pediatrician appointment to discuss the tics and he suggested I look at the Singular that the allergist had prescribed. I am taking him off it immediately and I feel that this drug is a horrible poison. I feel terrible for not making the connection | sooner, but better late than never, I suppose. | M | 10 | 1.5 years | 1/20/2010 | 1 | seasonal allergies, rhinitis | anxiety, depression, insomnia, isolation, panic attacks, She did take this for two years with no issues but once put back on it a year later things took a scary turn. | I am posting this on behalf of my then 10 year old daughter who began taking Singulair (brand) at about age 7 until age 9 and then put her back on it at age 10 for about 16 days. After about three weeks, my daughter came home a completely different person. It was as if a light switch had gone on or off. She had anxiety at a level I've never experienced, panic attacks, feelings of throat tightening which I believe was a byproduct of the anxiety. Since, this was so sudden and not gradual I had to ask myself what had changed. I realized that she had just began taking the generic Singulair and stopped immediately and took her to the pediatrician for confirmation that it was the right thing to do (honestly, I would have done it with or without the doctors permission) This occurred on June 13, 2013 and within about 3 weeks we saw marked improvement and also had began seeing a counselor and doing a LOT of cognitive behavior therapy on a minute by minute basis. This was a happy go lucky, goofy, playful, funny, smart, outgoing child that retreated to her room and was in a panic when I was not near here. I literally slept in her room for 2 weeks. She would cry for no reason and stopped eating - lost about 7 pounds. It was quite possibly the most frightening time in my life and obviously hers. She has rebounded well but I do see some residual effects quite possibly because of the memory of how she felt. I would NEVER recommend taking this medication and especially not fo | F | 10 | 2 years 5mg 1X day | 4/2/2014 | 1 | asthma | my daughter took singulair since she was 4...same time that my mother-in-law passed away...so i assumed the clinginess and fears were because of that...this has continued for almost 6 years when i finally figured out that her anxiety was caused from taking the singulair.. | i had so much trouble getting her to school..she never wanted to leave me or even go out to dinner or ride in a car with anyone including her grandparents or cousins!!!...she constantly thought something bad would happen to her...even when i was with her at home...we saw a therapist this past year and she asked if we ever truly looked into her asthma meds? so after reading these message boards...i took her off...thank god!!! she is like a normal child and even goes to friends for playdates and never ever is worried about school and i even have her riding the bus!!! thank heavens i figured this out...but it makes me sick thinking of all the arguments i had with her while on the singulair telling her to quit acting out! | F | 10 | 5 years | 8/30/2009 | 1 | allergy induced asthma/sinusitis | intense, unexplained depression; rages. | My daughter was put on this from 4-5.5 yrs with significant behavior changes resulting in many sessions on willful children and behavior modification. We did not like our own child and were concerned about a total lack of empathy for others. We attributed her dramatic improvement to a sweet, even tempered child to entering kindergarten. In hindsight, the improvement actually began when we discontinued singulair during the summer. We put her back on singulair when she was 8 and noticed a return to the same out of control, raging behavior. She sat in her room and sobbed uncontrollably, scaring us and herself because she had no reason for feeling so incredibly sad. After 2 weeks we discontinued and noticed an immediate return to normal within 48 hours. I am so angry that every doctor we saw denied that this drug caused any side effects!! The drug was said to be "benign" and absolutely "free of emotional lability issues." This should be given with specific pre-warnings and advice for careful observation. It is a useful drug for severe, uncontrolled asthmatics, but has no place in a physicians list of approved meds for average sinusitis, allergies, or managed asthma in children of any age. Drug of last resort. The FDA and Merck are seriously hiding facts that parents on this board are seeing and reporting. Direct cause and effect. Since my observation of my own child I have shared this info with other parents locally and have personaly s | F | 10 | 2.5 years | 10/8/2009 | 1 | asthma | Singulair has made my family LOSE YEARS OF OUR LIVES! My 10 yr old took this med since she was 6. I would occassionally take her off of the med when her asthma was controlled. She had been off for a couple of months and she started having an asthma attack so I put her back on singulair along with her other drugs she had already been on. It was during exam preparation and she was in LA LA Land! spaced out and unable to concentrate for weeks! I knew that she had trouble focusing, remembering, concentrating for years. I finally made arrangments to have her tested for ADD.Ironically I took her off the med and it was like someone turned the light back on!! Since then we have not gone back and I have a different kid!! no more bullying, no more aches and pains, no more concentration issues just a lovable, sweet, kind, child that I once knew years ago. All I can do now is pray and hope that this drug did not do any permanant damage to her precious organs!!! The government has taken those years | DO NOT GIVE THIS DRUG TO YOUR CHILD OR ANYONE!!!!!!!! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR APPROVING THIS!!!! | F | 10 | 4 years | 11/16/2009 |