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 |
| 5 | asthma | none | It has been a godsend for us to have my 9 yr old daughter's asthma controlled. No more middle of night trips to ER and endless oral steroids/inhalors. Fortunately no adverse reaction of any kind. It would be very unfortunate for us to have this med unavailable. | F | 9 | 4 months | 9/10/2009 | 3 | Allergies and asthma | Oddly, my son has episodes of night terrors as well. I never thought of it possibly being related to the singulair until reading the other posts! | M | 9 | 10 days 30 mg | 4/22/2014 | 3 | Asthma | Symptoms of allergies and asthma have abated, which is good. However, depression and crying and thoughts of dying or never even being born have come up frequently. This last time has been the most severe and my son will not be taking another dose. | Weighing benefits and side effects is up to the individual. A 9 year old is not mentally strong enough to fight depression. | M | 9 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 10/7/2013 | 3 | allergies, borderline asthma, | After about a week or 2 of regular singulair, my son often notices mood changes, like crying easily. He also gets painful pins-and needles in his feet. When ever we stop it, the symptoms improve. At least 3 different docs have told us he should take it regularly to help prevent his frequent sinus infections. We tried every other day for several weeks, as well as every day, but one side-effect or the other returns after it gets built up in his system. | A thought came to me--the kids chewable singulair has phenalanaline in it (nutrasweet/aspartame). I wonder if some of the side-effects kids have are due to the nutrasweet, which turns to wood alcohol and formaldehyde as it's digested. I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it is impossible as it's in everything. Kids who get aspartame from other sources as well may be more likely to have more extreme side-effects. Or, kids who are sensitive to aspartame are maybe more likely to have trouble with Singulair. It's just an educated guess. My son does well with nasacort. I also have him inhale hot water with tea tree oil, and put tea tree oil in the vaporizer when we use it. I think we will continue trying to find a rotation with Singulair that gives the benefits w/o the side-effects. Avoid Zyrtec--now that is a really evil drug! It made my son wake up crying every night after only a week. When in doubt, resort to the old tried-and-true classics: chlor pheniramine maleate and | M | 9 | 1.5 years | 2/17/2009 | 3 | Asthma | excessive/rapid weight gain, thirst (especially in afternoon), some anxiety, trouble focusing on tasks | I am so relieved to have found this web site. I saw an article in the news today and did some research. My daughter has gained an unexplained 10 pounds in less than a year (without gaining much in height like you would expect for that kind of weight gain in a child) & she is a very healthy eater for her age. She eats virtually no trans fats, drinks no fruit juice/soda, swims twice a week, plays basketball, softball, etc...I can't believe that Singulair could be responsible. The worst part is she worries about being heavy & I keep telling her she will grow out of it. It could also explain her anxiety and trouble focusing (which I attributed to her age). I'm going to take her off today & see what happens. Her asthma is not completely under control anyway and we are seeing the doctor in a few weeks for more options. How scary. | F | 9 | 18 months | 3/27/2008 | 3 | allergy induced asthma | Excessive weight gain/sleeplessness | My son is 9 years old and has been taking Singulair with wonderful results for his asthmatic reactions, however, he continues to gain weight. He is now in JFL with hard workouts nightly and decreased food intake, and he is still gaining weight. He also has a "moon face" which is charasteric of steroids - which Singulair is supposed to have in minute quantity. We are very concerned. His doctor says Singulair should not cause weight gain - but after reading, I think it does. My son also does not sleep more than 7 hours/night. He says he can't. I am thinking about other options at this point. | M | 9 | 2 years 5 mg 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 2 | asthma/allergies | outbursts, argumentative, anger, depression, hyperactivity, expressed suicidal ideation. | My 9 year old son began taking when he was 6. His teacher thought he was ADHD. Last year, I began to think it also. We ran out of the medication and i took two weeks to refill it. The second week he had a really good week at school. The next week he was back to being a problem. I remembered reading about side effects but never made the connection until then. I have since stopped giving it to him and the negative behaviors are dissapating. I am angry with myself for taking so lomg to see the connection. He is at his 3rd school in 3 years because of problem behavior that could have been avoided! | M | 9 | 3 years | 1/28/2010 | 2 | fall allergies | inconsolable crying spells, violent tantrums, extreme frustration | My 9 year old son was on it for 8 days and yesterday it was reported to me that he had a crying spell on the bus to school, tantrums and crying spells in school, then came home from school crying inconsolably and had several violent tantrums and was extremely irritable at home. He has autism, but never displayed this kind of behavior before. I thought he might be coming down with something so I took him to the doctor today and was informed to immediately stop giving him the Singulair. He was otherwise healthy. Since he was only on it 8 days, I'm hoping for him to have it out of his system in the next day or so and be back to what our 'normal' is. Thanks for the feedback on this website! | M | 9 | 8 days | 10/28/2008 | 2 | Asthma | Loss of appetite, mood swings. Spaced out and unfocused. Greatly affecting schoolwork. Depressed and cries alot. | F | 9 | 11 months | 1/29/2009 | 1 | allergies | repeated upper respiratory infections, repeated bouts of pneumonia, strep throat, and bronchitus; emotional over-reactions and aggressive tendencies | I put my 9 year-old son on Singulair to help with seasonal allergies. He took the 5mg dosage. He contracted bronchitus within weeks, then he got pneumonia, then bronchitus, then strep, then pneumonia, etc. Finally, I saw a commercial that listed frequent upper respiratory infections as one common side-effect of Singulair. I took my son off it immediately, and he became a different child. He is happier with fewer mood swings and very little illness to report at all. We give him Claritin D for his seasonal allergies, and he tolerates this medicine with no noticeable side-effects. We give him vitamin C and Zinc, and he is very healthy now. I also took Singulair for asthma for awhile before my son did. I went off it when my son did, and I also had fewer upper respiratory infections. I had never made the connection before. I thought we were both having the infections because we had poor immune systems. I was 44 years old, and I also took Singulair for 1 year. Both of us have bee | M | 9 | 1 years | 1/18/2009 | 1 | allergies | vocal and motor tics | its a horrible drug and they dont mention tics when they perscribe it and the bottle does not say anything about ticks and guess what neather does the paperwork you get with the medicine its crazy there trying to make this otc i wish someone/allot of people would get together and file a suit against them for selling something and not labeling it the dr had no clue but the hospital was like oh yeah she's on sigulair thats a possible side effect stop taking it well my now 9 year old still has the tics cant go to a movie gets bitched at by teachers and guides on fieldtrips etc i took her off the meds and the tics have gotten a lil better but its still a daily problem for her and just sad that she didnt have this problem and now she does and the company who makes the drug takes no responsibility | 9 | 1X day | 4/30/2014 | 1 | ALLERGIES | I am the mother of a 9 year old who has been taking this medication for 3 months. His behavior has changed drastically. Agression, depression and recently anxiety and compulsive behaviors. I could not sleep tonight and found these entries. I have never felt compelled to look up a prescription but I was desperate as to what might be causing my son to change so much in such a short time. PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILDREN ON THIS MEDICATION. I read so many entries from parents whose children ended up at the psychologist and who suffered for years. Each entry is such a mirror of the others and what I have seen in my son. | DO NOT GIVE TO YOUR CHILDREN. | M | 9 | 3 months | 6/22/2007 | 1 | Asthma & Allergies | Hallucinations (visualized things like skeletons coming out of the walls, etc., & voices), Morbid or "Bad Thoughts" OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), very violent thoughts of hurting people or animals, facial ticks, frequent urination, bad dreams, severe headaches, depression, aggression, deep sadness for NO reason, constant confessions, worrying about things that hadn't happened, thoughts of death, became antisocial (couldn't make friends anymore)..... you name it! | THIS IS POISON! BEWARE! My 9 yr. old son was diagnosed with Morbid OCD after he had been taking Singulair for a short time. It started off slowly then got worse and worse as time went on. I took him to specialists, had every test imaginable done on him. I was told he had a severe thought disorder. The doctors tried to put him on antipsychotics, antidepressants, etc. I refused. I REFUSED to believe that my emotionally healthy, sweet and loving son could "develop" this disorder for no reason and so quickly. Unfortunately for my sweet boy, he lived through this nightmare for almost 2 years. It has scarred him so emotionally there are no words. I had taken him off the Singulair a few months ago and his OCD had started to go away then it was just gone. (I still didn't associate it with his OCD) About a month ago his asthma and allergies got bad again and his doctor told me I really needed to put him back on Singular. I did. I noticed signs of his OCD within a couple/few days and b | M | 9 | 2 years | 4/10/2007 | 1 | asthma and severe allergies | severe abdominal pain,headaches,lack of concentration ,agressiveness,low self esteem,spacey,tics,suicidal thoughts and depression. | My daughter had been taking singulair for 3 yrs .She suffers from severe allergies and exercise induced asthma. Singulair seemed to be fine at first but when she started acting out I never thoght about connecting the two.She began having trouble with attention and was becoming a little monster! Things went from mild to full blown rebellion over the course of a year.She began hitting,bitting,and lying over every thing. She went from having a quite demeanor to having a sarcastic,smarthmouth attitude. I thought it was pretween thing,she is 9 yrs old.She is a GT/straight A student since first grade. And all of a sudden started having trouble with simple homework and complained about not being able to concentrate.Her average went from A to D over a 6 week period. We had a parent teacher conference,where teacher expressed concerns over her behavior and concentration. Her pediatrician referred her to a nuerologist and he determined she was having mild seizures. Not known wether it wa | F | 9 | 3 years | 4/10/2008 | 1 | allergies | Severe Mood swings, violent behavior, easily agitated, mild-moderate depression. No energy or reason to go on. Panic attacks. | Some people may do fine on this drug but not me. | F | 9 | 3 years 6 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 1 | Asthma | joint pain, horror dreams, sadness, feeling depressed, angry, agrresive beahavior, headache, stomachache, legs pain, attempting suiside, worring, can't sleep, not doing school papers, not really listening to mom and dad, keeping secrets away from mom and dad, having sleep problems, not having a good appitite,eye rolling,diarrhea | I've experieced an attempt to stab myself with a knife, I've said NO alot to my mom & dad i've tried to sleep at night but I could not sleep more than 7 hours I've complained about not sleeping I look like I'm sleeping but I was not asleep I fell suddenly at my freinds house it looked like my back was the problem I have bad dreams my wrist pain makes me refuse to do school work I feel like I want to fight someone I do not eat like normal I like to be alone alot & my leg pain makes me not go to sleep so does my back pain I feel like pukeing & my stomach hurts & I have diarrhea evrey day I like to stay away from people & I have lots of enemies I roll my eyes alot & I do not recommend singulair to anyone | M | 9 | 8 years 4-5 mg 1X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Asthma | Suicide attempt, depression, scary dreams, mood swings, easily crying, hallucinations, headache, abdominal pain, lower back pain, sadness, biting nails and fingers, fatigue | our son is 9 years old been on singulair since the age of 2. We had recent problem with him forgetting his stuff in school, lost his progress report, not finishing all his work in class and recently had a grade D in english. He was always an outstanding student and he is in gifted program. upon talking to him he stated that he was depressed and attempted to stab himself with a knife. He has been hallucinating and feeling unsafe with scary dreams. Upon reading about singulair we noticed that it can cause suicide, depression and hallucinations. We are going to stop singulair today and see what happen. | M | 9 | 7 years 5 mg 1X day | 12/26/2010 | 1 | asthmatic | horrendous moodiness, aggression, can't walk far, bike, run etc. Disinterested, inability to sleep and confusion to name some. Also toilet accidents which, in our 9yr old, stopped at 3yr old. Where has our lively sunny boy gone? Have stopped meds on Friday night after another humdinger at bed-time. How long does it take to be out of system as Sunday night was worse? | M | 9 | 4 months | 3/5/2007 | 1 | Seasonal asthma | Depression, anxiety, unable to cope with school, fear of being alone, body tics, deep sadness | My son has taken 5mg Singulair for five months. We put his increasing depression down to the shock caused by three severe asthma attacks in five weeks, he had never had an attack before. Slowly his anxiety became depression, last week the doctor said he needed a psychiatrist. Previous to Singulair he was happy, now he just cries and wants to be at home. I am shocked by the change. Last week took him off Singulair, he has improved already, though has a long way to go. Thank you for this site. I will get a full blood test tomorrow. | M | 9 | 5 months | 1/28/2007 | 1 | asthma | sudden negative change in mood and behavior. grand mal seizure | M | 9 | 6 weeks | 6/8/2006 |