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 allergies | My daughter was in singular when she was around 5 and I took her off because I didnt think it was helping .. Also her personality seemed depressed.. That being said recently we have had a hard time controlling her asthma exacerbations so her allergist suggested we try it again.... WRONG ! after taking it for 2 weeks I notice her personality changing ... Very angry, mood swings , yelling and screaming over little or nothing . This is not her Normal self .one night last week she came home from school and was very angry because we didn't have the snack she wanted. She started freaking out! I sent her to her room to calm down and she is screaming "Im gonna kill myself!! I hate you!! Then she opened up her window and jumped out!!!!!! She did not get hurt!! THANK God!! We live in a split level so it was not as high as a normal 2nd story window , but HIGH ENOUG!! Be very careful when taking this drug or giving it to children!! Weigh tbd risks and benefits !! Never EVER AGAIN!!! | F | 9 | 2 weeks 5mg | 1/14/2012 | 1 | Asthma | Suicidal Ideation, severe anxiety | This should NOT be prescribed for children!! | 9 | 2 years 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 5 | asthma | My 8 year old son has been on this medication for 3 years and there have been NO side affects. His behavior is the same he does not have nightmares. All I have noticed is he does not cough excessivley and that is a major plus in my book. I was checking this website cause he has gained weight but he has always been chubby even as a baby. Probably nothing to do with the medication. | I would recommend this medication to anyone. | M | 8 | 3 years | 12/28/2009 | 4 | astma chronic coughing | He has less coughing, sleepyness, he ha been using it since he was two. Without it it is non stop coughing. | M | 8 | 1 days 4mg | 11/24/2013 | 4 | Asthma | My daughter has been on the medication to treat her asthma for quite some time. I never thought much about the side effects because most drugs come with side effects and you can't get too hung up on every detail, especially when the benefit of taking the pill is clearly positive. In the past several years, I have noticed my daughter's propensity to anger very quickly and when she does, it is completely out of control. She unleashes on me and her brother, in particular, and she has told me that her brain just can't control it. I started wondering about why this was so prevalent with her and whether there is a connection between her taking Singulair and this behavior. Also, for the past several years, she has a facial tic that comes and goes. While this is not uncommon in children, she seems to get it every year around the same time -- when the weather starts to get cold. I am now starting to wonder if there is a connection between her Singulair intake and her facial tics. Based on | F | 8 | 5 years 5 MG 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 3 | Allergies | My son had extreme mood swings, behavorial problems at shcool, agression, aggitation and bad dreams. The side effect lessoned a couple of days after stopping the medicine. The side effect is gone now and it has been two weeks since he has stopped taking singular. | I have taken Singular for a couple of years with no problem. I was shocked when my 8 year old son started acting differently - I would have never guessed it was the singular. But his mood is totally back to normal after stopping the medicine. | M | 8 | 4 months 5 mg 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 3 | asthma | extreme weight gain,mood changes | my daughter has been on singulair for a year and while it has helped to control her asthma i am considering taking her off of it. Just like others have stated she has gained a lot of weight especially in her mid section. Her stomach is huge like a pregnant person. I am also worried about her frequent mood changes. Weight gain should really be added to the list of side effects. | F | 8 | 1 years | 1/30/2009 | 3 | Allergies and asthma | stomach ache when taken at night | M | 8 | 1 years | 11/13/2008 | 3 | Chronic allergic rhinitis | I have been getting so frustrated with my 8 yr old son's highly emotional behaivor. Over the last month he worries about everything and cries easily. He has always been a little sensitive, but this is on a whole new level. To the point where I was getting very worried about him. He has bad dreams every night and has been wetting the bed nearly every night. I told my mom about these symptoms and she suggested it was the Singulair. I wasn't convinced but decided to look it up online anyway. I am so glad I found this site. Some of the side effects the mothers here listed sound exactly like my son. I will never give him this medicine again. THANK YOU | The Singulair did seem to help his symptoms. But, as so many others have mentioned, the side effects are not worth the minimal improvement. | M | 8 | 4 months | 12/20/2007 | 2 | asthma/allergies | mood swings; unhappy; headaches and stomach aches; 25-30 lb. weight gain in under 2 years | Oh my goodness! I am sitting here crying because my daughter has been on Singulair for a year and a half along with albuterol and nasonex. My sweet loveable child has turned into a monster! On top of it, wouldn't a doctor question a 25-30 lb. weight gain in less than two years in a child?? NOW I KNOW THE REASON FOR HER BEHAVIOR!! Guess what? I took my child to an allergist and discovered that she was highly allergic to the cat we had gotten. Her pediatrician felt the cat had nothing to do with it. Boy was she wrong!! Why did I not know about all these side effects? I can only hope that in time my happy-go-lucky child will return and pray that puberty does not arrive before she is 9 yrs old. | F | 8 | 1 days | 9/23/2007 | 2 | to control asthma-inducing allergie | Extreme anxiety, worrying, and obsessive compulsive behavior | I am sitting here in tears because I have only stumbled upon this information and and will stop giving this to my daughter immediately. My daughter has always been somewhat shy and concerned about things, but within recent months, she has been having extreme anxiety, running back in to check the door locks, asking "what if...?" constantly. A babysitter's house was broken into and our friend's car was stolen recently, so I was attributing her worries to those incidents, but it's just gotten worse and worse. She has even cried a couple of times at school, which she's never done. Now as I read all these testimonies, I have to think it is her Singulair, and feel awful that she's been so affected by this medicine and that I had no idea it was the cause. She recently started Flovent, and her stomach has been hurting, so we'll probably try stopping that too and see if that helps. Thank you all for posting. | F | 8 | | 11/29/2009 | 2 | Allergies - to control asthma | Anxiety, anger, fear, paranoia | My daughter was on Singulair for about a year and became a different person. I didn't even make the connection with the medication, but then stumbled upon this site and starting putting two and two together. In November, I posted here and wanted to update: I took my daughter off of this medication, and slowly her behaviors changed. She is now back to her normal self. While the Dr. hadn't warned me of any side effects when she prescribed this, when I told her I was taking her off meds, she acknowleged it could be the problem. Perhaps this medicine works for some, but parents, if you start your chid on it, please watch for changes. | F | 8 | 1 years 1X day | 8/1/2010 | 1 | allergies | head twitches/tics | My son starting taking Singulair on and off since January. I started giving it to him REGULARY the last week of January til about a month ago. What he experienced/now experiencing was/is head twitches. It was like a twitch to the side of his head, all day long for a month now. It was a ped on call that asked if he was taking singulair and said that it was known to cause tics and twitches. He has been off for a month now and although the twitches has subsided they are still very-much-sothere. I plan to leave an update with hopes that I can help someone else out becuase I am claiming the victory over this medicine. To see my son go thru this has caused a major depression for me and has affected everything that I am involved in. But as I pray, I KNOW all will be well and that it will just take time for this drug to pass through his system. God Bless you all and I feel your pain. | M | 8 | 3 months 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | Asthma | Severe Anxiety, Halucinations, OCD type behaviours, Nightmares, sleepwalking. | It should be banned! | M | 8 | 12 months 5 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | Chronic Rhinitis, Asthma | Anxiety, depression, loss of control, leg pain, etc. | I had no idea when we started our daughter on this drug several years ago that it had the impact that it did. My daughter has had many lung/nasal issues her whole life and started Singulair in combo with other drugs when she was about 3. When she was 5 her teacher mentioned that she seemed to "zone out" often. In 1st grade her anxiety ramped up and she was caught poking herself in the arm with a pencil. This is when we started her in counseling. We stopped Singulair in the summer between 1st and 2nd grade because we thought she didn't need it anymore. She flourished in 2nd grade and we thought it was due to the counseling. This spring we started her back on Singulair for her nasal issues and by the end of the summer we noticed that her behavior had regressed. She was anxious, kept saying that her brain was telling her what to do, several OCD-like actions that she couldn't stop, she felt "weird", unable to cope with small annoyances. Her counselor and I were perplexed. At a recent appt with doc for refill of Singulair she mentioned the side effects. I was appalled! It all started to make sense. We stopped the drug that night and she has been slowly improving. The major impact has been on her anxiety. She is so much calmer and happier. This drug is EVIL!! | F | 8 | 5 years 5mg 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | allergies | my 8 yo daughter has been taking this for 6 mos. Just discovered the side effects....very disturbed to find out that her emotional issues are not NORMAL kid stuff...it is due to this drug!!!! | Very disturbed at what I have found to be extreme mood swings and fear in my daughter caused by Singulair!!!! | F | 8 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 2/20/2011 | 1 | allergies | aggression, severe mood changes, trouble sleeping, agitaion, SUCIDIAL THOUGHTS!! | My son has severe allergies, allergy specialist put him on Singulair!!! WORST MISTAKE EVER!!!! He is closely monitored now day and night because of the severe reaction he has had and is still having...... I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE!!!!! | M | 8 | 1 months 5 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 1 | Chronic Congestion | None | My son has responded well to Singulair. He asks for it, himself, because it helps both his congestion and to clear his brain fog, which helps him focus in school. I am, very unfortunately, going to take him off of the drug after discovering it contains ASPARTAME. I have no choice, and I am gravely disappointed in this company for putting poison in a medication which is greatly needed by so many people. | M | 8 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | Asthma | Extreme aggression. | On behalf of my son. He stopped this drug nearly 2 years ago, but is still very aggressive. Before singulair, there was no aggression at all. He is being checked out for residual damage from singulair. | M | 8 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 9/8/2013 | 1 | Asthma | moodswings crying vivid dreams obsessive thoughts complete personality change | My son put on this for asthma/allergies cries all the time obsesses on his thoughts vivid dreams and can't explain why he feels this way!! Been off for 4 days some improvent and praying nothing is permanent!! This drug is the devil and the Canadian medical journal does not even list the possible side effects in children | M | 8 | 7 days 5mg 1X day | 9/26/2011 |