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 | Chronic Cough | Hair Loss, Rapid Weight Gain, High Cholesterol, Muscle Tension, Rashes. | I came to this site to find out if my son's recent health issues were due to the RX he's taking. It appears they are indeed the culprit. Our 20 yr old son developed a chronic cough in April 2007. Many meds were tried to relieve the cough. Todate, no meds have given him relief. For the past 18 months he has been on Singulair. For the past 12 months he's also been on Astelin and Nasacort. In the past year his total cholesterol reached 257 (up from the previous 180's), he's gained over 30 lbs (despite dieting), has had significant hair loss, neck/jaw tension, headaches and some hives. The mfg drug side effects sheet didn't list any of these items; however, after reading previous comments I feel the meds he's currently on (particularly Singulair and Astelin may be the culprits. We plan on having our son stop these meds immediately and revisit his allergist for a consult. We are now considering acupunture and a holistic medicine to his chronic cough. The medical profession has failed him terribly. | F | 60 | 18 months | 11/14/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Depression, mood swings, anxiety over things that I wouldn't normally be anxious about. | I considered my self a very well rounded person until I started having severe depression upon waking each day. I have Lupus and take many drugs so I had no reason to blame the Singulair. I actually thought my "sadness" was due to low blood sugar and have been trying uselessly for 2 years to balance protein with depression. I finally did some thinking and realized that the Singulair was started at the same time my depression started. I found your site and can't thank you enough. Just awful to think you are the only one out there having problems. Have stopped the Singulair and symptoms already better. | M | 60 | 2 years | 1/24/2008 | 1 | Asthma | Depression,anxiety,mood changes,fatigue | I took singular for 10 years and suffered major depression, anxiety. All these years I though it was from menepause or or just a family illness. I have been off Singulair since 3-28-08 and I feel like a new woman, the weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can see the light. It is awful to think I have suffered for 10 years. | F | 60 | 10 days | 4/19/2008 | 1 | Asthma | rapid heartbeat, aniexty, great feelings of depression, just wanted to stop my day and sleep. Hard to concentrate, and get motivated. Feeling flush faced, with rapid breathing, dry mouth. Lots of constipation. Feeling of wanting to hurt someone by saying something mean spirited that could not be taken back. Would not take again if someone paid me. I started by taking in the morning with my other meds and had no affects, when I switched to evenings , the side affects started. Can hardly wait for my system to flush the medicine out of my system. Have called my doctor to complain . Would not recommend to anyone who may have previous episodes of depression. | F | 60 | 30 days | 5/30/2007 | 1 | Eosinophilic esophagitis | Shortness of breath and depression. I stopped taking it nearly two weeks ago and have experienced mouth sores and burning lips. I've applied everything from chapstick to Vaseline to coconut oil and the pain only stops when they're slathered in one of the above so I've been applying these things every 5 to 10 minutes to stop the pain. I wonder if anyone else has experienced something similar. | It did help with my asthma but was not worth the side effects. | F | 60 | 2 months 10 mg 1X day | 8/18/2020 | 1 | Asthma/allergies | Singular adverse effects Stopped may 17. 2016 when I got the flu Elevates alt and ast Insomnia Fatigue Gas Bloating Nausea Dyspepsia Weight gain Back pain Body pain Hip pain Neck pain Heart fluttering Increased heart rate Depression Mood change Agitation Came on gradually | I had taken for about 5 months... Had multiple dr appts... Many labs...ultrasounds and full body cat scan...heart monitor ... Ekg... Then when I got the flu and didn't take my medicine I realized the dramatic change I felt first with less agitation and depression and less bloat and pain I had... Even with the flu.... I have been off 6 days now and didn't tell my family until yesterday... They even noticed the difference in me.... Back to myself... More calm and less agitated...took the doors out 2 days for a walk and had less hip and knee pain... Able to walk up the stairs without heart racing up to 112!!! So thankful for this site to see others had issues with this drug and to reassured I can continue to get my life back!!! NEVER TAKE THIS DRUG | F | 60 | 1 days | 5/21/2016 | 1 | Asthma | Only took one dose because when I tried to go to sleep and closed my eyes, I saw vivid colorful designs whirling around behind my closed eyelids and became very frightened. Several months later, read in local newspaper about a teenage boy who took this med and committed suicide. | F | 60 | 1 days 1X day | 7/13/2016 | 5 | asthma | F | 59 | 1 years | 10/9/2004 | 5 | Allergies, exertional asthma | None | Wow, this drug has been like a miracle for me. My breathing and stamina have greatly improved in the year I've been taking it. No side effects whatsoever. | F | 59 | 1 years | 4/19/2009 | 5 | Hay fever and asthma | None that I noticed. I was going through menopause at the time so if there were any initial mood/mental changes I probably attributed them to menopausal mood swings. | Both myself and my 21 year old daughter have been on Sinulair for 10 years. It's been a wonder drug for us. Totally controls our severe nasal allergies and asthma symptoms. If I miss a pill for a day I can already feel my asthma wheezing returning. Luckily, neither of us have had problems with nightmares, depression, or any other type of mental/mood changes. Our allergist said that he has had patients on Singulair for decades with no complaints of negative side effects. | F | 59 | 10 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/30/2012 | 2 | Allergy induced asthma | Stomach pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, palpitations | It worked somewhat for my asthma but it gave me nausea and horrible stomach and abdominal pain. Also made my anxiety worse. I did not know what my stomach pain was from until I looked up side effects of this medication. | F | 59 | 3 weeks 1X day | 1/29/2021 | 1 | Sinusitis | Repetitive strong hiccups all day and all night. | M | 59 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/20/2021 | 1 | asthma | Headaches, balance is off, joint achiness, tingling, numbness and weakness in legs, insomnia, tired, mood changes, feeling like crying alot, restlessness, irritability, brainfog. Ànd it didn't seem to help my breathing, either! I just quit taking it 5 days ago on my own. Why pay to see the doctor, and have them insist that I take something that bothers me, and doesn't work. Or act like rare means it can't be happening!! It is. And my family wants the normal me back. I hate what it is doing to me. | I took it years ago. I thought I had been fine with it. Looking back now, I believe I was dealing with the same mental side effects. Even in the hospital for depression. No more of this nonsense for me! Thing is, I can't take the CCS inhalers, either. Same problems. All I have is the Pro Air inhaler, which I try to keep for use away from home (expensive!), and the albuterol in the nebulizer. | F | 59 | 10 months 10 mg / da | 8/2/2015 | 1 | allergies | constant headache,severe shoulder joint pain, extreme fatigue, total body ache, chilled, night sweats, blood tests elavated, nausea, very very difficult to focus. | My job was my life, was! Don't take in morning, as I was told to do several months ago by my doctor. | M | 59 | 3 years | 11/8/2006 | 5 | asthma | none | wonderful medication,only have to use my inhaler occasionally. I can finally breath with no chest tightness. I can run up and down the stairs with no wheezing and shortness of breath.. | F | 58 | 66 days | 10/22/2005 | 5 | Allergy | I didn't notice side effects other than it really worked for me. The only negative is the expense. I have to pay $65 a month - my co-pay. | F | 58 | 30 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 5 | COPD | none | Since taking Singulair have been able to get through the cold weather without resorting to steroids for my breathing problems for the first time in ten years. My respiratory capacity has also improved. | F | 58 | 3 years | 6/6/2007 | 5 | migraines | slight ringing in ears, a little drowsy | great medication, a wonder drug for my migraines | M | 58 | 3 months | 5/26/2007 | 5 | Asthma maintenance | I don't recall any side effects. I had been on it for several years about 14, 15 years ago. But, when I started at another practice (medical school), Singulair was replaced by one of those inhaled cortisone inhalers. They helped, some, but I thought the dr would just supplement the Singulair to get me through the difficult fall season. Otherwise, it had worked just fine. The inhalers worked for awhile, then quit helping. I've had about four or five of them. I've asked for the Singulair back each time one quilt helping, but the doctors all said these inhalers were soooo much better, let's try another one. Never having lasting effects, and very expensive, especially when starting a new fiscal year with insurance deductibles, I asked the doctor again, for the Singulair. "Why, when you keep saying it doesn't work" I reminded them that it was the cortisone inhalers that didn't help after a few months, they were too expensive, and Singulair DID work, even though I might need a boost in the fall season. Singulair is what works best for me. I have quit all of those cortisone inhalers doctors are so determined to keep me on. I use the ProAir inhaler maybe 3 times a month, or the nebulizer when I get a cold. I had to practically beg to get the Singulair back last fall from yet another practice, then I had to leave since they mismanaged my thyroid treatment. I'm not going to let the current practice take the Singulair tablets away. It works, I have no side effects, | Doctors need to realize that a medicine DOES NOT need to be expensive to work well. I get SOOO frustrated that they think we want expensive inhalers (that then quit working after awhile, and/or give us other health problems. Then, doctors (and nurses) deny that the inhalers are at fault. "It can't be the inhaler! Are you using it correctly? I never heard of that effect with this medicine before! They just list those to scare people! You sound on the edge of paranoia!" Seriously??? I smell kickbacks. | F | 58 | 3 months 10 | 1/28/2015 | 5 | Allergic Rhinitis & Post Nasal drip | No side effects. | Love it, I don't take any other hay fever medication, | F | 58 | 14 months 10mg 2X W | 11/21/2020 |