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 | I tried giving Singulair to my 7 year old daughter twice and both times she woke up in the night with severe hallucinations. She was screaming at the top of her lungs, as though she were tied to a railway track and a train was coming. She said that the bed was flipping around and that the blanket was flying all around the room. She was holding her ears and pointing at things in the room (that weren't there) and screaming "Mommy make it stop!!!!". Her heart was pounding out of her chest....it was just terrifying. From this experience and from what I've read, it seems very mind altering. It has only been around since 1998, so the long term effects are unknown. Very scary. I will never give it to my child again. Her brain is much too precious. | F | 7 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 4/15/2011 | 1 | Asthma & Seasonal allergies | I was truly at my wits end with my 7 year old daughter. Her behavior at home was horrible. She'd come in the house from school miserable and fighting with everyone. I felt myselt begining to get nervous as the bus was coming up our hill not knowing what to expect from her. Since we started her on this medication when she was 3 or 4 I was beginning to think there was something "wrong" with her personality. We switched allergy doctors solely b/c our previous DR relocated. The new MD took her off singulair and increased her pulmicort does. I immediately noticed a difference in her disposition, attitude and behavior. We go back in 1 mos for another lung function test. Hopefully it's good but if not I will be looking for other options to relieve the symptoms. We won't be using singulair again. | F | 7 | 4 years 5mg 1X day | 5/31/2011 | 1 | asthma | anger,nightmares,uncontollable crying, itching, pains in parts of his body, eye rolling, depressed and anxiety. | My 7 year old son was put on this for allergies to help his asthma and it did that. But we started noticing behavior changes and he became a totally different child. It finally clicked when he woke up and his eyes were rolling constantly all day. I went on Singulairs website and noticed he had every side effect they had listed. We quit giving him the Singulair immediately. It's been 7 days today and he is slowly improving. His eye rolling is only once in a while or when he gets tired. Today was also the first time he didn't have a nightmare. I feel awful for not checking Singulair out before putting him on it. Thank you to everyone who has put something on here. It has been so helpful to read about all your experiences. | M | 7 | 6 weeks 5mg 1X day | 11/27/2010 | 1 | Reactive Airway Disease | Huge facial tics, anxiety, mood swings, uncontrollable crying | My 7 year old daughter has taken Singulair regularly for 6 months, but her behavior over the past 2 days has been so bizarre I was compelled to do a Google search and came across this website. Last night was a complete meltdown over every single thing that could have possibly been a minor annoyance, such as not being able to squeeze enough toothpaste out of the tube, which culminated in a 30-minute screaming and crying bonanza. She said to me last night that she is "just not happy" and that she doesn't know why. I was reading stories to her tonight, and she must have popped her jaw open at least 40 times over the course of two books (mouth open wide like a yawn in fast-forward). I was keeping an eye on her, and a few times I asked her why she kept doing that and she said she didn't know, and she thought maybe her mouth was "itchy" - I said "baby, that's just not normal behavior" and she said "I KNOW!!! But I can't stop, mommy!" The moodiness and crying have become progressively worse over the past few months, but the facial tic for the past month is the final straw for me and confirms my suspicions about the other behavior - I stopped giving Singulair to her today. UPDATE 12/06/2010: The facial tic that my daughter had for about one month disappeared three days after discontinuation of Singulair, and her anxiety and other mood disorders slowly faded away shortly thereafter. Her chronic cough has reappeared, but I am managing those fairly successfully with Vitamin D and Omega-3 capsules | F | 7 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 11/11/2010 | 1 | allergies | My 6 year old son became hostile, aggressive and depressed. | M | 7 | 45 days 5MG 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 1 | ASTHMA | My 7 year old son has all the same symptoms I see described here. Excessive throat clearing, bad dreams, trouble sleeping, nasty outbursts, crying, mood swings, defiance, upset stomach/diarrhea, etc. I can't believe I didn't figure this out before. I wondered why he had changed so much, I figured it was some kind of acting out because we moved last year to a new town...after a while, I figured he would adjust, but he didn't. He had never acted this way before. I'm convinced it's this poison the doctor has him on for his asthma. Thats enough of that. I'm stopping the Singulair immediately and won't use it again! It turned my son into a monster. Hopefully he will get better now being off the medicine. | F | 7 | 2 years 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Son lost ability to concentrate. Screamed out nightly with night terrors. Normally an excellent student, but teacher called conference to discuss his lack of concentration. | Doctor told me it was absolutely not the singulair, but when I took him off the medicine he was back to my normal child. Took son to allergist and he concurred that he had heard about these side effects with singulair. | M | 7 | 1 months 5mg 1X day | 4/4/2010 | 1 | Asthma/Allergy | night terrors, anxious, anxiety, my child seemed to live in fear | Singulair became one of the major medications used to try to get her asthma under control. She had horriable dreams that would send her fleeing from the bed at night. Even when awake, the dreams seemed to continue. She lived in fear. Never wanted to be alone. She was sleeping with me, and even then she remained afraid. When someone suggested it might be singular I notified her doctor right away and she was taken off the drug. The removal of singulair makes me feel as if I have my daughter back. She's no longer afraid. She's sleeping in her room and will even hang out downstairs alone! This is big people! I almost feel like we as parents are forced to choose between our children's sanity and their ability to breathe. | F | 7 | 1 years 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 1 | asthma allergies sinus infections | night terrors, more sinus infections, severe leg pain, agressive behavior | F | 7 | 3 days | 3/22/2006 | 1 | for asthmas related to allergies | we gave this drug to my seven year old son and, like all the other, found it to be a miracle cure for asthma and allegies. However, like many of the others that wrote, he became angry, irrational and mean -- a complete and scary personality change. He also had nose bleeds and leg aches, which I had dismissed entirely and now believe to be related to the drug. Thank God I found this site and others like it to help me see the real problem. After just a few days off the drug, he is back to his old, sweet self. | This drug should be exposed and banned-- it absolutely should not be administered to children without proper explanation of possible side effects. The drug company web-site does not mention anything. | M | 7 | 21 days | 2/18/2006 | 1 | CHEST CONGESTION | HALLUCINATIONS AND VIVID NIGHTMARES AFTER JUST ONE DAILY DOSE. | F | 7 | 1 days 30MG | 10/15/2019 | 5 | Cough | My 6 year old son has a chronic cough at nighttime and during athletics. My pediatrician put him on the mediaction for this. After taking the medication for the week trial, he awoke every night crying with night terrors. I spoke to the pediatircian about this symptom and she had never heard of this and dismissed my concerns; acting as if night terrors were not that big of a deal, that my son wouldn't remember it anyway in the morning. However after reading the Singular pamplet, the side effects are listed on the pamplet stating 'night terrors'. My son has also complained about headaches more often now, and is more sleepy during the daytime. However his night terrors have stopped after 1 month of taking the medication and his cough is gone. | After weighing the medication side effects and his cough, I have decided to discontinue the medication. I can't see having my child take a medication that has altered his mental and physical state to cure a non life threatening cough. I wish that my pediatrician would not have been so quick to pull out the prescripion tablet without knowing all the facts about the medication she approved for my son. | M | 6 | 45 days | 12/29/2007 | 4 | asthma, severe cough, runny nose | My 6 yr.old daughter has been on this med.(child dose) for less than 30 days. Singulair has been terrific for her asthma and cough. She no longer coughs at night or wakes in the morning coughing up mucus to the point of vomiting. However, after reading this web site I might have found the answers to some new troubles. A couple of weeks ago she started having to use the bathroom constantly. A few nights ago she started waking every hour having to use the bathroom. This is not her. She has never had an accident nor woke at night to go to the bathroom. She has gained 3 pounds in 4 weeks without eating much at all. She is now having accidents at home and school and is up all night going to the bathroom. I took her to the doctor and she said probably a urinary infection-no worries. Nothing about side effects! Is anybody else seeing any increased urination with their child? The medicine works great for her asthma and cough but the side effects are to great to keep her on it. | I can't have her up all night going 'potty' and having acidents at school-she was so embarrased. I am going to take her off it tonight and hopefully see a difference within a night or two. The weight gain and bathroom issue are to much for her (and me) to deal with for the sake of no more coughing and runny nose. By the way, the label on my daughters bottle states that it is for children ages 2-14. I rated the medicine a 4 because for the actual asthma and cough it works great but it has to many side effects for children. This medicine needs to be re-evaluated for kids. If anybody else has seen the same side effects in their child please let me know, thanks! | F | 6 | 30 days | 11/30/2007 | 4 | asthma/allergies | My daughter was diagnosed with Asthma last year after years of carrying and inhaler and running to the ER. We actually felt relief at being able to prevent her attacks. The doctor has her own predisone and singulair. We haven't noticed any real side affects and it dose seem to help keep her allergies in check which can trigger major attacks for her. After reading here though I am wondering if it s what causes her to lack of focus. am upset about learning it has aspertame in it as my husband and other children are allergic to it and we avoid it and other false sweeteners so we do not have attack from it. Our insurance recently wanted to not pay for this medicine, which we fought to get back, now I wonder if these were not the reason. | I will be talking to my doctor,who is wonderful, about this medicines. | F | 6 | 1 years | 3/25/2009 | 4 | night time cough,seasonal allergies | none that i can specifically link to the drug | my 6 yr old has been taking this for 3 yrs now. the first 2 yrs only during allergy season & for the past year, through out the year. it works wonderfully, but on reading about all the side effects, i wonder if her occasional complaints of leg pain and nightmares have anything to do with it. i am considering stopping this and seeing if there are any visible behavioral and physical changes. | F | 6 | 3 years | 9/15/2006 | 4 | My son constantly sick runny nose | mood and behavioral changes especially in school | My son is 6years old and is in Kindergarten , I cannot believe what I am reading,it worked with the runny nose and colds that he was getting once a month,but all of a sudden my son is misbehaving in school, not staying in his seat, hitting other children, he has never been like this, I started worrying about ADD or ADHD, until the thought came to my mind that he started acting this way after he started taking Singulair, I AM DEFINATELY TAKING HIM OFF THIS MEDICATION!!!! | M | 6 | 30 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/9/2010 | 3 | Asthma | Bed wetting, excessive talking, night waking, nightmares, aggression toward the dogs, hyperactivity. My son can just barely stay out of trouble as it is. Sometimes we have to go back on the singulair so that he will stop coughing and wheezing. When we do, we see his behavior get much worse. It takes a couple of weeks to really start working and about the same time the coughing stops, the talking starts. He will jabber out loud so fast my husband puts in ear plugs. We have to weigh the asthma symptoms to the amount of trouble he is causing. | My son has been on and off this drug for 4 years. When he takes it he stops coughing and wheezing it works really well. It is good and bad. | M | 6 | 4 years 4mg 1X day | 2/22/2010 | 3 | Eczema, allergic rhinitis | I believe the med has helped the eczema symptoms, but the side effects are not worth the relief. I have noticed increased irritability and moodiness in my 6 year old daughter. It seems to be worse in the morning and evening. She seems fine at school, but with her sisters she is looking for a fight. She is the baby of the family and somewhat spoiled. This is still not normal behavior. We are stopping the med tonight. I hope we see results soon. If not, let the punishment begin! | F | 6 | 30 days 5 1X day | 3/5/2010 | 3 | allergies | moodiness,aggressive,angry | My son has been taking this for the past 2 months and my husband & I couldn't figure out why he was throwing temper tampers, started hitting when he got angry, aggressive behavior. He has always been a good nice kid, we figured he was going through a phase and thought it was part of his growth spurt process. More time outs & the restrictions increased. We were at our breaking points. Then I thought about the possibility of side effects from his medication. On my side of the family it is very common to have side effects from drugs,so I looked it up & thank GOD for the internet! Like other parents, our pediatrician did not warn us of the possible side effects. I am taking him off the medication & hopefully we will see results soon. I am so.... glad to have found this site and thank you to all the parents who have shared their stories. I now know we weren't alone. | M | 6 | 2 months 5 1X day | 8/17/2010 | 3 | Asthma and Allergies | Severe headeaches at times, bad nightmares | My 6 yr. old daughter has been taking this for 2 1/2 years now and I have mentioned the headaches to the doctor and asked him about Singulair and he said it probably will get better, and to keep her on it. She still has headaches at times and bad nightmares. My 5 year old son was prescribed this 4 days ago and has broke out in hives, so now I think I will take them both off of it and see how they do. Thank you all for your information. | F | 6 | 2.5 years | 1/8/2007 |