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 | My 5 year old son changed dramatically. Self hatred, unfocused, no joy, depression, stomach pains, chronic sinusitis, rage, suicidal thoughts (yes he's 5), thought everyone hated him, extreme emotional sensitivity...the list goes on and on... | He's now been off it for a month, and we have our loving child back again. This is a poison to some, please be very cautious if you are someone you know is taking it. Remember children can't put into words what adults can, look for the smallest of signs. | M | 5 | 6 months | 4/2/2008 | 1 | HYPER REACTIVE AIRWAY | mood changes, crying, difficulty controlling behavior, irritability, acting like a different person, frustrated, trouble focusing and listening. would scream uncontrollably when things didn't go her way. hyper and anxious. | would NOT recommend this for a child!!!!!!!!!! symptoms cleared within a couple of days of being off the drug. my daughter is back!!! and her coughing is not worse. still need breathing treatments though. | F | 5 | 1 months | 6/12/2009 | 1 | allergies | anger issues, self pitty/ depression | My 5yr old son was taking this for one month. One week into taking singulair he started saying Mom you hate me dont you and also having problems in school like getting up right in the middle of the teacher teaching class and walking around. He has recently started hitting other kids in his class. This is all VERY unlike him. He has always been the sweet kid and very lovey and always everyones friend and taking up for the less fortunate. I have just taken him off the med and am anxiously waiting for him to get back to his sweet self. DONT GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN!! | M | 5 | 1 months | 11/17/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Complete personality change in a little over two week period. | DO NOT GIVE THIS DRUG TO CHILDREN. This drug came highly recommended by our allergist. He insisted we take the drug to help with modest asthma. In the period of two weeks, our good natured well behaved child turned into a nightmare: fighting, punching, overly emotional, reclusive, mood swings, anger, etc. We took him off and the problems went away. | M | 5 | 2 weeks | 9/15/2009 | 1 | Severe Asthma | Bed Wetting Night Sweats Bad Dreams Depression Anger Wants to be alone Not Social Cries that I will leave him for good Lashes out for no reason Somedays no emotion Spacey Lost *** this all started in the last 7 months Bad Moody swings my son is not himself I don't know if its this med or Zyrtec but I'm removing him from this med. I've questioned it 3 yrs ago when a friend told me her daughter was being suicidal | M | 5 | 3 years 4mg | 5/14/2013 | 1 | Asthma | Severe Night Sweats, completely soaks :Head and Hair, all Clothes, and bedding, as if he wet the bed but worse. | 1st time 5 days stopped, the sweating issue concerned me. 3 weeks later Dr. talked me into Singulair agian because cough and congestion. 1st dose tonight heavy sweats again. I am washing bedding right now. will not give again. | M | 5 | 6 days | 2/17/2009 | 1 | chronic congestion; cough | After my daughter had taken the drug for about 2 months, she began experienced frequent daytime urination and subsequently bedwetting. Neither the allergist or pediatrician attributed this to the singulair, and we were about to be referred to a specialist for investigation of spastic bladder. I found other instances of bedwetting on this website, and stopped the singulair. About a week later, the bedwetting subsided and has not returned. | Other side affects appeared to be tendancy to tantrums, increased appetite and weight gain. But we would not have attributed these to the singulair if the bedwetting had not prompted us to investigate further. | F | 5 | 2 months | 9/7/2008 | 1 | severe allergies outdoor/indoor | anxiety, behavioral changes, withdrawn, night terrors, hallucinations,fear of bugs/spiders,afraid to be alone, ocd-like issues,& on and on | My 5 year old daughter has been on Singulair for 3 years. Over the last several months,at a rapid pace, we've watched our carefree, loving, independent child turn into an anxiety ridden & worried little girl. Her nights have been full of terrors & hallucinations and her days have been spent glued to her father and myself. I sat at the computer & cried after reading most of these responses. I am so grateful to all of you who have posted your dealings with this medication.I am not alone. Our daughter has been off this medicine for 1 1/2 weeks & we are slowly seeing things improve. I hope it will continue & my thoughts are with the rest of your families who are going through this! | M | 5 | 3 days | 7/22/2008 | 1 | Asthma | My son became argumentative and more agressive. We thought it was just a phase that he was going through but when we stopped the medication it seemed that our loving son returned within a couple of days. We found this is a common side effect with children. | See side effects. | M | 5 | 2 months | 4/4/2009 | 1 | Asthma/allergies | We have just hit the two month mark with montelukast (gen for singulair) and my independent, spirited, loving daughter has changed drastically. I don't recognize her anymore. She screams at me all day, she will not listen at all, she has been throwing violent tantrums - one of which resulted in her falling down and hitting her head. I have bruises on my arms from her kicking and punching me. She has scratched herself all over her arms, legs and chest and has been complaining about stomach pain and itchy skin. She has always been strong willed but never violent and always loving. These symptoms just surfaced about a week and a half ago. My pediatrician told me if she was going to have a reaction to the medication, it would occur within the first few days of her taking it. I thought she would be fine on it because she didn't have any adverse reactions for the first 6 to 7 weeks. The medication has helped her asthma tremendously but I am taking her off of it because it has altered her personality severely. Singular should not be prescribed to children. I am beside myself with worry and cannot wait until it is out of her system. | F | 5 | 2 months 5 mg | 3/6/2015 | 1 | allergies and asthma | Constant crying feeling sad and depressed. Was very upsetting to see happy little girl turn to sad and depressed wreck. Would not ever recommend. Hoping it will be out of system soon stopped taking 5 days ago. | Worked great on symptons but could not take due to emotional side effects. No 5 year old should ever feel extreme depression like that. | F | 5 | 3 weeks | 5/27/2015 | 1 | Asthma | My son suffered severely on Singulair, intense stomach pain with vomiting, exhaustion, anxiety, paranoia, agitation, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, fleeing behaviour, nose bleeds, memory issues, set off intolerance to artificial additives, leg pain, OCD, long bouts of crying 1.5 hrs, nightmares, concentration issues. Recovery has been very slow. Long term side effects and withdrawal were observed. | We have a Montelukast (Singulair) side effects support & discussion group if you are interested https://www.facebook.com/groups/40378158644/ | M | 5 | 3 years 4mg | 11/16/2016 | 1 | Asthma | My 5 year old daughter was prescribed singular for Asthma. The day after she began taking t she began urinating every 5 to 10 minutes. Talks constantly about having a broken leg and wanting to have a baby. We didn't know this is what was causing these problems. She took it for 14 days and all these problems are still going on. It should be banned for children under 18 years old. My daughter needs a detox it has been 4 days since we ended the Singulair. Praying there are no long time problems. | I reported to the FDA but what will they do? Ended the relationship with that allergist, very unsafe. | F | 5 | 10 days 4mg | 3/11/2017 | 1 | Sore teeth, headaches, tummy aches, uncontrollable anxiety and obsessive thoughts, bouts of anger, bouts of crying, depressed thoughts. | My son had been taking this medication for several months and it appeared to be helping his asthma greatly. About 3 months in we noticed a change in his behaviour which started with obsessive thoughts about things that could harm him- I put it down to changes at home however things got a whole lot worse to the point where he’s saying horrible things about himself, he’s constantly worried about things harming him and he lashes out or bursts into tears at the slightest issue. I have stopped this medication 4 days ago and I’m praying all these horrible side effects start to disappear and we get our boy back. DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN!!! | M | 5 | 4 months | 11/3/2018 | 1 | Rhinitis | Headache, leg & arm cramps & tingling, nausea, upset stomach, very yellow urine, neurological Psychiatric episodes, nightmares,severe anxiety which caused O.C.D., sensitive to light - over dialated pupils, behavioral issues, confusion, unable to learn properly reception to grade one, could not concentrate, mouth tic developed, dry mouth - thirsty, suicidal thoughts. | Needs Authority Prescription, Specialist regulation prescribing only with Patient/Caregiver strict guidance of what side effects to look out for. Packaging requires external mandatory warnings of side effects. | M | 5 | 18 months 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Allergy | Suicide ideation, extreme anxiety, hallucinations, extreme nightmares (couldn’t be woken up from) extreme melt downs & anger outbursts, self harm, extreme fear of sleep & being alone & many more unfortunately | Doctors & pharmacists need to be educated on the high risks associated with this medication. There also needs to be more research in how to help & support those experiencing side effects & long term withdrawal | M | 5 | 2 years 5mg | 10/15/2019 | 4 | allergies | My 4 1/2 son was one it for about 2 1/2 months. The medicine did work great for his allergy related problems, but the side effects were not worth it. It slowly crept up on us. At first it was behavioral issues; not listening, problems with sleep, not eating, then in one week he got into 3 different altercations with random kids--biting hitting, fighting. We were trying everything and i was at my wits end, thats when I looked up side affects and found my answer--it has been a life saver. I took him off the medicine (flovent Also) immediately and the severe aggression stopped. It has been 3 1/2 weeks since he has been off of both meds and my loving, sweet little boy is finally back. My Allergist Dr. did not agree with me--he said that I need to fix the problem and live with the side affects---we are not going to see him again. My Pediatrician was more cooperative and said to keep him off of the meds for a MONTH for it to fully get out of his system and then we will go from ther | M | 4.5 | 2.5 months | 8/15/2007 | 3 | allergies/asthma | My son was first given Singular for allergy symptoms at 6 months of age. Two months later we ended up in the ER for Pneumonia. By age 2 he was diagnosed with asthma. I have tried to stop giving my son this medication on 2 different occasions and both times have ended up in the ER or drs office with pneumonia or SEVERE breathing difficulties. 3 different doctors have told me there is no connection to stopping the medication and the attacks. I would LOVE to find a way to safely get my son off of this med! | M | 4.5 | 4 years | 8/17/2008 | 5 | Asthma | Mar. 2003 started on my 3 yr old boy, ceased 2 yr long steroidal inhaler use after 8 months on med. Surprised MDs. 1- 4 mg. chewable at bedtime. | I am so pleased. Haven't needed the albuterol for 3 months. It has been 3 months since ceasing steroid too. | M | 4 | 1 years | 1/18/2005 | 5 | Asthma, bad cough, chest infections | NO SIDE EFFECTS WHAT SO EVER. | My 4yr old son suffered year after year with asthma, a terrible cough and chest infections. Each year would be worse than the other. He has been on 4mg once a day for the last 2 months and it has been the best 2 months of his life health wise. I have keept a very keen eye out for side effects and can honestly say, there are NONE. I will take him off Singulair in the summer months when there are no symptoms. But will put him back on when symptoms start up again. This drug has been a blessing for us I just wish it could be this way for eveyone else. | M | 4 | 2 months 4mg 1X day | 6/13/2010 |