| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
  | F M | | | | |||
| 1 | Asthma/Allergies/Chronic Sinusitis | When I was about 13 my doctor put me on this medication to help with severe asthma and allergies. I was an extremely happy, intelligent and outgoing child before I was put on this medication, but once I began taking it, it was like I was a different person. I was suddenly extremely irritable, prone to aggressive outbursts, chronically depressed, developed severe insomnia, developed a severe anxiety disorder accompanied by massive and frequent (3-6 times per day) panic attacks, began to fall asleep and hallucinate during daily activities, catatonic episodes, experienced horrible nightmares and perhaps most annoying of all, I experienced uncontrollable and unceasing tremors and 'ticks'. After 1 year on Singulair I attempted to commit suicide, 6 months later I attempted again, and again 2 years later. When I was 18 my doctor took me off of Singulair because my asthma had seemed to improve, one year later she put me back on it because of chronic ear infections. That one year that I was off | I have taken myself off of singulair again, after happening to review a patient information handout at work one day (I am a pharmacy technician). I have been off of it for a week now and already I am beginning to see beauty in the world again and feeling more confident in myself. I feel as if being on singulair has ruined my life. My whole adolescence was consumed by this drug, and I was coming close to trying to kill myself again, before I took myself off of it. This drug has taken away time and ruined relationships that I will never get back. I am writing this note on here in hopes that patients and parents consider very carefully the side effects of this medication and the implications that it carries with them. Yes, it got me off of my inhaler, but I paid a heavy price for that convenience. | F | 20 | 6 years | 1/25/2010 | 1 | Allergy Induced Asthma | Night terrors, hallucinations, anger, depression, violence, suicidal thoughts/comments, extreme mood swings, crying, moodiness. | I had no idea these were side effects. I don't remember reading any of these when we started the Rx. My friend told me about her son and his experiences, which were exactly like my son's. We are done with Singulair. | M | 11 | 2 years | 1/24/2010 | 4 | Chronic sinisitis | None. | I have been taking this drug for 2 weeks and I have not noticed one thing yet. I have had sinus infections forever and constanly stuffy. I hada infection and went on this instead and I honestly can't say anything bad about it yet. I have been reading through all of these comments and I find it hard to believe it has such large side effects for some people. however, Everyone reacts differently!! | F | 23 | 12 days | 1/23/2010 | 1 | asthma; wheezing, night cough | Nightmares. | I gave my son one pill. After he went to bed I searched for side effects. I saw all the terrible reviews and hoped for the best. I won't put him on steriods because he is very small for his age and I don't want his growth delayed. He woke up with nightmares all night. He whimpered and shook as he lay beside me sleeping. My heart broke. I'm so glad I knew this was a side effect so I could immediately stop giving it to him. We're looking into alternative treatment (traditional chinese medicine). | F | 32 | 1 days | 1/22/2010 | 1 | Chronic nighttime asthma | For the entire 9 months that our 4 year old daughter was on Singulair, her asthma symptoms completely disappeared - BUT - she experienced constant nightmares, almost every night. I put it down to 'a phase' until I realised that it was associated with Singulair. I feel dreadful as a mother for taking so long to realise that my daughter's nightmares, which really distressed her, were caused by the medication. We recently reduced her dose and then increased it again - as soon as we increased it she started wetting her bed every night. I will never ever give her this medication again. I think there should be a thorough investigation into this medication. | F | 34 | 9 months | 1/21/2010 |
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