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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | asthma | muscle aches, stomach aches, restless sleep and inability to sleep at night | M | 12 | 10 days | 4/1/2009 | 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 | 2 | Asthma | Mood and behavior changes, dry mouth, irritability | Three doctors and a PA strongly advised us to put our 3 1/2 year old son on Singulair to help prevent the increasing problems he is having with asthma. Because I have heard so many negative things about putting children on steroids like I have had to do with our son I decided to give it a try. Within one day he began to have behavioral problems such as hyperactivity & irrational mood swings. Within four days he had a terrible asthma attack and we are still in the process of trying to get him through the breathing problems. His pediatrician has him on Singulair, a nebulizer, and two steroids (one liquid, one inhaled) I asked that at least one thing be eliminated since it seems like that's an awful lot of medication for a three year old. We took him off the inhaled steroid and I am monitoring him closely to see what could be causing his wild behavior. My suspicions have been that it is the Singulair and after finding this website I am now certain. I am thankful to find that others had the same problem - when I asked my doctor, I too got the response "there are not side effects" and "it would be worse to take him off". My son is on the autism spectrum and already has many difficulties - he certainly doesn't need this on top of everything else. Does anyone know of any other alternative solutions for children with asthma that doesn't require all these crazy medications? This website has truly been helpful and I'm hoping to find out more informati | M | 3 | 8 days | 3/23/2009 | 1 | Allergies | My 4 year old was put on it for seasonal allergies. I am a RN and was careful to give it only during those peak allergy weeks in the spring and fall. I did know about the side effect of behavior changes and monitored her closely. This is the second spring she has been on the drug and in the past few weeks, I have seen pretty dramatic changes (i.e. temper tantrums, bad dreams, crying for no reason) As of last night, she is off the drug. It did not seem to improve her nasal drainage or cough. No worth the side effects. | F | 4 | 1 months | 3/19/2009 | 1 | Asthma and Allergies | -night sweats -nightmares -increased thirst -uncontrolled eczema -stuttering -odd periods of sadness and crying | My 2 yr old daughter was prescribed this medication by an out of town doctor who said it would get her allergies under control and help her sleep better and make her calmer. I'll say she's had less periods of runny noses but the side effects are not worth it. It's hard when my happy go lucky girl comes to me and suddenly says "Mommy I'm sad". I recommend that everyone go to FDA's website and complete their form for all of these negative effects so they will take it off the market as it's highly unfair to small childlren. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm | F | 2 | 3 months | 3/19/2009 | 1 | 11 yr old for dust mite allergies | Poor performance at school, tearful episodes, nightmares about himself and family dying. Wanting to quit school. Poor self esteem | Ethan 11 yr. old had been taking Singulair for dust mite allergies since he was 6. Has always done poor to fair at school. Very emotional. Did not associate this with Singulair, until he began talking about death. Researched on the computer about childhood depression, found link to singulair. Described him perfectly. Although I feel like a terrible mother, I realize better late than never. I read the package insert when he was 6, but these side effects were not listed then. Since he has been off the Singulair 2 1/2 weeks now, he has been less tearful and when he does cry, it is not an outburst, hysterical cry. He has a better attitude about school; although, because of the damage already done, he will probably never like school. He is just a more rational kid. So far his allergies are not bad. He is on a nasal spray and goes for a check up in a week. I'm not mad at his doctor, I guess. She probably didn't know about the new side effects, either. I'm more mad at myself and my | M | 11 | 5 years | 3/15/2009 | 1 | my son was taking it for asthma | very very aggressive,said he hated himself and all of us,went from a very happy child to throwing tantrums that i could not stop,has bad nightmares,sees things that are not there,getting into fights at school,said his brain felt like it was about to bust out of his head,biting his nails,constantly crying over small things,says his feeling are hurt all the time and that noone likes him,i can go on and on | this is a very very very bad and horrible drug that shouldl be taken off the market! it changed my 6 year old completely! i do not recommend anyone giving this medicine to their child! Im glad that i finally put things together and realized it was this poison that was making my precious 6 year old lose himself! PURE POISON! | M | 6 | 4 months | 3/12/2009 | 1 | asthma/allergies | My 3 yr. old son, who is very intelligent, became defiant, hateful, biting, hitting, pinching. He was having night mares, sleepwalking, couldn't make sense of things. I was about to call a developmental pediatrician. I had questioned daycare, church, everybody thinking he may have been abused. Finally it dawned on me about the medicine. I googled it, and found this site. | I have taken him off singulair. He has been off for 2 days and it is a slow process, but I am starting to see him return to normal. This medication should not be on the market. | M | 3.5 | 3 weeks | 3/11/2009 | 1 | allergies | My daughter is 8. She's normally a very loving, caring, obedient child. For the last 4 weeks she's started lying about things with very elaborate stories for things that wouldn't even get her in trouble. She started getting defiant, and diliberately disobeying right after I told her not do something. Today she got in trouble for taking her school scissors and carving lines into her desk. When asked why she did it, she says she doesn't know. She just remembers picking up the scissors and the next thing she remembers is the teacher yelling at her for carving lines into the desk. | I have been trying to think of what could have changed in her life in the last 4 weeks to make sure a completely different child. It finally hit me! She's been taking Singulair for about 5 weeks - that's the only thing that has changed! So Googled the side effects and found this site. I'm calling the dr tomorrow morning first thing. | F | 8 | 5 weeks | 3/9/2009 | 3 | allergies/asthma | sleeplessness after 1 week of taking 4mg. night terrors, waking 3 to 4 times a night screaming, very difficult to calm down. second time in a year tried to keep her on this medication. both times same effects. | seemed to work in keeping allergy symptoms away. but negative side effects not worth it, trying another method | F | 2 | 2 weeks | 3/4/2009 | 4 | Asthma and allergies | No side effects to mention, I started looking for an answer in the middle of the after rocking my child back to slepp again from difficulty breathing. My 2 year old son has been on Sinfular since he was about 8 months old, now the Dr decides to take him off with no warnig and no reason, three days now and I am looking for an answer of the effects of going off the drug cold turkey. The allergies are back and breathing is getting worse each day. | I am making am appointment to get him checked, glad to find this info, I do not want to put him back on it now, but I also fear the many trips to the ER and asthma attacks. He is already on two steroids to help him breath. Do not knowif there was an effect on attitude or sleep since he has been on it so long, he is a pretty happy child, moody at times, but has never slept thru the night wakes up two to three times a night crying. Now that he has been off the drug he cries off and on all night and can't seem to get comfotable tosss and turns. Will post a response to see if there is a significant change in my son | M | 2 | 1.8 years | 2/26/2009 | 1 | Very mild asthma | My daughter became so easily to become very angry toward anything - herself, family members, slight criticism or even most neutral suggections. She was 5+ taking Singulair for 3-4 months in total. She has not been taking any more one year. But her problem has not been changed. She is otherwise mostly a happy healthy girl. | The mood problem didn't seem to go away long after stopping the medicine. We too felt being forced by the doctor to use it on our child. | F | 7 | 4 months | 2/26/2009 | 1 | allergies | not sleeping & mood swings, aggression | F | 2 | 3 months | 2/19/2009 | 3 | allergies, borderline asthma, | After about a week or 2 of regular singulair, my son often notices mood changes, like crying easily. He also gets painful pins-and needles in his feet. When ever we stop it, the symptoms improve. At least 3 different docs have told us he should take it regularly to help prevent his frequent sinus infections. We tried every other day for several weeks, as well as every day, but one side-effect or the other returns after it gets built up in his system. | A thought came to me--the kids chewable singulair has phenalanaline in it (nutrasweet/aspartame). I wonder if some of the side-effects kids have are due to the nutrasweet, which turns to wood alcohol and formaldehyde as it's digested. I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it is impossible as it's in everything. Kids who get aspartame from other sources as well may be more likely to have more extreme side-effects. Or, kids who are sensitive to aspartame are maybe more likely to have trouble with Singulair. It's just an educated guess. My son does well with nasacort. I also have him inhale hot water with tea tree oil, and put tea tree oil in the vaporizer when we use it. I think we will continue trying to find a rotation with Singulair that gives the benefits w/o the side-effects. Avoid Zyrtec--now that is a really evil drug! It made my son wake up crying every night after only a week. When in doubt, resort to the old tried-and-true classics: chlor pheniramine maleate and | M | 9 | 1.5 years | 2/17/2009 | 2 | Asthma | My sweet, bubbly 3 year old began having panic and anxiety attacks. She would start crying if dirt got on her. She didn't want to play with her friends anymore. She had nightmares and was up every night. SHe had started a new school so I wasn't sure if it was the medication or the situation. We stopped anyway and saw an immediate improvement. She is back to her sweet self and we are managing her Astma with Pulmicort. | Her allergist was not willing to even entertain the thought that the Singulair could have been a cause of her behavior change. He sighted research studies that showed no adverse reactions like this. All the research or paper in the world will not convince me that Singulair did not cause my daughter to have these bad effects!! | F | 3 | 2 months | 2/17/2009 | 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 sinus and ear infections | My 8 year old daughter was prescribed singulair 3 different times. The first two times she had severe headaches and we discontinued after two weeks. This last time we took it for 1 | and 1/2 months (after the doctor became angry that we had not kept her on it before.)We have now been to the ER for stomach pain and swollen abdomen 4office visits and 6days off school. She is having night terrors, clingy, cries from fear at bedtime will not let me out of her sight,also 1UTI.I have not slept in 3 weeks and the scary part is that it has been 3 weeks since she has had a dose. I found a post saying their son saw red stripes and yellow dots in one eye and it blew me away. That cannot be a coincidence.My child was happy and secure before she took singulair and now she is terrified and tormented daily by thoughts she cannot get out of her head. She says people are trying to kill her when she sleeps. She is now sleep deprived with dark circles under her eyes. I still have not seen information on how long it will take to get out of her system. | F | 8 | 45 days | 2/2/2009 | 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 | 2 | Asthma | Loss of appetite, mood swings. Spaced out and unfocused. Greatly affecting schoolwork. Depressed and cries alot. | F | 9 | 11 months | 1/29/2009 | 2 | allergies | always thirsty, not much appetite, mean, hitting, bighting, throwing, yelling, BAD tantrums, not her normal self at all | The doctor put my daughter on singulair a few months ago for her allergies. It really seemed to help her coughing through the night and watery eyes and all. I quit giving it to her for a while because she didn't seem to need it. A few weeks ago i started giving it to her again. And thats about when we noticed her disobedience and yelling, throwing, hitting, biting, major tantrums, loss of appetite, and being very impatient and just not acting like her normal self. I just thought she was already getting into her terrible 2's. But thats not ever how i imagined my child to act, i couldn't figure out where she was getting it. I got a call from my mom this morning, asking me if she was still taking this medicine i told her yes. And that is when she forwarded me this website. I thought hmm, that explains it. | F | 1 | 4 days | 1/29/2009 |