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| 1 | my son 2.5 was put on SingulAir | The doctor put him on mist treatment then SingulAir. my son was back to some normalcy but a little too quiet. almost like given a mild sedative. he slept good then his behavior plummeted back to aggressiveness, sore legs, anger, sensitive of crying spurts for just nothing he is afraid all of the time and continually wakes up every now and then starting at infrequent times. my doctor also perscribed QVAR instead of the flovent and the puffer ventolin and this to be the regime for 3 months straight. i told the doctor that my son is showing some very unusal signs like not eating not himself and left a message of taking him off this medication as it has been 2 weeks of this and i jsut want my character of my child back... why is the pharmecutical companies not taking into consideration that babies and toddlers CAN'T TALK and waht happend to doctors being doctors instead of drug pushers??? where is the advocacy for parents dealing with asthmatic children and children with problems and | Singular should have been investigated and NOT given to toddlers until the baby can talk for himself with reagard to expressing how he feels!!!! i am so sad about this because i do not have any options as a mother and not sure what to do now because noone in the medical physicain field seems to care | M | 2.5 | 2 weeks | 11/7/2008 | 1 | Allergies & Asthma | Cranky, Hair loss | My normally sweet little girl was 4 at the time she was taking Singular for her allergies and asthma. SHe was normally very sweet and cuddly. Just aster a couple weeks she became mean and very cranky. Then one night I was giving her a bath and washing her hair, and I har a handful of her hair in my hand.I freaked out I called the doctor and the pharmacy and no one knew what was going on. SO I did a bit of research on Singular. It has been known to cause hair loss. I was horrified. She had very thick curly hair. She lost about half of her hair. SHe has been off this for about 5 almost 6 months now, her hair has stopped falling out and is now growing back. It worked for her allergies and asthma, but the hair loss was just too much for her to go through. SHe now takes Qvar and Claritin for her asthma and allergies. | F | 5 | 3.5 weeks | 11/7/2008 | 1 | Asthma with colds | Irritability, pallor, emotional outbursts, trembling, poor appetite | My sweet and bright little boy experienced alarming side effects immediately after starting Singulair for asthma symptoms that he experiences when he has a cold. He became pale, insecure, emotional and quite simply, not the precious child I knew him to be. I discontinued Singulair, and I am eager to find a safe alternative to control his asthma. I do not understand why my son's physician is unaware of the extreme side effects that Singulair may produce! | M | 4 | 2 times | 11/6/2008 | 2 | Asthma/Allergies | My six year old daughter has been on and off this medicine for the past 4 years, in this time I have noticed her calm pleasant demenor go to something I have never seen. Just recently she seems to be doing awful in school, not wanting to do her work, hitting others for no reason, and lashing out as it she hates the world. I have stopped this medication and will consult with her allergist. My hopes are that while quitting this will bring back my sweet girl, other parents can find another alternative to this medicine before having to find out the hard way the affects it can have on a child. | F | 6 | 4 years | 10/29/2008 | 1 | Asthma | 3 1/2 year old - Moody, irrational,anxious, tantrums | My 3 1/2 year old has been on this for a little over a week and suddenly stomping her foot in frustration and will not look me in the eye when I try to address anything with her. Her pre-school teacher called me today at her wits end because she could not understand what was going on with her. She would not nap, but she usually is the first asleep. She kept getting up and bothering other children. When I spoke to her she was freaking out that I was in the phone. She knows how phones work and is very intellegent, so I was very concerned. I did not give her any Singulair tonight and will never again because of the research I had done. I wish I had done it before giving it to her. | F | 3 | 7 days | 10/29/2008 | 2 | fall allergies | inconsolable crying spells, violent tantrums, extreme frustration | My 9 year old son was on it for 8 days and yesterday it was reported to me that he had a crying spell on the bus to school, tantrums and crying spells in school, then came home from school crying inconsolably and had several violent tantrums and was extremely irritable at home. He has autism, but never displayed this kind of behavior before. I thought he might be coming down with something so I took him to the doctor today and was informed to immediately stop giving him the Singulair. He was otherwise healthy. Since he was only on it 8 days, I'm hoping for him to have it out of his system in the next day or so and be back to what our 'normal' is. Thanks for the feedback on this website! | M | 9 | 8 days | 10/28/2008 | 2 | Asthma | Daughter's agression. | I have taken Singulair for 3 years and have experienced no side effects (I am 36), however my four-year-old daughter started taking Singulair only two days ago and had a violent, prolonged episode that I have never seen before. She is also acting "spaced out" and seems to be hearing things that aren't there. I am stopping it immediately with her and have placed a call to her doctor. She has never had any mental health issues and is otherwise a healthy child. | F | 4 | 2 days | 10/23/2008 | 2 | asthma | aggression, super quick trigger to physical aggression when frustrated, frustration intolerance, difficulty with transitions, anxiety | If you have questions about mental health side effects to singulair, go here: parentsforsafety.org/17601/index.html We have stopped singulair for our 5 year old who took it for two years, coincidentally the 2 years we have been struggling with these side effects. We stopped 4 days ago and are seeing many fewer of the problematic behaviors and frustrations and tantrums pass much quicker. He's becoming the reasonable boy we used to know! Keep your fingers crossed the improvement continues. I am worried about the asthma flare ups since singulair did seem to keep them under control but the mental health of my son tells me to find something different to take. | M | 5 | 2 years | 10/22/2008 | 2 | allergy/asthma | My daughter started complaining about feeling full all the time. She will experience bout of crying spell during the night and very hyper at times. I also noticed that she had some involuntary movements of her body while sleeping. | I'm glad to find this site and that I will not hesitate to discontinue the use of this drug. | F | 2.5 | 2 months | 10/18/2008 | 1 | allergy-triggered asthma | My 5-yr-old son has taken Singulair for 2 weeks and I noticed almost immediately his change in mood. He would cry inconsolably over seemingly minor things, especially in the evening. | This site is where my research on the drug has led me. How very frightening. We have discontinued the drug. Thank you to others for posting your experiences. | M | 5 | 2 weeks | 10/15/2008 | 1 | asthma | My 4 1/2 year old son started taking this terrible drug 1 year ago. My sweet little boy began to display explosive outbursts far worse than any typical tantrum. He became hyperactive, unable to focus, and impossible to redirect.When I tried to talk to him he would say "mommy sometimes i just can't tell my brain to stop". He started to become afraid to be alone, and had nightmares weekly. My little boy was aggressing on his baby sister on a daily basis and in one weekend was in time out 35 times for random acts of violence. We got him a puppy for his birthday and most days he is not permitted to play with him because he has been trying to hurt him. This week was the last straw- we were having a random conversation and he said that he wanted to kill a stranger. My heart sank. I monitor what cartoons he watches, we don't speak like that in my household. So I started to do my own research online and found that other parents experienced this very same thing. I gave him his last do | M | 4 | 1 years | 9/29/2008 | 4 | asthma, allergies | extreme thirst (she is constantly drinking), loss of appetite, weight loss | My daughter started taking this after having 2 serios asthma attacks in a month. It, along with pulmicort, have helped to control the asthma. | F | 1 | 40 days | 9/19/2008 | 1 | allergies | My then four year old son took Singular three years ago after other allergy medications would not work. My husband and I quickly noticed a difference in out normally calm son. Pre-school teachers were concerned, as were we, considering he was normally a child who payed attention, obeyed rules, and stayed focus. Suddenly he could not sit still and was mean to his brother and friends. The doctors swore there was no way these were side effects from the drup, and that he must just be going through a stage. After reading more info online from sites like this we immediately took him off the medication. He returned to his normal selse within a few days! | Watch out parents!!! | M | 4 | 1 months | 9/14/2008 | 1 | Allergies/Asthma | My son has been taking Singulair granules for approximately 2 weeks now. Doctor stated that if the combination of medicines prescribed (Singulair, Nasonex, and Cefdinir ) did not significantly improve his symptoms within 2-3 weeks, our next option would be to remove the adenoids. While the medicines seemed to "miraculously" cure the eternally runny nose and cough (in just 2 days!) and grant my son his first sound night of sleep in months, the associated side effects have been so scary that we have not given him the medicine in the last two days. During the first week (after about 2 days on the medicines), he would cry that he wanted to "sleep in Mama's bed" and we sometimes gave in and allowed him to do so, as a result of his unconsolable crying.In the last week (days 7-14 of the medication) we have seen him go from a sweet, independent little boy to an aggressive, frightened, uncontrollable child. He has NEVER in his life had problems/fears associated with slee | We follow the same bedtime routine each night; medicine, bath, diaper, singing/praying while rocking in his room, and then placing him in his bed. The moment he feels my body shift to stand up and place him in his crib he begins to tense up his whole body and scream in a manner which is simply almost un-human. He is unable to speak between screams. It takes up to an hour to calm him and even after bringing him into our bed his sleep is restless. He never used to want to be cuddled and cradled while sleeping in our bed. Now, he seems to NEED to hold my face or hand the entire night. If I shift in even the slightest manner while lying there, he panics and wakes up SCREAMING! I tried to let him "cry it out" a few nights to our utter dismay. He actually seemed to have such a breakdown on those nights that he was completely inconsolable and nobody in our household could sleep those nights. The few times I have been able to let him "cry it out" in a somewhat accep | F | 1.8 | 12 days | 9/11/2008 | 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 | asthma | my son took singulair for two weeks after not taking it most of the summer in the past few days he has become worried easily,clingy,easily upset. he has irregular heartbeat on/off and since thursday may be having vision hallucinations which is very scary to him. he is seeing black images now some white,his eye ball has alot of red lines and i'm not sure but it might have been yellow. i have been giving him eye drops for the past day cause we thought he might have gotten something in his eye. it is sometimes itchy and hurts alittle after the drops.he was feeling weak/funny, headache and stomach aches. | as i reread the side affects i see over the years it could have been singulair all a long. fevers only that last over night, nightmares, stomach aches, headaches. since age 4 he has had Pneumonia 5 times. until this past february he has been seeing the same doctor since birth. we will talk to the new doctor in two weeks. he has been taking singular since age 3 and is now 11 1/2 years old. the past doctor would not let us stop it but i have stopped in on/off until he gets the signs of getting a cold. his asthma seens to be weather related/ high temperature/mold. today i talked to the pharmacy and they said the image could be hallucinations but he has not had any one have any problems with singulair. that we could try stopping it let it get out of his system and just start back with half a pill. we decided to stop and seek info from the new doctor. | M | 11 | 8 years | 8/23/2008 | 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 | 1 | allergies | my son which is almost 5 has been on Singulair and Zyrtec since he was 18 months, He has always had tantrums from time to time but in the last few months his attitude, behavior and mouth is awful. My family and I kept thinking he is almost 5 he shouldn't be acting this way anymore. He acts like the devil is in him at times, I never thought it could be the medicine, but after reading this today will be the last day I ever give it to him. He has severe allergies so I was trying to see what other parents were giving their children....anybody have any suggestions? | M | 4 | 2.5 years | 8/5/2008 | 4 | my son takes it for Asthma | He had 2 cases sinusitis during the first 5 weeks. Tired. He had some wheezing after the first 3 weeks, but nothing since then. | Right now I'm investigating wheater or not the Singulair is causing a rash whenever he has sun exposure. It looks like hives but less blotches and more spread out. | M | 2 | 3 months | 8/3/2008 | 1 | allergies/asthma | behavior change, swollen lips, terrible nightmares, fever, cough | My son was on this medication for 2 weeks. He had TERRIBLE side effects. It began with his temper. He became a different child. Then he started to complain that his bottom lip hurt and he would often scream and cry that it hurt so much. The next few nights were terrible. He cried and screamed in his sleep all night. On his last night he woke up with a high fever, chills, and was crying because of the ongoing nightmares. I called his doctor and took him off of it immediately. Do not give your children this medicine! It is so dangerous. I wish I would have known this before giving it to him. | M | 4 | 2 weeks | 7/27/2008 |