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SINGULAIR  (MONTELUKAST SODIUM):  Montelukast is used regularly to prevent the wheezing and shortness of breath caused by asthma and decrease the number of asthma attacks. Montelukast is also used before exercise to prevent breathing problems during exercise (bronchospasm). This medication can help decrease the number of times you need to use your rescue inhaler. This medication is also used to relieve symptoms of hay fever and allergic rhinitis (such as sneezing, stuffy/runny/itchy nose). This medication does not work right away and should not be used to treat sudden asthma attacks or other breathing problems. This drug works by blocking certain natural substances (leukotrienes) that may cause or worsen asthma and allergies. It helps make breathing easier by reducing swelling (inflammation) in the airways.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-02-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  My 6yo son was taking for mild asthma Hallucinations Night terrors Difficulty paying attention Severe mood swings Crying M 6 1 years
5mg
8/31/2016
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 1  Allergies Fear, terrible anxiety, crying, complete mood change for my son. He was the happiest boy and then went to the saddest, most fearful child. WORST DRUG EVER! I would NEVER give this to a child. The doctor took no responsibility for my son't reaction to the medication. M 6 6 weeks
5 mg 1X day
4/8/2016
 1  Urticaria Dark circles and became flat,glum and tearful and also very tired. Horrible medication. Seeing the change in my daughter was very upsetting. Medicine now stopped but have be warned that it could take a while to leave her system. F 12 5 days
5mg 1X day
3/18/2016
 1  My son for breathing/asthma/allergies Awful, awful drug! Sent my son into a tailspin. Terrified of everything, anxious, crying, certain he was dying, wouldn't leave my side. Said to me, "I can't control my brain! I don't know how to!" Terrible drug. Do not use. M 8 1 months
10 mg
2/11/2016
 1  Asthma and allergies My son was on this for one day and he had horrible panic and anxiety attacks. Poor thing didn’t even want to go outside and he loves playing outside. He cant stand dog noises either when he loves our dog at home. NOT RECCOMENDED AT ALL! NOT WORTH IT! M 1 1 days
4 mg
2/10/2016
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 1  allergies My son developed uncontrollable anxiety, crying, irrational fears and thoughts, body pains, muscle twitches. I feel horrible that I allowed him to be put on this medication. I will NEVER trust big pharma. They know M 11 3 weeks
5
1/4/2016
 1  Sinus/Allergies My 11 year old son taking for 3 weeks. Last night in ER for severe body tremor and double vision. This is the ONLY medication he is on. Dr. said this drug may cause these side effects. I would use extreme caution using this drug in children. Informed prescribing physician and will insist on letting Merck know this happened. This drug should be used with EXTREME CAUTION. Never again for my son. Merck needs to be upfront about these potential side effects. I am hearing this more and more with this drug. M 11 3 weeks
5mg 1X day
12/1/2015
 5  dust mites allergies No side effect No side effect.its like magic..very helpful.no more night nose blockage or eys irritaion.life is so happy with this..thnx M 4 1 days
4mg
10/2/2015
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 1  To help with asthma/allergies Sleepless nights, depression, quick to anger and most importantly violent voices yelling in my daughters head. She was terrified. We stopped after 7 days and the side effects are going away. Our pediatrician dismissed this as we called her and recommended a psychiatrist. No one took the extra step to help till the Walgreens pharmacist pointed the side effects out to us. We're not alone and the side effects are real. F 11 7 days
9/11/2015
 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/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  asthma My daughter took montelukast from the age of 3yrs for poorly controlled asthma symptoms. Over a period of time, we noticed her usual cheerful personality changed and she became more subdued. She began complaining of bad headaches,to the extent she couldn't bend down. GP said they were stress related,which I questioned as I couldn't believe a 6yr old child could be suffering from stress. I read up on her medications and decided upon myself to stop montelukast, much to the anger of her asthma consultant. The headaches ceased and she became more like her old self. Shortly after this time, we noticed that she was pulling her eyelashes/eyebrows out(in secret) and couldn't explain why she was doing this. She was refered to CAAMHS and diagnosed with severe anxiety issues, but continues to pull her hair out to this day-she is now 9yrs old. I felt guilty that I stopped her asthma medication- which is still poorly controlled-assuming that the GP's initial diagnosis of stress headaches was probably correct. Last week, her consultant re-prescribed montelukast & the headaches have started again. This has now lead me to think that I was right after all about the headaches and after reading comments on this website that possibly my 9 year old daughter's 'mental health' issues stem from the prolonged use of montelukast during her early years. See above F 3 3 years
5mg
2/26/2015
 1  allergy my daughter has seasonal allergies in the spring and fall. She has been on and off singulair and zyrtec since she was little. for years we experienced aggressive behavior depression anxiety suicidal thoughts night terrors and urine problems.we had seen several doctors for second opinions was in counseling and she was on anxiety medicine . In the spring of 2014 when I refilled her singulair prescription a new warning label came out with all of the issues I listed above. the FDA has had so many complaints that they mandated the drug company to list of side effects. my daughter will not take any allergy medications do to her adverse reaction. she has been off for over a year now and she is the most wonderful 11-year-old any mother could ask for. I encourage you to Make a complain to be FDA regarding this medication. The drug is advertised for children with asthma but it is harder on their system to tolerate it. My heart ackes for the other families going through this. do your research and help make the side effects of these drugs public knowledge. F 11 1 years
2/9/2015
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 1  cold enduced asthma My son would cry and say everyone hated him and he wanted to die. He had singulair befor, but only at a week at a time. So his doctor thought it was not the singulair. This was the 1st time I thought, I shoud do what my doc says and give it to him everyday, so i actuall kept giving my son the meds for another month! After we stopped the singulair and it got out of his system he went back to being his normal self. 6 2 months
5mg
2/4/2015
 3  asthma I have noticed several concerns, beginning with bed wetting followed by night terrors, constant leg pain, very sensitive when dosing restarts. My son is 5 and has wet the bed almost every night for a long time. I recently failed to give him his medicine and noticed he was dry the following morning. We tried the experiment again, with the same results. I will be interested to see if he leg pain subsides as well. The night terrors happened at the beginning of dosing and have subsided. M 5 1 years
5mg 1X day
10/20/2014
 2  Environmental Allergies Facial and vocal tics. My daughter first used montelukast on and off for a year and then continuously everyday for a month and a half. First, we noticed blinking, then nodding. Then when she was using the meds everyday for about 45 days, she developed horrendously grotesque mouth contortions and hard eye blinking. It was disturbing and alarming to watch. We thought she had tourets syndrome. We did not make the connection until we ran out of meds and didn't refill the script for almost 2 months over the summer. Her tics went away. Most recently, our daughter's allergies flared up again and so on Monday we began giving her the montelukast again. Today, she started with the nodding and blinking tics once again. It has to be this medication. F 10 4 days
1 tablet/d
10/1/2014
 1  asthma/allergies My son had been complaining of night mares, very scared at night when left alone in the bedroom to the extent I or my husband will put him to sleep every night, very disturbed sleep,very sensitive,cries for every little thing, lately expressed that he will die first than us his parents,very restless when sitting on a chair he will keep moving his legs or arms and said cant help himself and lots of stomach aches. It just donned on me now when I put everything together what Ive seen in my son and reading all the comments. It just scare me to death that I'm putting my son in this situation. Definitely, I will be stopping this medicine not to let my son take it. I will let his allergist know tomorrow. It is so sad that nothing has been mentioned in the leaflet with regards to this drug side effects. M 8 4 years
5mg 1X day
7/27/2014
 1  Allergies My daughter's personality changed completely starting at about the 2nd month. She became hostile, easily angered, stopped playing and would cry about every little think. She had terrible fear of everything and anxiety attacks. She would fear when I left the house and would no longer stay overnight at her grandmas house which was always her favorite thing to do. It was so worrisome. Then I looked up the side effects of singular and took her off it immediately. You need to also go to the FDA sight and make a complaint. Never give your child this medicine. She also had daily headaches and hot flashes. F 10 3 months
2mg 1X day
7/23/2014
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 1  allergies vocal and motor tics its a horrible drug and they dont mention tics when they perscribe it and the bottle does not say anything about ticks and guess what neather does the paperwork you get with the medicine its crazy there trying to make this otc i wish someone/allot of people would get together and file a suit against them for selling something and not labeling it the dr had no clue but the hospital was like oh yeah she's on sigulair thats a possible side effect stop taking it well my now 9 year old still has the tics cant go to a movie gets bitched at by teachers and guides on fieldtrips etc i took her off the meds and the tics have gotten a lil better but its still a daily problem for her and just sad that she didnt have this problem and now she does and the company who makes the drug takes no responsibility 9
1X day
4/30/2014
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 1  Allergies Not sure if it was due to singulair but my daughter took 1 dose, that night I researched the drug as I always do when Dr. Prescribes something for my children, after reading about side effects I decided not worth keeping her on it to see if she would get them, day or so after the dose she suddenly wanted to quit gymnastics team she's been on for three years, when asked why she would say I don't know and start crying, one dose seems very small to cause symptoms but I really am wondering if possible, it's been about a week since she has taken it and yesterday she seemed happy after gymnastics class, anyone else notice symptoms after only 1 dose? F 12 1 days
5mg
4/27/2014
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