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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Allergies and asthma | Oddly, my son has episodes of night terrors as well. I never thought of it possibly being related to the singulair until reading the other posts! | M | 9 | 10 days 30 mg | 4/22/2014 | 1 | Asthma | I definitely urge parents not to take this medicine. My daughter is 3 years old and was given this occasionally when she had asthma. Maybe like 3 times year, for a short duration of 4 days. Recently, the doctor gave her this again for 4 days. Today is the 5th day that she has withdrawn from the medicine yet it has changed her personality completely. She has become aggressive and screams that she wants to throw out her favourite teddy bear in the garbage. It's scary. As you can see no kid in the right state of mind would ever suggest this. She was not joking, she was serious about it. My worst experience are the night terrors. At first she will kick and scream about opening the door for 10 minutes, now her episodes last for 30 minutes. It is very frightening to watch. I don't know when the side effects will wear off. I miss having a sweet and happy kid. | F | 3 | 4 days 4mg | 4/10/2014 | 1 | seasonal allergies, rhinitis | anxiety, depression, insomnia, isolation, panic attacks, She did take this for two years with no issues but once put back on it a year later things took a scary turn. | I am posting this on behalf of my then 10 year old daughter who began taking Singulair (brand) at about age 7 until age 9 and then put her back on it at age 10 for about 16 days. After about three weeks, my daughter came home a completely different person. It was as if a light switch had gone on or off. She had anxiety at a level I've never experienced, panic attacks, feelings of throat tightening which I believe was a byproduct of the anxiety. Since, this was so sudden and not gradual I had to ask myself what had changed. I realized that she had just began taking the generic Singulair and stopped immediately and took her to the pediatrician for confirmation that it was the right thing to do (honestly, I would have done it with or without the doctors permission) This occurred on June 13, 2013 and within about 3 weeks we saw marked improvement and also had began seeing a counselor and doing a LOT of cognitive behavior therapy on a minute by minute basis. This was a happy go lucky, goofy, playful, funny, smart, outgoing child that retreated to her room and was in a panic when I was not near here. I literally slept in her room for 2 weeks. She would cry for no reason and stopped eating - lost about 7 pounds. It was quite possibly the most frightening time in my life and obviously hers. She has rebounded well but I do see some residual effects quite possibly because of the memory of how she felt. I would NEVER recommend taking this medication and especially not fo | F | 10 | 2 years 5mg 1X day | 4/2/2014 | 1 | recurrent chest infections | My 2y old son went from being normal 2yr old with the usual moods to a child with no interest in playing, aggressive `I'm cross and angry`, 3hr tantrums. He was like a different child.He no longer needed steroids but did still need ventolin. We got to a point when we couldn't cope and stopped montelukast. Within 3 days our happy playful little boy was back - singing and not being cross. Now is a normal 2yr old having tantrums still but 10mins not 3hrs. He's not going back on it. We felt awful for having put him through it. He couldn't express what was wrong so we don't know if it was psychological or physical. | M | 2 | 6 weeks | 3/10/2014 | 4 | astma chronic coughing | He has less coughing, sleepyness, he ha been using it since he was two. Without it it is non stop coughing. | M | 8 | 1 days 4mg | 11/24/2013 | 3 | Asthma | Symptoms of allergies and asthma have abated, which is good. However, depression and crying and thoughts of dying or never even being born have come up frequently. This last time has been the most severe and my son will not be taking another dose. | Weighing benefits and side effects is up to the individual. A 9 year old is not mentally strong enough to fight depression. | M | 9 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 10/7/2013 | 1 | Allergies | My daughter is 3, after 1 week of taking this, she began bed wetting which she had never done, was seeing people who were not there, woke up screaming from nightmares that she said a man was trying to take her away, and worst of all last night she woke up screaming hysterically and was like this 4 hours, saying get them off spiders and other things were crawling on her and were getting her, she is. Ow scared of the dark, won't sleep. Even all day has said things were crawling on her. Scary to think our next 2 weeks may be like this paranoia schizophrenia episodes. And wonder the lasting mental scars it will leave for such a young child. | My daughter has taken Singulair for the last 2 weeks and it has helped her symptoms of allergies greatly, it does not offset the extreme side effects it caused. | F | 3 | 2 weeks 4mg 1X day | 9/25/2013 | 1 | Asthma | Extreme aggression. | On behalf of my son. He stopped this drug nearly 2 years ago, but is still very aggressive. Before singulair, there was no aggression at all. He is being checked out for residual damage from singulair. | M | 8 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 9/8/2013 | 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 | Sinus | Night mares , crying , mood changes , crying a lot | M | 2 | 2 weeks Granuals | 5/7/2013 | 2 | Asthma | Anger, frustration, angst, introversion, depression, fainting | My son began taking Singulair when he was 7. We were warned about behavioral issues (ADD like symptoms, insomnia, irritability, etc.) and didn't really notice any change. We recently noticed that my son was hiding it and not taking it (chalk it up to being 12?). Oddly, this surly, angry, frustrated tween I've been dealing with for 2 years went away and my son is back to his silly, funny, not perfect but fun self. He's not as obsessive and introverted (e.g., hooked on video games) and is back out playing basketball with his brother, volunteering to help with his dad, etc. We thought, for a moment, he grew out of being a surly pre-teen. But no...the day we realized he stopped taking it (mid spring-flowering trees, of course), we asked, and he insisted it was an accident and took it in front of us. He fainted at school. Come to find out that fainting is a rare but side effect of singulair. Meanwhile, I add that together with this "normal" kid who is back in our lives and I realize that something happens pre-puberty where kids just don't process it the same. If your kid is on Singulair and you're noticing the "teen angst" -- consider it might be his meds. | M | 12 | 5 years 5 mg 1X day | 4/26/2013 | 1 | asthma | Bed wetting, nightmares, mood swings, anger outburst, very sensitive and would cry easily. | My son was prescribed this medication in attempt to help his asthma. He became a different person. After reading the side effects, I decided to stop this medication. I am thankful he was only on it for 3 months. I wish we never started it. | M | 6 | 3 months 1X day | 4/13/2013 | 1 | Allergies | Hallucination, night terror, fear, anxiety, restless, insomnia, etc. My two boys 7 and 8, and myself 38 has been on this drug 6 months and longer,and I NEVER did the connection to this drug till a friend of mine mention her problem with her child and had made the connection to this medication. I found this site and I was very much disturbed reading other parents description on their children. It was like reading my own children's problem. My son after being on this med were telling me he saw an angel at night staring at him by his door,both boys were afraid to go to different areas of the house, mode swings, terrified to go to sleep in fear of the bad dreams, 3-4 hours every night before they both could fall asleep, wetting their beds, could not sit still at dinner etc, legs keep moving and they were very restless, teasing each other all the time about everything, crying very easy, both started talking more about death and had a lot of deep questions about it. They were both getting very sensitive about things and very emotional about things, panic attacks, example: one son was very overwhelmed about how he was going to care for his teddy bears and had a panic attack and hyperventilate about it, you could see the fear in their eyes. Fear about the weather all the time... I can go on and on and on and my two boys had changed so much in just six months. I thought maybe they were just going through a phase. I also have a third boy who is five who didn't have any of this behavior | M | 8 | 6 months | 1/23/2013 | 3 | Asthma & Allergies | My child has been taking Singulair. She experiences excessive bed wetting. Another issue is that her teeth are all full of decay and we are wondering if its the little pink pill that sits on her teeth all night long after we dispense at bedtime. | Have other families seen tooth decay/broken molars as an issue with Singulaire? I know if we stay on this medication, we are changing the time we give her the Singulaire chewable pill, definitely before brushing our teeth. | F | 6 | 2 years 5MG 1X day | 1/21/2013 | 1 | Chronic Cough | Restlessness Nausea Throwing Up Won't fall asleep | My daughter was prescribed singulair after being diagnosed with influenza A three weeks ago and has had a lingering chronic cough that will not leave. The first 2 nights on singulair she was not able to fall asleep due to restlessness and she was "scared of the dark." The third night she complained of her stomach hurting and puked twice (no fever) and was fine after completely emptying her stomach. I will never use this drug again! Parents please educate yourselves before giving your children such a strong medicine!!!!! | F | 3 | 3 days 4 MG 1X day | 12/29/2012 | 2 | Sever asthma | Night terrors, started wetting bed nightly, uncontrollable crying and temper tantrums, became very rude, defiant, stopped listening, aggressive, grinding teeth in sleep, always complained of her " body hurting" itchy privates, hyperactivity, physically hurting others... Depression started saying she was sad all the time but didn't know why ? | F | 3 | 2 years 4mg | 11/3/2012 | 1 | Asthma | thoughts of dying, scared, bad dreams, very short temper, aggressive, hyperactive, angry complete change of personality | My daughter was prescibed Singulair after a hospital admission. Her Asthma is thought to be triggered by viruses. The tablets seemed to have good effect with regards to her Asthma. She has been in and out of hospital too much in her short life and i was really hopeful that we had found something to help her. A month later her baby sister was born, she became very aggressive, would get extremely angry at the smallest thing and scream and shout, she had nightmares about fires and was scared to stay at friends who had an open fire. She would hit out and not listen, she was impossible to reason with and could not sit still at all. Her pre-school teachers started to ask if she was on Steriods as they knew these made her hyper, but she wasnt. This drug has it's place, but it's not right for my child, her behaviour was blamed on having a new baby around, i felt awful when i realised. After a week of stopping it she was calmer, after three i had my lovely affectionate, good little girl back, be very careful to monitor side effects if you have to try this drug, it certainly doesnt seen to be good for alot of children. | F | 4 | 1 years 2mg 1X day | 10/9/2012 | 1 | Asthma/Allergy | night terrors, anxious, anxiety, my child seemed to live in fear | Singulair became one of the major medications used to try to get her asthma under control. She had horriable dreams that would send her fleeing from the bed at night. Even when awake, the dreams seemed to continue. She lived in fear. Never wanted to be alone. She was sleeping with me, and even then she remained afraid. When someone suggested it might be singular I notified her doctor right away and she was taken off the drug. The removal of singulair makes me feel as if I have my daughter back. She's no longer afraid. She's sleeping in her room and will even hang out downstairs alone! This is big people! I almost feel like we as parents are forced to choose between our children's sanity and their ability to breathe. | F | 7 | 1 years 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 1 | asthma | Normally a happy child. After taken Singular for 3 days, he was depress, violent, itchy throat. Would go in another room and cry instead being with the family. | M | 6 | 3 days 5mg | 10/1/2012 | 1 | Asthma/Allergies | Trouble falling asleep, moodiness, anxiety, trouble with school work | My daughter is a straight-A student who has always enjoyed interacting with people. She is always up for anything, is a wonderful helper, and has never had trouble falling asleep. She took this medication for one week and reported trouble sleeping. She then cried 3x this week over nothing. Had a very bad attitude at the beach (I could count on one hand the times she's ever had a bad attitude). And brought home a 60 on a math test! She receives letters from the state senator every year for her outstanding math scores. She is old enough to express that she was feeling weird, and she thought it might be hormones. I thought so too for a second, and then this medication popped into my mind! She has been faithfully taking it every night, and I was so proud of her for remembering to take it. What a shock when I came online to read all the testimonials!!!!!! Do not overlook the fact that this medication could very well be what is causing your child distress! | F | 11 | 7 days 5 1X day | 9/30/2012 |