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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | asthma | irritability, aggressive, crying often | my daughter who is usually very sweet, and even tempered became very aggressive and irritable while taking this medication. | F | 6 | 6 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 9/20/2012 | 1 | year around alergies | My son was prescribed Floniase and Singulair because he has terrible allergies year around- we began the medication and about 3 weeks or so my husband and i notice my son (he was 12 at the time) developed a tic disorder. We thought at first stress-spoke to him and he said not under stress. I didn't relate the meds at the time. He ran out of meds and it was awhile before i got a refill. All of a sudden the tic disorders stopped. I still didn't think it was the meds. I was focused on him possbily being stressed and not telling us. When i refilled his meds and just gave him the Singulair NOT the Flonaise - soon after the Tic Disorder began again! I immediately equated it to the Singulair made him stop and threw them away. I have reviewed side effects and I am convinced this was caused from that medication. Regardless of no mention of this possibility. It was a scary moment to see him uncontrollably blinking his eyes and jerking -he said he didn't realize he was doing it. | I was told by his physician that this was not related, I am not convinced I am his parent I know my son- if all of sudden you as a parent notice a difference in your child PLEASE don't listen to anyone other than YOUR CHILD!!!! | M | 12 | 5 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 9/20/2012 | 1 | asthma symptoms | nightmares (black angel coming), seperation anxiety, lost friends, unable to function in school (missed over 20 days), hungry, depression, it was SO SAD | My son became so anxiey ridden he was unable to go to school, he cried and was depressed day and night, tried to hurt himself and he couldn't tell us why? We were in counseling and were about ready to try an antidepressant. The night before I was going to give it I searched this site. Thank the Lord. I stopped the Singular. It was the worst 6 months of his life. After 3 weeks off this horrible drug, he was finally getting better mentally. And his moods/altered mind set lingered for atleast 6 more months. DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILD. And the doctor still wanted to try it again??, I refused. There are other drugs to try. | M | 8 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 9/3/2012 | 1 | Asthma and allergies | anger, aggressiveness, inability to concentrate, inability to sit still, cannot hold hands still when in class and easily distracted, cannot sleep, easily upset, temper tantrums disobeying, not as happy as normal, not following directions | my six year old was placed on Singulair in place of Simbicort or proventil along with Loratadine to help with his Asthma and Allergies because he kept have bouts with Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory Infections about 2 weeks every month. But after about 2 weeks of Singulair, Daniel started becoming aggressive and a bully. He did not want to be away from me, but he was extremely rude. He has also gained about 15 pounds while on Singulair. I have taken him off Singulair and I am going to call his doctor to have him placed on another medication for his Asthma and Allergies. He was doing fine on Simbicort and Claratin, but I realize that they do not want children on steriods for long periods of time. | M | 6 | 30 days 5 mg 1X day | 8/27/2012 | 1 | allergy induced asthma | Very emotional in the beginning with crying spells after change in dosage to 4mg. Difference in attitude, mood, depressed. Anger issues and outburst with family. Difficulty sleeping. Afraid to go to sleep at night. Anxiety levels very high. | This medication controlled asthma. HOWEVER it will cause horrible side effects in your child. Do not use this medication. I wish that I had realized it was the medication causing my sons problems so much sooner. THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE if you really want to help your child. | M | 6 | 2 years 4mg 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 1 | Allergy/asthma | Extreme anxiety, could not fall asleep or stay asleep, major behavior problems, proximity fears, aggressive, laugh when in trouble, sleepwalk, nightmares, fear of bedtime, very emotional and change moods within seconds | M | 5 | 3 months | 7/26/2012 | 1 | Asthma | Anxiety, depression and hopelessness, nightmares, hallucinations, headaches, inability to control anger, sore joints | M | 8 | 2 years 1 x 5mg D | 7/21/2012 | 2 | Asthma | Loss of appetite, waking 10-15 times a night, extremely irritable - having meltdowns over nothing, very clingy, chewing on her fingers constantly | My daughter (20 months) was put on this medication to try to control her viral induced asthma. 1 week after starting the medication, her appetite began to dwindle. A couple of days later, she started waking many times a night (previously a very good sleeper) and became really aggressive, miserable and clingy. We took her off Singulair at the recommendation of her nurse and just 1 day off it, I am seeing a huge improvement. She only woke twice during the night, ate all her lunch and is happy and no longer clingy. My little girl is back! We are restarting Singulair on Friday just to see if the same side effects flare up - if they do, she will stop treatment completely. | F | 1 | 14 days 4mg 1X day | 6/12/2012 | 5 | severe ashtma cough, pet allergies | nothing | was very scared to try my son on this , but after seeing him in such pain with the permanantcough and not being able to be around animals thought i would give it a try , . there has been no side affects at all like what has been described on this site, his cough has virtually gone , he can run around without needing to stop and take blue inhaler, hes spent 4 hrs at the weekend around a very hairy dog and was fine, this tablet has been a god send 4 my son and i will continue to let him have it. please dont be put off by the scary negative comments, everybodys child is different, please give this medicine a chance | M | 7 | 2 weeks 4 mg 1X day | 6/4/2012 | 1 | Bad allergies | Bad dreams, Restlessness, Irritability, Sleepwalking, Fear, Crying spells. | My 5yr old daughter has been on this for a little over two weeks. She is also on 10mg of Zyrtec. The Zyrtec has never given her any problems. It just was not working on it's own. Once she started taking Singular, it helped almost instantly. But, then, she changed. She started having a nasty attitude. She was going out of her way to disobey us. She was becoming very aggressive. This is nothing like her normal self. She is now extremely scared to be in another part of the house without someone with her. She started getting up and standing in her floor peeing. She would be asleep and not know what was going on. At first I had blamed it on her no longer taking naps at preschool. But she had stopped them a few months ago. What clicked was tonight. She had gotten out of bed. Walked over to her dresser. Peed in the floor. Then, climbed back in bed. My husband woke her up to change. She had no clue she was even wet. She swore she did not pee her pants. She had no memory of getting out of bed. She has only done this since being on Singular. She has been dry through the night for several years before this. She has also been complaining of her stomach bothering her on several occasions. She has also had quite a few meltdowns over nothing. She had one again tonight right before bed. She is normally a very laid back happy smart little girl. But, since being in Singular, she is completely different. I am not giving her anymore of this medicine. I was afraid to give it to her to begin with. | F | 5 | 2 weeks 5mg 1X day | 5/14/2012 | 2 | asthma | Son commenced singulair 4mg a day when he about 3 years old for asthma that was getting very severe. Great at first, asthma cleared right up so we could put the inhaler away almost completely. Slow but progressive behavioural problems in preschool and kindergarten to point we took him out of school as disrupting other students and teachers. He seemed so angry, touchy, hypersensitive and miserable. Didn't consider Singulair to be the cause until we revisited the medi info as we were at wits end. Also son has preexisting problems with ears which we misinterpreted as being partial cause of problems.. Been off Singulair for over 3 weeks now with doctor's consent with management and he has really lifted in mood and has improved dramatically at school. The doctor does not seem to rate the side affect very seriously. The longer term affect of the drug seems to have altered our son's overall perceptions of his world. He's much happier already but he still draws things that worry his teacher f | Works great on the asthma symptoms but be absolutely vigilant for side effects on mood. I would say only to prescribe this to children old enough to realise and be able to communicate that they are getting depressed or moody etc. My son was still learning to speak when he started on singulair, coupled with hearing difficultes which clouded our view of what was happening to him. | M | 6 | 2 years 4mg 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 1 | My two yr old son for allergies | My son went from being a cuddly, affectionate child to being a complete terror. He throws things, he smacks people, he deliberately does things repeatedly with you standing right there even though he was told know, then he laughs when you yell. | My son is not this child and I'm glad that I caught it when I did. I feel sorry for those parents whose children have suffered longer and worse than my son, but knowing this, he's off effective immediately. Why don't they warn you about these symptoms??? | M | 2 | 3 days 4mg 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 1 | Allergies | My 2 year old was prescribed Singular along with Nasonex and allergy shots for allergies. She has experienced horrible night terrors, mood changes, hitting and slapping episodes. I discounted these behaviors to change in routine (moving from a crib to bed)and bad behavior picked up at daycare. It wasn't until I was at a social gathering and a group of Mothers were talking about allergies. Several Mothers were discribing side effects of Singular and why they stopped giving it to their children..I was shocked...they just described my daughter for the past 6 months! I feel horrible that I didn't research myself! I answered the allergist's questions when asked how my daughter was doing with the medication..."she's doing great, no more running noses and cold are less frequent"..I didn't know what to ask or what to report on.Shame on me for not doing research, Shame on the doctors for not warning! | F | 2.5 | 6 months 4mg 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 3 | Asthma | My son has been on Singlair for nearly a month. It's such a relief that he is not having asthma attacks anymore. However, most days I don't feel like I know my son anymore. He is moody and snaps at me for the smallest things. He gets very aggressive and very Hypa. I'm going to take him off the tablets and see my doctor if we can prevent his asthma another way. | M | 5 | 12 months 5 1X day | 3/10/2012 | 1 | Asthma | A few weeks after starting my 5 year old on Singulair, he began having nightmares. And, later he began having night terrors! Every single night. As soon as we figured out that Singulair might be causing the night terrors, we stopped giving it to him... and, sure enough, the night terrors stopped! Thank god! :) | F | 5 | 7 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 3/8/2012 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | My 2 1/2 year old son was prescribed Singulair for allergies (also takes Zyrtec and Nasonex). He had trouble sleeping, woke up with nightmares a few times, would wake up tired from not sleeping well, he would throw huge tantrums (throwing things, kicking and hitting the wall, screaming), and the last straw was the day he threatened me for trying to wash his hands. In his words, "I want to cut your face mommy." Needless to say, we took him off of it right away and called the doctor. | Be extremely careful when you have a child on this drug. If there are ANY changes in behavior talk to your doctor immediately. | M | 2.5 | 3 weeks 4mg 1X day | 3/5/2012 | 1 | Asthma | At age 5 my daughter has really been struggling with Allergy/Asthma. I finally gave in and started her on Singulair. After 1 week, I noticed SEVERE mood changes. Sad, Crying A LOT, issues with being away from me, not sleeping, sleep walking, and VERY aggressive. None of which is anything like her! Tonight is only the second night not taking it, and I hope this nightmare ends soon! I can't believe something like this is prescribed, and not carefully monitored. Zyrtec is our best friend!!! | F | 5 | 15 days 5mg 1X day | 3/4/2012 | 1 | Asthma | My young daughter tried it, but it made her mood swings horrible and made her just crazy. Since then, we took her off it and tell all doctors, she's allergic to her. Too many horrible side affects. | Should be taken off market for children. | F | 6 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 3/3/2012 | 1 | Allergies | Severe mood changes in school. Being a great student to being sent to the office frequently for his bad behavior. | My 6 year old son took singulair and advair together for two months from October to December 9; because of his seasonal allergies he got sick almost once a month so his doctor recommended both medications. On November 7 the nurse called me from school that my son had peed on his pants. My son had never done this in school, but he said that he didn't make it. So I disregarded the incident. Then I got more calls from the nurse for the same reason and when I'll go to school to drop his clothes he will be crying that he missed me a lot. He got very emotional in school, all of a sudden he will start crying for no reason or scream in the middle of class. I didn't know what was going on. I had several conferences with his teacher were she said that he stop doing his work in class. I couldn't understand what was going on. I took him to his doctor and she said that he seem fine that maybe he was just going thru one of those periods were kids just get tired of school and work. We went thru this for about a month I got very frustrated. On December 9, I took him to school and came home crying and praying to God to help me find an answer. I went to the kitchen and saw his medication google it and found this website and many more forums describing the same symptoms my son was going thru. That day I took him off the medicine and call his doctor. It took 5 weeks to see a great change in my sons school grades. Thanks to God and these forums my son was back. | M | 6 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 2/16/2012 | 1 | Asthma allergies | My daughter was in singular when she was around 5 and I took her off because I didnt think it was helping .. Also her personality seemed depressed.. That being said recently we have had a hard time controlling her asthma exacerbations so her allergist suggested we try it again.... WRONG ! after taking it for 2 weeks I notice her personality changing ... Very angry, mood swings , yelling and screaming over little or nothing . This is not her Normal self .one night last week she came home from school and was very angry because we didn't have the snack she wanted. She started freaking out! I sent her to her room to calm down and she is screaming "Im gonna kill myself!! I hate you!! Then she opened up her window and jumped out!!!!!! She did not get hurt!! THANK God!! We live in a split level so it was not as high as a normal 2nd story window , but HIGH ENOUG!! Be very careful when taking this drug or giving it to children!! Weigh tbd risks and benefits !! Never EVER AGAIN!!! | F | 9 | 2 weeks 5mg | 1/14/2012 |