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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Seasonal allergies | My then 2 year old was on this drug for mild allergies for 18 months she suffered extreme fear, anxiety, depression, memory loss, confusion, agression, self harm, tummy aches and pains in all parts of her body, always sad and scared, loss of communication and emotion, agression towards others and herself, bed wetting, Hallucinations, hearing voices, could not sleep or sleep alone. We were not informed of these neurospsychiatric side effects or any of these others we assumed it was a toddler and the terrible 2 and 3s but we now know it wasnt. We took her off and her recovery began with withdrawals and intensified side effects slowly she become the little girl I knew she always was. 6 months on and she has recovered but we dont know what damage that drug did to my little girl. | This should not be given to children who cannot explain themselves or their emotions | F | 3 | 18 months 4mg | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Asthma allergies | Behavior problems, night terrors, sleep problems, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, suicidal, emotional breakdowns and this continues. She is 16! | I am so frustrated that no one in the medical field informed me of the life altering psychiatric changes. No one! Not 1! My child is forever changed by this drug! | F | 8 | 7 days 10 | 10/15/2019 | 1 | My son took it for asthma with alle | Horrible night terrors, anxiety, anger, depression, constant crying, fear, upset stomach, loss of appetite, weight loss. | This drug is dangerous for our kids! Get it off the market. My child still has lingering issues even after stopping this nightmare drug. | M | 6 | 100 days 10 | 10/15/2019 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Anxiety, depression and hopelessness, nightmares, hallucinations, headaches, inability to control anger, sore joints | M | 8 | 2 years 1 x 5mg D | 7/21/2012 | 1 | asthma | Nightmares, suicide ideation, hallucinations, threat of violence to others, severe headaches, pain in joints, depression, reckless behavior, anger/hostility/aggression, fatigue. | Do not take this drug! It is poison. There are other, much safer, alternatives. Contact FDA, contact Merck, contact all your health care providers, contact your school counselors, contact the press, tell everyone you know. This is Merck's biggest money maker. This drug should not be given to children! | F | 11 | 24 days 5 mg 1X day | 11/27/2011 | 1 | allergies and asthma | severe anxiety, hallucinations, unable to sleep due to terrifying dreams, self-harm behavior, sadness, agoraphobia, separation anxiety | My son has been on Singulair for 4 years now and is 4.5 now. On April 22, 2011, he developed severe separation anxiety, agoraphobia, hallucinations, severe sadness, self-harm behaviors, and difficulty sleeping due to terrifying dreams. Over the course of three days we were in the emergency room 3 times due ot this behavior. On the 3rd emergency room visit, he was admitted to Helen Devos Children's Hospital. Doctors were baffled at his behavior using Ativan, Versed, Haldol, and Risperidone to attempt to help. We had to put restraints on him as his symptoms increased in intensity to keep him safe as he was trying to bite off his fingers, scratching at his skin, and banging his head. He had brain scans and an EEG. He was seen by neurology, psychiatry, infectious disease, toxicology, etc. After being hospitalized and with no relief from the anti-psychotic medications for 3 days, a psychiatrist found infomation on the internet about psychosis in children who were taking Singulair. With no answers yet, and nothing else to do, she tried taking him off of the drug. With in 3 days, he was back to normal, and happier than ever. He's been off the drug for 12 days. He has had 3 episodes of anxiety attacks since then, but nothing like he had in the hospital. Are you going through this too? PLEASE contact me! | M | 4 | 4 years 4mg 1X day | 5/9/2011 | 1 | asthma | anger, insomnia, aggression, depression | did work wonders for my sons coughing and allergies, but not worth the side effects at all. dangerous! | M | 7 | 6 months 5mgs 1X day | 4/10/2011 | 1 | allergies | Severe Mood swings, violent behavior, easily agitated, mild-moderate depression. No energy or reason to go on. Panic attacks. | Some people may do fine on this drug but not me. | F | 9 | 3 years 6 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 1 | Chronic Rhinitis, Asthma | Anxiety, depression, loss of control, leg pain, etc. | I had no idea when we started our daughter on this drug several years ago that it had the impact that it did. My daughter has had many lung/nasal issues her whole life and started Singulair in combo with other drugs when she was about 3. When she was 5 her teacher mentioned that she seemed to "zone out" often. In 1st grade her anxiety ramped up and she was caught poking herself in the arm with a pencil. This is when we started her in counseling. We stopped Singulair in the summer between 1st and 2nd grade because we thought she didn't need it anymore. She flourished in 2nd grade and we thought it was due to the counseling. This spring we started her back on Singulair for her nasal issues and by the end of the summer we noticed that her behavior had regressed. She was anxious, kept saying that her brain was telling her what to do, several OCD-like actions that she couldn't stop, she felt "weird", unable to cope with small annoyances. Her counselor and I were perplexed. At a recent appt with doc for refill of Singulair she mentioned the side effects. I was appalled! It all started to make sense. We stopped the drug that night and she has been slowly improving. The major impact has been on her anxiety. She is so much calmer and happier. This drug is EVIL!! | F | 8 | 5 years 5mg 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | Asthma | joint pain, horror dreams, sadness, feeling depressed, angry, agrresive beahavior, headache, stomachache, legs pain, attempting suiside, worring, can't sleep, not doing school papers, not really listening to mom and dad, keeping secrets away from mom and dad, having sleep problems, not having a good appitite,eye rolling,diarrhea | I've experieced an attempt to stab myself with a knife, I've said NO alot to my mom & dad i've tried to sleep at night but I could not sleep more than 7 hours I've complained about not sleeping I look like I'm sleeping but I was not asleep I fell suddenly at my freinds house it looked like my back was the problem I have bad dreams my wrist pain makes me refuse to do school work I feel like I want to fight someone I do not eat like normal I like to be alone alot & my leg pain makes me not go to sleep so does my back pain I feel like pukeing & my stomach hurts & I have diarrhea evrey day I like to stay away from people & I have lots of enemies I roll my eyes alot & I do not recommend singulair to anyone | M | 9 | 8 years 4-5 mg 1X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Asthma | Suicide attempt, depression, scary dreams, mood swings, easily crying, hallucinations, headache, abdominal pain, lower back pain, sadness, biting nails and fingers, fatigue | our son is 9 years old been on singulair since the age of 2. We had recent problem with him forgetting his stuff in school, lost his progress report, not finishing all his work in class and recently had a grade D in english. He was always an outstanding student and he is in gifted program. upon talking to him he stated that he was depressed and attempted to stab himself with a knife. He has been hallucinating and feeling unsafe with scary dreams. Upon reading about singulair we noticed that it can cause suicide, depression and hallucinations. We are going to stop singulair today and see what happen. | M | 9 | 7 years 5 mg 1X day | 12/26/2010 | 1 | asthma | My 12 year old son was recently diagnosed with Asthma and was prescribed singulair. He rapidly changed in behavior, going from a happy, social kid to a depressed, sad, angry, anxious kid. He has mood swings, crying for no reason, sadness, says he doesn't care about having friends anymore, he doesn't want to live this way. Naturally, we were terrified. We could not understand what was happening to our son. Took him to the doc today and she took him off the singulair. I am praying that this will be the turning point for him. | M | 12 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 |
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)