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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | allergy symptoms, coughing | My 3 1/2 year old daughter has taken Singulair for 2 days. Last night she was so restless and agitated, she went to sleep at 1:00 a.m. She has also been complaining of her leg hurting, which I've seen in another comment too. In addition she is cranky but I'm not 100% sure if it's from this. But, just in case I'm going to discontinue this medication. It's Tylenol Cold & Dimetapp for us! | F | 3.5 | 2 days | 4/16/2009 | 1 | asthma | My daughter started taking this at 3 for bad asthma and allergies all the sudden she began peeing on herself and we took her off it and she stopped we did this two different times and same thing happened. When she was 6 we tried it again she took it a few weeks i noticed she was very moody, she would cry over anything and the crying would last for an hour. She threw a water bottle at me one day, this is NOT like my child at all it also made her where she could not sleep at night. We took her off and she has been fine so it was the singulair that did it. DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILD!! My child has SEVERE asthma and we will find a different medication | F | 6 | 1 months | 4/14/2009 | 1 | Allergies | My 10-year-old son suddenly became very clingy always touching and smelling me--as if he was trying to make sure I was really there. Normally a pretty lazy kid he could not sit down and was very anxious. Then the hallucinations started--he was seeing dark figures and words like "death" floating in the air. He also was convinced everything was poisoned. It took us 2 weeks to consider that it was the medicine. He is returning to normal after 3 days of no Singulair. Thank goodness for this website. | Very scary medicine. | M | 10 | 2 weeks | 4/12/2009 | 1 | control allergy induced asthma | strong stomach pains, heightened anxiety, crying/moodiness, fear of death, increased thirst | I wish my doctor and/or the pharmacist discussed these potential side effects first as part of the decision making process. This is a very pricey drug to experiment with. Also, my daughter had a cough before taking this medication and it certainly has not improved since. Will probably stick with Claritin interimly and have made appts with both my daughter's allergist as well as a pediatric pulmonoligist to get additional opinions/recommendations. | F | 6 | 7 days | 4/9/2009 | 1 | Asthma | My son became argumentative and more agressive. We thought it was just a phase that he was going through but when we stopped the medication it seemed that our loving son returned within a couple of days. We found this is a common side effect with children. | See side effects. | M | 5 | 2 months | 4/4/2009 | 1 | asthma | muscle aches, stomach aches, restless sleep and inability to sleep at night | M | 12 | 10 days | 4/1/2009 | 4 | asthma/allergies | My daughter was diagnosed with Asthma last year after years of carrying and inhaler and running to the ER. We actually felt relief at being able to prevent her attacks. The doctor has her own predisone and singulair. We haven't noticed any real side affects and it dose seem to help keep her allergies in check which can trigger major attacks for her. After reading here though I am wondering if it s what causes her to lack of focus. am upset about learning it has aspertame in it as my husband and other children are allergic to it and we avoid it and other false sweeteners so we do not have attack from it. Our insurance recently wanted to not pay for this medicine, which we fought to get back, now I wonder if these were not the reason. | I will be talking to my doctor,who is wonderful, about this medicines. | F | 6 | 1 years | 3/25/2009 | 2 | Asthma | Mood and behavior changes, dry mouth, irritability | Three doctors and a PA strongly advised us to put our 3 1/2 year old son on Singulair to help prevent the increasing problems he is having with asthma. Because I have heard so many negative things about putting children on steroids like I have had to do with our son I decided to give it a try. Within one day he began to have behavioral problems such as hyperactivity & irrational mood swings. Within four days he had a terrible asthma attack and we are still in the process of trying to get him through the breathing problems. His pediatrician has him on Singulair, a nebulizer, and two steroids (one liquid, one inhaled) I asked that at least one thing be eliminated since it seems like that's an awful lot of medication for a three year old. We took him off the inhaled steroid and I am monitoring him closely to see what could be causing his wild behavior. My suspicions have been that it is the Singulair and after finding this website I am now certain. I am thankful to find that others had the same problem - when I asked my doctor, I too got the response "there are not side effects" and "it would be worse to take him off". My son is on the autism spectrum and already has many difficulties - he certainly doesn't need this on top of everything else. Does anyone know of any other alternative solutions for children with asthma that doesn't require all these crazy medications? This website has truly been helpful and I'm hoping to find out more informati | M | 3 | 8 days | 3/23/2009 | 1 | Allergies | My 4 year old was put on it for seasonal allergies. I am a RN and was careful to give it only during those peak allergy weeks in the spring and fall. I did know about the side effect of behavior changes and monitored her closely. This is the second spring she has been on the drug and in the past few weeks, I have seen pretty dramatic changes (i.e. temper tantrums, bad dreams, crying for no reason) As of last night, she is off the drug. It did not seem to improve her nasal drainage or cough. No worth the side effects. | F | 4 | 1 months | 3/19/2009 | 1 | Asthma and Allergies | -night sweats -nightmares -increased thirst -uncontrolled eczema -stuttering -odd periods of sadness and crying | My 2 yr old daughter was prescribed this medication by an out of town doctor who said it would get her allergies under control and help her sleep better and make her calmer. I'll say she's had less periods of runny noses but the side effects are not worth it. It's hard when my happy go lucky girl comes to me and suddenly says "Mommy I'm sad". I recommend that everyone go to FDA's website and complete their form for all of these negative effects so they will take it off the market as it's highly unfair to small childlren. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm | F | 2 | 3 months | 3/19/2009 | 1 | 11 yr old for dust mite allergies | Poor performance at school, tearful episodes, nightmares about himself and family dying. Wanting to quit school. Poor self esteem | Ethan 11 yr. old had been taking Singulair for dust mite allergies since he was 6. Has always done poor to fair at school. Very emotional. Did not associate this with Singulair, until he began talking about death. Researched on the computer about childhood depression, found link to singulair. Described him perfectly. Although I feel like a terrible mother, I realize better late than never. I read the package insert when he was 6, but these side effects were not listed then. Since he has been off the Singulair 2 1/2 weeks now, he has been less tearful and when he does cry, it is not an outburst, hysterical cry. He has a better attitude about school; although, because of the damage already done, he will probably never like school. He is just a more rational kid. So far his allergies are not bad. He is on a nasal spray and goes for a check up in a week. I'm not mad at his doctor, I guess. She probably didn't know about the new side effects, either. I'm more mad at myself and my | M | 11 | 5 years | 3/15/2009 | 1 | my son was taking it for asthma | very very aggressive,said he hated himself and all of us,went from a very happy child to throwing tantrums that i could not stop,has bad nightmares,sees things that are not there,getting into fights at school,said his brain felt like it was about to bust out of his head,biting his nails,constantly crying over small things,says his feeling are hurt all the time and that noone likes him,i can go on and on | this is a very very very bad and horrible drug that shouldl be taken off the market! it changed my 6 year old completely! i do not recommend anyone giving this medicine to their child! Im glad that i finally put things together and realized it was this poison that was making my precious 6 year old lose himself! PURE POISON! | M | 6 | 4 months | 3/12/2009 | 1 | asthma/allergies | My 3 yr. old son, who is very intelligent, became defiant, hateful, biting, hitting, pinching. He was having night mares, sleepwalking, couldn't make sense of things. I was about to call a developmental pediatrician. I had questioned daycare, church, everybody thinking he may have been abused. Finally it dawned on me about the medicine. I googled it, and found this site. | I have taken him off singulair. He has been off for 2 days and it is a slow process, but I am starting to see him return to normal. This medication should not be on the market. | M | 3.5 | 3 weeks | 3/11/2009 | 1 | allergies | My daughter is 8. She's normally a very loving, caring, obedient child. For the last 4 weeks she's started lying about things with very elaborate stories for things that wouldn't even get her in trouble. She started getting defiant, and diliberately disobeying right after I told her not do something. Today she got in trouble for taking her school scissors and carving lines into her desk. When asked why she did it, she says she doesn't know. She just remembers picking up the scissors and the next thing she remembers is the teacher yelling at her for carving lines into the desk. | I have been trying to think of what could have changed in her life in the last 4 weeks to make sure a completely different child. It finally hit me! She's been taking Singulair for about 5 weeks - that's the only thing that has changed! So Googled the side effects and found this site. I'm calling the dr tomorrow morning first thing. | F | 8 | 5 weeks | 3/9/2009 | 3 | allergies/asthma | sleeplessness after 1 week of taking 4mg. night terrors, waking 3 to 4 times a night screaming, very difficult to calm down. second time in a year tried to keep her on this medication. both times same effects. | seemed to work in keeping allergy symptoms away. but negative side effects not worth it, trying another method | F | 2 | 2 weeks | 3/4/2009 | 4 | Asthma and allergies | No side effects to mention, I started looking for an answer in the middle of the after rocking my child back to slepp again from difficulty breathing. My 2 year old son has been on Sinfular since he was about 8 months old, now the Dr decides to take him off with no warnig and no reason, three days now and I am looking for an answer of the effects of going off the drug cold turkey. The allergies are back and breathing is getting worse each day. | I am making am appointment to get him checked, glad to find this info, I do not want to put him back on it now, but I also fear the many trips to the ER and asthma attacks. He is already on two steroids to help him breath. Do not knowif there was an effect on attitude or sleep since he has been on it so long, he is a pretty happy child, moody at times, but has never slept thru the night wakes up two to three times a night crying. Now that he has been off the drug he cries off and on all night and can't seem to get comfotable tosss and turns. Will post a response to see if there is a significant change in my son | M | 2 | 1.8 years | 2/26/2009 | 1 | Very mild asthma | My daughter became so easily to become very angry toward anything - herself, family members, slight criticism or even most neutral suggections. She was 5+ taking Singulair for 3-4 months in total. She has not been taking any more one year. But her problem has not been changed. She is otherwise mostly a happy healthy girl. | The mood problem didn't seem to go away long after stopping the medicine. We too felt being forced by the doctor to use it on our child. | F | 7 | 4 months | 2/26/2009 | 1 | Allergies | mood changes, bad nightmares & vivid dreams, thoughts of hurting others to the point of wishing they were dead, anxieties & panic attacks, stomach ulcers, developed hyietal hernia, loss of concentration, lost 30 lbs within less than 6 weeks, choking sensation when swallowing, loss of appetite, depression, he felt like a balloon bursting in his head with 3 weeks of taking singulair. | Started taking med Nov 13, 2008. Three weeks later teachers at school recognized a change in behavior that was not typical or noticed prior to the med. The end of Dec. 2008 loss of appetite and increased mood changes and noticeable aggression toward others and unable to change feeling even knowing his thoughts & feelings were not typical or right. Jan 13, 2009 realized it was the med and he stopped taking singulair. Not only is my son still trying to recover from physical effects, he currently is trying to recover emotionally. No longer able to attend school and in a homebound education program. Would not recommend this drug to anyone. Was taken to the emergency room 3 times within the last month and a half. Was admitted to the hospital twice and a phsyciatric treatment facility once and currently going to a phsycologist weekly all within the last month and a half. | M | 13 | 1.5 months | 2/26/2009 | 1 | allergies | not sleeping & mood swings, aggression | F | 2 | 3 months | 2/19/2009 | 3 | allergies, borderline asthma, | After about a week or 2 of regular singulair, my son often notices mood changes, like crying easily. He also gets painful pins-and needles in his feet. When ever we stop it, the symptoms improve. At least 3 different docs have told us he should take it regularly to help prevent his frequent sinus infections. We tried every other day for several weeks, as well as every day, but one side-effect or the other returns after it gets built up in his system. | A thought came to me--the kids chewable singulair has phenalanaline in it (nutrasweet/aspartame). I wonder if some of the side-effects kids have are due to the nutrasweet, which turns to wood alcohol and formaldehyde as it's digested. I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it is impossible as it's in everything. Kids who get aspartame from other sources as well may be more likely to have more extreme side-effects. Or, kids who are sensitive to aspartame are maybe more likely to have trouble with Singulair. It's just an educated guess. My son does well with nasacort. I also have him inhale hot water with tea tree oil, and put tea tree oil in the vaporizer when we use it. I think we will continue trying to find a rotation with Singulair that gives the benefits w/o the side-effects. Avoid Zyrtec--now that is a really evil drug! It made my son wake up crying every night after only a week. When in doubt, resort to the old tried-and-true classics: chlor pheniramine maleate and | M | 9 | 1.5 years | 2/17/2009 |