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| 4 | asthma, severe cough, runny nose | My 6 yr.old daughter has been on this med.(child dose) for less than 30 days. Singulair has been terrific for her asthma and cough. She no longer coughs at night or wakes in the morning coughing up mucus to the point of vomiting. However, after reading this web site I might have found the answers to some new troubles. A couple of weeks ago she started having to use the bathroom constantly. A few nights ago she started waking every hour having to use the bathroom. This is not her. She has never had an accident nor woke at night to go to the bathroom. She has gained 3 pounds in 4 weeks without eating much at all. She is now having accidents at home and school and is up all night going to the bathroom. I took her to the doctor and she said probably a urinary infection-no worries. Nothing about side effects! Is anybody else seeing any increased urination with their child? The medicine works great for her asthma and cough but the side effects are to great to keep her on it. | I can't have her up all night going 'potty' and having acidents at school-she was so embarrased. I am going to take her off it tonight and hopefully see a difference within a night or two. The weight gain and bathroom issue are to much for her (and me) to deal with for the sake of no more coughing and runny nose. By the way, the label on my daughters bottle states that it is for children ages 2-14. I rated the medicine a 4 because for the actual asthma and cough it works great but it has to many side effects for children. This medicine needs to be re-evaluated for kids. If anybody else has seen the same side effects in their child please let me know, thanks! | F | 6 | 30 days | 11/30/2007 | 3 | asthma | My son has been on this medication for 2 months after being diagnosed with asthma. All of the sudden he has been waking up in the middle of the night screaming and crying terrified. He doesn't know where he is at or who I am. I ask him what is wrong and he talks about seeing scary stuff and is even scared of me. I started to suspect taking singulair might be causing it. The few days he has stopped taking it, the night terrors go away and he sleeps great again. He has also been sleepier in the mornings and not paying attention at school. I was amazed at all the other comments on here about kids having bizarre dreams and night terrors. I took my son completely off of it since reading all of the other parents stories on this site. Thank you!!! | I think that singulair is a good medicine for controlling asthma. I myself have had asthma since I was a kid and have been able to control it before there was singulair. The night terrors are not an acceptable side effect for me as mom to watch my child have. I will have to discuss another alternative with our doctor. | M | 5 | 2 months | 11/29/2007 | 1 | 6 year old for asthma/allergies | Night terrors. Wakes up 40 minutes after going to sleep and screams. Inconsolable for 10-20 minutes. Irritable, cannot concentrate. Everything seems to be more difficult for him. Major change of personality. | Singulair should not be prescribed for children under 10. It seems that its side effects have a greater propensity to effect children than adults. I have read every posting here and I have highlighted every one of the entries for children under 10. Night terrors, insomnia, irratic behavior of every type, change of personality and lack of bowel control are mentioned in every entry. How can doctors prescribe this to children? Anyone reading this, please tell your doctor about this. FDA and Merck will not do anything. The most immediate point of control is the doctor. If they fail to warn and there is damage to your child, your legal remedy at first is the doctor. Because of federal law preemption, Merck has some protection....at first. Best thing to do is contact your doctor immediately. I am thinking of a suit against Merck. Sometimes being a lawyer is a very very good thing. | M | 6 | 4 weeks | 11/25/2007 | 2 | asthma | 3.5 yr old boy, consistent sleep interruption and disruption, bad dreams, "new" fears during waking hours, complaints of stomach aches and leg pain, increased aggression and agitation, increase in rate of melt downs; | This medication helped our son's physical health - asthma - but deteriorated his emotional health. His altered personality (see side effects experienced) has brought sadness to both him and our entire family. A very upsetting situation. | M | 3 | 5 days | 11/21/2007 | 1 | Sleep Apnea | Our son was on Singulair for 3 weeks and we noticed a drastic change in his personality during the 3rd week. He became extremely moody, crying whenever he did not get what he wanted in that particular moment, and violent. He also had nightmares at night. We stopped the medication and his behavior returned to normal. | M | 3.5 | 3 weeks | 11/16/2007 | 2 | Allergies/possible Asthma | Severe Rash outbreak, and excessive weight gain, retention of water, and lack of motivation, with slight aggression, skin tone pale | I am distrubed that children a being prescriped this medication to help them adapt to envirnmental changes, or "possible" asthma. The side effects to this medication are not worth the gain. My son is starting to come back to his normal self, he gained over 25 pounds, but I am still looking at alternatives to help him get throught his outdoor allergies. | M | 6 | 15 months | 11/14/2007 | 1 | Allergies | Serious mood swings leading to hitting and total disrespect to everyone. Unhappy the majority of the time and states nobody loves her. | I had a hunch it was her medicine but was not sure until now. That is why we are removing our daughter off the medicine tonight. We would not recommend this medicine to any parent no matter the up side to it. Way too young to be dealing with adult type behavior. This medicine needs to be stopped from being prescribed to children. | F | 6 | 2 years | 11/3/2007 | 1 | allergies/asthma | hallucinations,sadness,sleeplessness,trouble concentrating,memory problems,vision changes | my 7 year old was prescribed singulair for allergies/asthma 3 wks ago and as far as al/as symptoms,it has helped. she will no longer be taking this med because of scary side effects. first, she thought she saw me "fall through the couch" as well as many other strange things.then when she went to her violin lesson, she couldn't even remember the name of the instrument, then her eyes started burning and getting "glurry" as she said. I took her to the dr. and he did an eye exam to find that her vision has gone from 20/20, a month and a half ago, to 20/60 at this visit with no explanation. At this visit we also found that she had a very bad throat infection- she has complained of sore throat since she was put on singulair-the dr said it would go away w/time-now it's an infection that must be treated w/antibiotics.She has also said her heart pounds too fast and too hard and that she stays awake all night. I DO NOT think children should be prescribed this medication!!!!! | F | 7 | 3 weeks | 10/20/2007 | 2 | allergies, acute asthma, croup | Coughing, post nasal drip, constant runny nose | My son was put on singular for asthma and allergies. While on singular, all he did was cough. There were times when he would goto bed and cough for 2 1/2 hrs. before falling asleep. Sometimes this would develop into croup, which required a nebulizer! Now he is off the singular and has NOT coughed in three weeks. My 3 1/2 yr. old son was on it too for the same reasons and had horrible mood swings. He is NO longer on singular either! | M | 6 | 2 years | 10/17/2007 | 2 | asthma | My son went on Singular 5 days ago. Since then he has gone from a happy 5 year old to a moody child. He has had horrible mood swings, he has cried at school, hit at home, "bounced off the walls" and eaten like there is no tomorrow. I am taking him off the medicine and asking for something new. | M | 5 | 5 days | 10/7/2007 | 1 | allergies | Dr. prescribed sigulair for my son after I discountinued Allegra due to horrible mood changes. My son had been off all meds for 3 days and back to normal when we started singulair. He's been on singuair for 5 days and IT'S BACK. The mood swings are horrible..he cries all the time..is very aggressive and angry..this is NOT my son. | We will throw this prescription away just like allegra. I feel horrible for not doing the research after the allegra I should have known better. Dr.'s need to be educated on what COULD happen with children like mine!! | M | 8 | 5 days | 9/24/2007 | 2 | asthma/allergies | mood swings; unhappy; headaches and stomach aches; 25-30 lb. weight gain in under 2 years | Oh my goodness! I am sitting here crying because my daughter has been on Singulair for a year and a half along with albuterol and nasonex. My sweet loveable child has turned into a monster! On top of it, wouldn't a doctor question a 25-30 lb. weight gain in less than two years in a child?? NOW I KNOW THE REASON FOR HER BEHAVIOR!! Guess what? I took my child to an allergist and discovered that she was highly allergic to the cat we had gotten. Her pediatrician felt the cat had nothing to do with it. Boy was she wrong!! Why did I not know about all these side effects? I can only hope that in time my happy-go-lucky child will return and pray that puberty does not arrive before she is 9 yrs old. | F | 8 | 1 days | 9/23/2007 | 1 | Allergy induced migraines | My daughter was having 2-3 severe migraines a week at the age of 6. It turnes out she had a chronic sinus infection. After 2 rounds of antibiotics, the dr prescribed singulair. I honestly did not recognize that she was experiencing side effects from Singulair until now. She has gained almost 20 lbs since December, which is strange since she hardly eats!!! That is what prompted me to look it up, but I am sooo glad that i did because now I realize so many more! She has changed from a very happy, sunny child into a withdrawn,depressed child. She is very sensitive about the slightest thing, and says that no one ever wants to play with her, even though her teacher says that she is the one that refuses to interect. She has also recently experienced stomach aches, leg and ankle pain, and headaches. She also seems to have to urinate ALL the time. | Although I am sure that Singulair works great for some people, I really would not recommend it for a child. Although I do not want my child to suffer with migraines again, we will drop Singulair TONIGHT. Chiropractic care seems to be a wonderful alternative for many "Tried and True" medicines. I really am grateful for this site, and I am so angry and sad that soooo many other families have had to suffer through this while just trying to eliminate another problem. | F | 7 | 10 days | 9/18/2007 | 1 | allergy/asthma | night waking/crying 2 to 6 times a night, huge thirst, diarrhea, rash on neck and chest, scratching neck and ear, twitching legs--like cramps | Our son was prescribed this at 19 months (granules in juice at night) and cleared up congestion and constant runny nose. Over past three months he wakes almost every hour crying and drinks about a gallon of water. He thrashes around in his bed and acts tired all day. He used to be an excellent sleeper and a really mellow little guy. Now, he fusses a lot, clings, and is way more aggressive toward older sister. At first we thought many of the symptoms were because he was almost two, cutting teeth, and having occassional night terrors. Not having more than a two to three hour stretch of sleep for months on end is not normal for any age! After reading this site, he is OFF of the medication (and Flonase as well) as of tonight. A naturopath wants him on a dairy-free and glutein-free diet and he is now taking natural supplements and vitamins to boost his immune system. Please consider a diet change as an alternative to this medicine. After reading this site, I feel horrible that we l | M | 2 | 3 months | 9/16/2007 | 1 | ashma and allergies | my 4 year old started taking this med almost a year ago. he has had 2 ear infections a month ever since. he also is very moody. before he started on this med he was so loving and sweet and now he is not that way anymore. today was his first day off this med. i hope that it helps. his doc says that he does not need tubes. but something is not right. before he was on this he never had ear problems. | M | 4 | 1 years | 8/22/2007 | 1 | asthma/coughing | High fever and cold symptoms. Night terror. | My 2 year old son was prescribed because he may have mild asthma and coughs a lot at night. His allergy doctor prescribed it. He has peanut allergy, and cat/pollen allergies. The very first night on it, he got a high fever and came down with cold symptoms. The next day I left a message with the doc and took him off of the med. Within 48 hours, his fever went back down, and then the doc called and said cold symptoms are unlikely and put him back on it. I gave him a dose, and the very same night his fever went back up to 103.5. Then next day his pediatrician said take him completely off until he's well and then try again to see what happens. After reading the stuff on this site, now I'm afraid to put him back on it. I also recall that the week he was taking it, he had a night terror -- and he had never had one of those before. Could be related. I think I'll ask the doc for another way to relieve the coughing. I hate giving my kid drugs for the reasons discussed on this site. | M | 2 | 2 days | 8/20/2007 | 4 | allergies | My 4 1/2 son was one it for about 2 1/2 months. The medicine did work great for his allergy related problems, but the side effects were not worth it. It slowly crept up on us. At first it was behavioral issues; not listening, problems with sleep, not eating, then in one week he got into 3 different altercations with random kids--biting hitting, fighting. We were trying everything and i was at my wits end, thats when I looked up side affects and found my answer--it has been a life saver. I took him off the medicine (flovent Also) immediately and the severe aggression stopped. It has been 3 1/2 weeks since he has been off of both meds and my loving, sweet little boy is finally back. My Allergist Dr. did not agree with me--he said that I need to fix the problem and live with the side affects---we are not going to see him again. My Pediatrician was more cooperative and said to keep him off of the meds for a MONTH for it to fully get out of his system and then we will go from ther | M | 4.5 | 2.5 months | 8/15/2007 | 3 | Severe allergies inducing croup | depression, agression, compulsive behaviour, mood swings, nightmares, bedwetting, teeth grinding | I'm writing this on behalf of my 4 year old as I sit here crying. I didn't know that an allergy medication that has done so much to help her breathing could do this to a child! Over the last few weeks her behaviour started to change toward repetative behaviours to the point where she wouldn't play with toys, had to be colouring and cutting out everything. The bedwetting came back, the moods and aggression I figured was a phase, but a week ago the depression settled in on her and she started to cry for no reason and couldn't tell me anything that was wrong, one minute she's outside bouncing a ball, the next she drops it and her head and starts to cry. This has been repeating since. Nothing else has changed - she doesn't have a babysitter or daycare, she's not been left alone with anyone. I'm a stay at home mom. She is an only child, so there's no sibling rivalry. I've been trying to figure out where my child has gone and where the monster came from. Now I know the monster is the singul | F | 4 | 2 months | 8/15/2007 | 1 | seasonal allergies/ asthma | My 5 1/2 yr. old (for slight asthma/allergy) and my 3 1/2 yr. old (allergy/sinus problems) have been on this medication for only 4 days and they have both had severe personality changes: hyper, moody, don't listen, aggressive. NOT THEMSELVES! My 5 yr. old is being more strongly effected even though they're both on the same dosage. He's sad/happy/angry has started saying he hates himself, is hitting himself in the head...all out of nowhere! I SPECIFICALLY asked the MD if there were side effects to be concerned with..."oh no" he said,..."very safe". BULL! I figured I'd run a search on singulair side effects for my own peace of mind because I just couldn't believe their personalities could become so altered in just a few days for no reason at all! I found this web site...THANK YOU! My sons will no longer be taking this junk! God help all the families out there who are possibly having their children misdiagnosed with things like ADD/ADHD because of this terrible m | I don't know if this stuff works or not...my 5 1/2 yr. old was put on it for preventative measures...he only uses an albuteral inhaler occasionally (seasonal allergy induced) and the dr. wanted to put him on singulair now to keep him inhaler free in the next few weeks as new allergens surface. My 3 1/2 yr. old was put on it for nasal congestion...he's still stuffy! | M | 5 | 4 days | 8/11/2007 | 2 | my 7 yr. old daughter | she is a high energy child who started experiencing very bad asthma and allergies at around 1 1/2 yrs. she was taking prednisone once a month for about 6 mos. and the dr. suggested singulair along with as needed albuterol and pulmecort inhalers. heavy medicine for a small toddler. she has been an intense child with mood swings, temper tantrums and extremely challenging for me. we tried herbs, which help, naturopath medicine and currently do vitamins as well. all of these things have helped, however i wonder, now that i am reading this, if singulair has created some of these symptoms. she often whistles and makes sounds obsessively. much of this is normal, but she is a bit more intense than most of our friends children when it comes to being stubborn and difficult. she has trouble focusing and listening to my words, like i have to repeat EVERYTHING 10 times, and my other daughter is not at all like that. i know this may sound totally normal, however, i spend alot of time with my | F | 7 | | 7/31/2007 |