SINGULAIR Reviews (MONTELUKAST SODIUM)

Average Rating: 2.1 (1370 Ratings)

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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)

  

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 1  problems smelling Severe sinus pressure, causing pain and headaches Coughing might have been due to Singulair as well F 56 5 weeks
10 MG 1X day
11/3/2014
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 1  asthma -generic brand by torrent Started taking the generic drug which has questionable inactive ingedients such as sodium lauryl sulfate,1st issue lower back pain, joint pain, then temporal headache, stomach pain to vomiting. Checked reviews and people appear to have less side effects with the brand name drug which has different inactive ingedients. F 47 4 days
10 mg
10/31/2014
 1  ASTHMA Lower back ache, achy knees and ankles, irritability, moodiness. I only used it twice: 1st day prescribed, then skipped a couple of days and took another. I did feel some relief on my chest tightness within 1/2 a day of taking it. But I cant explain the unusual lower back and knee pain I still have, except reading this I would have to strongly say its possible. I dont like long term medicines anyway, especially with all the side effects I DID read about before taking it. I even told the doctor I did not want it. Then asked the pharmacist her opinion, but she felt it was a very good drug. I trust your (users) opinions well over a non-user, and have decided not to use MONTELUKAST. (I dont even like that name!) F 50 2 days
10MG 1X day
10/24/2014
 1  Severe sinus/allergy problems Major attitude and negativity problems that subsided after 24 hrs of not having drug in system M 14 2 days
10
10/24/2014
 3  asthma I have noticed several concerns, beginning with bed wetting followed by night terrors, constant leg pain, very sensitive when dosing restarts. My son is 5 and has wet the bed almost every night for a long time. I recently failed to give him his medicine and noticed he was dry the following morning. We tried the experiment again, with the same results. I will be interested to see if he leg pain subsides as well. The night terrors happened at the beginning of dosing and have subsided. M 5 1 years
5mg 1X day
10/20/2014
 2  Environmental Allergies Facial and vocal tics. My daughter first used montelukast on and off for a year and then continuously everyday for a month and a half. First, we noticed blinking, then nodding. Then when she was using the meds everyday for about 45 days, she developed horrendously grotesque mouth contortions and hard eye blinking. It was disturbing and alarming to watch. We thought she had tourets syndrome. We did not make the connection until we ran out of meds and didn't refill the script for almost 2 months over the summer. Her tics went away. Most recently, our daughter's allergies flared up again and so on Monday we began giving her the montelukast again. Today, she started with the nodding and blinking tics once again. It has to be this medication. F 10 4 days
1 tablet/d
10/1/2014
 4  Asthma Sleepy, dizzy. Transient. I was told to take this drug at bedtime for those reasons. I haven't noticed anxiety, depression. Or any more nightmares than my usual, what I do experience is the tightness in my chest disappears within about an hour. The inhaled steroid beclomethasone doesn't seem to do much for me. I'm told to use it anyway, which I do. I'm 60, working nurse, have cats and a dog. I walk every day in the woods near me. So, my experience with singulair has been pos! I use albuterol once a month. Montelukast has been kind of a miracle drug for me. F 2 years
10 1X day
9/23/2014
 2  Allergies, Asthma Anxiety, depression, irritability, bloating/swelling of abdominal area, loss of appetite, RLS, insomnia This is my second round of trying Singulair (trying to replace Claritin and steroid nasal sprays...Just "because"). This is my LAST time trying Singulair. I am a grown woman, albeit quite petite, and two days after my first dose I was angry, depressed, my moods were all over the place - I'm ashamed to say that I even contemplated suicide. BEWARE!!! For me, the cons absolutely outweigh the pros. I'll keep on using an antihistamine and Nasonex, thank you very much. F 40 6 days
30mg 1X day
9/10/2014
 2  Asthma and allergies Helped with asthma and found it had more impact than regular steroid inhalers for me. But I started having terrible night terrors where I would wake up in a fright and sometimes find myself on the other side of the bedroom. I stopped taking the singulair and they stopped. I can't say for sure whether the two were linked but they seemed to be. I would like to take it again to help my asthma but the night terrors were too bad. F 35 2 months
10mg
8/25/2014
 1  middle ear fluid, allergies Mood altering, disconnected with world, depressed, unable to focus, lightheadedness My doctor added Singulair to my allergy regimen as I complained of lightheadedness and middle ear fluid. I took this for just over a month with NO success in helping my lightheadedness. If anything, it INCREASED it and then affected my mood. Before taking Singulair, I scoffed at the idea that a medicine for something like allergies could really affect your mood/way you thought. Boy was I wrong. This drug really altered my state my mind, to that point where I cried in front of mirror screaming "what is F*ing wrong with me! Why can't I snap out of this! I can't go on like this!" I was SO scary. I didn't connect the mood change with the drug until I read about the side effects. My doctor NEVER told me about any mood side effects. The bottle does state this, but again, I was a believer that it was probably so rare that I shouldn't worry. :( PLEASE, if you took this medicine and your state of mind is dramatically different than normal, tell your Doctor and stop taking. Within two days, I felt much better, though my ears are still clogged daily. F 28 45 days
1X day
8/9/2014
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 5  severe asthma none without this medication, i don't get enough oxygen to stay alert, always yawning, can't speak or do any physical activity without breathing hard; have to take my emergency inhaler multiple times a day (which is ineffective), and the damage that was being caused to my lungs from constant wheezing was always increasing. This medicine gave me my life back 13 years ago and today I can run half marathons, play wind instruments----etc do whatever I like with no problems or fear of not being able to breathe. Any day i miss a pill the terrible inability to breathe comes back. I attribute my life as I know it, and being able to do the things I love to do, to this pill. F 22 13 years
1X day
8/1/2014
 1  asthma/allergies My son had been complaining of night mares, very scared at night when left alone in the bedroom to the extent I or my husband will put him to sleep every night, very disturbed sleep,very sensitive,cries for every little thing, lately expressed that he will die first than us his parents,very restless when sitting on a chair he will keep moving his legs or arms and said cant help himself and lots of stomach aches. It just donned on me now when I put everything together what Ive seen in my son and reading all the comments. It just scare me to death that I'm putting my son in this situation. Definitely, I will be stopping this medicine not to let my son take it. I will let his allergist know tomorrow. It is so sad that nothing has been mentioned in the leaflet with regards to this drug side effects. M 8 4 years
5mg 1X day
7/27/2014
 1  Allergies My daughter's personality changed completely starting at about the 2nd month. She became hostile, easily angered, stopped playing and would cry about every little think. She had terrible fear of everything and anxiety attacks. She would fear when I left the house and would no longer stay overnight at her grandmas house which was always her favorite thing to do. It was so worrisome. Then I looked up the side effects of singular and took her off it immediately. You need to also go to the FDA sight and make a complaint. Never give your child this medicine. She also had daily headaches and hot flashes. F 10 3 months
2mg 1X day
7/23/2014
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 4  Asthma & allergies Joint pain in my knees and ankles, disconcerting dreams (odd dreams not scary), light headache, mild neck and back pain (could be attributed to tension in sleep due to the unusual dreams). Felt the effect of my bronchial airways opening up 30 minutes after I took my first pill and was astounded and thrilled - an hour after I took the pill I could not stay awake and that night I had my first odd dream (odd dreams each of the 5 nights on 10mg). The meds also alleviated my allergies and was able to smell (sinuses opened) but I was dizzy the next day and very tired. Three days later started feeling achy in my knees. Two days later (5 days on the pills total) having problems going up and down stairs due to my knee joint pain, also have aches begin in my ankles plus mild head ache and light neck/back pain. At this point I halved my dose to 5mg. So far the joint paint is almost negligible (14 days total), dreams less odd still mild neck/back pain which is slowly lessening but I still find within an hour of taking my pill I am tranquilized and want to sleep; however, now I can fight it and stay awake and it does pass after about 10 minutes (at 10 mg was not able to stay awake). I take my pill at night so I just take it 30 minutes before bed so I don't have to fight the drowsiness it brings. My bronchial airways are still open and my sinuses are better than when on an antihistamine and cortisol steroid inhaler combo regimen. I am a bit tired during the day but I can accept this, the odd dreams, and the minor aches and pains since I can breathe again. I have not had to use my rescue inhaler once in the last 2 weeks. F 48 14 days
10mg 1X day
7/8/2014
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 5  Asthma Twitching eye lids every day. Insomnia for the first few days, but this has now passed. Singulair (or Montelukast Sodium as we call it in New Zealand) has given me my life back. For the past year I have had a cough and wheezing that would not go away. I have been on steroid tablets and three different puffers just to be able to breathe - and all I have done is breathe since any activity caused me to have really bad attacks. My Dr prescribed me Singluair as a last resort since every time I was due to have a Saline Challenge for a proper diagnosis, I would get some sort of chest infection and so a diagnosis was just impossible. Within a few days of starting my cough just stopped. Another couple of days and my wheeze stopped. I no longer feel like someone is permanently holding my chest in a vice. I can live with the twitching because breathing is far more important to me and I can not tell you how good it is to be able to go outside and play with my kids again. F 42 14 days
10mg 1X day
6/25/2014
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 2  Costochrondritis/Asthma Insomnia, acid reflux, stomach pain I am a person who has had trouble taking the steroids for asthma. The doctor knows I have trouble with stomach pain from drugs, since I have GERD, which I treat by avoiding some trigger foods and sleeping on a wedge. I took my first dose last night, and it took 1 hour to fall asleep. No weird dreams, but in the morning, I woke up 1.5 hours early because of the pain. Even antacids could not take the pain away. It seems that Singulair is yet another drug to add to the long list of drugs I cannot use. Judging by the side effects I read here, that may not be an entirely bad thing. While I took it, I didn't notice any improvement. Found it rather tough to breath, and my nose felt stuffy. F 40 1 days
10 1X day
6/19/2014
 1   Singulair Generic Name: montelukast Montelukast is a CysLT1 antagonist; it blocks the action of leukotriene D4 (and secondary ligands LTC4 and LTE4) on the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor CysLT1 in the lungs and bronchial tubes by binding to it. The cysteinyl leukotrienes LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4 are important mediators of human bronchial asthma. Leukotriene D4 is one of the leukotrienes. Its functions in the body are bronchoconstriction, vasoconstriction, contraction of smooth muscle, and increasing vascular permeability. Other leukotrienes that function in a similar manner are leukotrienes C4 and E4. Studies have suggested that LTE4 works through its own distinct receptor, and although one has not yet been discovered, research is ongoing to isolated and characterize an LTE4-specific receptor.[ Why would you allow a receptor to be Blocked when we don't even know what it is ? DON"T USE THIS DRUG Singulair Generic Name: montelukast Montelukast is a CysLT1 antagonist; it blocks the action of leukotriene D4 (and secondary ligands LTC4 and LTE4) on the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor CysLT1 in the lungs and bronchial tubes by binding to it. The cysteinyl leukotrienes LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4 are important mediators of human bronchial asthma. Leukotriene D4 is one of the leukotrienes. Its functions in the body are bronchoconstriction, vasoconstriction, contraction of smooth muscle, and increasing vascular permeability. Other leukotrienes that function in a similar manner are leukotrienes C4 and E4. Studies have suggested that LTE4 works through its own distinct receptor, and although one has not yet been discovered, research is ongoing to isolated and characterize an LTE4-specific receptor.[ Why would you allow a receptor to be Blocked when we don't even know what it is ? M 17
1X day
6/6/2014
 1  Allergy/tingling cheeks DO NOT TAKE THIS &#!@. Cant believe this crap is out there. I developed uncontrollable muscle twitching and pins an needles all over my body an aches everywhere not taking anymor of this crap. Twitching as I type this. M 26 2 weeks
10mg
6/5/2014
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 3  allergies and sinus infection Initially I went to sleep but awakened and couldn't sleep for hours F 51 4 days
6/3/2014
 1  allergies loss of appetite, nausea, stomach pains, insomnia, interrupted sleep, anxiety, pain and weakness in arm, fatigue, headaches, feeling disconnected, heat flashes, dizziness, aggression, deppression It's working wonders for my allergies, but with my side effects and seeing all these negative reviews I think I'll see about switching to something else! F 20 6 days
10 mg 1X day
5/21/2014
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