SINGULAIR Reviews (MONTELUKAST SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.1 (1370 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SINGULAIR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Son taking for allergy management | Just now taking my 6 year old off of Singulair, despite Pediatrician recommending continued use. Within the last month, he has become extremely agitated, grumpy, weepy, miserable. Complaining of stomach aches, very tired, not a happy camper. I strongly believe it's the singulair and will not put him or my other children on this medicine again. | Seemed to work fine for the first year of use. Did seem to help with asthma/allergies for a short time, then the effect seemed to lessen and the side effects worsened. | M | 6 | 2 years 4 mg 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 1 | asthma | VERY MOODY, aggressive, excessive crying, huge mood swings, depressed, poor self esteem, he felt horrible about himself, cried himself to sleep for days. weight gain, always hungry, itchy | def helped his asthma symptoms but at the cost of his happiness. The minute I figured out the horrible side effects we took him off it! And 2 days off the med he is much happier. I feel so bad my boy was so unhappy for so long with me thinking he was having true behavior problems! USERS OF THIS MEDICATION BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!! | M | 8 | 6 years 5mg 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 5 | Chronic allergies and rhinitis | No side effects noticed. | This drug changed my life. I have struggled to breathe for the last 3 years and nothing helped for very long, not even my asthma inhaler, until my new doc gave me Singulair. | F | 47 | 30 days 10mg 1X day | 5/9/2011 | 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 | Mood swings, anger issues, hyper behavior, not listening, excessive crying. | My 6 year old started taking this to help with a cough he has as a result of chronic pneumonia. Within a couple of days we noticed extreme mood swings. Over the next week or so we watched our even keeled child lose his temper and cry. He wasn't listening and seemed to be bouncing off the walls. He was miserable, not worth the side effects. | F | 6 | 2 weeks 4 mg 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 1 | Allergy induced asthma | My 16 year old daughter took the pill and the very next day she was over the top angry, aggressive and full of rage. | She was put on singular on a Wednesday and I took her back to the doctor on Monday and they immediatly took her off singular. I did not make the connection immediately but her behavior made me take a second look at the presicription side effect label from the pharmacy. | F | 16 | 5 days 30mg 1X day | 5/5/2011 | 1 | asthma | TURNED MY 3 TEAR OLD SON INTO A MONSTER,BROKEN SLEEP,NIGHTMARES,PAIN IN LEGS,AGGRESSION,STOMACH PAINS,CONSTIPATION,NOW TAKEN OF THIS DRUG AND RETURNRD TO HAPPY LITTLE CHAPPY..BEWARE OF THIS DRUG FOR CHILDREN | WE WERE ILL ADVISED BY OUR ASTHMA PRACTITIONER AND WE INTEND TO FOLLOW A COMPLAINT AGAINST AGAINST HER FOR NOT INFORMING US OF THE SIDE EFFECTS AND WARNINGS FROM U.S.A ABOUT THIS DRUG | M | 3 | 5 months 4mg 1X day | 5/5/2011 | 1 | allergies | so tired, so hungry | I just can't get over how tired this drug makes me. I can barely schelp around at work and today, my first full day on the drug, I took over a two hour nap. I also ate, like 5 meals today. It has just made me irrationally hungry. I'm stopping immediately. | F | 36 | 2 days 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 2 | First time seasonal allergies | Increased anxiety; nausea, made worse by anxiety, which caused decreased appetite; itchy/scratchy throat which I believe was from Singulair, not allergies. | I had never had seasonal allergies much before that I was aware of, but I had been having a lot of "colds" where I'd feel run down and have sinus issues. My doctor told me they were seasonal allergies, and prescribed me Singulair. I did notice a little decrease in sinus issues, especially at first, but not even an amazing improvement. I have a history of mild anxiety, but the past 5 days it's been way worse and different than my anxiety before. I'm 99% sure it's from the Singulair. My throat has also been really scratchy, which I don't think is from the allergies since it didn't start until I started Singulair. I'm stopping Singulair and for now I guess I'll just stick to using a neti pot, which I would recommend to anyone with sinus issues by the way. | F | 18 | 7 days 10 MG 1X day | 4/28/2011 | 1 | allergies/asthma | facial tic/numbness of legs | this medication should not be given to children,with all the complaints I've read I don't understand why nothings been done about this!My 5yr old was only on this med 3 days,developed eye twitching and numbness in the legs,he could just about walk.I have never been so scared and felt so guilty for putting my son through this.It made me angry to come on this site and see all the similiar complaints and it's still on the market! | M | 5 | 3 days 4mg 1X day | 4/27/2011 | 1 | Allergies | Acid Reflux, Nightmares, Eye Twitching, Nervousness, Anxiety | The very first night I took it, I experienced several different vivid, bad dreams. I looked up side effects and found that bad dreams were a potential side effect, although the pharmacist tried to assure me that it must have been a coincidence. I have had several restless nights and bad dreams since. The acid reflux has been horrible and doesn't stop even though I've taken Nexxium, Tums, and Maalox all at the same time! The eye twitching has also been very annoying because it's non stop! I will stop taking Singulair. | F | 46 | 3 weeks 10 MG 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 1 | Asthma | Mood swings not listening to a word we say, strange behaviour experienced after just 2 days of taking the medication. Kicking, hitting out of character behaviour | M | 4 | 7 days 1X day | 4/19/2011 | 1 | Asthma | I tried giving Singulair to my 7 year old daughter twice and both times she woke up in the night with severe hallucinations. She was screaming at the top of her lungs, as though she were tied to a railway track and a train was coming. She said that the bed was flipping around and that the blanket was flying all around the room. She was holding her ears and pointing at things in the room (that weren't there) and screaming "Mommy make it stop!!!!". Her heart was pounding out of her chest....it was just terrifying. From this experience and from what I've read, it seems very mind altering. It has only been around since 1998, so the long term effects are unknown. Very scary. I will never give it to my child again. Her brain is much too precious. | F | 7 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 4/15/2011 | 1 | Allergies | irrational behavior, ADHD like sypmtoms, anger, aggressiveness, night time fears, anxiety | Our daughters symptoms GREATLY increased in severity after taking her off for a week and putting her back on Singulair. We were to the point of taking our previously "normal" child to a psychologist for testing. Our older daughter happened to catch the warning label which prompted us to take our 7yro off the drug. Her behavior has dramatically improved. The irrational behavior, anger, aggression, night time fears are now gone. She has had a very rough year in 2nd grade after having 2 excellent years in KG and 1st. We are absolutely thrilled to have made this connection. Thank you to all who have shared their stories. You made a huge difference for us as this was the first information I found and the stories were so remarkably similar it made a huge impact. Thank you!! | F | 7 | 13 months 5mg 1X day | 4/14/2011 | 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 | Please do not take this medication. | I feel terrible that so many of you have felt so ill but happy that I'm not the only one. I stopped taking this medication 2 days ago. Taking this medication has completely changed my personality behavior and character. I became aggressive, angry, intolerant, impatient, I can't sleep and if I do I have horrible violent dreams, I hallucinate, I obsess over nothing, I start fights with loved ones or completely avoid them. I have no compassion, empathy or emotion towards anyone. There are too many negatives to type. Taking this medication could get me fired from my job and divorced if my husband wasn't so understanding. I got my first speeding ticket in 14 years after taking this medication for 2 weeks. I would rather have a sinus infection for the rest of my life than take this medication for 1 more day. | F | 34 | 2 months 10 1X day | 4/8/2011 | 3 | asthma | aggressive, hyper | With the winter thaw, my 5 year old son gets a terrible dry cough every year for about 2 months. I had him on steroid inhalers last year, but took him off after he become so aggressive he tried to choke me several times and he was still coughing quite a bit. I then tried Singular. He was not as aggressive, but very hyper on the 4mg I was prescribed to give him, but the coughing completely stopped. So I decide to experiment a bit. I HALFED THE PILLS and then HALFED them again so he was taking 1MG. Worked like a charm. Not as hyper and no aggression and it was just enough so that he didn't cough at night. My gut was that his little body couldn't handle the high dose and why not try and cut it down? Singular also has a red dye it in that some children have really bad reactions to. Perhaps that could be the problem as well. An alternative to that would be to be prescribed the adult dosage and cut it right down. Adult dosage does not have the red dye in it (the red for the 4 and 5mg is because it's a chewable for children). I think I'll try that next year and see if I can see a change. It's only for a couple months and I now give it to him RIGHT before bed so I don't have to see the instant change in him. Somehow my little dude falls asleep. Otherwise, he's running around like a banschee! | M | 5 | 2 days 1 mg 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 5 | Chronic allergies, sinus issues | Slight dryness and/or irritation of the back of my throat on occasion. May be allergy rather than med related. | This medication has done wonders for me. My allergies greatly reduced and I only need a single mucinex for occasional mild congestion. A cold has gone around our family recently. Previously colds+allergies= awful sinus infections. I don't have one and my cold symptoms are easily managed. It's been night and day and I'm thrilled to be on Singulair. | F | 30 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 3/29/2011 | 1 | Asthma | joint pain, mood swings, weight gain, unexplained phobies | It took a lot of research and over a year to determine the side effects were from the medication as all the side effects were so different. eventually after many trips to sports medicine for my joints and the doctor for my unfounded new fears i traced everything back to the same time i started the medicine. ALL side effects were gone within 2 months of stopping use. Please, do not take this medicine. it is scary what it does to people. | M | 32 | 1.5 years 1X day | 3/24/2011 | 1 | Chronic Congestion | None | My son has responded well to Singulair. He asks for it, himself, because it helps both his congestion and to clear his brain fog, which helps him focus in school. I am, very unfortunately, going to take him off of the drug after discovering it contains ASPARTAME. I have no choice, and I am gravely disappointed in this company for putting poison in a medication which is greatly needed by so many people. | M | 8 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 |