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 | allergic asthma | insomnia, hand tremors, tinnitus (pulsating in left ear), pain in front of right thigh, thoughts about death | Singulair did control my asthma symptoms. I took it for 6 1/2 years. I stopped it when I read that Singulair had a black box, that it may cause suicidal thoughts in children. I asked myself what it is doing to me. I had no idea. It has been a year since I stopped Singulair. The pain in the front of my thigh went away in 3 days; the tinnitus, which I had noticed for about 6 months, lessened in 6 months and then was gone; the insomnia improved immediately--I slept so well. The hand tremors I'd had since Sept, 2005, are much less, and I only notice somettimes when I am tired. I noticed those when I would lift a fork to eat. I didn't realize I had the thoughts about death and that it wouldn't be so bad, until I stopped the Singulair and the thoughts went away. I would never take this drug again. I would never recommend it to anyone. Why does it have this effect on the brain? I tried a Flovent inhaler, but I was allergic to the propellant, according to my allergist. He placed me on Asmanex twisthaler, which is a powder, with no propellant. It has been a year and it has worked. No espisodes requiring prednisone. What a relief. And, no side effects, of which I am aware. | F | 58 | 6 years | 4/28/2009 | 5 | Asthma/Allergies | Mood swings, depression, suicidal thoughts | Both my son and I have been taking SIngulair for a year or more. I have not noticed any negative side effects until recently. I have had a plethora of moments where I can't seem to shake a dark mood. I am prone to these "phases" and have thought nothing of it. I have not been taking this medicine for a few days and already I am noticing a change. I CAN'T BREATHE AT NIGHT! I wake up once or twice and have to rely on my inhaler. I don't want to think that I must live with either bad moods or breathing problems. This medicine has helped me with the later, but I just can't be sure it's the cause of the depression as of late. My son has had zero sinus infections since he has been on this medication and I haven't really noticed a change in his behavior. But thanks to a few posters, I am going to seek an alternative to this medication. | F | 31 | 1 years | 4/21/2009 | 1 | Daughter's Asthma/ Allergies | It took a few months to occur to me that the nightly headaches my 7 year old was experiencing might be caused by the Singulair. We've noticed that her disposition has become increasingly poor - she has episodes of emotional meltdowns, has lost interest in doing almost anything (her afterschool activities/ sports, and school in general), she wakes up at night complaining of nightmares, wakes up in the morning complaining that she is already tired. She is fidgety and has experienced daytime wetting accidents. | My daughter has mild to moderate asthma caused by seasonal allergies. When Claritin wasnt controlling the breathing problems, the ped. suggested this. We were not verbally warned of any of the above side effects, and whether to discontinue use if they occurred. Only after I suggested it to the ped today did he agree she should stop taking it. Daughter was taking this for approximately 3-4 mos. | F | 7 | 4 months | 4/21/2009 | 1 | allergies, suspected asthma | rash, cough, sneezing, attitude problems, frequent urination, nightmares, emotional outbursts | My four year old was put on this medication while with her other parent. She was only on the medicine for a few days before being returned to me, where upon I found her covered in a rash. She had pink raised spots and was itchy everywhere. Considering that she was given 3 medications at that time, I've dropped this one to see if it is the one causing the rash. This is the second day without it and the rash has faded some. I think the other medications will be MORE than sufficient to help her feel better, and they don't have such horrible side effects listed. | F | 4 | 4 days | 4/20/2009 | 5 | Allergies, exertional asthma | None | Wow, this drug has been like a miracle for me. My breathing and stamina have greatly improved in the year I've been taking it. No side effects whatsoever. | F | 59 | 1 years | 4/19/2009 | 1 | seasonal allergy | Anxiety | I tried it a few times and each time I experienced uncomfortable levels of anxiety. It did work to solve the allergy symptoms but I couldn't live with this side effect. | M | 45 | 5 times | 4/17/2009 | 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 | constant allergies | Extreme rage, inability to focus, profoundly upsetting nightmares/dreams | Took this once. Just once. I have been on allergy meds for years and never experienced this kind of reaction, or any reaction really. My adult brother was very scared for/of me, and we just talked on the phone. Lucky for me I took it on a day off or who knows what would have happened. This took a couple of days to get out of my system. Will never take it again. | F | 51 | 1 days | 4/9/2009 | 3 | asthma | Increased anxiety; depression; heart palpitations; nightmares;stomach aches | F | 53 | 6 months | 4/7/2009 | 1 | asthmatic bronchitis | difficulty falling asleep, waking after 2-3 hours feeling as if I was coming out of anethesia,tightness in throat,paranoia,nervousness, anxiety,nausea, feeling like I was going crazy | This drug caused me to have not only difficulty falling asleep but I woke each night from 2-3 hours of sleep as if I was under anethesia. The skin on my face felt numb and it took a long time to become oriented and force myself awake. It felt as if I were in Alice in Wonderland. Then I could not sleep. I was taking other meds that I have been cutting out, assuming they were the problem but last night Singulair was the only med I took. This has been one of the most scary experiences of my life, I have slept 9 hours in 4 days but last night was the last Singulair I will ever take and I pray it works it's way out before tonight. | F | 45 | 8 days | 4/5/2009 | 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 | 3 | Chronic Sinusitis/Rhinitis | insomnia; dry mouth | Pros: very effective at treating my chronic nasal passage inflammation and allows me to breath through my nose at night Cons: I am getting 25-50% of the sleep that I used to. I cannot keep up with a lack of sleep, as has and will start to further impact my daily work. | M | 29 | 1 weeks | 4/2/2009 | 1 | Asthma / Allergic Bronchitis | Moodiness; aggressive behaviour; occasional bad dreams (h/n remembered dreams for years. Shame because it prevented attacks. | Do not give to children. Gave to my daughter and she had the same symptoms... especially the aggressive behaviour. | M | 43 | 6 months | 4/2/2009 | 1 | asthma | muscle aches, stomach aches, restless sleep and inability to sleep at night | M | 12 | 10 days | 4/1/2009 | 1 | ASTHMA | Severe heart palpitations, exhausted, soar neck muscles, depressed and inattentive. Mostly the heart palpitations, they are very severe. | Had heart palpitations when on the serevant disk inhaler a few years back as well. Same thing, my heart was freaking out. Visited a cardiologist and couldn't find anything wrong. Took myself off it and the symptoms went away. | F | 47 | 2 months | 3/29/2009 | 4 | uncontrolled asthma/allergies | I am having major mood swings.I could bite your head off and cry about it the next second.I thought it was just me.?I am SOO tired all the time,too.I am having WEIRD spasms and pains that I have never had before takng this.and I too am having a mental fog..I am glad to know this is not just me..thanks for this sight.I am afraid to quit taking it,though..because it seems like it is really helping..Oh man what to do.. | It is soo expensive too and no generic yet.. | F | 40 | 9 days | 3/26/2009 | 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 |