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 | 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 | Asthma/Allergies | loss of appetite, definetly lack of focus/concentration, mood swings you name it!!! | Both our daughter(age 10) and our son(age 8) have been taking singular since the age of 1 to 1 1/2 years old,for asthma. My son's teacher asked if my son was taking any medication that would altar his focusing abilities. I mentioned singular but did not think anything of it. She told me to google it and see if it may have any possible side effects to cause him lack of focus. WOW!!! I am totally in shock by all the responds to this drug. I am removing my children from it. Hopefully both my daughter and son will get some stability back by removing them off of this drug. It's a sad thing to have to learn about a drug from other childrens' side effects, to know what can harm them!!! | F | | 2/26/2009 | 1 | Allergy | Severe depression, severe insomnia after only one pill. | I'm afraid to take it again. | M | 56 | 1 days | 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 | depression insomnia anxiety panic | this drug is pure poison,passed out to small children who suffer from its effects,but the medical community turns a blind eye | M | 15 | 3 years | 2/25/2009 | 3 | Allergies & Asthma | None that I'm aware of. Not sure how effective this medication really is, I still have a constantly runny nose all year long. | F | 56 | 5 years | 2/21/2009 | 1 | allergies | not sleeping & mood swings, aggression | F | 2 | 3 months | 2/19/2009 | 1 | na | No, it is not the substance for sweetness - Singulair causes all the symptoms and more in some people, regardless of the type of dosage. Please visit parentsforsafety.org for more information. | F | 44 | 0 days | 2/18/2009 | 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 | 2 | Asthma | My sweet, bubbly 3 year old began having panic and anxiety attacks. She would start crying if dirt got on her. She didn't want to play with her friends anymore. She had nightmares and was up every night. SHe had started a new school so I wasn't sure if it was the medication or the situation. We stopped anyway and saw an immediate improvement. She is back to her sweet self and we are managing her Astma with Pulmicort. | Her allergist was not willing to even entertain the thought that the Singulair could have been a cause of her behavior change. He sighted research studies that showed no adverse reactions like this. All the research or paper in the world will not convince me that Singulair did not cause my daughter to have these bad effects!! | F | 3 | 2 months | 2/17/2009 | 1 | mild asthma | mood swings, anxiety, depression, aggression, outburst behavior, nightmares, diminished impulse control, suicidal ideation | My daughter went from a delightful little girl to a problem child almost immediately. That was blamed it on the fact that she was nearing her preteen years, though she didn't reach puberty until 14! When she ran out of the medicine recently I didn't renew it, and her behavior is rapidly reverting to normal, though her self esteem had been damaged by the years of ADD-type behavior. | F | 14 | 6 years | 2/17/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Severe Night Sweats, completely soaks :Head and Hair, all Clothes, and bedding, as if he wet the bed but worse. | 1st time 5 days stopped, the sweating issue concerned me. 3 weeks later Dr. talked me into Singulair agian because cough and congestion. 1st dose tonight heavy sweats again. I am washing bedding right now. will not give again. | M | 5 | 6 days | 2/17/2009 | 2 | 3 1/2 yr old for allergies/asthma | My son who was already strong-willed has been on Singulair for approximately three months. He's always been high-energy and difficult to discipline but he started having these negative thoughts and speech "I hate myself" I hate you/my sister" and calling people idiots and hitting more/biting etc. - and until I happened upon this website did not even think it had anything to do with his medication! He also has had hallucinations/bad dreams frequently at night and told my mother that he heard a bee in his ear - which is what caused me to suspect his medication. After reading all of these posts I took him off of it two days ago. So far I have not seen a change and he is a little asthmatic so I am calling his allergist about all this tomorrow. | I am OUTRAGED that I never was told about these side effects and to hear that it was reported in the news - I am guessing I must've been under a ROCK that day? I would have never put my son on this medication if I knew. Sadly, it was really helping with his allergies and asthma and now we'll have to try something else possibly. We took him off Zyrtec b/c he had issues on that as well and it dried him out too much and made him too drowsy. | F | 39 | 3 months | 2/15/2009 | 2 | Asthma | Severe depression, very vivid dreams, skin problems with excema and severe itiching of face, scalp and neck, hair falling out. Scalp was numb and tingling. | Helped with asthma symptoms, but due to side effects could not take. | F | 58 | 6 months | 2/6/2009 | 1 | chronic sinus and ear infections | My 8 year old daughter was prescribed singulair 3 different times. The first two times she had severe headaches and we discontinued after two weeks. This last time we took it for 1 | and 1/2 months (after the doctor became angry that we had not kept her on it before.)We have now been to the ER for stomach pain and swollen abdomen 4office visits and 6days off school. She is having night terrors, clingy, cries from fear at bedtime will not let me out of her sight,also 1UTI.I have not slept in 3 weeks and the scary part is that it has been 3 weeks since she has had a dose. I found a post saying their son saw red stripes and yellow dots in one eye and it blew me away. That cannot be a coincidence.My child was happy and secure before she took singulair and now she is terrified and tormented daily by thoughts she cannot get out of her head. She says people are trying to kill her when she sleeps. She is now sleep deprived with dark circles under her eyes. I still have not seen information on how long it will take to get out of her system. | F | 8 | 45 days | 2/2/2009 | 3 | asthma | extreme weight gain,mood changes | my daughter has been on singulair for a year and while it has helped to control her asthma i am considering taking her off of it. Just like others have stated she has gained a lot of weight especially in her mid section. Her stomach is huge like a pregnant person. I am also worried about her frequent mood changes. Weight gain should really be added to the list of side effects. | F | 8 | 1 years | 1/30/2009 | 2 | Asthma | Loss of appetite, mood swings. Spaced out and unfocused. Greatly affecting schoolwork. Depressed and cries alot. | F | 9 | 11 months | 1/29/2009 | 2 | allergies | always thirsty, not much appetite, mean, hitting, bighting, throwing, yelling, BAD tantrums, not her normal self at all | The doctor put my daughter on singulair a few months ago for her allergies. It really seemed to help her coughing through the night and watery eyes and all. I quit giving it to her for a while because she didn't seem to need it. A few weeks ago i started giving it to her again. And thats about when we noticed her disobedience and yelling, throwing, hitting, biting, major tantrums, loss of appetite, and being very impatient and just not acting like her normal self. I just thought she was already getting into her terrible 2's. But thats not ever how i imagined my child to act, i couldn't figure out where she was getting it. I got a call from my mom this morning, asking me if she was still taking this medicine i told her yes. And that is when she forwarded me this website. I thought hmm, that explains it. | F | 1 | 4 days | 1/29/2009 | 1 | My daughter took for mild asthma | Violent trantrums that were uncontrollable, leg pain, sleeplessness, weepiness, clingy behaivior. | My daughter is 7 and has mild Asthma. She was prescribed singulair 3 weeks ago and I have just today put two and two together. Over the past weeks she has tantrums every day, all day about the smallest matters. She has expressed wanting to hurt her sister and is just completely miserable 90% of the time. I am taking her off of this medication immediately! | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 1/29/2009 | 1 | allergies/asthma | nausea, motion sickness, dizziness, depression, crying all the time, irritability | Started the medication 9 days ago. Had depression after a couple days, which I have never had before. No desire to do anything, crying all the time. Also stared feeling a bit dizzy at times. Yesterday, I took my pill in the afternoon because I forgot to take it in the morning. While cooking dinner that evening, I got so dizzy, I had to turn everything off and lie down. Came upon this site and saw that I am far, far from alone. Quit the meds...would rather have a hard time breathing that take another one of these. I am trying to keep my chin up. Hope it gets out of my system soon. | F | 43 | 8 days | 1/28/2009 |