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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINGULAIR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | asthma | very bad side effects. foggy head, bad sinus headaches,brain tingling, panic attacks,dizziness, halucinations,naushaus, high blood pressure, diarrere, depression, muscle pain,stomach pain, nightmares. | helped my asthma...but not worth the side effects.. | M | 21 | 10 days | 1/27/2008 | 5 | Severe dishydrosis, mild asthma | none | Singulair worked wonders for my dishydrosis. After almost two years of intense suffering I could finally walk without pain and use my hands again. I've been almost symptom free for over 12 months. | F | 33 | 14 months | 1/25/2008 | 1 | asthma | After reading all of these ratings I have decided to take my 11 year old son back to the doctor today! We have been on Singulair for about 4 years and I have finally realized this medicine is making him sick! We have anxiety; stomach pain and headaches. My son never had any of these problems until being on this rx. It is awful. The awful part is it took me 3 years to realize this is what is doing it. Please be sure you talk to you doctor before giving this medication to a young child. I have the school nurse call me regularly about him having a stomach/headache and he has missed 15 days of school this year. We have had several stomach test done due to unexplained nauseau and heartburn. WELL now we know and will quickly plan to discontinue this horrible medication. | M | 11 | 4 years | 1/25/2008 | 1 | Asthma | Depression, mood swings, anxiety over things that I wouldn't normally be anxious about. | I considered my self a very well rounded person until I started having severe depression upon waking each day. I have Lupus and take many drugs so I had no reason to blame the Singulair. I actually thought my "sadness" was due to low blood sugar and have been trying uselessly for 2 years to balance protein with depression. I finally did some thinking and realized that the Singulair was started at the same time my depression started. I found your site and can't thank you enough. Just awful to think you are the only one out there having problems. Have stopped the Singulair and symptoms already better. | M | 60 | 2 years | 1/24/2008 | 5 | asthma | night terror, sleep disruption, aggressive behavior (biting, hitting, pulling hair), increase in thirst, diarrhea, sleepiness during the day | My 22 month-old son has taken this med for 13 days now. Within 48 hours of his first dose, the runny nose, coughing at night/with increased activity, ceased. Originally, I was very impressed. A close friend advised that Singulair has several side-effects and to watch him carefully. I did not recognize the side-effects until reading other postings on this board. He is an active (and sometimes aggressive) little boy. How do I know aggressive behavior is related to drug and not just part of his age? He has hit, bitten, and pulled hair before, but never has he had night terrors. Regardless, I am taking him off the drug and will immediately begin researching alternative medicine approaches...dietary changes, etc. I am so sorry for these other children who have suffered such severe side-effects for such a long time. Thank you to those parents for notifying the rest of us. | M | 1.9 | 13 days | 1/19/2008 | 2 | SINGULAIR | This drug was giving to my daughter at the age of 2 if she was having side effects, she wasn't able to explaine them not knowing any different. | Been given this drug at the age of two and now five we are no longer giving her singular. Rather this is wrong or right we have taken her off of it as parents. As a mother I have always wonder why this girl can't sleep all night??! When the drug was filled we NEVER had any information of possible side effects now after 3 1/2 year everthing is coming to a head. Side effect of restlessness, tingling (always itching hand and feet) split seconds of mood changes, who would of ever know? This poor little 5 year old has not taken singulir for the past 2 days and we are already seeing improvements in her sleep and being able to sleep soundly! We will be meeting with an Allergy, Asthma specialist next week it will be interesting to see what it is he says and what kind of drugs he will put her on? I know it won't be singulair. This was the drug of choice to keep this little girl under control with her asthna and she have been admited atleast a year to our local hosptial. | F | 31 | 3 years | 1/17/2008 | 1 | chronic sinusitis | My son began taking singular the week he started Kindergarden. After about three weeks on the medication, he began having night terrors, itchy skin, aggressive and impulsive behavior in school, and became easily fustrated/aggitated with simple tasks. We began to wonder if he had ADHD or some other type of behavioral disorder. I then google singular and found this web site. THANK GOD FOR THIS WEB SITE!!!!!!!! We immediately took my son off of singular and within 4 days we saw positive changes in his behaviors. These side effects were completely gone in about 3 weeks. He is doing great in school and has not even had one sinus infection. | PARENTS, DO NOT GIVE YOUR CHILDREN THIS DRUG!!!! | M | 5 | 3 months | 1/17/2008 | 1 | moderate-persistent asthma | Over time, the following occurred: almost immediately began bedwetting (after being a dry sleeper); physical aggression; emotionally overreactive; irritability; gradual weight gain; always hungry; bad dreams; difficulty waking in A.M.; most recently thought he was seeing a "robber" in our house during the night (on several nights - and we don't watch scary shows) - this after a dose increase. | Our son started taking it at age 5 w/onset of moderate-persistent asthma not controlled with Advair or Albuterol. He was dry at nights from age 3-1/2 to 5; w/in 48 hours of starting Singulair, he started bedwetting at night (which we attributed to Advair). We finally moved 2-1/2 years ago to remove him from the environmental triggers, got him off Advair/Albuterol, keeping the Singulair going for asthma control. Still dealt with bedwetting all this time, but thought that had a genetic component. BUT, after a dose increase last month b/c of a flare-up, his mood & behavior worsened markedly. Mood was darker, very impatient, emotionally labile-never knew how he'd react to anything. Started wetting the bed 2x/night. We "Googled" Singulair & stopped it on 1/7/08--in 9 nights he's had 4 dry nights (the last 3 nights in a row). He stopped "seeing" a robber at night; is easier to awaken; he says he feels more awake at school and it was easier to get out of bed. He sa | M | 10 | 5 years | 1/17/2008 | 1 | hives | dizziness, tired all the time, migraine, foggy thinking, slurred speech, nightmares, aches all over, weight gain | I'm not taking it today or ever again. | F | 48 | 10 days | 1/16/2008 | 4 | daily migraines | I've experienced no side effects that I know of although after looking at this site, I believe the med caused a few nights of unexplained sleeplessness. | I'd heard that Singulair can help with migraines so, at my urging, my neurologist prescribed this med for me. It definitely has helped although I'm far from perfect. I'm taking this med vs. other daily preventatives because of dryness the others can cause (I have an autoimmune disease that causes dryness). My heart goes out to the parents here whose children have had negative side effects--esp the parent whose child took his life. Very useful website! | F | 54 | 25 days | 1/13/2008 | 1 | Asthma, allergies | Weight gain (20 lbs..went from a 4 to an 8), insomnia, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, loss of motivation, feelings of rage and desire to be violent sometimes, general feeling of being unhealthy | I used to be a confident, over-achiever with a lust for life.In the past 1.5 years, I've become someone I don't recognize: a wimpering ball of pathetic mush.I never suspected singulair because about a year prior to taking it, I lost my dad to cancer at an early age, so blamed my problems on that, but the timing is just too concidental.I have to take 2 Rx's each day to control my outrageous anxiety and depression, and my self esteem is zero (in spite of a great career, fiance, friends, and the bills are paid!)By all accounts, I should be happy and well-adjusted, but I can barely make it through most days.I'm overweight now and exhausted no matter what I try.Since finding this forum last night, I quit taking singulair.It worked for me, but not worth it.If you decide to try this drug, KEEP A DIARY so you don't spend a year and a half piling on *more* drugs and therapy to fix what singulair did to you. | F | 27 | 18 months | 1/12/2008 | 1 | mild asthma | depression, inconsolable crying, bad thoughts, self-hate, paranoia, anxiety, lack of eye contact, obsessive thoughts, low self-esteem, and fear | PLEASE REPORT YOUR SIDE EFFECTS TO THE FDA - THAT DRUG SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN!! Here's my statement to FDA Medwatch on the fda.gov website: My 7 year old daughter was prescribed Singulair for asthma, 5mg once daily. After two weeks on the drug she began experiencing sudden and severe side effects - including depression, inconsolable crying, bad thoughts, self-hate, paranoia, anxiety, lack of eye contact, obsessive thoughts, low self-esteem, and fear. We stopped the Singulair after three days of these side effects. Now it's been 4 days since stopping the drug and she's slowly recovering. Furthermore, her Pediatrician agrees that Singulair is to blame for her sudden state. This shouldn't happen to a child; this drug shouldn't be prescribed to children at all. This has been a horrible experience for my daughter and my family. | F | 7 | 2 weeks | 1/12/2008 | 5 | Asthmatic for 18 yrs/Allergies | Drowsiness | I came to this site looking for side effects of another medicine I'm taking and decided to see what people have said about Singulair. I was put off at the fact that someone said the only reason anyone would give this a 5 is because they work for the drug company. WELL, I certainly do not. When first prescribed, I was taking the chewable child dose (considering I was about 9) but eventually moved up to the adult 10mg dose. I've never noticed any side effect except drowsiness - which is why the bottle says to take at bedtime. It works wonderfully for me. I notice whenever I skip a night my asthma flares back up to usual symptoms and I have to take at least one dose of my inhaler. When I take it as prescribed I don't need my inhaler at ALL. It does take about 2 days for Singulair to fully work if I have missed some doses. | F | 21 | 12 years | 1/11/2008 | 1 | Allergies | Moody, depressed, breaking into tears. Argumentative constantly and tired all the time. | My 6 yr old son was prescribed singular about 2 months ago for allergies. He has become progressively more difficult to deal with. I thought he was 'coming down' from Christmas or tired due to a growth spurt but I will be taking him off this drug today! I am so glad I found this site or my poor baby could have ended up being in this state forever. He is normally such a cooperative, sweet little guy. | M | 6 | 60 days | 1/11/2008 | 4 | asthma | none | i was diagnosed with "exercise induced" asthma (per my pulmanologist asthma is asthma) almost 2 years ago. september of '07 it turned into something that was no longer under control. i believe the tree pollen is what sparked my inability to control the asthma anymore. my primary doctor had me on oral steroids (6 days) and antibiotics b/c she thought i just had a bad respiratory infection. as soon as the steroids were out my symstem the major attacks returned. a bad attack which resulted in an emergency trip to the hospital as well as seeing a pulmanologist is how i was put on singulair. the best thing since sliced bread for me. i can run, exercise and roller skate again without being affraid of the activity resulting in an attack. i still use my inhaler 20 min before any physical activity, but i feel singular has helped me get my life back. | F | 34 | 1 months | 1/8/2008 | 1 | Asthma | Unusually long bleed times - so much that my Hemorrhoids would cause embarrassing stains. General feeling of being emotionally flat... cloudy, muscles easily fatigued. Bleeding that easily can't be healthy. The side effects I experienced are NOT fictitious or confused with some other pre existing ailment. I definitely can not take this drug. | I'm jealous of the people who can take singulair. I know dealing with asthma would be much easier if I could tolerate the side effects. If my asthma was absolutely life threatening, I'm still not sure if I would take it. To each their own. | M | 24 | 4 days | 1/6/2008 | 5 | Asthma & Allergies | none | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 1/3/2008 | 5 | Cough | My 6 year old son has a chronic cough at nighttime and during athletics. My pediatrician put him on the mediaction for this. After taking the medication for the week trial, he awoke every night crying with night terrors. I spoke to the pediatircian about this symptom and she had never heard of this and dismissed my concerns; acting as if night terrors were not that big of a deal, that my son wouldn't remember it anyway in the morning. However after reading the Singular pamplet, the side effects are listed on the pamplet stating 'night terrors'. My son has also complained about headaches more often now, and is more sleepy during the daytime. However his night terrors have stopped after 1 month of taking the medication and his cough is gone. | After weighing the medication side effects and his cough, I have decided to discontinue the medication. I can't see having my child take a medication that has altered his mental and physical state to cure a non life threatening cough. I wish that my pediatrician would not have been so quick to pull out the prescripion tablet without knowing all the facts about the medication she approved for my son. | M | 6 | 45 days | 12/29/2007 | 1 | Asthma, Allergies | Sleeplessness, insecurity, weakness, EXTREME aggression, irritability. | My son was put on Singulair as a 'preventative' measure for his asthma during the winter months. In the last 3 days, he has bitten 2 friends and broken the skin, hit 2 friends for no reason, and violently scratched another friend. This is not our son. He breaks down immediately after doing these very aggressive acts and in unconsolable and doesn't know why he did it. We have been trying to understand the massive mood swing in him and aggressive behavior. Now that I have found this site and others, I am realizing that all of this started 2 months ago when he was put on the singulair - and that when he was off it before over the summer that he had no problems and was the sweet, loving, confident child he used to be. I have had 3 refills for the time he has been on this drug and NEVER received any patient information on the drug with it. I had no idea the side effects were this bad, or even that these were side effects until I researched it myself. I am taking him off and hoping h | M | 3.5 | 2 months | 12/21/2007 | 3 | Chronic allergic rhinitis | I have been getting so frustrated with my 8 yr old son's highly emotional behaivor. Over the last month he worries about everything and cries easily. He has always been a little sensitive, but this is on a whole new level. To the point where I was getting very worried about him. He has bad dreams every night and has been wetting the bed nearly every night. I told my mom about these symptoms and she suggested it was the Singulair. I wasn't convinced but decided to look it up online anyway. I am so glad I found this site. Some of the side effects the mothers here listed sound exactly like my son. I will never give him this medicine again. THANK YOU | The Singulair did seem to help his symptoms. But, as so many others have mentioned, the side effects are not worth the minimal improvement. | M | 8 | 4 months | 12/20/2007 |