September 15th
2006
9:02 PM
I am a seventeen-year-old and I have been prescribed Omnicef twice for strept throat. The first time, a few months ago, I noticed that I became more aggressive and agitated a lot easier (here I might add that I am normally an oddly happy teenager). This is my fifth day on Omnicef and I am suffering from severe depression, for no apparent reason. I've heard of others experiencing the same, and my aggressiveness that disappeared at the same time as my medication the last time around is back again. I wonder if this is connected to the crankiness described by the parents of the toddlers?
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September 11th
2008
4:21 PM
My daughter was on Advair, Singulair, and Zyrtec to control her severe asthma and allergies. We were so thankful that these medications kept her from having to be hospitalized 2-3 times a year for uncontrollable asthma attacks. About six months after she began taking these medications she began to have headaches, she had difficulty sleeping, she was irritable, she had stomach pains, leg cramps,and eventually depression and social withdrawal. She went from an outgoing and happy teenager to a bitter and angry person. In 2003 she committed suicide. Six months after her death reports started to surface about the link between singulair and depression and suicide. Perhaps for my daughter it was a combination of the three drugs. Whatever you do be cautious and do your research before taking any allergy or asthma medication. Go to the Singulair website and you will be astounded by what you read. Please try to get the word out about these medications.
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