April 10th
2008
10:29 AM
My four year old son was put on Singulair about a month and a half ago for allergies/very light asthma. I was told that it would help him to possibly outgrow those conditions, and that we would re-evaluate in six months. At first I wasn't very consistent with giving it to him, but for the last two weeks or so he has had it every night before bed. For the last week he has not been himself. Whining a lot, upset about very little things, much more aggressive towards his sister, hitting, kicking, throwing fits. Twice this week his day care center staff pulled me aside and said he has been acting horribly. Upset about little things, angry, kicking, not listening, being very defiant...in short not acting like himself. Same as what we are seeing at home. It's like his behavior has regressed back to a two year old or worse.
I made an appointment for him today because of these behavior problems, plus he seems to be suffering a possible ear infection and bronchitis again anyway, which is what we started on the meds for in the first place. A co-worker remembered that we had recently started medication, and inquired about whether or not I thought that could be causing the behavioral issues. I did a search on google and came to this site. Reading these stories is like a light bulb switched on in my head! I feel horrible, why didn't I think to ask about side effects, why didn't I think about the meds being a possible cause of his behavior? No matter what the doctor says today, I am taking him off the Singular immediately. I will be in search of natural remedies to treat his allergies.
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March 26th
2008
3:32 PM
In 2002 I was on Lipitor for around two and a half years, my muscle deterioration was so bad, fatigue, weakness, ED and joint pain. Doctor took me off and put me on Welchol after about two weeks I felt so much better, continued on Welchol up until about three months ago and stopped, muscle pain was two much, joint pain, butt muscle pain, tail bone pain, no ED, just fatigue, just went back to the Doctor and I told him I quit taking Welcho he was mad, states no side effects, he prescribed sleeping pills and I will try Welchol again. I am 47 now and also have developed a severe case of ringing in my ear.
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August 5th
2007
7:07 PM
I have been on Yaz for 3 months and I have ZERO sex drive. I love my boyfriend, find him incredibly attractive, but sex just bores me now. I get no enjoyment at ALL--never have orgasms anymore. Before getting on Yaz I thought about sex ALL the time and wanted hime 2 times a day--now, If we go a week w/o sex, it's no big deal to me b/c I just forget that it's something to do--totally sucks. I'd rather get pregnant than not want to be with my man that way. I also feel totally "out of it" sometimes or just indifferent to things which is NOT me. I used to be on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Low for like 4 years. I didn't notice much of a sexual side effect with it, but I will say that when I got off Ortho, I was as "horny" as a teenage boy so I'm guessing all hormonal birth controls are not for me.
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March 28th
2003
7:21 PM
mY HUSBAND EYES DOCTOR PUT ONTHISMEDICINE hE IS LOSING VISION IN HIS EYE. hIS DOCTOR DID LASER SURGERY NAD TBECAME INFLAME, SO ONE DOCTOR GAVE HIME THIS MEDICINE, THEN HIS REGULAR DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO STOP USING IT BECAUSE IT CAN EFFECT HIS GLOUCOMA AND CAN GO BLIND QUICKLY.
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Singulair (2) Bromaxefed DM RF Syrup (1) Fluorometholone (1) Yasmin (1) Welchol (1)
October 23th
2008
3:11 PM
My daughter is 7 and was just put on Singular as a preventive medication for croup which she gets when she has an infection. She is not on a daily inhaler nor does she have asthma attacks at school. I asked the doctor for an alternative to the pulmicort breathing treatments b/c the prolonged use of this caused her to have dental issues (8 cavities) and he gave her singular. I am concerned of the side effects in the reviews of this medication but I need some relief for my child. She has been on the medication only 1 day is frequent urination a side effect and can it come on that quick? If there is another medication that doesn't have the side effects apparently singular has please let me know.
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