Insult symptoms and conditions

It seems most people on here are blaming their "side effects" on the medicine. Could you quite possibly have health issues anyway? what about those people that don't take Singulair and have the exact same symptoms? Is it because they are THINKING about it?
It's one thing to be informed about medication. It's another to go overboard.

I am a 36 year old African American Female. I have been on Toprol for 4 years. I take 25mg a day. At one point a dr. recommended I take 50mg a day. That was horrible. All of my side effects were worse. I decided to break the pills and stay at 25mg. The lower dosage is better. At 36, I look like I am in my early 20's! Most people guess my age at about 24. I don't feel like it at all. I am always tired, I don't have orgasms ( which is bad when you have boyfriends in their early 20's all the time) and I have anxiety and depression. I love to have fun but toprol keeps me depressed, uninterested and I cry for no reason at all. I just feel severely sad for no reason at all and cry. It is horrible. I was prescribed toprol for rapid heartbeat and mildly high bp. That it works for, but the side effects are gruesome! I tried another med for a month and I thought my heart was gonna jump out of my chest. I have 2 sons: 10 and 16, I can't be depressed and crazy all the time. I am very attractive and I want to enjoy life now that my kids are older. I'm getting off toprol!

Merck's own website states that Singulair is not an anti-histamine. I cannot imagine any General Practitioner receiving a clear picture of how Singulair actually works from this site. Nor, are they being presented with the truth about the side effects. The whole site is a bunch of marketing FLUFF that never gets to the point. At the very least, the GP's should be on the rampage with us for being deceived.

I plan to rant about this later. What a dumbed-down presentation (Merck's site)? What an insult?

http://www.singulair.com/montelukast_sodium/singulair/hcp/allergies/efficacy/index.jsp

Here is some perspective for you all. I take Singulair and do well on it and in ACTUAL studies it has one of the safest safety records. Understand that post marketing reporting does not mean there is a correlation between the event and the product. Throughout the life of a drug the companies must disclose any report of side effects reported to them REGARDLESS of causality. A popular antihistamine that is OVER THE COUNTER also has suicidal thinking/behavior listed in its post marketing section. However, just because patients who had reported having these thoughts while taking the product doesn't mean it was a result of the product! Maybe they had a depressive personality and were also on multiple other medicines to treat that. You must look at the "Adverse Reactions, Warnings and Precautions" sections of package inserts to see the side effects that were actually seen in studies. You can die from ulcers derived from over use of aspirin or ibuprofen. Decongestants can throw off your blood pressure and these events are documented in actual studies! Listen to your bodies when taking any med. If you feel differently report it to your doctor.

These are all drugs people, there are potential side effects. There are also side effects to those "natural" over the counter remedies that are not nearly as regulated by the FDA or studies by the drug companies.

To anyone out there who has experienced side effects to singulair timed to when you started it, talk to your doctor, stop taking it and see if it goes away. Same advice for any product prescription or over the counter medicine. Side effects can be a combination of many factors (what other meds are you taking?) But understand for many people this product is the safest and most effective treatment for them. The FDA and Merck are reviewing all information to see if there is any correlation to the reporting. But singulair been around for about 10 years and prescibed to billions of people and is known to be one of the safer medicines out there overall.

In between the legitimate posts on this site I get the sense there is a lot of ambulance chasing going on. People looking to cash in on this big drug companies. We want drugs, we want them cheap and with no side effects which is not a reality. Keep stepping up the regulation and make the companies hire more lawers to protect themselves and jump through even more hoops and see what happens to the price and access to new meds. Even better, see how regulation has impacted the development of new medicines around the world (here's a tip, it will dramatically decrease). Drug companies certainly aren't perfect but which industry is?

Please, when taking any medicine over the counter, prescription or herbal supplement listen to your bodies to see if the potential benefits of the product outway the risks or side effects. Report any changes to your doctor.

SO YOU CHOSE TO INSULT US BY YOUR STATEMENTS LIKE WE 'CHOSE TO BE A VICTIM' HOW DARE U! YOU MUST BE BUDDIES WITH JULES777 IT'S NOT IN OUR MINDS. WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF OUR MINDS, THAT'S FOR SURE. ARE YOU THAT STUPID TO THINK WE CHOSE HOW WE FEEL. I THINK YOUR NAME OUGHT TO BE "INSULT666"

gaining weight is an excuse?! If you are going to post on this website then do not insult the rest of us with statements like that! You haven't been on pred. long enough then to say things like that. Tell what has happened to you then ecourage people. Don't tell us we use excuses. You need to go live with jules...............

Guest, #12402 says;
"Although jules, sounds like u need to go back to the other planet u were on before We r not your friends"

Are you the spokesperson here????
Your the very reason I corrected my typo. Friends? No thank you. I'm far from being an conformist and for your personal benefit and pleasure, I won't be back.
Although Guest #12402, you are welcome to visit 'my planet' anytime.

One final note here on Guest 12402's planet:

Again, I apologize to everyone here. It was never my intention to criticize, insult, or come across uncompassionate. I certainly never expected to envoke an personal attack such as the one happening now.
Sincere best wishes to everyone. I hope you find relief from your suffering however it might be.

For bronchitis27: Your post didn't go unnoticed.
Best wishes!!! I'm a huge advocate for natural medical resources and homeopathy. We use it as a complimentary approach with all our standard medical therapy's.

Ototoxic insult from opthalmic Tobrex