Pulminologist symptoms and conditions

In September of 2007 my then 13 year old daughter was put on Singular for mild asthma. At the time she was a straight A student, vice president of our school and a popular girl who's guidance counselor described as "the glue of her grade" because she was so well liked. In November she told me that she was struggling with advanced Latin and Science. She asked to drop down to on grade Latin so we did. In December her science teacher notified us that she had a C average. She told me that she thought she had ADD/ADHD and she couldn't keep up. At the same time she was having a lot of problems with friends at school and we just attributed it to being 14. 3 weeks ago we discovered that she is significantly behind in English and it was then that she told me that she is been having horrific night mares. She said that they usually involve someone killing her or her killing herself. She said that they were so graphic that she couldn't repeat it out loud. She also said that she would feel waves of anxiety that would come over her at school and she would act "witchy" to the kids in her class for no real reason. She said that sometimes when she is trying to do her homework she will read the same passage for 2 hours and still have no idea what it's about. She also said that the suicidal thoughts from her sleep happened during they day and that she had thoughts of her harming herself. Fortunately her pulminologist told us that this may be caused by singular and we immediately took her off of it which was 2 weeks ago. She has only had 1 "bad dream" not even a nightmare since. She had one anxiety attack 3 days after she was off it and she describes her moods as the "cloud lifting....slowly". Now, we have to pick up the pieces. Her grades have suffered, her friendships have suffered and most of all her self esteem is very low. I'm grateful that we found out the cause but I feel as if my daughter lost a year of her life and I worry that because Merck won't admit there are side effects we can't find out how long it remains in their system. Is anyone else concerned about the long term affect and has anyone pursued a class action suit to try to get this drug tested properly?

I cannot believe that all of these stories have such similarities. How can singulair not be the cause??? We have learned all this about singulair my husband and i feel just in the nick of time. Our seven year old son has been on singulair for about three years. Like many others, it seemed great for awhile and yes I think it does assist in controlling his asthma. But over the past year very subtly we have watched our happy go lucky son who was a tough kid --- turn to a crying all the time unhappy and negative child. He complains of stomach aches ALL the time. He's been t the ER twice for suspected appendicitis. He is always saying he does not get a good night sleep. In the past few months he has started with the anxiety -- afraid to go upstairs in the house alone, worrying about many many things a normal 7 year old should not be concerned with. He does not want to go out and play with his nine year old brother like he used to. Low energy,etc. Just yesterday morning my husband and I looked at each other and said...is he depressed? Later in the day a neighbor happened to mention the news about singulair. I was on line researching and came across this web site. I cannot believe what I am reading.
When my son was about 3 his beloved pulmonologist (who has since died) told me that singulair was not a good drug and he did not understand why so many doctors where prescribing it. He said he had brought this up at conferences,etc. I feel like this man is speaking to me from his grave after reading all this. Why did we put our son on this drug? His next pulmonologist put our son on it and the pediatrician also advise us using it. I always remembered what our original doc told us...but what do you do when you've got two respected opinions telling you the same thing and sick child you desperately want to help?
Our son was one of those kids who was born with a smile on his face and a laugh in his belly. I have three children, he's the middle. he was my happiest baby and my toughest kid. he was soooo sick as a baby, by six months rsv and pneumonia...nebs,etc you all know the deal. But the thing that my husband and I would always remark after all those sleepless nights was what a trooper he was. He never complained. We got our strength from him. He was jolly and happy all the time. That boy has been lost. He is done with singulair and we hope and pray to find him again. If our pediatrician and pulmonologist treat us the way the recent pediatrician posting did I would say why are you trusting these drug companies over the voices of thousand of parents. My husband and I are educated people. I am not one to just jump on the wagon. There is absolutely something to all this. These are the lives of children we are taking about. We need to listen to these kids. I have been making excuses for months about my sons changes in behavior and been so sad to see him sad all the time. I have been hard on him...tough love ... because he has turned into such a cry baby and complainer. I feel terrible. None of this is his fault. We pray for him to free of these symptoms as the days and weeks go by that he is off singulair.

can't get my sons doctor on the phone. does anyone know anything about just stopping the drug cold turkey? my son is 4 and has been on it for 13 months. can i just stop today? ??

I'm just heartbroken over this. My 6-year old identical twin boys have been on Singulair for 4 years to help control severe asthma. Looking back...I now realize there was a definite "personality" change in both of them after going on it. I've been living with it for 4 years now and have just "gotten used to it." Since October, one of my sons has experienced severe back pain, abdominal pain, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes (though I don't know if this is related), and sadness. I have put him through tests because I just knew something was wrong - he has had an MRI spine, CT chest, abdominal ultrasound, and lymph node biopsy (all negative). I am just crushed because I wonder if I have put him through these tests for absolutely NO reason. That all along, it has been the Singulair. My other son has had insane mood swings for the past 4 years and I had just chalked it up to his personality. He can be extremely mean to his brother and has indicated to me that sometimes he just doesn't "want to be."

The only positive thing out of this is that I learned how insightful my pediatrician is. He took both boys off the Singulair about 6-8 weeks ago. I have noticed a slight improvement in his symptoms, but they have not yet all gone away. I'm hoping there's not lasting damage...

My daughter has been taking Singulair for almost 2 years now. She's 71/2 years old now. It seems like she's very hard to wake in the mornings and complains that she's still sleepy despite 10 hours of sleep. Also she makes a very strange sound during the night like she's scratching her throat and complains of sore throat in the mornings. Has anyone else had this experience with Singulair? I want to take her off. Is it safe to stop this drug without weaning it?

my daughter has been on Singulair for 4 days now. She is 2 years old and has bad food allergies that cause very bad eczema. She also has been diagnosed with the start of asthma. After going to an allergist, we were told that she should try Singulair and Allegra for a couple of months to treat her seasonal allergies which have been causing coughing at night and skin break-outs, etc. A day or so after she took the medicine ( Singulair chewable tablets- I haven't started the Allegra yet, it seemed like too much for her to be on ) she has been having very loose stools, and quite a few throughout the day. Also she has hive- like bumps on her back. I stopped giving it to her the day before yesterday because the medicine was the only new thing she had been introduced too. The stools seemed to slow down and the hives seemed to be going away, but she was coughing bad last night, so I gave it to her again thinking maybe all she had was a stomach bug. But this morning we made countless potty stops and her back is bumpy again. Does anyone else have this problem?

My daughter will be 2 in June and she suffers with asthma she has been taken diff meds such as xopenex, pulmicort, orapred, and now singulair. i researched all the other meds and took her off but the asthma specialist said she needed the pulmicort and i asked her pediatrician what he thought and he prescribed singulair he said it was completely safe and i had nothing to worry about but now i am very much worried because my daughter is only 21 months old and can not tell me exactly what wrong if anything. she has only been taking this singulair since last night so it has been twice she has taken it and last night she had a nightmare. she was fussy going to bed, it took a long while to wind her down she normally falls asleep between 9 and 10 pm last night she went out around 12. her lungs r very sensitive and i want her to get better but a lot of these meds have really bad side affects and who's to say what will be the long term affects and thats what i worry about the most. i just don't know what to do and I'm very worried. i came across this site by accident but I'm glad i did cuz now i know that this is not safe to give my 21 month old daughter.

I am a 35 year old women, with severe asthma. I have had asthma since I was four years old. I have been through numerous meds. Currently I am taking Singulair, Combivent, Advair diskus and thte 7 day Predinsone. In July 2007 i had a severe asthma attach where i almost lost my life. In the past I'd rarely take the Advair, but since that last time in the hospital i have been religiously taking it. Right now i have a severe chest cold and i am taking theraflu and vicks cold meds and i am noticing strange things. Irregular heartbeat, feeling bloated, some anxiety and my weight gain. By reading the other posts and this whole site, i know believe i should ween myself of this Advair again. It is too much to worry about ...

I get bronchitis when I use this product. I have had to resort to illegal methods of getting the older inhalers. I can't afford to be down sick for 2 weeks at a time because a government decides for me that my medicine is bad. I'm sorry, me breathing is more important then ANYONE elses opinion. Especially those without asthma who say HFA is exactly the same. It's not. I haven't been able to tell a diffrence between it and primitine mist. Both INFERIOR products.