Speech pathologist symptoms and conditions

I have a 10 year old daughter who took Singulair from age 3 until this past November. She has severe asthma/allergies. When she was 6 the night terrors started I informed the pediatrician of this, but they said she probably had sleep apnea. Her concentration level kept her in trouble in school. I never considered that it might be the Singulair. She developed a speech problem and the school speech teacher referred us to a speech pathologist because they thought she might have vocal fold dysfunction. Several specialists later, we wound up at an allergist's office who IMMEDIATELY took her off of Singulair stating that it was a dangerous drug and should have never been prescribed to her.

Her health has IMPROVED off of the singulair and we are doing allergy shots and symbacort with allegra. I wish I could have saved her the emotional roller coaster ride - all because of this drug.

my then 2 year old daughter began to take Zyrtec in sept 06 for allergies. she began to STUTTER in November 06. she has gotten worse over time. she also has experienced vaginal irritation for about the same amount of time
( 1 1/2 years) i have had her tested by a gyn and everything came back normal. her stuttering got worse when the doctor upped her dose. so bad that she can not complete a sentence. i took her off of it 1 week ago and we have seen mild improvement and Withdrawal (crying,itching,sleeplessness) has anyone else experienced this? please help us!

I finally know what is wrong with me and I think I can help some other people also...so I felt compelled to post!

I have been on Advair for almost 5 years and have experienced weight gain (35 lbs), heart rate increase, anxiety and just over all restlessness. Now, my asmtha is under control, but I have had voice problems and continuous phlem in the back of my throat.

I have gone to a wonderful speech pathologist that told me that a lot of this was due to Advair. He asked me to cut down and once my pulmonary specialist heard that he was angry. The pathologist told me to drink a lot of water, but in small sips. Don't drink hot liquids, coffee, caffine and to constantly chew gum or have candy to keep your saliva glands working. Don't whisper! It's worse for your voice. Also, if you use albuterol use a dispenser chamber that will slow down the dosage...there you go...about 1000K of advice from a pro!

I am looking into other avenues to treat my asmtha after reading your posts. I am 27 and the symptoms are just not worth the pain they cause. Hopefully Advair will fix these symptoms, but it is pretty powerful stuff!

Lost my voice in August 2004, currently seeing ENT and next to a speech pathologist. Also have trouble sleeping, joint problems, blurry vision, weight gain. Advair works great to help me breathe, but there has to be something else out there that doesn't have all the side effects. I can't do my job without my voice!