I am 43 (female) and have been on Singulair for a couple of month...

It just breaks my heart what I have put my wife through and not checking the side effects of a drug called Singulair. My wife has conic back pain, and also has asthma. The doctor prescribed Singulair for her 5 years ago and we never realized that her health has been constantly getting worse since then. One side effect she experienced that became devastatingly painful was the body aches she experienced. Her fingers, wrists, legs feet toes shoulders and any other joint in her body became more and more painful with time. Her skin ached and “burned” all of the time to the point that she no longer wanted to live.

Something made me stop all of her medications, and we started one by one again. Thankfully we did not start her medications up again with Singulair being the first drug on the list. We started with something that seemed more essential. Her condition improved day by day while she was off the Singulair. About three weeks later when we added the Singulair to the list of meds she needed to take, about two days later her symptoms of general body aches and pain started to increase. By the third day of taking Singulair, she wanted to die again. It took an additional three days to get her back to normal without suffering the body aches and pain. Her joint pain mimicked severe arthritis pain and swelling.

All I can say is please beware of Singulair. I am sure it works just fine for some people, but in the case of my wife, it was almost fatal. BTW my wife is now 44 years old. She first started taking Singulair when she was 39.

It just breaks my heart what I have put my wife through and not checking the side effects of a drug called Singulair. My wife has conic back pain, and also has asthma. The doctor prescribed Singulair for her 5 years ago and we never realized that her health has been constantly getting worse since then. One side effect she experienced that became devastatingly painful was the body aches she experienced. Her fingers, wrists, legs feet toes shoulders and any other joint in her body became more and more painful with time. Her skin ached and “burned” all of the time to the point that she no longer wanted to live.

Something made me stop all of her medications, and we started one by one again. Thankfully we did not start her medications up again with Singulair being the first drug on the list. We started with something that seemed more essential. Her condition improved day by day while she was off the Singulair. About three weeks later when we added the Singulair to the list of meds she needed to take, about two days later her symptoms of general body aches and pain started to increase. By the third day of taking Singulair, she wanted to die again. It took an additional three days to get her back to normal without suffering the body aches and pain. Her joint pain mimicked severe arthritis pain and swelling.

All I can say is please beware of Singulair. I am sure it works just fine for some people, but in the case of my wife, it was almost fatal.

Dear Toledo Pilot,

I am glad that you discovered the source of what was affecting your wife's health and well being.

I have been off the Singulair for over 3 weeks now and am finally feeling better. The deep pain and ache side effects slowly went away within the first week and by the second week I was left with generalized weakness but no more pain. In my third week my strength was coming back, I could hold a full teapot, but I had no stamina even for a short walk. Now I am in my 4th week and I am getting some vigor back. I went for my first walk yesterday and was able to walk at a gentle pace for about 20 minutes -- no hills or inclines though, I'm not up to that just yet. I am saddened that such a helpful medication could rob me of my life-force like Singulair did. It just was NOT worth it.