I have a 8 year old daughter that has been on Singulair since she...

your are not alone...i hope you are able to get her off singulair without problems with her asthma. you will be amazed at her recovery. it took a full 10 days for my son's recovery from singulair. after which, he was like a different child.

my son was on singulair 3+ years. his most significant side effects were: irritability, FEAR, self-doubt, sick stomach / out-of-nowhere vomiting, leg pains, quick to tears, nightmares, restlessness, impulsiveness, difficult focusing / comprehension. towards the end of his use, he was on a higher dose ( 5mg). this added side effects of hallucinations, facial tic, extreme of everything listed above. it was horrible but i am thankful for the higher dose or i would have never made the connection.

doctors and parents do not realize what this drug is doing to some children. merck and the fda turn a deaf ear to the complaints. i think they are keeping doctors in the dark, so the prescriptions keep flowing.

good luck to you. i hope you are able to get her off singulair soon. i am sooo thankful for the site. her little life is going to get so much better. you will find your sunny, happy little girl again. :)

you can read my postings under Advair as my son was having horrible side effects with Advair and also was put initially on singulair and he is only four . I am under worriedasthmamom1 and have sinced had a very long talk with my sons asthma allergist to take him off the Advair and the singulair and put him on Asmanex . He is now on Asmanex 220 mcg once in the evenings and only takes his albuterol when he is coughing bad which he hasnt had to take in a long while. The FDA has approved an Asmanex twisthaler 110 mcg for release later this month in February 2008 for children ages 4 - 11 and the 220 mcg is normally given to patients 12 and older. I must tell you that on the day we were weaning my son off the Advair he was throwing fits like you describe of your daughter, and my son was having night sweats and he was also super hype and wouldnt sit still at any time. We switched right over to Asmanex. My son is sleeping through the night all night and is breathing so deeply and soundly for the first time in a month . HIs breathing is normal and I no longer fear he might die in the middle of the night from all the whole body tremors he was having with the advair. PLease know when my son started having such horrible symptoms with his advair , I got on the internet and searched for the answers myself. On February 14, 2008 I stayed up all night till 4:30 am to find answers and safer ways for my son to breath. There is also another medicine I came acros which I will share with you and which I plan on putting my son on in addition to his Asmanex as the medicine is all natural herbs to relieve asthma symptoms. Look up respitrol on the web and read about it as I found it wonderful and a relief to us parents of asthma children . I also had to convince my sons allergist and asthma specialist that I did not want Advair for my son anymorebut wanted Advair . He still tried to say Advair was safe but after all my son experienced I was really afraid of it.After an hour or so my sons doctor changed my sons prescription to Asmanex 220 mcg once daily . I see no side effects thus far and like I said he is sleeping so well for the first time in four weeks ......yeah.