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Posted at 2:28 PM on Feb 22, 2008 by tammy3, #27402
My poor 6 yr. old daughter has been taking this awful medicine since December. She has been complaining of stomach pain, headaches and not being able to breath. I called my doctor a few weeks ago to see if it could be from the Singulair she was on.. they told me "probably not". During her dance class she had to sit down because her stomach hurt so bad. I was writing everything down that she was eating (we have an appt. w/an allergist in 2 weeks.) .. thinking maybe she has food allergies now. She is constantly trying to clear her throat and telling me she felt like something was still coming down her throat. Until I found this site, I had no idea why she was behaving this way. I started putting blankets down on my husband and my floor because of her "bad dreams". This little pumpkin has always been an awesome sleeper, but at least 3x's a week comes running down the hall crying about her nightmares. I walked into my docs today with a print out of Merck's own website listing the side effects of this horrible med. She looked at me and said "you get the credit for diagnosis on this Mom!".. Praise God He led me to this website! My poor daughter will playfully start to feel better now that we have taken her off this junk!
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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 22, 2008 by movinginlife, #5050

My 4 and a half year old has been on Singulair on and off. It worked wonders the first year. I stopped it last month. Since he has been on the med I noticed he woke up more at night and cried of leg cramps. This has been going on for a while and everytime I ask the doctor he says that it is growing pains. Also he has bad dreams almost every night. Is is related to Singulair? I think so. How long does it take to go to normal? He still wakes up.

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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 23, 2008 by tammy3, #5059

I am not sure how long it will take. We just took my daughter off 2 days ago, but I will say the stomach pains have stopped (at least she hasn't said anything yet). She did sleep through the night last night, no nightmares! Thank goodness. I hope your son will be better soon!

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