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My almost 7 year old son was prescribed Singulair 3 years ago for...

Posted at 12:10 PM on Mar 28, 2008 by allergymom, #28572
My almost 7 year old son was prescribed Singulair 3 years ago for severe asthma and allergies. It worked great--for a while. No hospitalizations, incidences of bi-lateral mucous plugs and pneumonia decreased, etc. I thought it was a miracle drug for him. This past summer/fall however, the nightmares, sleepless nights, multiple sinus infections, moodiness and mild anxiety, extreme hunger (he can now eat my 6'7" 260 lb. husband under the table and my son only weighs 52 lbs.), thirst, leg pains, reflux and very frequent complaints of stomach aches and nausea, etc. began. He was even admitted to our local Children's hospital in November for a severe upper respiratory infection that affected his asthma and blood oxygen levels and for the first time ever, did not respond to therapy. He was on oxygen for 3 days. Not realizing all this was likely due to Singulair, I took him to his ped. pulmonologist, pediatrician, ped. allergist, a ped. gasteroenterologist, and an ENT. None of our doctors suspected the Singulair--and I still have confidence that they are all good doctors. In December, he had surgery to cauterize the inferior turbinates in his nose and remove his adenoids to try to alleviate the sinus infections. At the same time, we had an upper G.I. series done to see if we could find what was causing all the stomach aches and reflux. The GI doctor found nothing. I am just sick to think that Singulair did all this to him, that we put him through surgery to try and "fix" the symptoms, and doctors and parents didn't know enough about the side effects of this drug to suspect it as a possible culprit!! I called our pulmonologist and pediatrician this morning to report my suspicions and took him off it. I sure hope his symptoms will improve.
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 28, 2008 by helper247, #6047

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Reply 8 months ago on Apr 05, 2008 by dejavu956, #6716

Thank you for posting your suspicions about Singular. I have been taking Singular for several months now and as with your son it was a miracle drug for me in the beginning. I couldn't stop bragging to people about its' benefits. Lately, I've been having one respiratory infection after another and I don't think the doctor who prescribed the med realizes it may be the culprit. 2 days ago I was back in his office (again) and he said, "we need to find out why you are having so many of these infections". I had lung x-rays, blood work-up, etc. and will have the results in a few days. I will not take Singular tonight, nor for a while and see if the infection clears and not return. It is difficult as a grown woman dealing with this and I'm sorry your 7 yr. old son had to suffer so much. Please let me know if taking him off the Singular is helping or is the culprit. Thank you.

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