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Posted at 9:10 AM on Mar 29, 2008 by mommybaby, #28694
My almost four year old son has been on singulair for a little over two years now and I am SICK to my stomach after reading all of these entries. Our son was such an amazing baby, he was very even tempered and behaved beautifully. After some chronic sinusitis and environmental related allergies he was placed on Singulair 15mg granule packets once/day. It was a gradual change in his behavior but very noticeable. Our wonderful child became very irritable, hipper, restless, moody, and overly sensitive, Our son went from sleeping trough the night to waking several times a night. We are lucky if we have a couple good nights a month. He has also been tougher to get to sleep at night he goes from 8am to midnight on most days (no naps) and will stumble and fall - and he will still protest sleep. On other days he is so hard to keep awake sometimes crashing after school, missing dinner, and going thought the night. He too like others has been complaining of leg cramps, but I just thought it was a tingly foot....after he would continue to walk around for hours limping, I just thought he was joking. But, the funny leg cramp would always make a reappearance.....and now this could be why???? He is very physical with us and his brother....always hitting and kicking intentionally. His behavior was only exacerbated by the recent birth of our 6 month old. My husband and I have been brought to tears and worn out by his extreme behavior. One moment he is happy - then aggressive or moody and brought to tears....he is like an emotional roller coaster. He always has a blast at pre-school but completely loses control and freaks out when it is time to go, he says he hates school and is miserable there, he cries so much he throws up. He also goes through hunger strikes, when he is so emotional he choses not to eat. It did not used to be like this! Coincidental or medical poisoning???? After reading all of these entries, there is no doubt in my mind that Singulair is the culprit. This drug should be recalled and the pharmaceutical company should be held liable and accountable for this. Our lives have been disturbed and our children's health compromised, what for....a PROFIT? The FDA needs to do more extensive testing on pharmaceutical drugs and implement more stringent guidelines. and the prescribing doctors shouldn't push these drugs so emphatically. As of last night we stopped the medication and are relying solely on the Zyrtec OTC. I pray for a change.....we miss the little boy we used to know :-(
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 29, 2008 by mommybaby, #6131

Sorry, I meant 4mg packets once/day

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 29, 2008 by matthewct1, #6132

I'm sure it's the Singulair....we had our son back after a few days....don't expect immediate miracles but our son is MUCH better than he was and has NOT displayed the behavior he displayed while he was on Singulair. I'm ripped!!!!!!!!!! I've changed pediatricians, contacted the FDA and Merck. This is one BAD drug!!!!! It's a racket!!!!!

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 29, 2008 by lulycelsa, #6144

Good for you. The other replier told you his son was back to himself in a few days. In our case, my case of my son with the seizures and sleep disturbances/hallucinations/night terrors and aggressive behavior - it took exactly 3 months to have the seizures controlled/stopped with the help of anti-seizure medication - but as far as his sleeping and behavior - about a month to get my baby back to being himself. You have done the right thing. My email is starwedd2@aol.com - if you want to ask or share with me any further - I am here for any parent going through doubts and literal hell - please do report this to the FDA - I posted a link on this. I even think we should all send emails to the news shows - i.e. Dateline NBC, 20/20, 60 minutes - we have got to stop more children from being damaged or even worse, from dying with this terrible drug.

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 30, 2008 by hdelawder30, #6227

Your post has brought be to tears as our now five year old son is exhibiting the same behaviors. He is also completely bald! He never had any problems with hair loss until he started taking Singulair. All of the doctors he has seen say that Singulair cannot be the reason, but I have recently done some research and there are plenty of people reporting hair loss as a side effect. My child was just like yours before he started this awful medication. He started pre-school this year and getting him to go in the morning is like pulling teeth. He screams and cries that he does not want to go, yet has a good time when he gets there. He got worse with the birth of my second child. He hits him and tells him he hates him. He has also told me that he hates himself and cannot help being bad. Thank GOD for everyone who has posted the terrible side effects of this medication. He will never take it again, and this crap needs pulled off the market before another child suffers. Good luck to you!'

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