CHECK with your Doctor or prescribing practitioner. Do not make health decisions based upon what your husband remembers from a story on the evening news. Anxiety and anxiety disorders, including night terrors and unreasoned fear of the dark ARE OFTEN SEEN IN CHILDREN... regardless of medication status. IF your child has serious asthma... PLEASE do not change medications until talking to your pediatrician/ nurse practitioner.
You may be overreacting, and assuming a possible and rare medication side effect is involved. NBC/CBS/CNN/FOX evening news is NOT a reliable and detailed source of science based medical information.
PLEASE... check with your prescribers first.