My daughter was on singulair for about 2 years, off and on. Being a teenager, we thought some of the behavior problems were just a "teen" thing. She became dispondent, wanting to sleep all the time. She was hateful and resentful towards her family. She became depressed and talked of suicide. I didn't know what to do. We sought depression counciling.
My mother called me to tell me of the news report she saw. It described what we were going thru exactly!!!
I would NEVER have dreamed an allergy drug could have taken away my loving child and left a terror in its wake!
She has been off the drug for a few weeks now, and I can see a HUGE difference in her behavior. She is getting back to her old self. She told me she didn't realize just how bad it was until she stopped the drug and now feels so very good (read normal!). How terrible!
Even as I am typing this a singulair comercial is playing on TV. How DARE they!
Money and lawsuits will not bring back the years our children have lost, but big companies only respond when "profits" are involved. If there is a lawsuit, I too want no money from it. I do, however, want the drug company to have to pay and pay dearly for what they have done. The money could go to a children's charity.
Maybe the drug company didn't know before, but they know now and the drug is still being sold!