I would also like to point out a table that was in the Swedish study that showed what the adverse drug reactions were. It lists that children had night mares, aggressiveness, sleep disorder, abdominal pain, increased appetite, anxiety, fatique and several others. All of these symptoms are similar to what we are reading on this board.
This study was done in a foreign country before anything was ever announced in the American media. If you take this article to your doctor, please don't forget to print the tables. There is a link on the page.
See this link for the article.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/8/1
Individual case safety reports in children in commonly used drug groups – signal detection
Gertrud Brunlöf , Carina Tukukino and Susanna M Wallerstedt
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2008, 8:1doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-1
Conclusion
In conclusion, the present study indicates that ADRs are reported for commonly used drugs in children. The number of ICSRs varies in different groups of drugs. A possible signal for montelukast and psychiatric adverse drug reactions was found, which should be further explored.
Table 2
Description of ICSRs for children in the ATC code R03DC. All ICSRs concerned the substance montelukast.
Age (years)
Dose (mg/day)
Treatment duration (when known)
ADR
SPC (Yes/No)
ADR, adverse drug reaction; ICSR, individual case safety report; SPC, summary of product characteristics
Brunlöf et al. BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2008 8:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-1