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I am a 47 year old male who took 3 days of 10mg singulair ending ...

Posted at 2:31 AM on Apr 30, 2008 by firstknight, #30046
I am a 47 year old male who took 3 days of 10mg singulair ending April the 16th. On the 4th day, I was walking around in a national chain store and started getting severe numbness and tingling in my arms and legs. According to the info. pamphlet that comes with the drug, this can be a serious adverse reaction. About 13 days later, I still get episodes of tingling and numbness in different areas of my arms and legs, and now, some areas on my face. My family doctor says there is nothing to be done about it, and my allergist says I may need to see a neurologist. I think the doctors need to go see a neurologist and have their heads examined for giving us this garbage to take in the first place! Never had any of these problems until a took singulair! Hope these side effects aren't permanent! Good Luck to you all, and may all of us get healthy again real soon!
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Reply about 1 year ago on Apr 30, 2008 by concernedcitizen, #7779

Before you spend more money on doctors, here is something to consider. We all know here that Singulair does cause certain people to have an allergic reaction to Singulair. Singulair was prescribed for allergies and then caused a worse allergy. In your case, the symptoms were neurological.

There is some research (right or wrong, I have no idea) that indicates that inflammatory responses can create an imbalance in the ratios of fatty acids, Omega-3, Omega-6. Making an really good effort to increase dietary consumption of Omega-3 wouldn't be harmful to address some kind of a possibility that you are Omega-3 depleted. I have read theories about that but then again -- some people's theories. There is lots of read about this subject.

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Reply about 1 year ago on May 02, 2008 by sp2008, #7861

Hope things are getting better! If you haven't already come join us at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Singulair_side_effects_friends/
Its a support/info group for members here!

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