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My 2 year old son was put on singulair to help with asthma and al...

Posted at 9:57 PM on May 07, 2008 by kmc1313, #30301
My 2 year old son was put on singulair to help with asthma and allergies. Within 2 weeks we noticed a change in him - he wasn't the happy boy he normally is. We wound up in the ER one weekend after he had 3 petit mal seizures. The ER doc diagnosed febrile seizures. I wasn't convinced. Our pediatrician didn't agree, either, and sent us to a neurologist (but he didn't think singulair was the cause). The neurologist also hadn't heard of seizures associated with the drug. My poor boy had an EEG and was in doctors offices, hospitals at least once a week until the EEG results came back normal - scary for a 25 month old child. I stopped the medicine immediately after our ER visit - call it mother's intuition. He hasn't had a seizure since. Although the doctors aren't convinced singulair caused the seizures, I firmly believe it did.
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Reply about 1 year ago on May 08, 2008 by concernedcitizen, #8081

I truly hope and pray that you will force your doctors to report what happened. They don't have to prove it was Singulair. It is their job to report the facts. What happened, when did it happen, and did everything return to normal after stopping the med.

Nobody seems to be reporting the facts to the FDA. So, no wonder when it happens to some one else, they all say they never heard of that.

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Reply about 1 year ago on May 08, 2008 by sp2008, #8084

I hope things are getting better! If you would like to join us at a support board for members here you can keep us updated!
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Singulair_side_effects_friends/

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Reply about 1 year ago on May 08, 2008 by njcukett, #8093

I am so sorry for what you and your child had to endure. This is a horrible drug and must get a 'black box" label. Our children are their ginny pigs and we need to keep informing parents about this. This experience for us was a true test to ALWAYS listen to my intuition! We too got a 3 week sample and thank god only lasted 10 days until I said enough! My doctors said too that it wasn't the Singulair as most of the us have experienced. It's not rocket science that if you child never had a drug before and gets put on one and bad stuff is happening that it has to be that! Keep us posted as to how he is doing. It took almost a month to get rid of all of the side effects. Good Luck!

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