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My 5 years old son has been on Singulair for 9 months. His allerg...

Posted at 10:47 PM on Jun 01, 2008 by wahab22, #31017
My 5 years old son has been on Singulair for 9 months. His allergy symptoms have completely gone away. He’s no longer has his night time cough, bloody nose, and frequent croup due to allergies. My life has been a living HELL from the moment I started this medicine. Before he was on this medicine he was always a pleasant, smart, well-behaved child. Right after he started singulair he began having temper tantrums, becoming increasingly argumentative, not listening. He gets mood swings like you would not believe cry and/or yell at us over the silliest things, kicking, screaming, nightmares, and became very physically aggressive. We were unable to take him places because we never knew how he would behave in public .He was extremely unhappy little 5 year old boy. He also complained of upset stomach and fatigue. Even his school complained about his behavior and they said that he might have PDD. After consulting with doctors we got the assurance that he does not have PDD, but we end up changing his school anyway. Being a first time mom I never thought it was the medication, I thought it was just a normal behavior. I thought as a parent I must be doing something wrong! I couldn't believe that other parents have gone through the same nightmare. Two weeks ago the doctor handed me a report about singulair and its suicidal side effect and ask me to stop using this medicine for a while. Since then I started to notice a dramatic change in our son's behavior. He woke up singing, laughing. He wants to help with chores. He is doing great with his school lessons, and very patient with everyone. He is now a more stable and friendly 5 years old. Wow, I have a completely different child, and thank God I took him off singulair. As parents, please let’s do something to stop poisoning our children.
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Reply 2 months ago on Jun 02, 2008 by kate2, #8807

First of all, I am happy your doctor responded in a manner that is promising to all of the people fighting for awareness on this drug.Second of all ,I am going to ask you to take the next step if you would,please send your information to sarah.sellers@fda.hhs.gov This woman is doing the review for the investigation into Singulair and she wants to hear story's such as yours.She will need a contact number and she is good about returning phone calls and follow up.I was not so lucky and my teenage son ended his life while on SINGULAIR for only 17 days and there are other parents that lost their children too.We care about all the children and can only help by advising others to take the time and do the right thing .Thank You very much Kate and Dave Miller

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Reply 2 months ago on Jun 02, 2008 by flindy, #8820

Dont beat yourself up as to being a first time mother,i am the mother of 5,with matt being my youngest,at 14,my oldest is 30,this was not my first day at the dance so to speak, and yet this drug completely sucker punched us,Thank god doctors are starting to listen and respond,we counted on them,and yet they didnt catch the clues .The side effects are subtle yet devastating and can be explained for some other reasoning,puberty,terrible twos etcWE NOW KNOW BETTER,and voices are being heard.keep spreading the word children are suffering

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