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Posted at 3:25 PM on Aug 07, 2008 by kate2, #33181
Hi to all, I wanted to take a minute to say Thanks to all who post and search for answers to this drugs confusing and serious side effects.To all who have taken the time to contact the FDA and file a report to help others.Dr.Sarah Sellers is no longer the person to contact at the FDA,she has moved on after concluding her end of the investigation on Singulair.If you have a serious side effect please still take the time to file on the official FDA site for adverse event reporting.In NY. state we are still searching for legislation to help with the notification process for these serious side effects.There are to many Doctors that still do not have a clear idea of the updated side effects,and are not reporting as they should. Letting your doctor know that good medicine is all about follow up on complaints,such as researching the singulair website to rule out that it may be the drug or it may not.Just dismissing the patient and prescribing another drug is how these drugs go undetected for so long.We want this to stop and only the unfortunate recipients of the horrors of this drug can make this happen.Again thank you for your efforts to change the system with follow through and perserverance.Our horror story is one of many and we want to help those who have survived the ravages of this drug, OUR CHILD DID NOT. Kate and Dave M.
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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 15, 2008 by kimsue, #11207

Dear Kate and Dave,

I wrote you in April just after taking my daughter off of Singulair. While there are no words to express how deeply I feel for your loss, I want you to know that I believe you saved my daughter's life. She had been taking Singulair for 3-4 years and became progressively worse. She started just before she turned 13 so I thought the teenage years were just not a good phase for her. She became progressively agitated, anxious, depressed eventually leading to cutting and ultimately ending with a suicide attempt on March 10th. Prior to her hospitalization, I had her to psychiatrists and counselors. She wasp prescribed medications for ADHD, depression, and anxiety. She was actively in counseling. It was your prompting of the report on March 27th that saved her life. I screamed in anguish when I saw the report on the news...for you and for her. Please know how grateful I am to the two of you for being courageous enough to stand up and let this be known. I will forever be indebted to the two of you as will my daughter. I am grateful and thankful to say that she is doing so much better. She lost some of her life so to speak and remains on depression medication and in counseling as she recovers. I pray that there will be healing through this process for you. If there is anything I can do to help the cause, please let me know. (kswinks@hotmail.com) I wish you the best and know that this single mom in Indiana holds you dear to her heart.

Kim

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