My son is almost 5 now and has severe food and inhalant allergies...

talk to your doctor,although we all think this drug is a wonder drug,only to find out ,it robs our children off the quality off life they deserve.please visit our website www.parentsforsafety.com,My son to was hospitalized and put on a resperator for 2 weeks,i was scared to take him off this med,apart from a nasty cough the first week,which i had checked out by doc who said his lungs were clear,we had no probs,now 8 mnths later he is med free.Good luck to you keep us updated we care

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I have a 12 yr old son I had to take off of Singular. It made him very aggressive and moody. I am glad to finally find someone else who has had this type of situation, because the doctor thought I was crazy for taking him off of this medication since has has severe allergies.

My son also became very aggressive on Singulair. He was on it for 5 years and had tantrums that occurred too easily and took too long to recover from. They got worse over time. When we took him off we noticed a drastic personality change.

All children have tantrums but it is NOT normal for a five year old to attack another person over something so trivial. The rage and lack of control you described is something I saw in my own son while he was on Singulair but not when he went off it. Accept flindy's invitation to visit the parentsforsafety.org site. About half way down the home page is a link to the recommended treatment for asthma. Singulair is NOT part of it! As far as I am concerned, this drug should only be used as a LAST RESORT. Since you son does have asthma, I would not recommend stopping treatment until you have taken him to his allergist and requested another medication for him. Keep in mind also that drugs such as Advair can also cause behavioral symptoms in children.

On another note: if your son is allergic to milk, make sure you have his doctor check any inhaled medications for milk protein. Advair Diskus, Pulmicort, and many other inhaled asthma treatments are not supposed to be used by people with severe milk allergies. Do NOT assume his doctor will know this. On four separate occasions my son was prescribed inhaled asthma treatments he shouldn't have been because of his milk allergy!

You can also have your son's pharmacist "flag" his account with his allergies in case a physician prescribes a drug that has components to which he is allergic.

Good luck to you and your son. If you think the Singulair is affecting his behavior and his doctor doesn't agree, go with YOUR gut. Parents have been told that Singulair didn't have ANY side effects and was perfectly safe.
But parents of children who suffered psychiatric disturbances while on singulair that went away after singulair was stopped know the truth!!!