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Posted at 8:39 AM on Jan 22, 2009 by jocallahan, #38265
May 16 y.o. daughter has chronic sinus infections and sever headaches. They said it was allergies and put her in Allegra D and Singulair. Headaches seemed better with slightly fewer sinus infections. Once I heard about the mood swings and Singulair I took her off. Then the Allegra did not seem to be able to keep up with keeping the sinus infections at bay. We finally figured out that she has a deviated septum and will need surgery. Anyway, we put her back on Singulair so we can get though the season with as few sinus infection until we can schedule surgery around high school and sports. Then we were noticing how her hair has become so thin. She used to have really thick hair and now her pony tail is to thin and small. After doing internet searching, we found out that other people are having this problem with Singulair. I took her off of it 4 days ago and already the shower has less hair in it. You can't tell a teenager that she needs to stay on a medication and lose a ton of hair. I am hoping that her hair will grow back quickly.
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Reply 9 months ago on Jan 22, 2009 by zsmom, #16289

Alopecia (hair loss) was reported as an adverse reaction to Singulair in the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency adverse event reporting system:

follow this link for a list of reactions from Jan 1997 - Nov 2008 and run a search on "montelukast"

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Reportingsafetyproblems/Medicines/Reportingsuspectedadversedrugreactions/Druganalysisprints/index.htm

Unfortunately the United States FDA does not give U.S. consumers and physicians such quick and easy access to U.S. adverse drug reaction reports.

It is very important to report your daughter's adverse reaction to the FDA. This is the link: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm

You can get more information about Singulair at: www.parentsforsafety.org

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