http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763 As a pediatrician I write for singulair every day. The medication is for allergies. Allergies cause adenoidal swelling, which cause sleep disturbances which makes the child tired the next day with makes him over weight, less attentive, hyper and eventua Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:36:10 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6200 tothemax (notice I omitted doctor) Please read these forums and fully understand what is really happening with Singulair! My son was 5 when they put him on it, and 4 months later he started threatening to kill himself, his siblings and myself. He kept say http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6200 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:13:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6205 Go ahead and write your prescriptions. I work in the health field and typically see 4-5 drug reps come in to see the medical staff with lots of goodies every day. Singulair caused damaging side effects in my granddaughter. I feel the pediatrician is compli http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6205 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:52:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6210 I am a doctor who has a son with many of these side effects (My medical assistant son is on Singulair and has the same problems). Your argument that it is the Asthma or Allergies causing these symptoms is NOT based on the facts. If you read all these posts http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6210 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:43:22 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6212 Right on JC! If only I could find a Dr. with your views. I feel like I'm fighting an uphill battle and I'm the only one who truly has my children's best interests at heart. As parents, I've learned we need to educate ourselves and not rely on others (ev http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6212 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:35:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6215 When my son started falling asleep at school and in other inappropriate places, we took him to his physician who recommended a sleep study. My son was diagnosed with sleep hypopnea (similar to apnea, where his breathing is disturbed about 27 times an hour) http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6215 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:41:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6263 I am an Allergist and I have been prescribing Singulair since it first came out. I have had one or two patients report mild stimulation side effects, but nobody has reported suicidal ideation, rage, or some of the other claims from other's posts. This does http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6263 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:19:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6267 dear Doctothemax #28763 my child is 8. she has been on singulair on and off again for 5 years. she has had night terrors since she was 18 months old but she had gotten better but she started having night terrors again when she started the med again 6 mon http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6267 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:49:28 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6272 I apologize for the misspeaking. Yes, singulair does cause behavioral change, but they appear within the first few pills. In my practice, I guess that one out of twenty kids developed mild or moderately sever side effects that completely disappeared sinc http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6272 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:29:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6637 Your right it did happen fast,i reported my sons feelings of depression and anxiety within 2 months of the meds.He blew me off,an under my insitence we took him off the steroids, because they were nice enough to list that as a side effect, unlike singulair http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=6637 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:16:10 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=12617 Please, please, please for the sake of your pediatric patients, accept the fact that the symptoms of an adverse reaction to Singulair do not always occur, nor are they always identifiable right away. Some children experience a gradual onset of symptoms tha http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=12617 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:22:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=15671 I have a ten year old son who suffers from asthma and chronich bronchitis, sinus infection, and ear infection. He has complained for years that he has trouble sleeping. His doctor says this means something is bothering him. I came across this site becaus http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28763?item=15671