November 22th
2006
8:02 AM
In August of this year, we started giving my son 4 mg of Singulair daily for his asthma and seasonal allergies. We just found out about the connection between hyperactivity and Singulair the other day and now everything makes sense. This fall, we noticed his activity level jumped up several notches, he couldn't seem to sit still anymore and would be bouncing off the walls from morning to night. He was pretty high energy before but this was VERY VERY high energy. He could barely sit still to eat meals. He became quite dramatic and tantrums became common - he wasn't the easy-going kid he used to be. And he started waking up in the middle of the night, sometimes sobbing, where previously he had always been a very sound sleeper.
Three days ago we learned about these possible hyper side effects of Singulair and two nights ago we stopped giving it to him. Last night he sat down and actually ate a good dinner with us. This morning, he seemed a tad bit calmer. We are hoping the rest of the effects will go away soon. Needless to say - no more Singulair for him. We'll find other ways to deal with his allergies and asthma.
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August 8th
2005
4:23 AM
WOw...Ive been depressed about weight gain, despite healthy eating and exercise. More alarming my finger joints ache so much I've been worried aout early arthritis or Lymes. We thought this was our family miracle after moving to the farm. My daughters seem fine, but I'll be back to the allergist anyway. Most disturbing, the "SIDE EFFECTS LIST" w/ the perscription is very short and lists none of these. I almost didn't even type the search, thought it was all "in my head"! Anyone know if it passes through nursing? My son is high-energy/hyper, but only nurses once daily now. I'm labeled "problem mom" at the peds, guess I should have been more vigilant w/ my own and older kids meds
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February 21th
2007
8:14 AM
I have twin 10 yr old daughters who have been on singulair for about a year. They were always high energy girls..but they, over the course of thr past year, have become violent, aggressive and bordering on hyperactivity. They are also on Advair(all of this for asthma, of course). We are going thru testing trying to figure out where this violent behavior is coming from. Could it be their meds..or just the singulair?????
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