Singulair and physical therapy

In response to Wewe's post, I've been wondering the same thing. Since taking my daughter off Singular almost 2 months ago, I'm seeing a different almost typical kid. Four years ago about 2 months after starting Singular my daughter was diagnosed with anxiety. As her condition got worse she was diagnosed with depression. We started to see OCD and tics so they were added as a diagnosis It was determined that it was related to strep infections so she was diagnosed with PANDAS. She was started on Zoloft and klonidine. The Zoloft made her worse. Her fears of hurting herself got so intrusive she was hospitalized. Her cholesterol was high too. The Zoloft was discontinued and Prozac was started. She's had therapy all 4 years. She also neede physical therapy due to muscle and joint pain. Now she's doing better, off Singular. Does she really have PANDAS, OCD? I don't know. She's still on Prozac, we just did a slight decrease this week. Is this medication the trigger for underlying conditions. Learned behaviors can be unlearned, but are there lasting physical effects? If a gene has been turned on, can it be turned off? I wish we knew the answers to help all of our kids.

I started Singulair in the spring of '05, when my pollen, dust and cat allergies were causing my asthma to really flare. It worked amazingly well, though I have not taken any other prescription asthma meds to compare it to. Then after a couple of months I started noticing the muscles in my legs feeling very tight. I started getting cramps when I went running, which never happened before. Then I got cramps in bed at night. One day, I squatted down to get something and the tight muscle in my quad made a popping sound and I couldn't get up without great pain. I went to the doctor and it turned out I had torn a muscle. I ended up having three months of physical therapy, and that muscle still hurts a little bit even now, nine months later. I never had bad muscle tightness or cramping before I went on Singulair. Also, I did notice myself becoming more irritable and angry--and so did my husband. I stopped taking it, and the cramps and anger went away. Of course, the congestion and asthma returned, but that's better than what was happening. Bad stuff!

Been on Singulair since 98. I am 53. I too get heart palpitations and difficulty breathing for a short period a few minutes after taking it but only once in a while. It helps my asthma but if I go off of it for a while my breathing is quite impaired for 4 or 5 days then improves but not to the level achieved with the Singulair. I dream more and have some nasty nightmares especially if I take ibuprofin at bed time. The reason I go off of the drug periodically and take Ibuprofin is that I am much more succeptible to muscle cramping, spasms, hip pain and tendonitis while on this drug. I used to be a runner/racer but had to quit race training because my back and neck would cramp up. I get tendonitis easily in my forarms from activities that never bothered me before. I have had back spasms for 2 months that did not improve with ice, heat, Ibuprofin, chiropractic or physical therapy until I remembered the Singulair connection two days ago and stopped taking it. Today I am noticing improvement for the first time. Once my back heals up I think I will try reducing the dosage to 5 mg and see if it is enough to help my breathing without the muscle problems.