Montelukast for Asthma User Reviews (Page 5)

• Respi...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 22, 2023

Singulair (montelukast) "I have been on the real Singulair for over 20 years. It has saved my life. I have had allergies since I was 6 that lead to Asthma. I almost died 8 times before finding Singulair. I also have skin allergies. Since I have not been able to get my Singulair in the last month I have lost 1/2 my hair and now wheeze constantly. Please bring it back, if only for Asthmatics."

• Hidde...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 26, 2023

Singulair (montelukast) "I was on this for a year with no improvement in my asthma. 2 days after getting off of it, I began to have horrific withdrawals: including severe headaches, exhaustion, irritability, weepiness, depression, lightning shocks throughout my body, severe body aches, and inability to sleep. The worst seems to have occurred for 48 hours straight, with no signs of fever or sore throat to indicate flu. After seeing others in forums it seems to be this medication."

• Butch
• April 28, 2021

"When I need to use it during allergy season it has been fantastic. I heard it gives some people crazy dreams so I take it in the morning, no problems. Have had zero side effects and it has been so helpful. I don’t stay on it long - just to get me through the worst of “pollergy” season here in central Florida."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 26, 2018

"My blood pressure is skyrocketing on montelukast. I also have an fast heartbeat from it. No more of this medication for me. I do have moderate asthma. I will have to deal with it. Better than having a stroke."

• Cash
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 21, 2019

"I been taking the medicine about 6 month ago because I had seasonal allergies but side effect including weight gain so I stop taking montelukast today for good. I didn’t have bad side effects, sore throat and makes your skin itchy like you have a rash after medication hopefully I can start losing weight since I’m taking Montelukast anymore!!!"

• Okie...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 6, 2022

Singulair (montelukast) "To the moms reading these reviews because your kid is taking this medicine but you can tell something isn’t right & wonder if it’s Singulair-listen to yourself. My son was on Singulair from the age of 5 until 19. While it did help his asthma, the side affects are not worth it. As a child, he could never sleep, had tremors, sweat like crazy, had anxiety & depression. Watch you child when they get to high school because something can change at that age & it seems the depression get worse suicidal thoughts began. My son stopped his meds on his own. Felt a lot better. Started having asthma issues so started is again at college for a couple weeks. He is old enough now to be able to identify his feelings. He told me he stopped taking it & will never take it again because it made him suicidal"

• heath...
• June 23, 2015

"I just started taking this medicine this month I've taken it before as a child and it seems to be working great for me now but I have been experiencing nightmares for the last week or so which I thought was odd because that's not usual for me but I didn't think it was related to the medicine until I started reading other people's reviews and seeing others have had the same issue. If any one else has experienced the same problem can you please share?"

• Glenda...
• April 1, 2019

"I have been coughing for 2 months when my doctor said I have asthma and he recommended this meds. He did say it might take awhile to completely take coughing away but in 1 week timed its gone... my meds for 30 days is not consumed... this meds is great!"

• Rovob...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 15, 2016

"After a bad flu virus I was left with asthma and allergic rhinitis... Trouble at night and early morning. . Coughing wheezing and tight breathing .? Montelucast worked... To test the theory I had to come off montelucast three times.. Everything returned.. Honestly a life saving drug."

• CA10
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 3, 2016

"I have taken Singulair or the generic Montelukast for almost 2 decades now and have had excellent results on the drug. I almost cannot tell I have asthma while taking the medication, provided I am not exposed to cigarette, wildfire, or any other form of smoke. However, I want to share that I have had the experience now of taking three U.S. generics that I did not have excellent results on. Within about 30 days of starting the generic in each case, I began experiencing asthma symptoms as if I were taking either a placebo or nothing at all. Only one generic that I have found thus far has been as effective for me as the brand name medication, and the generic has unfortunately been discontinued by my pharmacy."

• Roost...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 17, 2019

"I have been on montelukast for two weeks. It helps the asthma at night, not as much during the day. I am still having to use my inhaler. I am having terrible pains in my legs and my legs, feet and ankles are very swollen. I stopped it one day and the pain and swelling got better, so I started back on the drug again. I am at the point where my swelling and pain is so bad that I will be stopping the pill today. This is frightening. I will be calling my doctor and asking for another remedy."

• Daugh...
• April 30, 2015

"I started this medicine about 5 years ago. Sometime in December of 2014 I started experiencing terrible separation anxiety, general anxiety, and depression symptoms. After about three months of my boyfriend helping me work though these experiences I remembered that this medicine has possible side effects listed as mood changes. On my last visit to the doctor in the second week of April, my doctor took me off this medicine. Since I stopped my side effects have mostly subsided. I've always been an emotional person but i'm no longer having massive screaming, crying, crippling breakdown. I'm 17, it worked great for my asthma but the cost (my mental health) out weighed the gain."

• npjh
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 29, 2021

"First of all this was not the first drug recommended by the pulmonologist since a bout of bronchitis a year and a half ago. I'm very sensitive to most meds. The hope is the benefits outweigh the side effects. Well, they did not for me. Barely lasted three days on this. Heavy nausea and tiredness in the first 24 hours. Yes, that did subside a little, but there were other concerning issues. Nightmares, increasing anxiety, deep negative feeling, increasing stomach issues, increasing in asthmatic pressure in the mornings. Pretty sure it made the nose runny, too, because of course it did. Just did not help at all. I just stopped it, and pinged the doctor, who agreed. The side effects subsided after about a day."

• Mal
• June 21, 2016

"So happy I've started montelukast. Prior to starting my asthma was really controlling my life. I always had a wheeze and productive cough, requiring my salbutamol inhaler at least twice a day. At present my symptoms have all but stopped, greatly improving my quality of life and tiredness/exercise tolerance."

• SEY
• July 4, 2016

"I had been taking Zyrtec D for a few years now for indoor allergies. My allergist told me if it works don't change it. Fast forward, I went for a physical and my dr convinced me to try singulair. I figured why not, paying only a few dollars compared to the price of Zyrtec. I didn't look up any reviews and just started taking it. I noticed I was packing on the pounds like every day so I stopped everything that I had recently changed in my routine. Now that I looked up all the reviews many people have had the same issue even though it is not listed as a side effect. I stopped the medicine a month ago and only took it for 30 days. Still havin trouble losing the weight even with exercising and eating right. Very frustrating! Do not take."

• Asthm...
• February 23, 2017

"Hysterical crying bouts in my 6 year old son on just the second night of taking it. He woke and came to the side of my bed in almost a dazed state, crying and whimpering, when questioned he couldn't even speak! Didn't realize how awful this drug was untilI did the research. It causes childhood depression, nightmares, hallucinations."

• Jack
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 17, 2015

"I'm almost done with my first bottle of the 30 day supply and as others mentioned it literally almost feels as though you never had asthma. I haven't had the need to use any of my inhalers or steroids since I took montelukast, but I have noticed that my memory sometimes gets foggy and I have forgotten many things (I'm 21 btw) shortly after taking this medication. I have not noticed any of the side effects that others have experienced so i have yet to find out if they will affect me later on.I decided to get one refill of the med and then come off of it once I'm done since I normally hate depending on meds to live a normal life. I'll be back and explain any issues I experience in the next couple months."

• Mjd
• September 22, 2015

"i was prescribed this drug for allergies and wheezing. The first couple weeks I noticed the wheezing stopped but I became very agitated and aggressive. Then I started waking up with panic attacks. When I stopped taking it my face swelled up. This medicine also made me very nauseas and gave me horrible stomach cramps. I had to stop it after a month."

• Asano
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 13, 2020

"My son has been taking montelukast from age 3 to 7 years. He went onto it for viral induced wheeze/asthma. He also has hayfever. Recently age 7 he has been developing skin rashes/bruises on his shins which is a known side effect of this medication. He regularly would complain his legs hurt even before the rashes started. The Doctor has told us to come off the medication. Its day 3 since he is off the meds now. He has also been an anxious child who lacks confidence. I dont know if the anxiety is related to the medication."

• newbie
• March 31, 2011

Singulair (montelukast) "I have the WORST allergies during spring and nothing has worked. I would wake up every night with asthma and sometimes my abuterol inhaler wouldn't even help me breath or get the mucous up. I might sneeze like 4 times a day instead of every 5 minutes. If my nose gets stuffy I use an all natural homeopathic nasal spray called Bioallers. The combination of these two things makes me feel normal once again! OH and I take Singulair right before bed and it helps me sleep so well. No side effects so far either (been using it a month)."

• Anonymous
• October 28, 2009

Singulair (montelukast) "I was taking Singulair along with Advair for several years. Did not think that it really did that much for me but the Doctor advised me to take it. Only after my sister said she stopped taking it because of leg cramps did I connect the "dots". I had been having such terrible leg cramps but no one would say it was because of Singular. I stopped taking it and after 3 months I no longer have the leg cramps."

• Shan
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 1, 2022

Singulair (montelukast) "Finally I can breathe fully. I was worried about the mental side effects described here as I have a history of anxiety, depression and panic attacks. Honestly my mood has greatly improved on Singulair, probably since I can breathe better now and there's less inflammation in my body. On rainy days I still get congestion and need to clear my throat often but no breathing troubles. I get Singulair on Picnic which has been great; don't need to call or see the doc for refills."

• Mom
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 23, 2022

"When my daughter was 4 she started this medication for her asthma, shortly after I noticed she would have more agitation, aggression, she developed small ticks like ripping her hair out, cleaning between her toes, saying weird words just to say them. I honestly thought, she’s 4 maybe this is normal stuff, well she is 9 now, and she is suffering anxiety, ocd, obsessive unwanted thoughts, confession ocd—> she tells me things like “I hope I didn’t scratch the wall, stupid middle finger, I thought something bad” it was honestly a little odd and it increased significantly this last week or so, it is now onto having suicidal thoughts and meltdowns, trouble going to sleep. She is not herself and I’m terrified for her, I will be taking her in to see if we can get off this medicine. PLEASE if you are considering giving this to your child, see if there are other options, my daughter is suffering because I didn’t take the steps I should’ve a long time ago."

• Sassy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2020

"It works amazing. In all my years of getting exacerbated asthma no one ever thought to add singulair along with my Breo! After 17 days on prednisone the lung irritation and cough started coming back. They added singulair and what a game changer! Adding to this though is loss of appetite. I can afford to lose weight but not be malnourished and literally everything is turning my stomach."

• lori...
• September 30, 2016

"My 4 year old was prescribed this for asthma and i took him off it after hearing reviews about side effects. My son had a bad temper and was very aggressive but had been on singular since he was 2 so I didn't know if this was a stage he was going through or part of his personality. I took him off the tablets when I heard some bad reviews about suicidal thoughts and noticed very quickly how much happier and calmer my son became - he has not had angry outburst or wanted to hit anymore. I'm so disappointed that my doctors didn't warn me about how bad the side effects could be - I'm so pleased I've taken him of this and i also don't feel it helped his asthma much anyway."