Singulair and ribs

To Perry(previous post), I first posted here in May with side effects my daughter had. She had all the behavioral/ sleep issues that are so common here but she also had severe pain in her ribs, particularly the lower right side. She was also vomiting. When we took her off singulair, it was gone. Some where in here, someone posted that their liver enzymes were totally out of wack on this poison, singulair. I wonder if that may be what causes the pain/vomiting. My doc does not believe that was the cause with my daughter because she did not have a blood test. I know in my heart it was all related. My doc didn't even identify her symptoms as singulair related, we figured it out from the postings here. Pray you feel better:)

I started taking Singulair 3 months ago for Asthma/Allergies and like most of you loved the immediate results. For the first time I could make it through the night without using my inhaler or nebulizer treatments.

But, I noticed that over the last 4-6 weeks I have had severe reflux and feel like I have a constant pressure under my ribs. I have also felt really bloated in my stomach, and had some sharp shooting pain under my ribcage on my right side. I thought it might be my gallbladder, so I went to the doctor and had some lab work done and found out that my liver enzymes were elevated. Also, my weight was up 10 pounds since I started the singulair three months before. My doctor said these were side effects of Singulair, and asked me if I had experienced any other side effects on this list she had. As she read them off I wanted to cry.

I was shocked!!!! Over the last six weeks I had experienced so many side effects that I had simply contributed to other things. Things like.......increased headaches (one so bad I missed work a day) , itching, nausea, earaches, puffy eyes, and water retention. The stomach pain was due to an inlarged liver....not my gallbladder like I had suspected. My doctor did some research and found that I was not the only person to come in with abnormal liver function that she was treating with Singulair. She is now considering dropping this drug from her usual prescribing list.

I'm a 59 year old male who has sleep apnea among other things. The apnea seems to be getting worse and my sleep disorder physician (pediatric neurologist) prescribed Singular for my allergies as it doesn't have steroids in it. I have taken 4 pills and have had the weird dreams, strange sleep, major muscle aches, cramps in the back and along ribs, head aches and sore throat described by others although it worked great for the first day. I am now feeling the "hyper" and semi-depressed feelings that others have described. Bye Bye Singular!!!!