need advice: has your child experienced any emotional side effects on QVAR or singular??

Karen - posted on 12/02/2012

My son is six years old, and was put on singulair. He had horrible emotional side effects. It got so bad that he punched me in the face at the grocery store one day because I wouldn't buy him candy. Taking him off of that medication was one if the best decisions I ever made. He is back to normal, and doesn't have the crazy mood swings any more.

Anita - posted on 12/02/2012

omg all i can say is yes my son was put on this drug at 3 for asthma it was brilliant for it but noticed his social skills dropped and emotionally all over the place . i didnt make the link up with it at time. he then started to have sugar regulating problems . we removed the qvar and both conditions cleared up . i will never give my son this drug again..... i was worried about the effects in his sugar level never thought of the emotions till i seen this he is two years off this drug and has not looked back....

Sharon - posted on 12/01/2012

Hi, my son (15) has had asthma since he was 3. Recently, after a very bad asthma attack, his doctor put him on Qvar. I was amazed at first, this medicine helped his asthma tremendously. Now, I am starting to see the side effects. He has behavior issues that he has never had before. He seems angry all the time. He is by far not the same child. I was relieved to find these boards. I asked his doctors if this medicine had these side effects and he said no. Now I see several places online that does say there are behavior issues. It's a miracle drug as far as asthma is concerned but I hate the way it's making him feel and act. Has anyone had better luck with another drug for asthma? I pretty much heard they are all the same. I want my son to be able to breathe but I also want to stop these behavior issues.

Thank you.

Crystal - posted on 07/09/2012

Hi Tina,
My daughter was born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and as a result she has pretty moderate asthma. Since she was born my daughter did not go 1 month without getting sick and it was awful. When she turned 2 1/2 her asthma/immunologist put her on 5mg of singular once a day. It was a mircle for us and my daughter. She was on it for 4 months and it was the first time she had ever gone without getting sick. She even got to go to the park and disneyland for the first time during that time... it was awesome. THEN things started to go down hill. She started having major mood swings and night terrors. Then she started hallucinating during broad daylight. It was a terrible thing to watch her go through. When she started to have the mood swings and night terrors i just thought it was a kid thing... and then she started to hallucinate and that is when i went to her pediatrition. Our doctor told us that they are finding these side effects aren't as rare as they thought with this medication and she said she had to pull a 7 year old off Singular because he was having suicidal thoughts.

We were so sad because this was our miricle drug and it worked amazing, but the side effects are awful and we would rather our daughter be sick than to live in fear and not be her insanley happy self. My daughter is now a week from her fourth birthday and she is able to have 3 months a year where she is well during summer, winters are still hard, but she is at least under control with other meds, such as flovent. i hope i was able to help.

Kristin - posted on 05/28/2012

My son has asthma as well. He was diagnosed when he was 1 with asthma and was out on Qvar and subutamol inhalers. I tried the singular for a while, but I tended to agree with my doctor and only use his inhalers as needed to he would grow out of the asthma, I only give my son his inhalers when he is having an asthma attack and he is on his neubulizer when he is really bad. He also had behavior problems while on his inhalers and what we found out is that he was scared and frustrated because he couldnt breathe properly. Also, my doctor said most children with asthma also will have ADHD, which they diagnosed my son with having at age 5. We put him into behabior classes and cut back on his inhalers and things are getting better with his attitude. I would ask your doctor if he is maybe ADHD and look into behavior classes. I use CHADS. And if his behavor is still eratic it could be an allergiuc reaction to the drugs so talk to your doctor or get a second opinion. I hope this helps good luck