The US researchers found that the drug, sold under the brand name Singulair and generically as montelukast, attaches to multiple brain receptors critical to psychiatric functioning. By 2019 ...

The Food and Drug Administration presented the preliminary results of a study on the asthma drug Singulair, which is sold generically as montelukast, to a "limited audience" at the American ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Singulair is a popular allergy and asthma drug, but it has been linked to some troubling side effects. The drug can cause serious ...

His parents soon started exploring a lawsuit against Merck, the developer of the blockbuster asthma and allergy drug, Singulair, along with the manufacturer of the generic version their son took.

Government-backed research found that montelukast, sold under the brand name Singulair, attaches to cells in the brain that control mood, decision making, attention, impulse control and sleep.

A black box warning, also called a boxed warning, was issued by the FDA in March 2020 about the mental health side effects of Singulair, also known by its generic name, montelukast — a 25-year ...

Singulair, now a generic, is still used by millions of people in the United States even after thousands of patients and dozens of studies have described harm. Disturbing drawings by the son of ...

Montelukast (Singulair) held no elevated risk of depression, anxiety, suicidality, or behavioral problems for children, according to a new study that throws further doubt on the black box warning ...

Since the German pharma giant launched its Singulair pills in 1998, the drug has been linked to dozens of suicides, cases of depression, and anxiety. Merck, which did not publicly disclose the ...

My baby is 10mths old and the paediatrician has prescribed Singulair (4mg tablet daily for 3 mths). He wakes up 4 times a night and is very clingy. I have read some scary side effects of singulair on ...

My boy (4yr old) was on singulair for 8-9 months now....We decided to take him of it becase of his slight urticaria that pops up now and then....But with the change of season, his mucus became worse ...