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Have you observed adverse mental health side effects in patients who start montelukast?
In light of the FDA warning about mental health side effects of the medication have you observed in particular any patients develop suicidal thoughts thought to be related to the medication? Do you counsel patients on the risks of this medication?
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I've had parents describe these neuropsychiatric side effects to me since my fellowship in the early 2000s. This was 15 years before the FDA placed the Black Box warning. This is an unpredictable side effect, and I rarely have started patients on montelukast since 2020. That's aside from the fact th...
I have seen this with multiple pediatric patients who experienced significant behavior changes, mood swings, and problems with sleep which resolved when montelukast was discontinued. I always discuss the side effects and black box warning prior to prescribing it and tell them to notify my office and...
I saw that several times with Accutane, but not wi...
Psychiatric adverse reactions on montelukast are w...
Amazingly, after the drug went generic and billion...
I never saw or had parents report this weakly pote...
Has anyone considered avoiding montelukast if ther...