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Very interesting. I took this during my 40s. Granted I wasn’t a kid, but didn’t have these side effects. On the other hand it really didn’t do much for my asthma or allergies, so I didn’t feel it was worth potential side effects anymore.
I took it during my early 20s and was an absolute psychotic asshole. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the medicine doing it though.
I haven't looked into this particular drug but what many times happens in the U.S. when a drug's patent is about to expire is that the manufacturers repackage the chemical compound under a different name and for a different disease and then they can re-patent the compound as something new and continue raking in the big bucks instead of letting the patent expire and generics take over (in actual free market competition btw), which would make the drug very affordable for consumers. The direct effect of this is that consumers are sometimes taking the wrong medicine, in order to support the profitability of the pharmaceutical industry. For example an anti-psychotic which has a patent expiring is rebranded as a sleeping pill (because many anti-psychotics make people sedated as a secondary effect) and gets a new patent for 20 years which props up the price of the drug, mevermind that anti-psychotics cause brain atrophy and, because of the profit-driven incentive model of private healthcare, are sometimes incorrectly prescribed to children for behavioural issues instead of psychotic symptoms. Yay for the stock price!
Quetiapine, a massive scandal waiting to get attention. In my opinion.
While absolutely overblown risk in this article, this one always gets a discussion from me, as it is a real risk.
My doctor prescribed montelukast to me without letting me know about any of the potential side effects.
I stopped taking it as soon as I found out it could affect me mental health. Very disappointed that such a potentially dangerous drug was prescribed with absolutely no discussion whatsoever.
I’m on this and noticed right away that I was seeing things such as thinking a small shadow moved. Also made me a lot more assertive. Talked with my dr about it and it hasn’t progressed further.
Sadly it does wonders for me. I had problems renewing my Rx and after two weeks I could tell I was having trouble breathing.
I can’t believe I played sports at all through high school considering I likely had undiagnosed asthma.
Damn, no shit. It's a prostaglandin antagonist or something?