Children With Asthma: A treatment option at singulair.com

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SINGULAIR is a prescription medicine approved to help control symptoms of asthma in adults and children 12 months and older and for relief of symptoms of indoor and outdoor allergies (outdoor allergies in adults and children as young as 2 years and indoor allergies in adults and children as young as 6 months).

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:

SINGULAIR is not a rescue medication. Always carry a prescribed rescue inhaler for emergencies or sudden symptoms. For asthma, SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, in the evening as prescribed, whether or not you have, or your child has, asthma symptoms. If your or your child's asthma symptoms get worse or there is a need to increase the use of fast-acting medicines, call the doctor at once.
Side effects are generally mild and vary by age, and may include headache, ear infection, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection.
Check with your doctor if you are pregnant or nursing.
SINGULAIR should not be taken by people who are sensitive to any of its ingredients.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please read the Patient Information and discuss it with your doctor. The physician Prescribing Information also is available.

SINGULAIR AND YOUR CHILD

Managing your child’s asthma symptoms could include having your child take a daily controller medicine. By taking a daily controller medicine, children with asthma can have fewer asthma symptoms and fewer asthma attacks. One daily controller medicine is SINGULAIR, which can help prevent asthma symptoms before they start.

Explore the sections below to find out if there may be more you can do to help control your child’s asthma.

Once-a-day SINGULAIR for kids

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Possible side effects

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Asthma and children

Learn more about how children with asthma can benefit from a daily controller medicine.

Ask your child's doctor about SINGULAIR

Get questions to find out if SINGULAIR is right for your child.

SINGULAIR is a prescription medicine approved to help control symptoms of asthma in adults and children 12 months and older.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

SINGULAIR is not a rescue medication. Always carry a prescribed rescue inhaler for emergencies or sudden symptoms. If your or your child’s asthma symptoms get worse or there is a need to increase the use of fast-acting medicines, call the doctor at once.
Side effects vary by age and may include headache, ear infection, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection. Behavior and mood-related changes have been reported, including agitation, aggression or anger, bad or vivid dreams, depression, anxiety, hallucinations (seeing things that are not there), irritability, restlessness, sleepwalking, suicidal thoughts and actions (including suicide), trembling, and trouble sleeping. Tell the doctor if you have, or your child has, these or any other side effects while taking SINGULAIR.
SINGULAIR should not be taken by people who are sensitive to any of its ingredients.
Parents or guardians of a phenylketonuric child: Note that cherry chewable tablets contain phenylalanine, a component of aspartame.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please read the Patient Information and discuss it with your doctor. The physician Prescribing Information also is available.

SINGULAIR is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
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