SINGULAIR helps provide effective 24-hour control in a once-a-day tablet.
You simply take 1 tablet once a day in the evening. And you can take SINGULAIR with or without food.
SINGULAIR is not a steroid.
SINGULAIR is also approved to help relieve a broad range of seasonal allergy symptoms.
SINGULAIR is generally well tolerated.
In clinical studies, side effects were usually mild and varied by age, and included headache, ear infection, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection. Side effects generally did not stop patients from taking SINGULAIR. Check with your doctor if you’re pregnant or nursing.
Ask your doctor about SINGULAIR.
Please see important safety information about SINGULAIR below as well as in the Patient Product Information.
SINGULAIR comes in 3 forms:
- A 10-mg tablet that is swallowed whole (for adults and adolescents 15 years and older)
- A 5-mg cherry chewable tablet (for children 6–14 years of age)
- A 4-mg cherry chewable tablet (for children 2–5 years of age)
- A 4-mg oral granules
[PDF 576k, 1 page] packet (for children 12 months–5 years of age)
(Phenylketonurics: Note that cherry chewable tablets contain phenylalanine [a component of aspartame].)
Tablets and packet are not shown actual size.
SINGULAIR is a prescription medicine approved to help control asthma in adults and children as young as 12 months and to help relieve the 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 will NOT replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. You should still have rescue medication available and continue to take your other asthma medications unless your doctor tells you to stop. For asthma, SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, in the evening as prescribed, whether or not you have asthma symptoms. If your symptoms get worse or you need to increase the use of your rescue inhaler, call your doctor at once.
Side effects are generally mild and vary by age, and may include headache, ear infection, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection. Side effects generally did not stop patients from taking SINGULAIR. Check with your doctor if you're pregnant or nursing. SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, as prescribed. SINGULAIR is available by prescription only.
For additional safety information, please see Patient Product Information.