Your doctor has prescribed SINGULAIR.
SINGULAIR is a different kind of asthma controller. It’s a leukotriene blocker that helps control asthma for a full 24 hours. SINGULAIR may help with the sometimes challenging task of managing asthma. It can help keep bronchial airways open, making breathing easier, so symptoms may be less frequent and less severe.
SINGULAIR:
- Effectively helps control asthma for a full 24 hours
- Is taken only once a day
- Is not a steroid
- Has a demonstrated safety profile
- Is generally well tolerated, with side effects similar to a sugar pill (placebo)
- Comes in cherry chewable tablets and oral granules for children as young as 2 years
- Learn more:
- Find out if your child’s asthma is under control
- Learn what to expect when your child is taking SINGULAIR
*An asthma attack was defined as an emergency room visit; a hospital admission; an unscheduled office visit; or a need for oral, intravenous, or intramuscular corticosteroid.
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. Your child should still have rescue medication available and continue to take other asthma medications unless the doctor tells your child to stop. For asthma, SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, in the evening as prescribed, whether or not your child has asthma symptoms. If asthma symptoms get worse or your child needs to increase the use of his or her rescue inhaler, 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. Side effects generally did not stop patients from taking SINGULAIR. SINGULAIR is available by prescription only.
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.
For additional safety information, please see Patient Product Information.