SINGULAIR helps provide effective 24-hour control in a once-a-day chewable tablet.*
SINGULAIR is also available as oral granules for children 12 months through 5 years of age. Your child simply takes SINGULAIR once a day in the evening. And your child can take SINGULAIR with or without food.
SINGULAIR is not a steroid.
SINGULAIR is also approved to help relieve a broad range of indoor/outdoor allergy symptoms in patients as young as 2 years.
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.
Ask your child’s doctor about SINGULAIR.
SINGULAIR comes in 3 forms:
- A 4-mg oral granules
[PDF 576k, 1 page] packet (for children 12 months–5 years of age) - A 4-mg cherry chewable tablet (for children 2–5 years of age)
- A 5-mg cherry chewable tablet (for children 6–14 years of age)
- A 10-mg tablet that is swallowed whole (for adults and adolescents 15 years and older)
[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. 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.