Singulair and weight gain

I am 66 and have been on Accolate for 17 years. It seems I was prescribed this about 6 months after having a massive stroke. At my recent asthma review I said to the nurse do not forget I take Accolate, her responds was why was I on that, I had no reason to be. The family have no idea why it was prescribed, it just appeared. I have to see the nurse again in a couple of weeks and she said I will come off Accolate. However, I have already stopped taking it.

I have struggled with my weight for all these years even though I walk (do not have a car), go to the gym, do pilates, tai chi, garden, etc. I watch carefully what I eat day in, day out. Never going off track even on holidays or other functions.

I have been attending a couple of hospitals, including being under the care of a Professor and he has been pondering as to why I have abnormal fatty type swelling on my upper body, arms and inner thighs. It will not shift.

I took myself off Accolate after coming home from the asthma review and doing my own research and finding this site with all of these reports of swelling and weight gain. I am about to write a letter to the Professor with a copy to the other hospital with what I have found and drawing their attention to these reports. I have also found on line how to report the drug using the yellow card system.

No weight has come off since I stopped taking Accolate but no more has gone on. My lower half of my body is fine apart from the inner thighs.

Can't believe this. We have been saying to our son that his weight gain is because he will soon shoot up when he starts puberty. He started putting on weight about 2 years ago although there was no reason for it. He is now 11 and he hasn't shot up and is really upset about his podgy tummy. He was prescribed montelucast in the spring of 2015. Not for asthma, but for hayfever. Coincidence?? I don't think so. He's stopping it tomorrow.

Wow really..so what's in the meds thts caused the weight gain

I have been on singular for six weeks and noticed things did not fit around my waist then after a month I have had extreme bloating and pain in the abdomin. I am so glad to hear others have had this problem. I stopped five days ago and still having feeling of being bloated. Has this happened to someone else and will it take a long time to get rid of the bloating. I hardly eat due to the nausea and my clothes are still tight.

I have the exact same reaction to Singular. I am unable to lose the 20lbs gained. It is frustrating.

So grateful I found this site! 20 pounds in 9 months with less food intake than ever before. Any ideas on alternatives for asthma?

lose not loose

Yes, I reported it to the Food and Drug Association. You can report it too! My complaint was the "first" complainants on file and the FDA needs one more complain documented to begin looking into it. Hope you will consider filing a complaint.

Please file a complaint with the FDA Food and Drug Administration like I did. Thank you

More complaints need to be made to the FDA Food and Drug Administration! I have filed one complaint and they are waiting for more people to step forward. If you have gained 15 pounds in 7months and you keep taking Singular -- my guess is you will gain another 15 pounds! I was on Singular for 3 years and I gained 75 pounds! It has taken me a year to lose 25 pounds! It's all around the stomach. A class action suit in my opinion should be started! Because of my age, -- 59. I am at risk for a stroke!

I posted two month ago about weight gain and abnormal swelling. I have written to the Professor in London, who is looking after me and is perlexed as to the weight gain/swelling, I see him at the beginning of October.

I now have something else to report to the Professor when I see him.

I have for a number of years been subjected to nasty insect bites that can get infected. Not just one or two but groups of 6/7. I get bit day or night, indoors or outside (just about to order a plug in insect repellant for the bedroom). When I go out I use spray on the legs, under clothing, round the neck - in fact I go in the garden and spray head to foot but still get badly bitten but only in certain areas.

I have to use antihistamine tablets and cream to try and calm them down.

I have some amazing groups of bites at the moment on the top of one arm and on the midriff and yet both are covered.

What hubby and I have realized these bites are all on the area of the abnormal swelling, which is my arms, midriff, back and inner thighs.Where the weight gain is noticable. Not the backside, outside of the thighs or lower legs, nor the neck or face.

Really odd this abnormal fatty deposits, which has been growing for a few years, so it ties in with the increase of bites. Goodness knows what this fat consists of. I may well ask for a fat biopsy, it might have hold some answers.

Is anyone else proned to insect bites?

I take this to. I swell, not weight gain. Once I stop taking it two days later I'm back to normal.

This is really troubling I received a phone call from my pharmacist asking me was there any questions I had concerning singular. I asked him was there a problem with this drug is there something I need to know. He stated no he was just wondering if I had any questions, well I never received a phone call like this before and they asked me that the day that I picked up the medication so why call me about it a week later. I was just placed on this about a week I have only taken one pill a day 10 mg for five days and I have been feeling very bloated. I have not eaten a lot and actually have changed a lot of what I used to eat however I feel very full stomach has extended and waistline I've gained weight. This is very sad because this medication has really helped me with my allergies I have not had to take Advair since. I don't know what to do but I don't want to continue taking this medication because I really believe that it is making me feel very bloated and causing such weight gain. Can someone out there please be very honest enough to dig deeper into this medication and find out if it does cost bloating it is such an uncomfortable feeling.

At 63, I am also in danger of a stroke. I took Singulair/Montelukast for 10 years. I did not know my 50+ pound weight gain was the Singulair because I was on so many medications for asthma symptoms. I had been fit and trim at one time. I gained 25 pounds after taking prednisone for 8 days. I was not ever able to lose it.
A few years later I started Singulair along with other medications. I gained 50 more pounds, all the while I was exercising and trying to watch diet. That put me at 75 pounds heavier than normal. Doctors wanted me to also start blood pressure meds because my blood pressure went from low to high in those 10 years. I was reluctant to take even more meds to treat what I believed was a symptom caused by meds, not by me.
My career suffered from my horrible med side effects as much as from illness from asthma. I finally just had to quit after losing respect because of angry outbursts and bad decisions.
10 months ago, I started Nucala shots for asthma. They have enabled me to eliminate most of my other meds. I still had a Stiolto inhaler and Singulair. After 8 months, I was still gaining weight and blood pressure still rising. The blood pressure issue was starting to scare me because I felt dangerous pressure in my head whenever I laid down. I concluded, after reading this blog that the problem was probably the Singlulair.
I gradually weaned myself off of Singulair. I have not had any for a month. My blood pressure is slowly getting lower. However, I AM STILL GAINING WEIGHT! I have increased my workouts and try to eat well. (About 90 minutes every day of cardio, weight training, yoga, bike, swimming; I try to mix it up and keep it challenging.)
All the other symptoms that people have mentioned on this site were worse for the month I was lowering and eliminating my doses of Singulair. Now the symptoms are almost gone: nightmares, numbness and tingling in arms and hands, tooth pain, sadness, anger, insomnia, leg and foot cramps, mood swings, suicidal thoughts. Thought clarity, concentration, motivation are all returning.
I still have headaches and a huge, swollen body. My stomach is huge and soft. My feet are usually swollen. I can hardly bend over because my stomach is in the way.
Am still taking Allegra for seasonal allergies and Stiolto daily.
Did taking Singulair for so long make my weight a permanent condition? Or will I eventually be able to lose this gross belly and weight?

I have had a similar experience with the medication and my son. He started taking the singulaire last year when he was 10 years old. In a span of 2 1/2 months, he gained 10 lbs with no change to his diet or level of physical activity. I spoke to the allergy specialist who prescribed the drug and she said there were no documented links between singulaire and inexplicable weight gain. I also spoke to my family doctor about our experience with the medication. She treated me like a shallow irrational mom obsessed with my son’s weight and his looks and dismissed the whole premise. I have been so disappointed with our medical system, especially my doctors who seem to support the pharmaceutical companies and their selective disclosure of information about drugs which are affecting patients’ lives negatively. There’s now enough evidence out there to prompt further studies and proper labelling of the actual side effects of the drug. At the end of the day, it all comes down to money. I’m now seeking advice from naturopaths who are more willing to find the cause of my son’s health problems instead of pumping him full of drugs to merely treat the symptoms.