HOW TO USE: Consult your doctor or pharmacist for specific advice on your drug therapy. Do not decrease or stop any asthma medicine unless instructed your doctor. Report promptly to your doctor or pharmacist if your asthma symptoms worsen, short-acting inhaler use increases or use exceeds the prescribed 24 hour maximum. This medicine may come with a patient information leaflet. Read it carefully. Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist any questions that you may have about this medicine.
In studies of Singulair for asthma, people taking the drug had fewer asthma attacks and fewer daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms when compared to those not taking it. The drug was also shown to be safe and effective for treating asthma in children as young as 12 months old. Studies have shown that it is effective for exercise-induced asthma as well. When taken two hours before exercise, the medication helped to prevent exercise-induced symptoms of asthma.
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