Asthma

[detritus21]

Sounding better than it was

[Deeko]

Sounds good! Your PF really has gone up a lot. Hopefully it'll keep going onwards and upwards!

[hopey]

ha ha I knew you wouldn't be able to leave it 2 weeks

[NotOnUrHelly]

I know, Im back down below 500 again now, could it be last night run maybe did a bit of damage.

3 days walking in Wasdale from thursday onwards. No running promise, plenty of climb.

See you for a pint GeoffB

[Mud]

Hey Jamie,

I saw this and thought of you.

[NotOnUrHelly]

Mud

Perhaps one of these would be more appropriatte

http://www.freaksprogress.com/wp-con...ightJacket.jpg

Im a little reluctant to post this but....

Since I started on the Montelukast tablets on Friday fair enough my asthma has been better but my head has been completely up my arse.

Admittedly, Im not the brightest bulb in the box at the best of times, but it feels like I have been prescribed the over the counter equivilant ecstasy.

I have been waking up in the middle of the night covered in sweat. I have been having weird dreams but last night was a proper kick ass nightmare. That scared the shit out of me and I remember it clear as a bell. I also felt like I could hear all the blood pumping around my body. It took me about three hours to get back to sleep.

I have been unable to concentrate, Example I had a meeting in Birmingham on monday and ended up jumping on the non stop train to london. Hence I had to get back from London Euston to Warrington and explain to my bosses why I could not make a training course I was supposed to be giving. Luckily its that much of a far out thing to happen that they saw the funny side of it

Granted I was a bit hungover but I just have not been thinking straight since starting to take them.

Im gonna put them in the bottom drawer and keep working the inhalers I was improving on those things.

Good knows what the street value is of these things.

Deeko, has your friend who takes them had any similar experiences.

Jamie

[Mud]

Since I started on the Montelukast tablets on Friday fair enough my asthma has been better but my head has been completely up my arse.

it feels like I have been prescribed the over the counter equivilant ecstasy.

Granted I was a bit hungover

From http://www.drugs.com/cdi/montelukast.html

Montelukast may cause drowsiness or dizziness. These effects may be worse if you take it with alcohol

And you get it for free on the NHS!

[NotOnUrHelly]

After last nights dreams and not sleeping I did actually google it, but I try not to believe everytihng I read on the internet.

I'll knock it on the head and see what happens.

Uhm

[detritus21]

Taken from the BNF which is the Drugs Bible essentially

Possible Side effects of montelukast

Side-effects

abdominal pain, thirst; hyperkinesia (in young children), headache; very rarely dry mouth, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting, hepatic disorders, palpitation, oedema, increased bleeding, Churg-Strauss syndrome (see notes above), asthenia, dizziness, hallucinations, paraesthesia, hypoaesthesia, sleep disturbances, abnormal dreams, agitation, aggression, seizures, arthralgia, myalgia, pruritus, and rash

[Deeko]

Hi Jamie,

I just asked him - he said:

"Yeah I stopped taking them though - I took them at night and felt pretty groggy in the mornings I took a break as I didn't want to be dependent on them"
"They do work though - big style when my asthma was at its worst if I forgot to take one guranteed darth vader awakeningings in the middle of the night"


So - upsides and downsides! If they're doing weird stuff you'd be better off asking for a 5 day course of prednisolone. Makes you a bit hyper but that's all I've had with it. Steroids are a short term thing though (unless you want some really BAD side-effects).

Cheers,

Derek.