Asthma treatment

For those people that seem to be depressed on Singulair, try Zyflo cr. It is probably even more potent in severe asthma. (Nasdaq: CRTX) today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a unique Formulary Key Drug Type (FKDT) category for the Companys asthma drug, ZYFLO (zileuton tablets), under guidelines developed specifically for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D). Under the new FKDT, ZYFLO is now categorized as a Synthesis Inhibitor based on its pharmacologic distinction from other anti-leukotriene compounds, including Mercks Singulair, which are grouped together in a category known as Receptor Antagonists. ZYFLO is the only 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitor approved by U.

I have been taking Singulair for about a year now and have noticed a marked difference in my personality and mood. I never connected the dots that it might be related to the Singulair until I heard it on the radio 2 weeks ago. My doctor and I have blamed it on my low thyroid, which is fixed now and I have blamed it on menopause. Everytime I have seen my doctor in the last year I have told him about my depression. I used to be one of the happiest, most up-beat, joyful persons you would ever meet. I was the one always going around cheering everyone else up. Now I feel like a huge dark cloud is hanging over me. I am not really sad deep in my heart, but this heavy gloom tries to envelope me everyday and steal my joy. Since hearing about the possibility of this being a side-effect of Singulair, I have tried to get off of it two times. My athsma gets so bad that I hurry and take it again. I dont know which I want to live with, the depression or the athsma. I wish there was something else that would control the athsma just as well.

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