Singulair Asthma Medication Marketed as Allergy Med
I've been on Singulair
for mild asthma for a few years now, and although
it does control my asthma, its real power lies in the fact that it's
more effective at controlling my allergies than any of my actual allergy
meds, and combined with them, I am almost invulnerable to the dog
dander, pollen, dust, mold, and cat sheddings that each alone have the
power to make me miserable.
I spent a summer hanging out at a friends house which combined all of those elements before I was on Singulair, and literally had to wear a painters mask the whole time or suffer sneezing wheezing runny eyed allergy attacks.
I spoke with my doctor about Singulair's miraculous ability to make me allergy free back 2 or 3 years ago, and he confirmed that other patients were feeling the same positive side effect of the little squarish pill.
Now, as I sit in a D.O.C.S. Clinic to get my script filled, the little video-TV is playing health news blurbs and prescription drug commercials. Singulair came up first, not marketed as an asthma med, but pushed as a panacea for all allergy suffers.
Imagine having a hit asthma drug, nearly dominating that market, and then finding out that the drug your research team has come up with has a second positive effect! I bet there's a few very happy people at Merck.
