Montelukast Sodium

2 Drugs classified under this active ingredient

Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist. Montelukast Sodium 4mg, 5mg.
CHEWABLE TABS.:30. Adult. & adolesc. over 15 yrs. old: For tmt. of asthma and/or seasonal allerg. rhinitis, take 10 mg (two tabs.) ×1/d.Child. 6-14 yrs. old, for tmt. of asthma or season. allerg. rhinitis: One 5 mg ×1/d.
Child. 2-5 yrs. old for tmt. of asthma or season. allerg. rhinitis: 4 mg ×1/d
For tmt. of asthma, the drug should be taken once per day, in the eve.
 For tmt. of season. allergic rhinitis , the drug should be taken once per day.
The tab.  should be chewed before swallow., regardless of meals.
This drug is  not intended for babies & child. under 2 yrs. old. See lit.
Indicated in adult and ped. pts. 2 yrs. of age and older for the prophylaxis and chron. tmt. of asthma, including preven. of daytime and nighttime sympt., the tmt. of aspirin-sensitive asthmatic pts., and the preven. of exercise-induced bronchoconstrict.

The drug is effective alone or in comb. with other agents used in the mainten. tmt. of chron. asthma.

This drug  and inhaled corticosteroids may be used concomit. with additive effects to control asthma or to reduce the inhaled corticosteroid dose while maintain. clinical stability.

Indicated for the relief of sympt. of season. allerg. rhinitis in adults & ped. pts. 2 yrs. of age and older.
C/I: Hypersens.

Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist. Montelukast Sodium 4, 5, 10 mg.
CHEW TABS: 28 x 4 mg, 5 mg. Child. 2-5
yrs: 4 mg at bedt.; 6-14 yrs: 5 mg.
tab 1 x dly at bedt.
TABS: 28 x 10 mg. Adults: 1 tab 1 x dly
at bedt.
SACHETS (ORAL GRANULES): 28 x 4 mg.
Child 1-5 yrs: 1 sachet (4 mg) 1 x dly in
evening.
Tmt. of adult and ped. pts 12 mths and
older for proph. and tmt. chron. asthma,
incl. prevent. daytime and nighttime
sympts, tmt. aspirin-sens. asthmat. pts,
prevent. excercise-induced
bronchoconstrict.
Effective alone or in comb. with other
agents used in the maint. tmt. of chron.
asthma Inhal. corticost. may be used
concom. with addit. effect. to control
asthma or to reduce the inhal. corticost.
dose while maint. clinic. stability. Indic. for
the relief of daytime and nighttime symp.
of season. allerg. rhinitis in adult., ped.
pts. 2 yrs. of age and older.
C/I: Hypersens