Medicine pack check sheet

Source-linked reading points

• Check SINGULAIR, montelukast sodium, the exact form, stated strength per unit and target market together. A shared non-proprietary name does not make film-coated tablets, chewables and granules self-convertible or substitutable by tablet count, sachet count or experience.
• The label includes a neuropsychiatric-events warning. With a new or concerning change in mood, behaviour, sleep or thinking, promptly contact a professional through local medical channels; do not self-stop, restart, increase or change to another medicine from a webpage.
• The label also says this product is not for reversal of acute bronchospasm. Sudden or worsening breathing difficulty should not be managed by self-escalation, waiting for a webpage or borrowing another person's medicine; use local emergency and care-team guidance.
• Package images, a name and “allergy/asthma” wording only help locate a label. They cannot authenticate a product, establish current approval or prove interchangeability with another allergy, inhaled or rescue product. Ask a pharmacist to review the complete medicine list with every addition, stop or change.