Montelukast or singulair anyone havinf trouble getting it?!

[Fennecfoxmummy]

My 9 nearly 10 month old is prescrobed montelukast to help with reoccuring chest infections. Viral wheezes and bronchiolitis.
We've had trouble getting it from our pharmacys they're saying it could be discontinued but surely there's an alternative? Does anyone know anything

We got some last week with no problems, just generic montelukast.

Was it the granules or tablets? We've just got the tablets we will habe to crush but usually have the granuels

It was the tablets, sorry I didn't even think.
They're easy enough to crush though, had to do it for ds for a couple of years.

Oh that's good then we're using them for the 1st time tonight

Sorry to jump in on this thread, but my 3 year old has recently been prescribed montelukust too, we could only get 2 weeks worth of the granules as according to pharmacist the granule version are being discontinued, so the doctor has given me the chewable tablet version instead today, does anyone know if it's okay to crush and mix with yoghurt like the granules as my little boy will not take any kind of tablet or liquid medicine without me hiding it in liquid or yoghurt. I did ask the doctor before hand and she said it should be okay as in her medical book she was looking it up on there was no mention of anything to not take it with food however once I collected from the chemist on the box it says to be chewed 60 minutes before food or 2 hours after food, tried to ask the pharmacist but he said he can't advise me on that and it's the doctors responsibilty!

When DD was in hospital last year, they used to give it to her on the regular drug round, irrespective of what was in her stomach. I questioned it and was told (by the consultant) it was fine, we just had to get it into her. My Dr who originally prescribed insisted it must be taken on an empty stomach, at bedtime (and no food afterwards), which was really hard, as she was waking hungry in the night.
I've now followed the hospital protocol and haven't noticed and change in her symptoms

Great, I shall just give it to him however I can, your right it's hard to have to time it with not giving food especially when they are young and don't understand if they are hungry and why they can't eat! I still have a few of the granule sachets left I will use up before the chewable tablets, I'm going to try him first and see if he will chew the tablet as after I posted yest I realised they was tiny and cherry flavour so I may be able to convince him they are a special sweet aslong as he doesn't see the packet lol I have read that the normal version of the tablet that is given to older children and adults can be crushed into food not sure what's in the chewable tablet version that makes them any different though.