Originally Posted by mrsD

Just a reminder... Singulair is supposed to be taken every day whether you have symptoms or not. It is a preventative, and not for emergencies. It is too slow to work on acute symptoms.



It is for blocking the release of leukotrienes and once the leukotrienes are released, it is too late.



Steroids when they are so poorly tolerated suggest that you have an infection of some type. Steroids flare infections...so your reaction could be that you have some major issue with infective organisms. Steroids quell the immune system and when that happens, a pre-existing infection can flare when steroids are given.