Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Montelukast as follows:
- Take the medication dose at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the intake of medication.
- Do not change the dose on this medication without consulting your doctor.
- Montelukast can be used either alone or along with other inhaler medications, to prevent activation of asthma and COPD episodes from happening. During an episode of acute activation of asthma and COPD symptoms, Montelukast alone does not help much and so, observe compliance with other bronchodilator and steroid medications prescribed, if any, for control of symptoms.
- In individuals with history of exercise-induced asthma, Montelukast can be taken two hours ahead of exercise schedule, as a prophylactic measure, to prevent activation of asthmatic episode during the exercise.
- Your physician could change the dose of Montelukast, based on the response you show. So, maintain compliance with follow-up physician appointments and be accommodative to the plan of dose changes, until you show an optimum response.
