montelukast

[ mon-tl-oo-kast ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.

Example Sentences

Thousands of patients and parents have complained to the F.D.A. about symptoms of anxiety, rage, hallucinations and other psychiatric problems that they linked to the drug, which is also known in its generic form as montelukast.

From New York Times

La etiqueta de la agencia, dirigida principalmente a los médicos, debía alertar sobre Singulair, un medicamento de 25 años de antigüedad también conocido por su nombre genérico, montelukast.

From New York Times

The agency’s label, which was primarily aimed at doctors, was supposed to sound an alert about the 25-year-old medication, Singulair, also known by its generic name, montelukast.

From New York Times

IntelGenx, a company in Quebec, is performing a clinical trial of an anti-inflammatory asthma drug called montelukast, sold under the brand name Singulair, as an Alzheimer’s treatment.

From Washington Post

Montelukast blocks the inflammatory action that a class of proteins called leukotrienes can trigger in the lungs.

From Nature