Montelukast does not appear to increase the risk for neuropsychiatric adverse events in children and adolescents, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Montelukast is a leukotriene ...

The TGA has issued a requirement for new warnings to be provided with the drug montelukast, commonly used to treat asthma and hay fever.

Leukotrienes are an important family of chemicals found throughout the airways and involved in both mucus production and airway constriction. Montelukast is a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor ...

Research in the authors' laboratory is funded by the MRC, BMA and Asthma UK. M Portelli is funded by a STEPS (Malta) studentship. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial ...