Was: Shots yesterday, now Epi Pens

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My doctor's office also gets me in and out rapidly.  They used to check my Epi

at the front dask and again by the person giving the shot.  No Epi....no

shot.  They tell me now that the Epi is good to have but no longer required. 

I keep mine as my drive home has me about 1.5 hours away from medical support

at one point.  I also don't have cell coverage the entire way home. 

Anyway.....has anyone else been told that the Epi is no longer required?

 Mike McBride

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From: K K <grneyyedlady@...>

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 2:22:52 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

 

I self injected for almost 3 years, but then the FDA warning came along and I

had to stop. Luckily my Allergist has a gazillion patients on Xolair, who they

take care of us quickly. I don't have to hang out for hours in his office,

especially since he wrote me a script for an epi pen, which everyone on Xolair

SHOULD have just in case.

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From: Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton>

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 4:16:09 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

anybody else ever self inject and think they had a better response to xolair?

leigh

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From: heather351 <heaven1975@ . com>

Sent: Sun, February 28, 2010 4:37:25 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Shots yesterday

waaay back when i started on xolair, a xolair RN came to my drs office to teach

them how to mix it (i guess it was so new, they were afraid to just let people

follow instructions? ?). the xolair RN asked if i wanted to learn to inject

myself. SURE! they showed me how to mix/inject and i've been doing it ever

since. the original plan was for me to do it at home eventually, but thanks to

the FDA and all their regulations, i'm stuck at my drs office doing it.

i guess it could be worse.....

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> ..... I do the shots at home now and I have for about the last 2.5 years. The

difference in the allergies are so significant until it is worth it all.

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> How do you get them to let you self inject? Every time I bring it up, the jaws

hit the floor and all the potential problems get rattled off. No one seems to

care that the time they have me sitting in the office isn't matching up with the

time I'd be most likely to have a reaction or that there are people who inject

insulin every day and if you screw that up it can be deadly. It just doesn't

make sense to me. With my other health issues, it's getting harder and harder on

me to go anywhere. So I would love to give myself Xolair at home.

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