Update on Chris - Cautious Optimism

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Hi all,

Just wanted to update you on Chris' status after a month on the Singulair

and Zyrtec mixture, and the concurrent slow/cautious Prednisone taper. So

far, the Singulair and Zyrtec are working very well and we are very hopeful

that this mix will work for him, at least to decrease the Prednisone if not

to get completely off of it.

I know Singulair has not been successful for everyone who has tried it, but

it sure has been a worthwhile trial for so far. He has been able to

get from 5mg Pred. daily, to alternating 3mg. and 5mg. Pred. with no

difference in his reactivity to his current diet. He tells me this would

not be the case if he was not taking the Singulair/Zyrtec mix. There also

has been a bonus we didn't expect. Before starting the Singulair, he

weighed 105 lbs. Now, a month later, he weighs 115 lbs. He's 5'6 " , so this

weight gain is a good thing

And an extra bonus is that the Singulair prevented him from getting a major

asthma attack when we visited his sister's place last weekend and she'd been

cooking pasta and baking (lots of wheat flour in the air) just before we got

there. He got only a minor attack after being in her apartment for a couple

hours, and then it went away shortly after we came home. Normally, he'd

have been hit with an attack within minutes of walking into her apartment,

and would have had to leave or risk a hospitalization for the severity of

the attack he could have had. And the attack even at that few minutes of

exposure would have lasted for several days afterwords. So this is a

significant victory for him - he hasn't been able to handle being around

wheat flour this easily in a long time.

We're keeping our fingers crossed here that he will be able to continue

decreasing the Pred. without any increase in his EG symptoms.

Take care,

-Joy

(husband has EE/EG, allergies, asthma)

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