quitting xolair

[Guest guest]

My wife got her third shot Friday and she feels worse instead of

better. The same thing happened on the second shot but she thought

she needed to give it more time. However, her chest felt tighter,

more congestion and cough. It took almost three weeks from the

second shot to get to feeling relatively good again, then the third

shot came. Her asthma and allergies weren't all that bad to start

with and I feel she was a marginal candidate for Xolair from the

start. But her doctor was affiliated with the trials and encouraged

her to try it with the eventual hope of getting off Pulmicort,

Nasonex, Zyrtec and Singulair. She was actaully reducing her usage

of Pulmicort before she started on Xolair (six puffs to four daily)

after moving to Florida from the north.

You would think that each shot of Xolair would make her feel better,

if just a little, rather than worse...so the Xolair is history for

her. Good luck to the rest of you for which Xolair is making a big

disfference for the better.

Casey

[Guest guest]

> My wife got her third shot Friday and she feels worse instead of

> better. The same thing happened on the second shot but she thought

> she needed to give it more time. However, her chest felt tighter,

> more congestion and cough. It took almost three weeks from the

> second shot to get to feeling relatively good again, then the third

> shot came. Her asthma and allergies weren't all that bad to start

> with and I feel she was a marginal candidate for Xolair from the

> start. But her doctor was affiliated with the trials and

encouraged

> her to try it with the eventual hope of getting off Pulmicort,

> Nasonex, Zyrtec and Singulair. She was actaully reducing her usage

> of Pulmicort before she started on Xolair (six puffs to four daily)

> after moving to Florida from the north.

> You would think that each shot of Xolair would make her feel

better,

> if just a little, rather than worse...so the Xolair is history for

> her. Good luck to the rest of you for which Xolair is making a big

> disfference for the better.

> Casey

Casey,

I have been on it since September and have felt minimal results also.

It HAS helped me get my daily dose of Prednisone down from 40 to 10

mg a day but a lot ot times, I still have to up my Pred due to

increases in asthma. I have have been under the care of 2 different

doctors since I have been on Xolair. Both have told me that it is not

an instantanous drug for some people and sometimes takes up to a

whole year before the full effects are felt. Hang in there and

follow your doctor's instructions.

Doug

[Guest guest]

Casey,

Sorry to hear that the Xolair is not working for your wife. It is

unfortunate that the drug is not a miracle worker for everybody. It

is clear from reading the postings that there has been a wide range

of improvement and reactions to the drug among the members of this

forum.

Good luck to your wife on finding a treatment that works for her.

Greg