Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 I was told by the Xolair rep that nobody gets to take the drug home, that it is always given in the doctor's office. Anybody know different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 > I was told by the Xolair rep that nobody gets to take the drug home, > that it is always given in the doctor's office. Anybody know > different? I have been giving myself the shots for 3 months now with no problem. Took some serious negotiating with my doctor, though. What helped was the fact that I have been giving myself allergy shots for about 8 years. I know of a few other members of the group who are self- administering the drug, too, but not many. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 I use curascrips, and they have actually FedEx the medicine to my house. I have not injected myself however. > > I was told by the Xolair rep that nobody gets to take the drug > home, > > that it is always given in the doctor's office. Anybody know > > different? > > I have been giving myself the shots for 3 months now with no problem. > > Took some serious negotiating with my doctor, though. > > What helped was the fact that I have been giving myself allergy > shots for about 8 years. > > I know of a few other members of the group who are self- > administering the drug, too, but not many. > > Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 > I was told by the Xolair rep that nobody gets to take the drug home, > that it is always given in the doctor's office. Anybody know > different? I have been on allergy shots all my life. Starting last year, my allergists (2 in another city and 1 here) stopped letting people give themselves REGULAR allergy injections at home. I had been giving them to myself for 30 years with not a SINGLE reaction!! Are they going let me give myself the Xolair at home??? NO WAY! They were shocked when I asked them! Forget the 20 minute wait afterwards. After Xolair, they make me wait a full hour!!! When I told the nurse and the doctor that people on this list were giving themselves xolair at home, they looked at me with a " you have to be kidding " look and really thought I was kidding. I wasn't. I guess it is up to the doctor you use. Some are very picky and don't want to take ANY chance of you getting a reaction, others it seems don't mind the risk. I am just glad to be able to get the drug BTW everyone, I blew a 750 Peak flow last Friday in the Dr's office. Thats wayyyyy up from 500 6 months ago before I started Xolair. Also, I am OFF the pred! Yes, Xolair is definitely working for me Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 My doctor told me that Novartis is working on a self-injecting treatement and it should be out hopefully in the next 2 months. This way, all of us won't have to go to the doctors every two weeks. I think the main reason my doctor told me that I have to go to him to get the injections is that, during the trial period a couple of people got a reaction to the injection immediately after receiving it. So, I think doctors have been cautious. Previously he used to make me await for 1 hour also, but now he lets me leave as soon as I get the injection. Ashwin > > I was told by the Xolair rep that nobody gets to take the drug > home, > > that it is always given in the doctor's office. Anybody know > > different? > > I have been on allergy shots all my life. Starting last year, my > allergists (2 in another city and 1 here) stopped letting people give > themselves REGULAR allergy injections at home. I had been giving them > to myself for 30 years with not a SINGLE reaction!! > > Are they going let me give myself the Xolair at home??? NO WAY! They > were shocked when I asked them! Forget the 20 minute wait > afterwards. After Xolair, they make me wait a full hour!!! > > When I told the nurse and the doctor that people on this list were > giving themselves xolair at home, they looked at me with a " you have > to be kidding " look and really thought I was kidding. I wasn't. > > I guess it is up to the doctor you use. Some are very picky and don't > want to take ANY chance of you getting a reaction, others it seems > don't mind the risk. > > I am just glad to be able to get the drug BTW everyone, I blew a > 750 Peak flow last Friday in the Dr's office. Thats wayyyyy up from > 500 6 months ago before I started Xolair. Also, I am OFF the pred! > Yes, Xolair is definitely working for me > > Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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