Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 He can get them as an outpatient in the short stay unit at the local hospital. They want to keep him for the 2 hours post injection and have documentation. Jump through the hoops and after 1 month of no reactions, petition the insurance company to administer Xolair at the doctors office. The ins. co. might let the md do them if he sends them a letter that he has all the same equipment the ER does to save lives. The ins. co. doesn't want to pay for the ER visit if your son had a reaction. It is more cost effective to put him in a 'short stay' category and have him watched for 2 hours, than to pay for an ER visit. 99.9% of all Xolairs users have no reactions. The other .1% have fatigue for the first several injections. The headaches experienced, I'm convinced that those of us living with allergies & asthma have headaches, upper respiratory tract infections, sinus infections simply because of our disease process. Pat __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Congratulations!! I hope it helps your son. I get my shot at the hospital. I have the medication shipped to me. I bring it with me to Medical Day Care. In the beginning, the Pharmacist at the hospital mixed the medication and sent it back to Medical Day Care for the nurses to give me the shots. I also had to stay 2 hours so they could monitor me. The frst time I got the shot, my doctor needed to be in the hospital incase I had a reaction. So I went in while he was making rounds. He came downto check me beofre and after receiving the xolair. Now, the nurses there mix the medication and administer the shots. I need to stay there for 30 minutes, so they can monitor vital signs, before I am allowed to leave. I hope the Xolair works for our son. It has been a great help to me. Cathie > I just got word that my son was approved!!!! Yaaaaa! Now..the doctor's > office has been told it's a " hospital only " product and they have never > had this situation before. Anybody out there know how to actually get > the Xolair IN his body since the doctor has no experience with this > type of situation? The nurse at the doctor's office is thinking he has > to be an actual inpatient to receive it but I know that can't be > right!? That would mean he'd have to check in and check out 2x/month, > correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 our doctor sent my wife to an alergist to administer the shot... ----- Original Message ----- From: ipedlnpadl Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: [ ] Yooo-hoooo!! I just got word that my son was approved!!!! Yaaaaa! Now..the doctor's office has been told it's a " hospital only " product and they have never had this situation before. Anybody out there know how to actually get the Xolair IN his body since the doctor has no experience with this type of situation? The nurse at the doctor's office is thinking he has to be an actual inpatient to receive it but I know that can't be right!? That would mean he'd have to check in and check out 2x/month, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Congratulations..... I hope it works as well for him as it has worked for me. I go to the or my pulmonary and the doctor puts the needle under the skin and injects the medication under the skin. That is about all I know. She is excited that I am on xolair because we were both getting worried about my being on so much medication. I am going off one at a time. At one time I was on some amount of predisone for over a year because of all that was going on in my life and the construction in my (home) convent. I hope and pray that he continues to improve. As Always, Sr. Volz, C.R. ipedlnpadl <IpedLnpadL@...> wrote: I just got word that my son was approved!!!! Yaaaaa! Now..the doctor's office has been told it's a " hospital only " product and they have never had this situation before. Anybody out there know how to actually get the Xolair IN his body since the doctor has no experience with this type of situation? The nurse at the doctor's office is thinking he has to be an actual inpatient to receive it but I know that can't be right!? That would mean he'd have to check in and check out 2x/month, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Xolair is administered by injection. Most folks get it at the doctor's office. Xolair will send someone to train the nurse. Some of us give ourselves our own injections. Take care, Addy --- In , " ipedlnpadl " <IpedLnpadL@a...> wrote: > I just got word that my son was approved!!!! Yaaaaa! Now..the doctor's > office has been told it's a " hospital only " product and they have never > had this situation before. Anybody out there know how to actually get > the Xolair IN his body since the doctor has no experience with this > type of situation? The nurse at the doctor's office is thinking he has > to be an actual inpatient to receive it but I know that can't be > right!? That would mean he'd have to check in and check out 2x/month, > correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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