Re: Xolair User for Six Months

[Guest guest]

hi ellen.

since starting xolair, the occurance (for me) of URIs has decreased

significantly. i'm currently dealing with a URI/sinus infection now,

but i do not think its at all related to xolair. (it all starts in

my sinuses - i have significant sinus disease - and travels south to

the lungs).

are the allergy shots new to you? is it a possibility your URIs are

starting out as a slight allergic reaction to the allergy shots?

since xolair takes a while to " kick in " , maybe the xolair is not yet

effective enough to combat the allergy shots.

i hope you feel better. keep us posted

heather

>

>

> hello everyone,

> i've been taking xolair for six months now and i must say that i'm

a

> little concerned that its causing far too many upper respirtory

> infections. i've recently asked my pharmacist to print out the

> number of times i've been on prednisone and antibiotics since i

> started taking xolair (i also take bi-weekly allergy shots) and

i'm

> starting to see a pattern. has anyone else experienced such

results?

>

> Ellen from Boston

[Guest guest]

Hi there ,

I have been getting the allergy shots for some time now-they have

always worked for me in terms of allergic reactions. I too have

severe sinus problems and get lots of infections as well. I went to

the pharmacy to get a printout of side effects of the xolair and one

of them is URI's-unfortunately-i'm seeing my doc on friday and i'm

going to discuss all of this. I'm also trying to keep track of the

number of times i'm on antibiotics and preds. I really appreciate

the fact that this site is available to all of us. I'll keep you

posted and thanks for responding to me and how long have you been

getting xolair?

Ellen

> >

> >

> > hello everyone,

> > i've been taking xolair for six months now and i must say that

i'm

> a

> > little concerned that its causing far too many upper respirtory

> > infections. i've recently asked my pharmacist to print out the

> > number of times i've been on prednisone and antibiotics since i

> > started taking xolair (i also take bi-weekly allergy shots) and

> i'm

> > starting to see a pattern. has anyone else experienced such

> results?

> >

> > Ellen from Boston