Guest guest Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Never fear Terry, we do appreciate your humour! In many cases it is either laugh or cry and since crying clogs your sinuses, we prefer to laugh. Keep it up! Any links to your articles online? ps My doc once told me a lot of medicine was in fact voodoo. I agree with him completely....He also believes in the Asthma Fairy who will one day show up and make my life better....still waiting! ----- Original Message ---- From: Terry <onabeach@...> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:35:17 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: allergic rash following Xolair Addy - I think your post is most informative and interesting, and bears out the fact that medical science really does not have a firm grip on the allergy situation. While Xolair seems to be a great drug, its effects are obviously widely mixed. I look back on at least 65 years of allergies and sinus problems, beginning with nasty allergies and asthma during the early years, followed by growing mostly out of all that during my twenties, thirties and forties, and then having all of it revisit during my fifties and sixties. I'm told by allergists this is normal, but they have no clue why. Now, in my seventies, it's getting nearly as bad as it was during my pre-teen days when my problems were at their worst. Maybe it has something to do with the oldfart testosterone decline. I'll propose that to my pulm. dude who doesn't seem to have a clue - nothing ventured, nothing gained. By the way, if I seem flip in the face of all this serious observation about dire reactions, it's partially because I write a newspaper humor column, and occasionally lapse into the absurdity of our medical system for subject matter. Last week, my primary care doc startled me by telling me he had read my column. I must be more careful about what I say, especially just prior to his prostatic and testicular exams. Terry a.k.a. ohldepharte ----- Original Message ----- From: pyle456 Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:42 PM Subject: [ ] Re: allergic rash following Xolair Something like 90% of the people posting in this group have had huge suggest w/ Xolair without any negative reactions. Because the drug is still new and b/c we are all members of a highly sensitive/reactive patient population, it is often hard to isolate the cause of any single reaction. Again, it's really important to note (write down) exposures, symptoms, etc., and report all to your doctor. I didn't do well with allergy shots and always had to make sure I took allegra (or similar) and prednisone (20mg) the day I got my shots. If you are having trouble in conjunction with your Xolair dosage, make sure to alert your doc and ask about it. Most of us have reported an increase in symptoms PRIOR to receiving each next injection. If my body is making new IgE, that will make me vulnerable to having reactions if that IgE has not yet been bound to Xolair. Some of you who are having allergic difficulties just before or after getting your shots, it may be that something else is causing the reaction, that an allergen is getting to the unbound IgE before Xolair does and so you are having a reaction COINCIDENTAL to getting your injection, not BECAUSE of getting the injection. Again, WRITE DOWN what you eat, what you're exposed to, what and how severe symptoms are so that you and your doctor can narrow the field. Addy Group Co-owner who hopes Sharon will NOT drop a house on her!!! Just speaking for myself, my body will find anyway it can to express > an allergic reaction. The more medicine I take to correct one type of > allergic expression (say, rhinitis), the more I have trouble in some > other area. Anyone whose having symptoms on a regular basis following > Xolair injections should talk with their doc about them. Also, keep a > diary of things that you've been exposed to and things you've eaten so > you can rule out other, more likely possibilities. > > Addy > Group co-owner > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Search movie showtime shortcut. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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