Re: allergic rash following Xolair

February 24, 2007

This is my most humble theory but I am with you Addy. I suspected that if my

body reduced it's ige reactions, then igg medicated (ie food sensitivities might

worsen) etc. and they have. I am obtaining a consulation with 2 new doctors

because my doctor is unaware of the current FDA recommendations.

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote: 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

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February 24, 2007

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

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February 24, 2007

It's all pretty confusing at times. When I went to the doctor's

office two days ago for my Xolair shots, I was becoming a mess. My

peak flow was down to 10% below usual and I was feeling pretty

crappy with labored breathing, some wheezing, etc. I was blaming it

on the cold weather. Doctor upped my Advair presception and gave

me the Xolair. Here I am, two days later, never got around to

getting the higher dose Advair, nothing has changed, weather is

still cold ... but my peak flow breathing shot up to 10% above usual

and I'm feeling good.

Was this a before and after effect of getting the Xolair

injections? Or was something else going? I can't put my finger on

anything but the Xolair injections yet I didn't think Xolair was

expected to have such variations and rapid effects.

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

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February 25, 2007

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

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Subject: [ ] Re: allergic rash following Xolair