Re: Another Xolair testimonial

[Guest guest]

It took me a year before I started seeing an improvement. I actually did stop

taking it and it wasn't until then that I noticed there was some improvement. I

was laying in bed one night, two weeks after stopping the shot, and it felt as

though 1 million ants were crawling up and down my entire body because the

itching was so bad. The muscles in my lungs began clamping down and the mucus

production factories were running on overtime. Fortunately, I decided to stop

the shot with one remaining in the fridge at my docs office (i.e. - " what if? " ).

I called the next day, got the shot, and the rest is history.

Later that year I told my doctor the shot was only lasting 2 weeks. He had

another patient with the same results so he called Genentech and the suggested a

75 mg booster mid-month. This has made all the difference in the world. During

the last two months I've used my rescue inhaler once. I'm considering tapering

off Advair to see how things go. I'm kind of up in the air with the 75 mg dose

because my insurance company is beginning to challenge it. My IgE count is only

44 so the std. dose is 150. Fortunately, they approved the 150 so I'm

considering paying for the additional 75 myself.

Xolair has truely changed my life. If you're new to the shot and you aren't

seeing results give it time.

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

Xolair has gotten me from 5 meds a day on a good day (7-10 on bad

days) to NO MEDS AT ALL most days and up to 5 if I have a really bad

flare. I rarely have the allergic migraines that used to plague me

2-3 times per week. I LOVE XOLAIR. I took less time than Doug to

see improvement, but it is also true for me that the improvement

continued over time.

Addy

Group Co-Owner

>

> I have been on Xolair for 3 years now. The first year, I didn't get

> any relief at all. I told my doctor that I wanted to

> quit taking it. It was just not worth the time and expense. He

> encouraged me to say on it just a few more months. Well, the very

> next month, I started seeing results. These results were small at

> first but they have become even better with each year.

>

> Before Xolair, I was nebbing 4-6 times a day with Xopenex,

Ipratropium

> Bromide and Pulmicort and taking 40 mg of evil candy (Prednisone) a

> day plus Advair 500 with not much relief.

>

> The first year, there was not much relief.

>

> The next year, I was able to stop the Pulmicort and was taking 10

mg

> of evil candy. The third year, the evil candy was down to 5 mg and

I

> was nebbing 3 times a day.

>

> The third year, I was off the evil candy and nebbing 3 times a day.

>

> This year, I am OFF THE EVIL CANDY! and am nebbing once a day. I

don't

> have very much asthma anymore. I FEEL LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!

> Side effects? you as. What side effects??

>

> Does Xolair work, you ask?

>

> I am an example!!

>

> Doug

> Group founder

> Co-owner-moderator

>

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[Guest guest]

,

Just curious...it's my understanding that Xolair comes in 150 mg

vials. If you're getting a 75 mg booster, does that mean you have

to " waste " the rest of the vial?

If this is the case, it sure seems like Genentech should be coming up

with a cheaper 75 mg vial for the patients who get 225 mg or 375 mg

or those who need boosters. Who wants to pour " liquid gold " down the

sink?

Thanks,

, 32, Louisville

> Later that year I told my doctor the shot was only lasting 2

weeks. He had another patient with the same results so he called

Genentech and the suggested a 75 mg booster mid-month.