Guest guest Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I thought that condition was found to be best treated with a very long course of antifungal. Isn't there a website somewhere about it? Carol Corley I am brand new to this board. In fact, I just heard of Xolair todasy for the first time. My pulmonologist is considering adding it to my regimen of drugs since nothing else besides high dose steroids is working to treat my problem. My question is: Does anyone here on this board have ABPA (Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis)? My doctor says that there's a doctor at NYU that's using Xolair to treat ABPA. Does anyone have any information on this subject? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Here's an article on ABPA http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch051/ch051d.html Carol Corley <mybouvs@...> wrote: I thought that condition was found to be best treated with a very long course of antifungal. Isn't there a website somewhere about it? Carol Corley I am brand new to this board. In fact, I just heard of Xolair todasy for the first time. My pulmonologist is considering adding it to my regimen of drugs since nothing else besides high dose steroids is working to treat my problem. My question is: Does anyone here on this board have ABPA (Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis)? My doctor says that there's a doctor at NYU that's using Xolair to treat ABPA. Does anyone have any information on this subject? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Last I knew (a few years ago), ABPA could be treated with steroids alone as long as lung biopsy shows no evidence of fungus invading the actual lung tissues. Same for ASA as long as biopsy of the offending sinus showed no evidence of fungal invasion of the sinus soft tissues or bone. In either case, if biopsies show actual fungal invasion of lung or sinus tisssue (as opposed to fungus just present in the airspaces of these tissues), the anti-fungal drugs are required. Fran > > I thought that condition was found to be best treated with a very long course of antifungal. Isn't there a website somewhere about it? > Carol Corley > > > I am brand new to this board. In fact, I just heard of Xolair todasy > for the first time. My pulmonologist is considering adding it to my > regimen of drugs since nothing else besides high dose steroids is > working to treat my problem. > > My question is: Does anyone here on this board have ABPA (Allergic > Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis)? My doctor says that there's a doctor > at NYU that's using Xolair to treat ABPA. Does anyone have any > information on this subject? > > Thank you! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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