Re: Been lurking awhile

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Welcome to the group!

1. If the pharmacy is still shipping it but your doc has notified

your insurance carrier that he is no longer prescribing it, you

might have an issue with getting it paid for.

2. All Xolair cartons have an expiration date on them. Xolair

vials are good if kept cold until the expiration date.

3. Do you have a history of early onset arthritis in your family.

Mine was masked by the steroids I was taking until I started Xolair

and came off prednisone.

Good luck, and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Addy

Group co-owner

--- In , " redrosenina " <redrosenina@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi, I've been lurking awhile. I am dealing with a sudden

onslaught of

> allergies starting last year. I spent all winter going in and out

of

> the emergency room while they were trying to figure out what was

> wrong. I have been on so many steriods that I gained a huge

amount or

> weight. Finally my family doctor gave me a referal to see an

> allergist and now I am finding out that I am pretty much allergic

to

> everything. I am on Advair , Singular, Nasanex, and of course

> Albuteral. I started on Zolair a few months ago but this month

they

> took me off because of some major joint pain even tho I begged to

> remain on it. I rather deal with the joint pain then worry about

> breathing. It seems that the company that ships my Zolair to me

still

> hasn't gotten the doctor's report saying to stop shipment so I

have my

> refrig. filled with Zolair does anyone know how long this will

keep if

> kept cold? I am hoping to convince my doctor to let me go back on

the

> medication but I know how expensive this stuff is and would also

hate

> it to just sit in there and go bad.

>

> Anita Zinn

> 35 years old Mother of 6

>