Joint pain/arthritis symptoms

[Guest guest]

Sorry that I haven't been posting much lately, but I have been faithfully

reading along.

For those of you that have been complaining of increased joint pain since

beginning Xolair... have you also decreased or weaned off of prednisone

after needing it longterm?

I just finished the weaning process in February after being on one form or

another of steroids for seven years. I had been on 60 mg of pred for the

last two years. The weaning process was MURDER on my joints. Basically my

doctor told me that all of my joints had also been on the evil candy for

seven years and that my joints were suddenly " waking up " to a body that was

seven years older and far heavier than it " remembered " .

Please take that into consideration rather than thinking it is a side effect

of Xolair.

Hope this helps some of you!