RE: might try out xolair some questions though

[Guest guest]

About 90% of us still have to take some kind of daily med in addition

to the Xolair. Xolair is preventative and takes, on average, 3-6

months to take effect. Several of us hardly have to take any other

meds, unless we have an acute attack, but most of us are still taking

an inhaled corticosteroid at the least.

You might try a different inhaled steroid than the one in advair if

advair is not helping lyou. The inhaled steroid in advair is better

at reaching larger airways (so my doctor said). I have added asmanex,

an inhaled steroid that is supposed to be better at getting to the

smaller airways.

Good luck,

Addy

Group owner

Do not make any changes in y our treatment plan without your doc's

okay.

--- In , " adavidson21 " <adavidson21@...>

wrote:

>

> hi

> i have asthma, and am now immune to advair

> last year my doc told me that i was an excellent candidate for xolair

> but it was not yet covered by quebec medicare

> do u know if it is covered by medicare

> i have having asthma i can not step into any house with a cat or a

dog

> and am allergic to nuts

> and have trouble with mold and sometimes just randomly cant breathe

> with xolair do i still need to take advair?

> and how many times if u r on xolair do u find u need to take

ventolin?

> thx

> Ariel

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, I have been taking xolair for sometime now and find i don,t need to use

my ventolin very often. Maybe as little as once a week. I am from england so

i don't know what advair is . But i do know that i have been able to get off

the steroids and phyllocontin. I do still use my steroid inhaler though.

>From: " adavidson21 " <adavidson21@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: [ ] might try out xolair some questions though

>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:45:31 -0000

>

>hi

>i have asthma, and am now immune to advair

>last year my doc told me that i was an excellent candidate for xolair

>but it was not yet covered by quebec medicare

>do u know if it is covered by medicare

>i have having asthma i can not step into any house with a cat or a dog

>and am allergic to nuts

>and have trouble with mold and sometimes just randomly cant breathe

>with xolair do i still need to take advair?

>and how many times if u r on xolair do u find u need to take ventolin?

>thx

>Ariel

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Ariel!

A fellow Quebecer! (How do you spell that??) I am one of the moderators on this

board and I am from Quebec too! How exciting! I was the second patient in Quebec

and no. 12 in Canada to get this med. Here is some info:

1) If you are immune to Advair, try switching to Symbicort if you have not

already

2) Quebec medicare will cover Xolair if your doctor applies for you as a

" patient d'exception " . At my hospital, there are a bunch of patients who got it

that way. It means you are so sick that this is the one thing that will help

you. RAMQ (Quebec medicare) will cover it 100% in that case. It is pretty simple

to apply.

3) I am still on prednisone but I take way less than before. Some people here

barely use any ventolin at all!

You can email me at my address if you want more info.

ps Welcome! You are Canadian no. 3 on this board I think!!!