Re: Xolair, Pneumonia/Flu Shot Interaction

[Guest guest]

hmm - my dr refuses to give me the two together, she's afraid of what might

happen (maybe there'd be some crazy chemical reaction and i'd explode??

HAHAHA). i had my xolair on a thurs and returned on mon for my flu shot.

is it possible that you could have been having a reaction to the pnem. shot??

when i got mine (three years ago) i had a really hard time with it. i was

extremely SOB (as in, my neb didn't last an hour!), achey, exhausted and just

all over BLAH!!! i remember the injection site swelled and had HUGE hives

around it. (benedryl didn't help). it lasted a little longer than two weeks til

i was back to normal.

i hope you feel better when you get your next xolair!!

heather

McLaughlin <gmclaughlin1000@...> wrote:

Has anyone had the opportunity to take the Xolair shot at the same time as the

Pneumonia Vaccine and/or the Flu Shot? Two weeks ago I had the Pneumo Vac and

Xolair in the right arm, and the flu shot in the left, all at the same time. My

right arm swelled up a little like a bruise and the Xolair has been completely

ineffective over the past 2 weeks. I'm wondering if the Pneumo Vac and/or the

flu shot offsets the benefit of Xolair. I find it hard to believe it could be a

coincidence, considering how well I've been feeling over the past year. The

farther out I get from the shot the worse I'm feeling. Everything is

returning....SOB, bonafide attacks, itching, fatigue, etc....it feels like I

haven't even had the shot. Thankfully I'm getting my next one on Wednesday. I

may even go early on Tuesday.

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[Guest guest]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that has had a reaction to the

Pneumovax. The nurses were all shocked at the massive hives that

came up within about 5-10 minutes and continued for a few days

after.

> Has anyone had the opportunity to take the Xolair shot at the

same time as the Pneumonia Vaccine and/or the Flu Shot? Two weeks ago

I had the Pneumo Vac and Xolair in the right arm, and the flu shot in

the left, all at the same time. My right arm swelled up a little like

a bruise and the Xolair has been completely ineffective over the past

2 weeks. I'm wondering if the Pneumo Vac and/or the flu shot offsets

the benefit of Xolair. I find it hard to believe it could be a

coincidence, considering how well I've been feeling over the past

year. The farther out I get from the shot the worse I'm feeling.

Everything is returning....SOB, bonafide attacks, itching, fatigue,

etc....it feels like I haven't even had the shot. Thankfully I'm

getting my next one on Wednesday. I may even go early on Tuesday.

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