Posted by sdb on July 27, 2007, at 17:22:06
In reply to Re: Xolair - New Anti IgE Treatment » Declan, posted by Lonely on April 9, 2007, at 21:55:01
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> Thanks for sharing your experiences. I've had two rounds (4 injections) of Xolair now - once every two weeks I have two injections and each injection is 150 mgs. It's been 2+ weeks since I started. Xolair is really complicated and tricky to mix up (no bubbles - took me 40 mins last time) but I've really gotten into the injection part. I like the control of injecting myself and do it at home. Tough part is trying to make sure hubby is around for two hours afterward and *awake*!!
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> They give you a lot of extra sterile water so the last time when I was through with everything I loaded up the big syringe and shot sterile water across the kitchen to see how far it would go .... <big grin>
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> The first time I had some mild bruises that really did not hurt. This last time I can't even find the injection site on my arm and the one on my tummy is almost microscopic! As far as I can tell there has been no reaction, just my usual allergies which are life altering. My doc says to give it 6 months (some say 3 or 4 months) although I've seen where some people took a year to get relief. Some patients can go off their old meds completely.
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> I really hope it works as I cannot avoid allergies - I'm allergic to everything in the air and on the earth including molds. I've been diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. The lifetime of treatment has already damaged my lungs and my heart is enlarged so the no-side-effects of xolair is appealing at least so far. It's true that no one knows what will happen 20 years down the road but that's true of many life decisions. Make the best choice with the info at hand.
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>If your heart is enlarged concentrically or already eccentrically hypertrophied (?) it makes sense to lower your pulmonary resistence. Take care of pulmonary infections (pneumonia). Antibody treatments are still experimental. If there's only one aminoacid structure, glycolisation more thus inconsistency it will have an effect on cells next by.
Good luck with Xolair.
warm regards
sdb
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