GLG News by Xolair Prescribers for Asthma (US)

If this isn't fixed, it won't be long before cognitive specialties, like internal medicine and neurology, start capping their practices and not allowing new Medicare patients.    

Here comes a prescription version of generic Zyrtec syrup.  At first glance, we wonder how it will compete with over the counter Zyrtec.  But wait...there may be a market for this drug    

This drug seems much more effective at reducing free-IgE levels than is Xolair.  Overall, Xolair has given many patients a tremendous improvement in their quality of life, but it hasn't fulfilled many of its promises. Frankly, some of Xolair's benefits are disappointing, particularly in the 40...

This recent report characterizes a newly discovered anti-IgE monoclonal antibody (mAb12) which appears dramatically more potent than omalizumab (Xolair) in its ability to reduce systemic IgE levels. If further studies confirm this enhanced reduction of IgE and IgE-bearing cells, mAb12 has significant...

 A bottle of 30 Generic Zyrtec can be purchased for $15.  No one is going to get Xyzal that inexpensively. There are no head to head studies showing Xyzal to be better than Zyrtec.  Even though Xyzal claims a 6% sedation rate compared to Zyrtec's 14% rate, it's not apples to apples. ...

Use of Asmanex will continue to increase with this approval down to age 4. Its dose counter tells you exactly how many doses are left in the device.  Pulmicort uses a system that counts down 120---90---60---30---0. A lot of patients on Pulmicort complain to me about this "approximate" dose...

It is difficult to imagine why taking Singulair would increase the risk that someone would complete suicide.  After all, what does a leukotriene receptor antagonist have to do with mental health?  I don't know. But doctors, ask yourself, have you ever had a Singulair patient stop taking it...

Singulair helps millions of people suffering from asthma. While there are a few sporadic cases of suicide and depression among the millions of patients taking singulair, no causal link has been established and there is no clear mechanism of how singulair might even cause such effects.  In fact,...

State of the art care for asthma over the past 20 years has involved giving the patient steroids to treat "late phase asthma", the mucus, edema and inflammation that happens on the INSIDE of the airways. Alvesco is different from every inhaled steroid that has come before it.  It is less likely...

Zyflo is a great drug in its oral fornmaulation with goiod efficacy but has failed because one has to take it multiple times a day and because one has to monitor liver function. This new IV formulation should be as effective in the ER setting, but hurdles include poor drug marketing by Critical Therapeuitcs...