(OH ma LIZ oo mab) Brand: Xolair
• Some people using omalizumab have had a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction to this medicine, either right after the injection or hours later. Allergic reaction may occur even after using the medicine regularly for a year or longer.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: wheezing, tightness in your chest, trouble breathing; hives or skin rash; feeling anxious or light-headed, fainting; warmth or tingling under your skin; or swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Asthma is often treated with a combination of various drugs. Use all medications as directed by your doctor. Read the medicine manual or patient instructions provided with every medicine. Do not change your doses or medicine schedule without your doctor's advice.
• If you also use a steroid medicine, do not stop using the steroid suddenly or you may have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Conversation with your doctor if any of your asthma medications do not seem to work as well in treating or preventing attacks.
• Your symptoms may not improve right away once you start receiving omalizumab. For excellent results, hold receiving the medicine as directed. Conversation with your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after a little weeks of treatment.
• Use omalizumab regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.
• Using this medicine may magnify your risk of determined types of cancers of the breast, skin, prostate, or salivary gland. Conversation to your doctor about your individual risk.
• Omalizumab is an antibody that helps decrease allergic responses in the body.
• Omalizumab is used to treat temperate to severe asthma that is caused by allergies in adults and children who are at least 12 years old.
• Omalizumab is generally given after another asthma medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.
• Omalizumab may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to omalizumab.
• To create certain you can safely take omalizumab, speak your doctor if you have any another medical conditions or if you take another medicines.
• Using this medicine may magnify your risk of determined types of cancers of the breast, skin, prostate, or salivary gland. Conversation to your doctor about your individual risk.
• While you are using omalizumab, you may also have an heighten risk of becoming infected with parasites (worms) if you live in or travel to areas where such infections are general. Conversation with your doctor about what to look for and how to treat this condition.
• FDA pregnancy category B. Omalizumab is not expected to harm an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• If you are pregnant, your name may be listed on a pregnancy registry. This is to track the outcome of the pregnancy and to estimate any effects of omalizumab on the baby.
• Omalizumab may pass into breast milk and could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Do not give omalizumab to a baby younger than 12 years old.
• Omalizumab is injected under the skin. You may be shown how to use injections at house. Do not self-inject this medication if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• Omalizumab is generally given each 2 or 4 weeks.
• Omalizumab is a powder medication that should be mixed with a liquid (diluent) till using it. If you are using the injections at house, be certain you understand how to properly mix and store the medication.
• Use a disposable needle only once. Throw away used needles in a puncture-proof container (ask your pharmacist where you can get one and how to dispose of it). Hold this container out of the reach of children and pets.
• Omalizumab will not work quick satis to treat an asthma onslaught that has already begun. Use only a fast-acting inhalation medication to treat an asthma attack.
• Asthma is often treated with a combination of various drugs. Use all medications as directed by your doctor. Read the medicine manual or patient instructions provided with every medicine. Do not change your doses or medicine schedule without your doctor's advice.
• If you also use a steroid medicine, do not stop using it suddenly or you may have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Conversation with your doctor if any of your asthma medications do not seem to work as well in treating or preventing attacks.
• Your symptoms may not improve right away once you start receiving omalizumab. For excellent results, hold receiving the medicine as directed. Conversation with your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after a little weeks of treatment.
• Use omalizumab regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.
• To be certain this medicine is helping your condition, your doctor may want you to have allergy trials and lung function trials on a regular basis. Do not miss any scheduled visits to your doctor.
• Store omalizumab in the refrigerator. Do not freeze.
• After mixing omalizumab with a diluent, store in the refrigerator and use it within 8 hours. Do not freeze. Do not use the medicine if it has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your doctor for a new prescription.
• Contact your doctor if you miss a doze of omalizumab.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
• Some people using omalizumab have had a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction to this medicine, either right after the injection or hours later. Allergic reaction may occur even after using the medicine regularly for a year or longer.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction:
· wheezing, tightness in your chest, trouble breathing;
· hives or skin rash;
· feeling anxious or light-headed, fainting;
· warmth or tingling under your skin; or
· swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Another serious side effects include light bruising or bleeding, numbness, or unusual weakness.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· pain;
· headache, weary feeling;
· joint or muscle pain;
· dizziness;
· ear pain;
· hair loss;
· mild itching or skin rash;
· sore throat or cool symptoms; or
· redness, bruising, warmth, burning, stinging, itching, pain, or swelling of your skin where the injection was given.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Till using omalizumab, speak your doctor if you are receiving allergy shots.
• There may be another drugs that can interact with omalizumab. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about omalizumab.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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