{"id":5149,"date":"2007-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2007-02-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-22T00:00:00","slug":"asthma-medication-anaphylaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/asthma-medication-anaphylaxis\/","title":{"rendered":"Asthma Medication May Cause Anaphylaxis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people taking an injcted asthma medication marketed as Xolair have experienced a delayed and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis typcially causes hives, swelling of the mouth and throat, dizziness, and other symptoms. If not treated quickly, anaphylaxis can be fatal.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA recently ordered the drug manufacturer Genentech to strengthen label warnings after reports that some patients experienced delayed anaphylaxis or reacted to a subsequent dose even if they had no problems with the first dose.<\/p>\n<p>The new warning for Xolair states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctors should observe patients for at least two hours after the drug is injected and be ready to manage a potentially life-threatening reaction.<\/li>\n<li>Anaphylaxis can occur even if a patient did not react to a previous Xolair injection.<\/li>\n<li>Anaphylaxis can occur up to 24 hours after the injection is given.<\/li>\n<li>Patients using Xolair should be prepared to treat themselves for anaphylaxis in emergency situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people taking an injcted asthma medication marketed as Xolair have experienced a delayed and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis typcially causes hives, swelling of the mouth and throat, dizziness, and other symptoms. If not treated quickly,&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}