How successful is xolair for asthma?

Helpful: Xolair is an antibody against ige the allergy antibody. In the appropriate patient xolair can be helpful.

Varies: It depends on how much of a patient's asthma is due to allergy. Xolair is very effective at preventing allergic reactions but some asthmatics don't have allergies and in others allergy only plays a small role. I've had some patients able to come off multiple controller meds thanks to xolair while others saw no difference at all with the therapy.

Very successful: xolair was shown to reduce the number of emergency visits for asthma, reduce the dose of steroids and improved control.

See below: In my experience, those that need Xolair seem to see quite a bit of improvement. If you have asthma, you should have an IgE level and an allergy panel drawn.