Ergoloid mesylates Oral, Sublingual and Omalizumab Subcutaneous

• Generic Name: ergoloid mesylates
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Hydergine, Hydergine LC

Ergoloid mesylates belongs to the group of medicines known as ergot alkaloids. It is used to treat some mood, behavior, or other problems that may be due to changes in the brain from Alzheimer's disease or multiple small strokes.

Ergoloid mesylates is different from other ergot alkaloids such as ergotamine and methysergide. It is not useful for treating migraine headache. The exact way ergoloid mesylates acts on the body is not known.

Ergoloid mesylates is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: omalizumab
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Xolair, Xolair Prefilled Syringe

Omalizumab injection is used to treat moderate to severe persistent allergic asthma. It is used when a patient's asthma has not been controlled sufficiently on other asthma medicines. Omalizumab will not relieve an asthma attack that has already started.

Omalizumab injection is also used to treat chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) in patients who continue to have hives that are not controlled by an antihistamine (allergy medicine).

Omalizumab is a medicine called an IgE blocker. IgE is short for immunoglobulin E, a substance that occurs naturally in the body in small amounts. This substance plays an important role in allergic asthma. When people with allergic asthma breathe in a year-round allergen, such as cat or dog dander, their bodies make more IgE. This may cause a series of reactions in your body that can lead to asthma attacks and symptoms. Omalizumab works by helping to block IgE.

Omalizumab is to be given only by or under the direct supervision of your doctor.