I am so confused. I have not had a cold and allergy problems for the past 20 years. I am so afraid that if I stop taking the shots, I will get sick again. I am so lucky to be very healthy and I attribute that to my allergy shots. What do you think? I just spent 1 hour on the web reading aaai and acaai and can't find a page where this addressed.
The only I found was that I may feel good for 3 yrs. Isn't my body relying on these shots after 43 years. Please respond as soon as possible. My doctor wants me to make up my mind.
She will keep me as a patient and continue to give me my regular shots for only 1 more year. The most prudent path is to stop the shots for a while and see how the patient does. My own policy is to recommend after 5 years that patients quit and see how they do.
Many patients over the years stay well, others need to resume allergy shots. I hope this discussion is helpful. Does taking an antihistamine before getting allergy shots impact the effectiveness of the immunotherapy? I have seen occasional recommendations to take one in order to avoid a bad reaction, but I have not been able to find an answer to this concern.
In addition, is it a problem if a patient has been doing this consistently, and then stops taking the antihistamine? Would it increase the chance of a negative reaction? Data from immunotherapy for venoms suggests that antihistamine pre-treatment during the rapid build-up phase of immunotherapy reduces local adverse symptoms related to venom injections such as redness, swelling, and itching. A study looked at the question of whether antihistamine therapy influenced the effectiveness of honeybee immunotherapy.
Results of the study, conducted after patients were on venom immunotherapy for an average of 3 years, suggested that pre-treatment with antihistamines during the initial phase of immunotherapy improved the effectiveness of the immunotherapy. Some allergists recommend pre-treatment with oral antihistamines with the goal of prevention of local adverse symptom at the site of allergen immunotherapy injections.
If a patient had been consistently taking antihistamines prior to immunotherapy, and stopped taking the antihistamines prior to immunotherapy, it is possible that they might have increased local irritation related to immunotherapy injections. However, it is also possible that the patient might not experience increased local irritation related to immunotherapy injections. I recommend that you discuss your specific history and your concerns with your allergist , in order to develop a plan that is personalized for you.
Unfortunately, there is no definitive treatment for peanut allergy at this time. Researchers continue to study desensitization methods to include oral dosing and epicutaneous delivered to the skin through a patch delivery. This study did show promise, and many patients were able to consume more peanut powder at the end of the study than at the beginning of the study. The main point is not to cough or sneeze into your hands, especially for people who work with food and those who work in a hospital.
Using your shirt is another method. None of these methods is perfect, but any one of them is a lot better than sneezing into your hands or into the air with no protection at all.
Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth med. Facebook Twitter Email. Doc: The risk of at-home allergy shots is too high. Keith Roach To Your Health. Do not use old sheets with new vials or new sheets with old vials. Each vial has it's own dosage instructions. In the build-up phase, you will begin with smaller doses and increase to a larger dose.
The build up could take a year or longer, depending upon the severity of your allergies. When you reach the maintenance phase, the first injection from the new vial will be a smaller dose for safety reasons.
If you have any questions about your dosage or think you are having reactions, please call our office and speak to an allergy nurse. It is recommended that you give your injection on the same day each week. If your forget or need to give it on another day, you may do so, as long as the injections are no closer than 5 days together. You may continue with your regularly scheduled dose the next week. Refer to your instruction sheet if you miss several weeks of injections.
There are specific instructions above the dosage section. Remember that your allergy serum is NOT a medication and is not expected to relieve your allergy symptoms. Your formula contains extracts of the things you are allergit to, so it is common for you to have increased symptoms for the first months of treatment.
You may take antihistamines along with your injections to help control your symptoms. If you get any other type of immunization such as a flu shot or pneumonia vaccine, or childhood immunization for school, you will need to skip your allergy injection that week. Because of the risk of an allergic reaction with either injection, it is best not to have them the same week.
This class of medicine could be prescribed for heart conditions, high blood pressure or migraine headaches. Allergy injections have a very low risk for a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. For this reason, a prescription for an auto-injector of epinephrine Epi-pen or similar device has been sent to your pharmacy. It is strongly recommended to get this prescription filled. You should have your epi-device near you when your allergy injection is administered and remain near it for 30 minutes afterward.
Most severe reactions happen minutes following the injection. Epi-devices have an expiration date of approximately 1 year from the purchase. A new prescription will be sent in at your annual check up or sooner if needed.
In a similar way, allergy shots are no different. Allergy shots are especially effective for those who have symptoms frequently or do not respond to other treatments and medications.
Remember that because allergy shots are injections, there is that chance you could run into complications. That is why it is best advised to have your allergist nearby, should you experience any of these. We have seen many patients who have been given shots by non-board-certified allergists and then had severe allergic reactions as a result.
At our center, because we have board-certified allergists on staff, we are specifically trained to administer allergy shots.
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