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  • Shots Aren’t the Only Choice for Treating Your Allergies

    Novel Routes for Allergen Immunotherapy Safety, Efficacy and Mode of Action Philippe Moingeon; Laurent Mascarell Immunotherapy. 2012;4(2):201-212. © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd. I DON’T like shots!  And who does?  But alas, if you have to get shots for your allergies, they better be worth the fuss.  Allergen immunotherapy is the only curative treatment of IgE-mediated type I respiratory allergies.…

  • Can I Prevent an Allergy Shot Reaction?

    Risk Factors for Systemic Reactions to Allergen Immunotherapy Alfredo Iglesias-Cadarso; Pilar Hernández-Weigand Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;11(6):579-585.  Purpose of review To update safety information regarding allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) in clinical practice and highlight the risk factors associated with the adverse reactions, product and each dose. Recent findings Efforts in recent years have focused on increasing our understanding of…