Allergy Drops Replace Shots!
For persons being treated for allergies, it is sometimes painful to be subjected to weekly shots. Today there are alternatives that allergists are looking into for their patients.
The sublingual allergy drops are taken at home by the patient and have shown similar benefits to the weekly injections.
Allergy shots are comprised of diluted versions of the allergens the patient has a reaction to. Usually, the ration is about 100,000 to one. In some cases, ear, nose, and throat doctors use a dilution of a million to one.
In addition to the time off work and school on a weekly basis to get the shots, the waiting and returning consume a lot of the patient’s time. The costs of the doctor visit on a weekly basis add up to a very high sum also.
Not only does one have to consider the time away from work and school to receive these weekly injections, but getting the shot and then waiting all takes time. Then, you have to allow time to get back to work or school as well.
One must also consider the costs of these shots. Although insurance does pay for the allergy shots, there is also a co-pay the patient has to satisfy. In so doing, this adds up rather quickly.
No longer does the patient have to make those weekly visits to the doctor. And all the patient is required to do is place the drops under the tongue once a week as directed.
In a number of patients using the drops, there have been rare times when a patient reacts to the drops as they react to the injections. But, compared, the advantages to the drops far outweigh the need to be in a doctor’s office every week receiving an injection.
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