Allergy Medicine

Experts Say Shots Should Be Used More Frequently in Allergic Asthma to Prevent Disease

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 6th, 2000

Patients who are diagnosed with allergic asthma, or with allergies such as hay fever or sinusitis that predispose them to asthma, should strongly consider allergy shots to prevent the development of new or more serious disease.

This was the consensus of an international conference sponsored by the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI) that reviewed current and new research on immunotherapy.

Allergy shots, also known as allergen immunotherapy, often have been viewed as a last resort for people with allergies and often not considered at all to treat asthma. But studies suggest that shots not only control the symptoms of allergies...

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