Rush Immunotherapy
Monday September 15, 2008
Tired of waiting for your allergy shots to start working? Rapid build-up schedules for allergy shots, including rush and cluster immunotherapy, provide ways to get your dosage to a therapuetic range quickly. Unfortunately, both forms of rapid build-up involve a bigger time commitment up front, as well as a higher chance of allergic reactions. However, many allergists are experienced with these forms of immunotherapy, which provide people quicker benefit for their allergy symptoms.
Comments
I personally believe that most allergists do not offer RUSH because it cuts down on profits from those weekly allergy shots that go on for years. They have the “profits before patients” mentality. The same applies to SLIT therapy, that has also been proven and commonly used in EUROPE. Non-FDA approval is used as an excuse not to offer it. RUSH has been proven safe but helping patients get relief faster is not a priority for most allergists. They operate businesses and let’s be honest here, most are not altruists. Patients need to educate themselves and demand the treatments that doctors are ignoring.
I personally believe that most allergists do not offer RUSH because it cuts down on profits from those weekly allergy shots that go on for years. They have the “profits before patients” mentality. The same applies to SLIT therapy, that has also been proven and commonly used in EUROPE. Non-FDA approval is used as an excuse not to offer it. RUSH has been proven safe but helping patients get relief faster is not a priority for most allergists. They operate businesses and let’s be honest here, most are not altruists. Patients need to educate themselves and demand the treatments that doctors are ignoring.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547764