It never ceases to amaze me how much confusion there is regarding allergy shots. Many people think that an "allergy shot" is a single injection that they receive a few times per year. Other people think that allergy shots are an experimental therapy that alternative medicine practitioners use. Still others think that allergy shots are medications that work instantly, and therefore they expect relief within a day or so after starting allergy shots.
The truth is that allergy shots are none of the above. Allergy shots, also called immunotherapy, are given as a series of injections using purified allergen extracts, that have long been FDA-approved, proven therapies. Immunotherapy works like a vaccine, contains no medicine, and is the only therapies that actually fix the underlying problem of allergies. Allergy shots are not to be confused with steroid injections, which are often referred to as "an allergy shot", which are given a few times per year, and can cause serious side effects in the long-term.
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