Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (SCIT)
About Allergy Shots (Subcutaneous Immunotherapy)
Allergy injections or subcutaneous immunotherapy are examples of allergen immunotherapy. The only effective, disease-modifying strategy for treating environmental allergies is allergen immunotherapy. While technology has advanced since immunotherapy’s inception more than a century ago, the science behind it hasn’t changed: allergy sufferers can get long-term relief from their symptoms by progressively exposing themselves to the allergens they’re allergic to.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved allergy injections as an approach to allergen immunotherapy.
Allergy Shots under the UAS protocol
Any patient interested in receiving allergy shots should first speak with their doctor to go over their symptoms and medical background. A test for allergies can be performed right there if it is found that they would benefit from one.
The patient and the practitioner will decide whether allergy shots are a recommended and preferred course of action for them after doing an on-site allergy test. Based on the results of the patient’s allergy test and their decision to proceed with allergy shots, a customized treatment plan will be created for them.
The TSA concept allows patients to safely self-administer their allergy shots at home, doing away with the requirement for office visits for each dose. Before receiving their first set of vials, patients receive instruction on how to deliver their injections safely and comfortably on their own.
While some patients may get short-term symptom relief during the first six months of treatment, it is advised that patients have a course of allergy injections treatment for at least three years to see long-term effects.
