New Treatment for Allergy Sufferers Offers Relief Without Shots Allergy Drops Bring Flexibility and Comfort to Long-term Treatment Plans
New Treatment for Allergy Sufferers Offers Relief Without Shots Allergy Drops Bring Flexibility and Comfort to Long-term Treatment Plans
(PRWEB) August 17, 2005
The feeling is all but disheartening. Anticipating the sting, the bruising and twenty minute wait afterwards to check for possible reactions. Dreading the moment when you will be called from the waiting room and into the doctorÂs office where a waiting nurse pulls out a syringe, raises her eyebrows and smiles knowingly. ItÂs time for your weekly allergy shot.
This treatment is not unusual for many Americans suffering from allergies today. However, many patients are unknowingly wrong in thinking that these series of painful, ongoing allergy shots are their only option in the treatment and control of their allergy symptoms.
According to a study by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), more than 50 million Americans are afflicted with allergies including the most common case, chronic sinusitis. Affecting 16.3 percent of the US population, this allergy has long been thought to be treatable only by shots. However, after suffering for years from both allergies and the shots which provide their treatments, patients young and old are now discovering a method of relief unlike any other.
Physicians are now offering a method for providing relief from allergies without the inconveniences of shots and the hassle of making a trip to their physicianÂs office. An unknown treatment to many, allergy drops, also known as Sublingual Immunotherapy, are being used to treat allergies using standard serums common to allergy shots. Physicians are now able to provide their patients with a safe, painless means of allergy control from the convenience of the patientÂs own home.
ÂThis treatment really opens up new doors because it allows physicians to treat a patientÂs allergies on the patientÂs time schedule, said Richard F. Herrscher, M.D. of AIRCare. ÂPatient costs may also be reduced because co-pays are not required for each visit, since the drops are given in a home environment.Â
Allergy drops work just like allergy shots by giving the patient series of treatments to build up the bodyÂs immune system over time. Allergy drops provide a safe alternative for a wide range of allergy suffers, as well as asthmatics.
ÂSublingual drops are not new nor are they unusual, said Herrscher who points to evidence of the drops use for many years throughout Europe. ÂSublingual Immunotherapy is a long-awaited breath of fresh air in a world full of pollen and mold.
In Britain, allergy shots are virtually out of use, with Sublingual Immunotherapy replacing them as the prime treatment for allergies. Likewise, throughout Europe, studies show that a 42 percent reduction of allergy symptoms has been seen with a 43 percent reduction in use of medication while using this treatment.
Contact:
Britney Chambers
972-770-5085
britney@kulagroup.com
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