Rush immunotherapy for allergies
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Rush immunotherapy for allergies
Accelerated, or rush, immunotherapy is done very quickly to increase your tolerance to an allergen. There are different schedules for the shots that try to achieve a maintenance dose more quickly than standard immunotherapy. For example, a rush immunotherapy schedule might include:
- Shots given every few hours instead of every few days or weeks.
- Maintenance dose reached in 1 to 8 days.
All immunotherapy should be done in a doctor's office or clinic so that emergency care is available.
Rush immunotherapy may be done if:
- You have a life-threatening allergy to insect venom, and the insect season is about to start.
- Shots are only available in a clinic that is far away from your home, and you cannot come in once a week for months.
- You have severe allergic asthma.
- You are about to travel.
Credits
| Author | Colleen Cronin |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Terrina Vail |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Harold S. Nelson, MD - Allergy and Immunology |
| Last Updated | February 1, 2006 |
| Last updated: | February 01, 2006 |
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| Author: | Colleen Cronin |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Harold S. Nelson, MD - Allergy and Immunology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Terrina Vail |
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