Sublingual Immunotherapy

The most studied treatment for venom anaphylaxis is subcutaneous immunotherapy (also known as SCIT or allergy shots). Venom immunotherapy by allergy shots has been shown in studies to reduce a person's risk of anaphylaxis by 95%, which is by far the most successful result in allergy shots treatment to date. SLIT has [...]

Yes, but indirectly. Chemical exposures are well-known to be irritating to your mucosal surfaces (the surface of your eyes, the inside of your nose, mouth, and GI tract, the airways in your lungs, etc). Putting chemicals in SLIT treatment - which contacts your mouth and GI tract - can be risky and may have [...]

In many cases, the answer is "yes, typically for a number of years." The right way to think about this topic is to remember that having an allergic condition or being prone to allergies is really a chronic medical condition, and chronic medical conditions typically require management of some form for a person's [...]

Yes. Immunotherapy is currently the only medical intervention that can potentially change your natural course of allergic diseases. Sublingual immunotherapy has been shown to reduce the development of new allergies over time and to prevent or reduce the further progression of allergic diseases in all ages. In young children, a common progression of [...]

Yes. "Evidence-based medicine" is a term used in healthcare to describe medical decisions made based on demonstrable scientific proof versus medical decisions made based on theory or expert opinion (which are also important and necessary parts of good healthcare). As of 2013, there had been 77 randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials investigating sublingual [...]

Most patients' experiences with sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) drops is that they are easy to take and without significant side effects. However, like any treatment, there is a potential for adverse effects in certain circumstances, and it is important to be able to recognize them and know what to do. The most common [...]

Allergenuity Health has chosen to provide comprehensive sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) because it is the safest and most versatile type of disease-preventing and immune-modifying treatment currently available. Allergy shots (SCIT) and Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) also have benefits, but each has a limited scope and more risk to the patient without enough added benefit [...]

Yes. The immunotherapy practice guidelines note that immunotherapy can be considered in patients with autoimmune or immunodeficiency conditions, and we have used SLIT safely in patients with these conditions in the past. Furthermore, some patients with autoimmune conditions have noted an improvement in their autoimmune condition (psoriasis, thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc) [...]

Yes. Sublingual immunotherapy has been used safely during pregnancy for decades. The safety of SLIT in pregnancy has been demonstrated both clinically and in studies. For example, a 6-year study assessing the safety of SLIT during pregnancy (published in the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2012) actually found a [...]

Insurance companies often take their cue regarding what they will need to cover to stay viable in the market from "FDA approved" treatments and protocols. This is a prohibitive misuse of this label and how proper healthcare works. Though off-label use of FDA approved treatments (such as liquid antigen sublingual immunotherapy) is [...]