ALLERGYCHOICES, INC.
ONALASKA, WI

In the past, most immunotherapy was provided through allergy shots. Today, sublingual immunotherapy, or allergy drops, are also offered as a safe, convenient way to treat the cause of your allergies and help you build long-term tolerance to the things that once made you miserable. Allergychoices founder David L. Morris, MD, ABFP, ABAI, FACA (1929-2017) Allergychoices, Inc. began in 2000 as the first dedicated education, advocacy, and networking resource for patients and physicians who were interested in sublingual immunotherapy to treat allergic disease. Today, we’ve grown to be a leading healthcare services company that provides tools that enable physicians to provide sublingual immunotherapy and gives allergy sufferers information and access to practices offering sublingual immunotherapy. Five years ago my partner and I explored ways to bring sublingual immunotherapy into our practice. We found the educational, clinical and administrative supports at Allergychoices to be superior. — Allergy provider Become a Provider » Multi-allergen inhalant threshold dosing can be provided for patients with multiple moderate to severe allergies to pollens, mites, animals, and molds or with a history of anaphylaxis. The treatment level is tailored to the patient’s skin or blood test results. Patients take a dose three times daily using a metered dispenser that delivers a precise amount of antigen. One bottle lasts 90 days. Treatment usually takes three to five years, until the patient enjoys symptom relief and a reduced skin or in vitro testing response. Clearly they are an innovative and sincere group at Allergychoices who should be commended for taking a lead in advancing SLIT nationally. — Allergy provider Become a Provider » The goal of sublingual immunotherapy for food allergies is to reduce the risk of reactions in case of accidental exposure, and ultimately to help build a tolerance to the foods one is allergic to. The treatment approach takes advantage of the special properties of the sublingual area: a high number of dendritic cells, a low number of mast cells, and rapid access to regional lymph nodes. Allergychoices offers multi-allergen food threshold treatment using the La Crosse Method™ Protocol. Food allergy treatment can be provided to patients who test positive for food allergies, and most often prescribed in conjunction with inhalant allergy drops. The treatment level for food allergy drops is based on the individual patient’s blood test results. Treatment levels are gradually increased as the patient’s test results show improvement. Patients take a dose three times daily using a metered dispenser. One bottle lasts 90 days. — Allergy provider Become a Provider » For patients who suffer from strong symptoms of seasonal allergies including trees, grass, ragweed, and dust mites, preseasonal sublingual immunotherapy can provide a preseasonal “boost” to help reduce symptoms once the season begins. With my allergies and asthma, I never thought I would become an athlete, and never guessed I would be doing it at the Olympic level... Sublingual immunotherapy can be helpful for patients with sinusitis who have underlying inhalant allergies. By addressing the cause of sinus problems and treating the allergy instead of just temporarily reducing symptoms through over-the-counter medications, allergy sufferers can change the course of their condition. Research shows that patients treating allergies with sublingual immunotherapy reported fewer sinus infections and complications, including improving outcomes for those needing sinus surgery. Since then, studies have shown a wide variety of dosing regimen efficacy. In some studies, when higher concentrations of antigen were used, side effects increased without much additional benefit. Frequency of dosing has also ranged from once a week to multiple times per day. Several studies suggest there is more than one mechanism that helps an individual develop tolerance to their allergens. High-dose intermittent administration of antigen, similar to the La Crosse Method Preseasonal Protocol, produces clonal deletion and/or anergy. The low-dose frequent administration (three times daily dosing) of antigen sublingually leads to active suppression. This approach is used with the La Crosse Method Inhalant and Food Allergen Protocols. Combining multi-antigen threshold dosing with preseasonal “rush” protocols has clinically given providers the ability to take advantage of both mechanisms to develop allergen tolerance in a wide variety of allergic patients. Thank you for wanting more information from Allergychoices. Please help us best direct your request by using one of the following forms.