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This sounds very similar to a treatment that my daughter is due to start next year at a Cambridge allergy clinic in the UK. She'll have to take the peanut based
by mmikeff 8y ago
This sounds very similar to a treatment that my daughter is due to start next year at a Cambridge allergy clinic in the UK. She'll have to take the peanut based medication every day. She will have the initial dose in a hospital in case she has a reaction and then take the remainder of the doses home. Every two weeks we'll go back to the hospital to increase the dose.
I'm very excited about the potential for this to keep her safer, but also terrified at the prospect of deliberately feeding her peanut.
http://www.peanut.cuh.org.uk/ http://www.peanut.cuh.org.uk/
- phkahler 8y agoPlease don't call it medication. It's peanut protein plain and simple. People have done this gradually increasing exposure method on their own for years - though it can be dangerous to do so and is not recommended (I might try it myself, but would not have my child do it). It's not a big medical breakthrough, it's a highly controlled increasing dose of peanut protein.
- chapium 8y agoAccording to Webster, Definition of medicine 1a : a substance or preparation used in treating disease I think taking a prescribed amount of peanut protein to treat this allergy fits that definition.
- phkahler 8y agoSure, and some people who have gone through this eat a couple of reese's pieces each day for maintenance. I'm not kidding with that either. They don't call it medicine. That word in common usage carries a number of connotations that I don't think really apply in this case.
- AMerrit 8y agoWe've been doing this with my son here in Canada for the past 3 months. It's pretty scary, but after having multiple people with peanut allergies tell me they wish they could have had this we've hammered down on it. There have been side effects (diarrhea, mild eczema), but they've mellowed out after the first month. I hope things work out for your daughter with the treatment.