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Can you get allergy desensitization shots for food allergies?
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No: Currently, oral desensitization to foods is experimental and cannot be safely recommended or administered.
Answered 4/30/2016
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No.: Dr. Carter is correct. Food desensitization protocols remain experimental at this time. When and if they become the standard of care, however, they are oral programs involving swallowing or holding in the mouth initially very small and progressively larger amounts of food. Injecting food under the skin is very dangerous and has been abandoned as a method for treating food allergies.
Answered 10/24/2017
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No : See below answers. Furthermore, clinical trials of peanut shots in the past was stopped b/c of fatalities.
Answered 8/2/2012
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