Drug Desensitization

Drug Desen­si­ti­za­tion is when a min­i­mal amount of a med­ica­tion is intro­duced at a time to your immune sys­tem in a con­trolled set­ting. The goal of this treat­ment is to even­tu­al­ly take a full dose of a med­ica­tion you are aller­gic to over a peri­od of time. Intro­duc­ing min­i­mal amounts of the med­ica­tion at a time will help your med­ical provider mon­i­tor and con­trol your symp­toms while you still take a med­i­cine need­ed for your health condition.

Sources:

Amer­i­can Col­lege of Aller­gy, Asth­ma, and Immunol­o­gy (acaai​.org)

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