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Allergy Injections
•When medications and avoidance don’t work
•Usually prescribed by a specialist
•Most effective for dust mites, pollen allergy (When history confirms skin test results)
•May also be effective for cat and mold allergies
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For allergy shots to be effective, they have to be used in the proper dose, for the proper allergens, and only when the patients allergies fit the pattern of symptoms.  In other words, a patient should not be on allergy shots to grass, when their symptoms only occur in the winter.