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In our twenty-year experience of administering the hayfever injection, we have seen virtually nothing in the way of even mild ‘side effects’ with two people reporting a dimpling of the skin at the site of the injection (the buttock). Know more: – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Hayfever Injection


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Hayfever Injection
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  • Severe hayfever symptoms can ruin peoples
    summers and have a detrimental effect on quality
    of life and ability to work optimally.
  • Certain parts of the UK are particularly affected
    by pollens and allergens likely to give severe
    symptoms, with the most likely culprits being a
    mixture of flower and tree pollen such as silver
    birch and rape seed.
  • If you have severe symptoms that fail to respond
    to other treatments, such as oral antihistamine
    medications, topical eye drops and so on, it is
    possible to request an appointment to discuss the
    hay fever injection private at our clinics in
    Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Watford and
    Birmingham.
  • Hayfever Kenalog injection is a corticosteroid
    injection which has anti-inflammatory properties.
    It suppresses the immune system and stops the
    natural pollen response from going haywire.
    This is the same medication given by doctors
    regularly for tennis elbow, various ligament and
    muscular strains, osteoarthritis and other joint
    conditions.

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  • As with all injected medications, and in line
    with good medical practice, the doctor will
    undertake a careful risk assessment to make sure
    that you are a good candidate for treatment, and
    will explain the potential side effects and
    likely benefits in detail.
  • In our twenty-year experience of administering
    the hayfever injection, we have seen virtually
    nothing in the way of even mild side effects
    with two people reporting a dimpling of the skin
    at the site of the injection (the buttock).
  • This dimpling is uncommon, however patients are
    always advised that it may occur and like all
    administered medications, the risks of any
    treatment must be balanced against the potential
    benefit of the treatment given.

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  • The overwhelming feedback from patients in terms
    of response, control of symptoms and improvement
    in quality of life is very positive.
  • It given in the top of the buttock and starts
    working almost immediately and typically kicks
    in anywhere from one to forty-eight hours after
    administration.
  • This medication administered when hayfever
    symptoms first appear can give symptom remission
    that lasts for the duration of the entire pollen
    or allergen season (usually three months).
  • The dose required to control severe symptoms is
    partly related to body weight, and heavier
    subjects will require a larger dose to ease their
    symptoms. We have found that the therapeutic dose
    for most effective relief is 1mg per kg of body
    weight, therefore our standard doses administered
    are 40mg-80mg per patient per season.

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  • The full range of treatments options available
    for hay fever will be discussed by doctors, who
    will decide whether the potential benefits of the
    treatment for severe hayfever outweigh any
    risks.
  • Every year our clinics see a cohort of
    desperate people who have tried the oral and
    topical medications without much symptomatic
    improvement including those who work outdoors,
    those who have severe allergic reactions to
    pollen, business people whose summers and
    meetings are ruined by severe symptoms, drivers
    who feel unsafe to be on the road and,
    interestingly, a number of pharmacists, doctors
    and NHS GPs.
  • No intervention currently available
    to severe hayfever sufferers in the UK offers
    greater convenience, symptom relief and patient
    satisfaction than this single intramuscular
    injection which can last up to three months. We
    have hundreds of messages each hayfever season
    from grateful patients who feel that they have
    regained their quality of life.

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  • Hayfever Kenalog injection costs just 75 per
    40mg dose, including a free medical consultation
    at Regent Street Clinic.
  • All patients attending our clinics for this
    injection are advised to read the manufacturers
    patient information leaflet here prior to
    attending, so that they are able to make an
    informed decision to have treatment, having
    considered all the risks, as with all medication.

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