What is the efficacy difference between shots and drops?
Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
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Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#132Hey, good luck with the lauch! I just want to note that I'd be wary to try any medical treatment if the website had a testimonial from a fake person like Jason ( https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-beard-boy-casual-220453/ ).
Looking through the testimonials, they all look like stock photos. Probably a lot easier and nicer looking than actual photos of the people, but it doesn't do anything for my "this is a marketing scam" feeling...
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Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#133Hey, good luck with the lauch! I just want to note that I'd be wary to try any medical treatment if the website had a testimonial from a fake person like Jason ( https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-beard-boy-casual-220453/ ).
Hey Guys,
Thank you for the feedback and this all totally makes sense.
Sorry we took a few minutes to get back to this! Unfortunately for HIPAA reason's we cannot use identifying data of patients. This is why we didn't use last names, or patient photos (faces are identifying- and we thought it'd be creepy to do the medical journal thing of putting a black box over the eyes).
We are certainly working on finding patient champions who might feel comfortable being totally public, but there are some legal issues around that.
That said- these are real stories. Also, feel free to google me, Manan Shah MD ENT in Colorado and you can see people's google reviews. Like all review sites, I'm sure you'll find that I didn't click with some people, but in general I'm pleased that most of my patients really had a great experience!
Does this make sense? But I definitely agree, having pretty stock images is something we'll talk to our design team about to avoid the 'marketing scam' feel!
Manan
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
How effective is this against eczema? Without proper insurance, this is a better deal than medications like Dupixent, right?
As someone who's battled this my whole life, and gone down a crazy number of rabbit holes on it, my personal recommendation to you is to try elimination diet. Especially milk and milk products. If you decide to try this, don't do it halfway. Read the ingredients of everything you eat. Don't eat at restaurants. Stick with it for three months. I went from having difficulty walking, and being unable to use my hands due…
A high profile example of what you state is Jordan Peterson.
Apparently he literally only eats meat an some vegs, and was able to make substantial changes to some kind of debilitating condition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_peterson#Health_problem...
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#135Genuine question: there are already many others doing this, including online. For example: https://myallergydrops.com/ https://www.allergyeasy.com/ How do you folks differentiate?
When we started Wyndly, we didn't find anyone doing the patient-focused care that we would want if we were patients. Our patients love our treatment and our patient experience, and that's what's most important. We're happy to see that other people are trying to make oral allergy drops more popular! Allergy drop immunotherapy is easier and more convenient than the standard allergy shots. I can't speak to these specifi…
Haha fair - "we don't differentiate" is a totally fine answer! It's a tool that should be more widespread. The reason I was asking is historically these companies haven't done well (AllerDrops is another example), and so I'm curious as to if you've looked at them at all, that's all. :)
FWIW, SLIT didn't work for me, but shots did. Everyone's different! :)
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#136Have you looked into doing drops for pets? Both of my dogs get bad seasonal allergies. Their paws get so itchy they will lick the fur off unless we get them help. The allergies start up in July and persist until the first frost of the season (late October or November). We have done both shots and medications from our vet that help alleviate the symptoms, but they don't have any long term solutions. We've moved while…
Interesting! Maybe that's an expansion opportunity after we've treated all the humans.
It would be fantastic. Regular allergy pills for dogs is insanely expensive ($100+/month).
If there’s a way to spend $25/month on this for my dogs I’d be all in!
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#137I have a dust mite allergy and have tried doing this in the past, but had to stop because I moved away from my allergist. I would be interested in this type of service, but $99/month is a bit expensive for me. I have health insurance, is there any way I could get them to pay for it for me? I have had surgery for nasal polyps related to this twice if that might help my case.
> $99/month is a bit expensive $99/mnth for possibly 5 yrs is a helluva commitment. Most people are going to have difficulty with both the cost and time IMHO.
Pre-Covid the cost of just getting my “specific doses” of the compounds I needed was $850 with insurance. Regulations changed apparently and they couldn’t reuse the same combo of like pollen, cat/dog etc so each client needs a “custom” formulated dosage.
Add in the $10 doctor visit co-pay 2x / week when getting the shot, that’s $80/month already.
So $960 + 850 is $1910, so I’d save $710 using these drops instead of the shots.
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#138Hey, good luck with the lauch! I just want to note that I'd be wary to try any medical treatment if the website had a testimonial from a fake person like Jason ( https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-beard-boy-casual-220453/ ).
Hey Guys, Thank you for the feedback and this all totally makes sense. Sorry we took a few minutes to get back to this! Unfortunately for HIPAA reason's we cannot use identifying data of patients. This is why we didn't use last names, or patient photos (faces are identifying- and we thought it'd be creepy to do the medical journal thing of putting a black box over the eyes). We are certainly working on finding patien…
You could make a little footnote (and have clicking on the photo send you to that anchor) explaining this. Then it would come off as kind/cool rather than (potentially) suspicious. And you could point out (if it's true) in the footnote that the testimonials are the unedited actual words of people who've used the product.
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey Guys, Thank you for the feedback and this all totally makes sense. Sorry we took a few minutes to get back to this! Unfortunately for HIPAA reason's we cannot use identifying data of patients. This is why we didn't use last names, or patient photos (faces are identifying- and we thought it'd be creepy to do the medical journal thing of putting a black box over the eyes). We are certainly working on finding patien…
You could make a little footnote (and have clicking on the photo send you to that anchor) explaining this. Then it would come off as kind/cool rather than (potentially) suspicious. And you could point out (if it's true) in the footnote that the testimonials are the unedited actual words of people who've used the product.
That's a good idea! We're hoping to get permission from some of our patients to directly share their stories, too.
Re: Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-home oral drops
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
When do the drops reach their max potency ?
Our protocol is proprietary, but in general the drops reach maintenance dosage between 3 to 9 months.
Well I definitely have some mild environmental allergies (some cats & rabbits) but nothing life threatening. This somewhat reminds me of 23&me, except with some obvious potential quality of life improvements.
Ordered an Allergy Test kit.
Will update everyone in 5 years if it was worth it or not! :)