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Right before the pandemic started I went to an allergist and was considering getting shots, but obviously the last year has put many things on hold. Avoiding weekly doctor's office visits (and all those shots) is appealing. Would I need to do the take home test, or would it be possible to have my doctor forward my existing results?
I would recommend toning back some of the emotional language in your treatment comparison table -- things like "confusing terminology", "Busy staff with no time to help", and "Unhelpful Google searches". Your value prop of convenience of no shots is super obvious to me but the biased comparison table is a turn-off. It would give me a lot more confidence if the language in the table were more scientific and clinical.…
Yea, the emotional tone has me thinking this is more "essential oils cure all" than it is actual science. My fear with something like this is that in a lot of other cases - if it worked, it would be science. So it's difficult for me to be an early adopter here.
We cite research studies whenever we can to demonstrate that this treatment is medically sound and is used every day to treat thousands in the US and millions in Europe.
What specific questions do you have that are holding you back?
I have mixed feelings about at home allergy testing. I know that various clinical labs may have their own reference ranges for IgE/*. Combined that with a low amount of blood collected and sampling exposure time, the data would seem very messy unless you have a high quantity of samples. Are you recommending people to collect the blood sample right after exposure to the allergen? How is that used in your dosage recomm…
To start, our goal isn’t home allergy testing- our goal is convenient and accessible immunotherapy for all.
We will work with patients as long as their testing is valid and from a reliable source.
For some patients this means using their existing allergy tests. For other patients who want testing through insurance we will prescribe them a prescription for an immunocap allergy test through a local lab like quest diagnostics. But many patients want the convenience of a home test so we’ve partnered with a highly reliable and clia certified allergy lab to supply home allergy tests. I didn’t just trust the company’s word for it, in fact, many of my friends and family members volunteered to be tested both ways when we tested this out for use in our office and we found the results of the home test to be reliable and accurate.
Unlike allergy shots where the skin testing results affect the initial dose, for sublingual allergy drop immunotherapy the initial dose is incredibly small for everyone for safety, and then escalated up. This is why the combination of symptom history, geographic area and testing can be combined by an experienced doctor to tailor a therapy for you.
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 having our pets, so we have had two different vets for this issue and they basically say the same thing and have similar treatments. They also say that it's a huge problem to the point where during a bad allergy season over half of their patient visits in a day are related to allergies.
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Yea, the emotional tone has me thinking this is more "essential oils cure all" than it is actual science. My fear with something like this is that in a lot of other cases - if it worked, it would be science. So it's difficult for me to be an early adopter here.
If you have allergies and have doubts, you can speak directly to a physician with a free visit: https://www.wyndly.com/allergy-visit We cite research studies whenever we can to demonstrate that this treatment is medically sound and is used every day to treat thousands in the US and millions in Europe. What specific questions do you have that are holding you back?
Rather, i'm just saying that as a layman in the medical field i am definitely of snake oil - since there is so so much on the market. I am a pretty bad pollen allergy sufferer, fwiw.
Appreciate your work here, i hope to use this once i can feel confident in it :)
General feedback: - I want to try this but I'm not sure how much it will cost in total. I see a lot of hints, but no clear pricing on the total treatment cost. I know from experience with a local allergy clinic, this treatment is ridiculously expensive. - I also see no claims around how long the treatment will last (on average) - I'm not sure I understand how an at home allergy test works or suffices for diagnosis. I…
Thank you for the feedback! On total cost: We charge $99/mo. It's hard to give a total cost without knowing more about each person's specific allergy triggers and how well immunotherapy takes for them. Generally, we expect patients to be with us for up 5 years. On how long treatment lasts: I spoke to this in the total cost section, but it's hard to make a blanket statement. On our at-home allergy test: We use a CLIA-…
It's annoying. It disappears when I go to a different tab. Before that, it blocked any scrolling on your page in Brave.
The "schedule your free online visit" section is empty. I'm assuming because I didn't click "ok".
How will you deal with an anaphylactic shock when someone takes too much of your therapy product?
The good news is the risk of anaphylactic shock with allergy drops is incredibly low. The literature cites that risk as 1/billion or 1/100 million which is thankfully very low. Indeed, in 30 years of using allergy drops there has never been a documented reaction that caused a death. Like I do for all of my in office patients that also take at home allergy drops we always educate our patients thoroughly about the risk…
> .. risk of anaphylactic shock with allergy drops is incredibly low. The literature cites that risk as 1/billion or 1/100 million which is thankfully very low. Indeed, in 30 years of using allergy drops there has never been a documented reaction that caused a death.
Can you point me to the specific literature? The reason I am asking as the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of USA states 1 in 50 for anaphylaxis (not the allergy drops). That discrepancy is an incredibly large number. (https://www.aafa.org/anaphylaxis-in-america/)
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Thank you for the feedback! On total cost: We charge $99/mo. It's hard to give a total cost without knowing more about each person's specific allergy triggers and how well immunotherapy takes for them. Generally, we expect patients to be with us for up 5 years. On how long treatment lasts: I spoke to this in the total cost section, but it's hard to make a blanket statement. On our at-home allergy test: We use a CLIA-…
Here's an image of the cookie pop-up. https://imgur.com/tu2flYc It's annoying. It disappears when I go to a different tab. Before that, it blocked any scrolling on your page in Brave. The "schedule your free online visit" section is empty. I'm assuming because I didn't click "ok".
Thanks for flagging it!