title: Accelerated immunotherapy schedules and premedication.
abstract: Subcutaneous immunotherapy is divided into a buildup and a maintenance phase. Accelerated immunotherapy has the advantage of a reduced number of office visits. Rush and cluster immunotherapy schedules are the most common accelerated schedules used in the United States. A cluster immunotherapy schedule involves the patient receiving several allergen injections sequentially in a single day of treatment on nonconsecutive days. The maintenance dose is reached in 4 to 8 weeks. In rush immunotherapy protocols, higher doses are administered at intervals of 15 to 60 minutes in a period of 1 to 3 days until the maintenance dose is achieved.
authors.affiliation: ENTAA Care, PA, 203 Hospital Drive Suite 200, Glen Burnie, MD 21061, USA. chriscalabs@aol.com
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Calabria
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D011292:Premedication
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens