There are over 50 OIT family blogs published in our “Research & Learn“ library. They contain the journey of that family in OIT–some are in clinical trials, and others are in private practice with board-certified allergists. All the blogs are fascinating to read, full of wisdom and knowledge unique to that family’s journey.
Multi-allergen OIT or mOIT has been done for a few years now by a some of our pioneering doctors, and without drugs. Many only do one allergen at a time, but more and more are doing combinations at the same time with great success. This allows great freedom when completed!
ONE EXCERPT FROM THE BLOG:
Several Successful Updoses Later…
Posted: July 17, 2015
We are still in OIT! Since my last post we’ve had a couple itchy eyes, a sneeze, a burp one tummy ache, a couple loose stools and zero scary reactions! We just finished our sixth OIT office visit. According to our protocol, if all goes well we will “graduate” in eleven more visits. I hope we’ll be finished in mid-December.
Here is what he is taking right now:
Peanut 25 mg (4.1% of a peanut)
Cashew 40 mg (3.2% of a cashew)
Walnut 50 mg (1.3% of a walnut)
Sesame 30 mg (.67% of goal)
I am a bit nervous now that we’re in the 25-50 mg of peanut zone. I’m hoping to see no signs of EoE.
Two updoses ago Sebastian switched from cashew liquid solution to powdered cashew in capsules. Yesterday he switched to powdered walnut. I love having two fewer oral syringes to wash twice a day! I have to open the capsules and mix the contents into a spoonful of applesauce, pudding, etc. Our first day home with the cashew capsules I mixed the dose into a spoonful of yogurt. He complained the powder was “spicy” which I thought was his way of describing an oral reaction. I tasted a tiny bit of the yogurt myself and I could see what he meant with his description. According to the bottle’s label the cashew had been mixed with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), I suppose to give it bulk and keep it fresh. The baking soda reacts a bit with the yogurt. We switched to mixing it with pudding. My non-FA daughter thinks she needs pudding twice a day too!
Beating back these life threatening food allergies (one mg at a time) is so very empowering!
