Anyone else allergic to... trees?... And dust?? Whats up with that?

Question

I think it's just plain cruel... Anyone had luck with shot therapy? How does that work with your insurance?

Answer 1

i have it but it is only at home so i lucked out in a way but that also sucks

Answer 2

I agree it is just plain cruel. I had shot therapy for a while and it worked really well. I did it for about two years. I was getting sinus infections about every three months due to my allergies. At first If I went more than a copuple of weeks between shots, I would get a sinus infection. Now I have been off the shots for nearly a year and just got one. I had run out of my allergy medicine and there is a lot of smoke in the air from forest fires. But that is a huge victory for me to go that long between sinus infections.

When I had insurance, they paid for the testing and the shots, I just had my co-pay, which came out to like two dollars a shot. After I no longer had insurance, I tried to do self pay and I did that until I could no longer afford it, which is why I quit getting the shots.

Answer 3

I have never heard of immunothepary being a problem with childbearing. I had a child after having allergy shots. I think I even had the shots when I was pregnant. It is just a tiny extract of the pollen.
Insurance companies vary. Ours no longer covers allergy shots. They want to consider it an office call when a patient gets a shot; even if the doctor is not in the office. So the co-pay is $30 a week, but the shot costs $20, so they will not pay anything.

Answer 4

Insurance is so variable... before you start shots (if you decide to do so), make triple sure you are clear what is covered. Don't just get the doctor's say so on this - make sure someone at the insurance company affirms this.

Having said that, I was allergic to everything under the sun (but not mold, go figure) and after trying years of different oral and nasal meds, I started shot therapy. My course ran five years, but my doctor said it would be 3-5 years and I was a pretty difficult case. Yeah, it was annoying at times, but it was the best thing I ever did!

Answer 5

Shot therapy was offered but the doctor said I couldn't do the shots unless I was sure I never wanted another child. I had not yet made that decision. I didn't do the shots.


Ask about child bearing and fertility issues before agreeing to the shots. (Maybe that is no longer a problem.)

Answer 6

I'm allergic to lots of things, and had tons of allergy testing done as a child, and a lot of allergy shots. They helped a lot. I was getting them years ago when I got too ill (sounds strange, I know) to continue the shots because I couldn't come in on a steady basis anymore.

You could always try homeopathic remedies for these things. I don't know how well they work, though. I know they work great for other stuff.

Shots aren't so bad. Think about it, it's a little pain for a short time, in return for feeling a LOT better.

Answer 7

Hi, I had shots therapy and it worked very well and my insurance cover it, I just had to wait to acomplish a year with my insurance and then I went to the speacialist in allergics and filled the forms and the insurance company covered the payments.

Answer 8

im allergic to almost everything under the sun n the roof...i cannot take the shots cause i have asthma n copd n emphysema n my breathing is not under control...i have to take a series of steroids,zyrtec,flonase,astelin,plus other medicines for the asthma n copd n emphysema...the bad part is ive never smoked i inherited this lung disease from my mother n my grandfather..i have very good insurance...they cover everything

Answer 9

Yes,but I don't want a shot. Going to school during my allergy season is hard enough for me.

Answer 10

yes I'm allergic to tress and dust it does get aggravating