Has anyone had a hay fever injection, had any success with it and did you get it done privately or through the NHS? Thanks

[Ayeayeaye25]

As title says has anyone had any recent experience of a hay fever injection and could give me more info on price, effectiveness, where they had it done and any drawbacks.

Thanks

Anyone?

There was a programme about hay fever injections on BBC this morning with one of the twin doctors it might be available on iplayer - not sure if that's the ones you are thinking of. They showed someone who had it done at the beautitians and ended up with liver inflammation - they are basically banned and dangerous. I found this article.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62428032

my brother took part in a clinical trial of injections for hayfever but it didn't improve things and apparently the drug development was dropped. didn't help him either.

Oh my goodness thats absolutely awful, thank you.

No I was out today so didn’t see the programme. Somebody was on about a hay fever injection on a local Facebook group probably a fake post by a local beautician promoting their business.

I have felt absolutely awful with hay fever and have really been suffering for the last two weeks and the beconase and tablets the pharmacy recommended are barely doing anything.

Thanks both have a lot of outdoor events this summer and will really struggle thought it might be worth a try but obviously a pig in a poke.

I had them as a teenager and had horrific side effects. They didn't work and I thought they'd been long banned from use.

Hi, I have just finished a six month course in the States. It was four injections for indoor/outdoor allergies once a week. Now I will be going once every three weeks. It is a very big time commitment but I do feel much better this year with the pollen than in previous years. I see a allergist specialist affiliated with our local hospital, my primary care doctor referred me. The biggest downside in my opinion is the time. You have to wait for two injections, wait 20 minutes get the second set and wait another 20 minutes before you leave, to ensure you don't have a reaction. Important to go to someone reputable but also relatively convenient since so many visits.

A friend had one at an aesthetics clinic, I'm not sure how or if that's legal, but it is basically an immunosuppressive. She got tonsillitis something like 6 times in 4 months and had them taken out, ENT blamed the injection.

Not good.

They have been long banned I believe. I am 67, had therm as a teenager (I had totally debilitating hay fever - could not set foot outside a dark damp room all summer), and they 100% worked for me. I wouldn't advocate their return at all, but for me they were super. They were some form of steroids.

My son has been taking Itulazak (birch tree extract) prescried by an paediatric allergy doc and it's been a game changer.After years of the worst hayfever (violent sneezing, swollen eyes, nose etc) he is almost back to normal. Downside is, we couldn't get it through NHS in our area and it's really expensive, worth every penny if you can afford it.

I looked into having this a couple of years ago when a friend started offering them at her salon. They can have horrific side effects and do long term damage. Stay away.

Beconase is crap, you want fluticasone propionate (flixonase) at the bare minimum.

Then you could try desloratadine instead of loratadine.

What tablets have you tried? The Benadryl acrivastine work best for me - you take 3 a day. The Benadryl plus with the added decongestant are even better, if that’s one of your symptoms.

Thank you I will look into those strange mine were recommended by our pharmacist in the past meds have made me drowsy do those cause drowsiness?

I am struggling to sleep and struggling to stay awake on an afternoon I can barely keep my eyes open. I just feel permanently awful.

Not tried the injection but have heard it has bad side effects..
I asked my gp for something to help me get through my wedding and back then he prescribed fexofenadine; take one at night and another in the morning. Worked well for me

This is really interesting I had no idea this existed, I have birch tree allergy to the point of apples, pears, hazelnuts etc make me vomit with minutes of eating so I’m going to look into this. Thankyou!

My symptoms are constantly steaming eyes, congestion and very blocked nose, thick head, sneezing, productive cough, eyes feel like they are only half open, dry mouth and throat (probably with the meds).

So did I, in the late 1970's, and for several years running. They weren't worth the hassle and the horribly sore arm for weeks on end, and my hay fever was still hell anyway.

There's a difference between the dodgy hayfever jabs in a salon and the proper immunotherapy treatment carried out by a consultant.

This what Itulazak is, immunotherapy - forgot to say this!

Do you try different medications? Mine is grass pollen so hasn’t started yet, but I switch between cetrizine, Benadryl, piriton and fexofenadine, all of these work for me but short term, and many of them make me very drowsy if I take them regularly, but if I switch between it seems to work well without side effects.

We became so desperate to help son, we saw Professor Adam Fox, he did skin prick tests, lung function tests, examined son's skin, throat and nasal passages which were highly inflamed, switched son from Fexofenadine (which is actually gold standard for hayfever) to cetrizine, prescribed betnesol steroid drops for nose to reduce inflammation. Son also has allergy to some nuts and nut- desensitisation is another thing we're looking at doing.

I don’t take medication every year (i put petroleum jelly up my nose) and can often battle on but not this year I’m flawed. Mine usually starts early so think its maybe trees. Not helped by living very close to a wood and that being our main dog walk for our older dog.

It’s really bad this week. Does anyone else get incredibly itchy arms and legs as part of their symptoms when the pollen count is very high? I take fexofenadine and pirinase nasal spray - but my itchy limbs are driving me up the wall