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Article: STUDY CONFIRMS BENEFITS OF ALLERGY SHOTS
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- December 15, 1998
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
A new study confirms the long-term benefits of allergy shots, which virtually cured some children of their reactivity to dust mites in a 10-year study in Japan, researchers reported Monday.
Allergy shots have been dogged by controversy despite their use for 80 years. Two well-publicized U.S. studies two years ago found they worked no better than the relatively new corticosteroid inhalers for severe asthmatics.
But an expert not involved in any of the research said Monday that most studies worldwide show that allergy shots work well when they are properly prepared, given for the correct problem and administered in high ...