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Breakspear has the only Manufacturing 'Specials' License laboratory in the United Kingdom producing these tailor-made antigen vaccines. |
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At Breakspear Medical Group, we specialise in the treatment of allergy, intolerance and sensitivity using the proven technique of allergen-specific low-dose immunotherapy (also know as provocation/neutralisation).
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The technique employs intradermal skin tests of sequentially lower concentrations of antigens, until a wheal response that does not increase in size is obtained. This concentration of the antigen can then safely be used in regular low-dose desensitisation treatment.
See How do antigen vaccines work? for more information.
The technique originated in the United States and is used by over 3,000 doctors worldwide. An estimated 30 million patients have been treated without significant adverse effects. It is successful in managing patients who cannot tolerate, or are not helped by, standard suppressive allergy therapy, and those in whom specific drug therapy is relatively contraindicated (e.g. steroid therapy in a patient with osteoporosis).
Breakspear has the only Manufacturing 'Specials' License laboratory in the United Kingdom producing these custom-made, unpreserved antigens. We offer antigen vaccines for over 500 different kinds of food and other allergens.
See How to re-order antigen vaccines for easy-to-follow instructions on how current patients or practitioners may re-order antigen vaccines.
Important policy change: From
1 September 2011, in order to ensure that every order is fulfilled efficiently
and accurately, all patients’ low-dose immunotherapy vaccine reorders must be
submitted on the new 2011
antigen vaccine order form. The
Antigen Laboratory will no longer able to accept orders by
phone.
*(You must have Adobe Reader to use this form, which can be downloaded free
from Adobe.)
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