Your at-home regimen will include treatment foods consisting of increasing doses of allergens, recommended foods to condition the immune system, and maintenance foods comprised of previously passed challenge foods.
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What does an at-home dosing regimen entail?
Every TIP patient receives a personalized at-home dosing regime during their second appointment (Launch) to build tolerance between in-person visits. Your at-home regimen will include treatment foods consisting of increasing doses of allergens, recommended foods to condition the immune system, and maintenance foods comprised of previously passed challenge foods.
These foods help condition and retrain a patient’s immune system to accept allergens.
Treatment foods that have been built up through at-home dosing are then challenged at your next visit. The quantity for each dose and challenge will be detailed and explained during each visit. Quantities build up over time — generally week by week.
How often will we have to dose?
During treatment, maintenance foods are usually taken daily in the morning. Recommended foods, such as fruits and legumes that share similar proteins to your child’s allergens, should be dosed in the afternoon as a snack, generally 3-5 times a week. Treatment foods are generally dosed daily in the evening and followed by a 60-minute rest period.
Post-graduation, patients will have a minimum dose of the lead food in each of their allergen groups that will drop down in frequency over time. This minimum dose will be required indefinitely to ensure your child’s ongoing tolerance and ability to freely eat. The program is designed to move your child into deeper and deeper states of tolerance, though large and infrequent exposure to their once most allergic foods.