The new AAAAI podcast is about Palforzia–surprise surprise. It was recorded just three days after the introduction. Like all these podcasts the host is our friend Dr. David Stukus. Appropriately the interviewee is Dr. Andrew Bird from Dallas who contributed a piece to this website five years ago called Food Allergy Testing in the Coming Age of Prescription Immunotherapy. Dr. Bird wrote at the time, “The response from the medical community must be to ensure that patients are appropriately diagnosed and diagnostic methods are used intentionally in patients with a history supporting a role of immediate reactivity following food ingestion.” Five years later, that remains a key concern as this first-ever drug enters the market and is clearly explained, as are such issues as cost, dosing, maintenance, overall efficacy for certain patients, reactions, goals of treatment, and why patients choose to discontinue treatment. There’s also forthright discussion of the pros and cons of offering the treatment for allergists and shared decision making in choosing to start the treatment or not.
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