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|Videos|August 19, 2015
Trippingly under the tongue: The benefits of sublingual immunotherapy
Author(s)Thomas Lewis, DVM, DACVD
Pain-free delivery is just an amuse-bouche when it comes the advantages of this treatment for atopy.
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Veterinary dermatologist Dr. Tom Lewis recounts his own struggles with injectable immunotherapy for his dog with atopic dermatitis and how the sublingual option is not only beneficial in that there are no longer painful needlesticks, but because it works faster, some patients respond better and much more.
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