SLIT - Patient Staloral Start 18oct2013
SLIT - Patient Staloral Start 18oct2013
SLIT - Patient Staloral Start 18oct2013
Dr Raymond J Mullins
MB BS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA Consultant Physician, Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Suite 1, John James Medical Centre, 175 Strickland Crescent, Deakin ACT 2600. Tel 02-6282 2689 Fax 02-6282 2526
Educational Website http://www.allergycapital.com.au
Patient Instructions for Sublingual /Oral Immunotherapy Staloral Liquid for Hay fever and Asthma 18 Oct 2013
Allergen Extracts • Keep under tongue for at least 2 minutes,
The initial treatment kit comes in a blue plastic then swallow.
box with 3 colour-coded bottles of different • The drops can have a salty/sweet oily or
strengths, with a “dispenser” on the top. The unpleasant taste. Children can suck a
first bottle is colour-codes blue (10 IR/ml) and lollie/sweet at the same time
the remaining maintenance bottles will be • Do NOT eat or drink anything for 15
colour coded purple (300 IR/ml) or red (100 minutes; the allergen is partially absorbed
IR/ml), depending on the allergen strength from under the tongue so if you eat/drink
available for any one allergen. Keep the 1st you may wash it away.
dilute bottle in case you need to go back to it. • Avoid crunchy cereals in the morning; they
can cut the mouth lining & increase
* These instructions apply to the NEW extracts irritation. If you have had dental treatment
available in Australia from October 2013 or mouth ulcers, you may need to stop for
whereby 1 press of the NEW extract is a few days until it heals up, as broken
equivalent to 2 does of the OLD extract. The mouth tissue may increase the risk of
new boxes will be labelled as being “NEW”. As mouth irritation.
of Oct 2013, the distributor will also be adding • If you forget to take them in the morning,
Goods and Services Tax, which increases the take before bedtime instead.
cost by 10%. Cost estimates listed below • If you are taking 2 separate extracts, it is
include the GST component. best to separate them by 5-15 minutes if
possible. Or you can take one in the
Storage morning and one in the evening if there
Keep refrigerated; do NOT freeze as this can are no significant side-effects in the first 2-
destroy the allergen. If travelling, carry in hand 3 weeks. If not possible, you can take
luggage (if flying) and keep upright, and them at the same time.
refrigerate on arrival.
If you stop treatment temporarily
-‐ If there has been less than a 1-week gap,
go back to your usual dose.
-‐ If you have stopped for more than a week,
go back to the beginning of the protocol
and build up to the maintenance dose
again.