rewrewrerf wrote:
Try Google wrote:Not too hard to confirm that allergy medicine needs to be refrigerated:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0815/p689.htmlAllergen immunotherapy (also called allergy vaccine therapy) involves the administration of gradually increasing quantities of specific allergens to patients with IgE-mediated conditions until a dose is reached that is effective in reducing disease severity from natural exposure. The major objectives of allergen immunotherapy are to reduce responses to allergic triggers that precipitate symptoms in the short term and to decrease inflammatory response and prevent development of persistent disease in the long term.
Vaccines must be stored properly to preserve biologic activity (Table 2).16,17 Vaccines should be refrigerated at 4°C (39.2°F) because storage at ambient room temperature results in loss of potency within weeks, with degradation occurring within days at higher temperatures. Critical to vaccine potency is the dilution effect: highly concentrated vaccines are more stable than dilute vaccines.18 The vaccine label should always be checked for the expiration date.
Then why weren't they just in their regular vials? With the dates and dosage and so on labeled? And why was Salazar, who is NOT a doctor, in charge of injecting it?
I've been on allergy immunotherapy shots for almost 2 years now (I have horrible spring allergies) and the doctors are absolutely insistent that the shots must be done in their office. You CANNOT take your mixture with you anywhere. You get the shot, you sit in the waiting room for a strict 30 minutes in case you have a reaction, then you get to go home. There's no way anyone, medical professional or otherwise, could be giving Rupp legit allergy shots at the lodge they were staying at. Doctors also mix all of your allergens together in one mix, so why would there be "Allergy 1" and "Allergy 2"?