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The drug AR101, or Palforzia, uses oral immunotherapy, with children given tiny but increasing amounts of peanut protein over a six-month period under medical supervision.
After that, users must continue to take a daily dose to be able to tolerate accidental exposure to the nuts.
The treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.
And patients must continue to avoid peanuts in their diet.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...lergy-children
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51342048
After that, users must continue to take a daily dose to be able to tolerate accidental exposure to the nuts.
The treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.
And patients must continue to avoid peanuts in their diet.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...lergy-children
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51342048