The document discusses the Kenalog hay fever injection, which contains a corticosteroid that suppresses the immune system response to pollen and provides relief from hay fever symptoms. It notes that the injection can provide symptom relief lasting the entire pollen season from a single treatment, with minimal side effects reported. It recommends the injection for those with severe symptoms not adequately controlled by other medications.

1. Kenalog Hay
Fever Injection
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2. • Severe hayfever symptoms can ruin peoples’ summers and have a detrimental
effect on quality of life and ability to work optimally.
• Certain parts of the UK are particularly affected by pollens and allergens likely to
give severe symptoms, with the most likely culprits being a mixture of flower and
tree pollen such as silver birch and rape seed.
• If you have severe symptoms that fail to respond to other treatments, such as oral
antihistamine medications, topical eye drops and so on, it is possible to request
an appointment to discuss the hay fever injection private at our clinics in
Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Watford and Birmingham.
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3. • Hayfever Kenalog injection is a corticosteroid injection which has anti-
inflammatory properties. It suppresses the immune system and stops the natural
pollen response from going ‘haywire’. This is the same medication given by
doctors regularly for tennis elbow, various ligament and muscular strains,
osteoarthritis and other joint conditions.
• As with all injected medications, and in line with good medical practice, the doctor
will undertake a careful risk assessment to make sure that you are a good
candidate for treatment, and will explain the potential side effects and likely
benefits in detail.
• In our twenty-year experience of administering the hayfever injection, we have
seen virtually nothing in the way of even mild ‘side effects’ with two people
reporting a dimpling of the skin at the site of the injection (the buttock).
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4. • This dimpling is uncommon, however patients are always advised that it may
occur and like all administered medications, the risks of any treatment must be
balanced against the potential benefit of the treatment given.
• The overwhelming feedback from patients in terms of response, control of
symptoms and improvement in quality of life is very positive.
• It given in the top of the buttock and starts working almost immediately and
typically ‘kicks in’ anywhere from one to forty-eight hours after administration.
• This medication administered when hayfever symptoms first appear can give
symptom remission that lasts for the duration of the entire pollen or allergen
season (usually three months).
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5. • The dose required to control severe symptoms is partly related to body weight,
and heavier subjects will require a larger dose to ease their symptoms. We have
found that the therapeutic dose for most effective relief is 1mg per kg of body
weight, therefore our standard doses administered are 40mg-80mg per patient
per season.
• The full range of treatments options available for hay fever will be discussed by
doctors, who will decide whether the potential benefits of the treatment for severe
hayfever outweigh any risks.
• Every year our clinics see a cohort of ‘desperate’ people who have tried the oral
and topical medications without much symptomatic improvement – including
those who work outdoors, those who have severe allergic reactions to pollen,
business people whose summers and meetings are ruined by severe symptoms,
drivers who feel unsafe to be on the road and, interestingly, a number of
pharmacists, doctors and NHS GPs.
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6. • No intervention currently available to severe hayfever sufferers in the UK offers
greater convenience, symptom relief and patient satisfaction than this single
intramuscular injection which can last up to three months. We have hundreds of
messages each hayfever season from grateful patients who feel that they have
regained their quality of life.
• Hayfever Kenalog injection costs just £75 per 40mg dose, including a free
medical consultation at Regent Street Clinic™.
• All patients attending our clinics for this injection are advised to read the
manufacturer’s patient information leaflet here prior to attending, so that they are
able to make an informed decision to have treatment, having considered all the
risks, as with all medication.
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