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Table 3 Health Canada approved sublingual immunotherapy tablets [23,24,25,26]

From: Allergen-specific immunotherapy

 

Extract composition

Age indication

Dose initiation

Timing of initiation before pollen season

Daily dose

Oralair®

Five grass pollens:

• Cocksfoot

• Sweet vernal grass

• Rye grass

• Meadow grass

• Timothy

5–50 years

3 day escalation (from 100 to 300 IR)

16 weeks

300 IR

Grastek®

Timothy grass pollen

≥ 5 years

Full dose

At least 8 weeks

2800 BAU

Ragwitek®

Short ragweed pollen

18–65 years

Full dose

At least 12 weeks

12 Amb a 1-U

 

Composition

Age indication

Dose initiation

Timing of initiation

Daily dose

Acarizax™

Standardized allergen extract, house dust mites (D. farinae and D. pteronyssinus)

18–65 years

Full dose

Any time during the year

1 sublingual tablet (12 SQ-HDM*) daily

  1. BAU bioequivalent allergy units, IR index of reactivity, U units
  2. *SQ-HDM is the dose unit for ACARIZAX™. SQ is a method for standardization on biological potency, major allergen content and complexity of the allergen extract. HDM is an abbreviation for house dust mite