Gregorio Marañón Hospital is designated Center of excellence for desensitization to medicines
this Community Center coordinates the first European record of desensitization to medicinal products
-allergy to medicines is the third most frequent query to the Allergist, after the rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma
-El Servicio de AlergologÃa has already made more than 500 processes of desensitization, successfully in almost all
Madrid, January of 2013- the service of Allergology of the Hospital Gregorio Marañón has been chosen as a centre of excellence for desensitization to medicines by the drug Committee of the Spanish society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. Desensitization involves progressive doses of a drug, starting with a very small amount, until reaching the tolerable therapeutic dose so that the patient can receive the drug who is allergic.
the service of Allergology of the Gregorio Marañón has performed, from 2011a total of 581 procedures, with a near 100% success. This public of the Madrid hospital also coordinates the first and only record European of desensitization to medicines launched by the Spanish society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology to gather information about all the processes of desensitization with drugs that are made in Spain.
allergic drug reactions do not have a specific treatment and experts advise, as in any other case of hypersensitivity, avoid contact with the causative drug reaction, extending this caution to the Group of related drugs and seek treatment. safe alternatives
in patients who are allergic to the drug that must be treated, and for those who does not exist another therapeutic alternative to having an allergic reaction that prevents them from receiving the treatment, would be relegated to be treated with other medications that are generally not as effective. Currently desensitization protocols are applied with success to treat allergic reactions to treatments more common, such as taxanes, Platinum or doxorubicin chemotherapy, as well as to the monoclonal antibodies used to the treatment of pathologies oncological.
around 18,000 queries per year in the Servicio de AlergologÃa
on this activity the Chief of service of Hospital Gregorio Marañón, José Manuel Zubeldia, Allergology stresses that in recent times Allergists have passed banning the drugs which the patient was allergic to achieve, in case of serious illnesses and with essential first line of efficacy drugs, some tolerance to prevent progression of the disease and the deterioration of the quality of life of the patient, increasing their survival ”. The service of Allergology of the Centre attends to year around 18,000 consultations, of which almost 11,000 correspond to adults and more than 7,000 to queries of Allergology child.
in Oncology, cardiac, endocrine and infectious pathologies desensitization to medicines get in many cases tolerance to the drug responsible for an allergic reaction. This procedure is essential for patients allergic to continue treatments of chemotherapy with the drug of first line to your pathology.
according to data of the Spanish society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, allergy to medicines is the third reason for more frequent consultation to the AllergistAfter the rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma, estimated that between 15% and 25% of the population can suffer some adverse reaction to medication used which, in a high percentage, usually an allergic reaction.
