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Allergic rhinitis and asthma constitute a global health problem because of their very high
prevalence and the consequent burden of disease, concerning medical and economical issues.
Among the treatments of allergy, specific immunotherapy has the capacity to favourably alter the
natural history of the disease both during and after its performance and thus to reduce the direct and
indirect costs of allergic rhinitis and asthma. A number of studies reported such cost reduction for
traditional, subcutaneous immunotherapy and recent data demonstrate that also sublingual
immunotherapy (SLIT) is associated to economic advantages and/or monetary savings, specifically
in terms of reduction of disease economic burden. Only few formal economic assessments of SLIT
have been carried out so far, this article will present and discuss the published studies addressed to
this issue. The data obtained, although the number of studies is still limited, provide preliminary
evidence supporting a SLIT effect on sparing costs for respiratory allergy.
Ciprandi G, Agostinis F, Amoroso S, Ariano R, Barbato A, Bassi M, Cadario G, Campi P,
Cardinale F, Romano C, Incorvaia C, Danneo R, Dal Bo S, Di Gioacchino M, Fiocchi A,
Galimberti M,
Galli E, Giovannini M, La Grutta S, Lombardi C, Marcucci F, Marseglia GL, Mastrandrea F,
Minelli M, Nettis E, Novembre E, Ortolani C, Pajno G, Piras PP, Passalacqua G, Patriarca G, Pucci
S, Quercia O, Romano A, Schiavino D, Sforza M, Tosca MA, Tripodi S, Zambito M, Puccinelli P,
and Frati F
European annals of allergy and clinical immunology 39 Spec No:21-6, 2007 Who cited this? | PubMed ID: 18924463 |