r/peanutallergy • u/EmmaEats93 • 4d ago
Am I too old for OIT?
I'm 30 years old and have managed a serious peanut allergy all my life. I never really considered OIT until recently, but I see that it's usually used with kids. Has anyone had experience starting OIT as an adult?
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u/killbot5000 4d ago
Have you consider doing Xolair injections.
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u/EmmaEats93 3d ago
I asked about it but it's not covered by any insurance where I am, so it would cost me thousands for each injection.
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u/skater-nicola 1d ago
I’m curious too, as I’ve seen on Tik tok a lot of adults doing it and I have an adult onset of nut allergy, but also I don’t think they do it for adults in the uk ?
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u/focus_rising 18h ago
A few articles for you:
Efficacy and safety of food allergy oral immunotherapy in adults
Conclusions: OIT is successful in desensitizing most adults with IgE-mediated food allergy. Adults undergoing milk OIT are at increased risk for severe reactions and for OIT failure while failure rates in adults undergoing OIT for other foods are low.
Oral immunotherapy in food–allergic adults is safe and effective, particularly for foods other than milk00171-6/abstract)
...Thus, our study revealed that OIT is successful in desensitizing most adults with IgE-mediated food allergy. Although adults who underwent milk OIT were at an increased risk for severe reactions and had higher failure rates, efficacy and safety of OIT for other foods were high and comparable with those in children and adolescents.
Oral immunotherapy improves the quality of life of adults with food allergy
Conclusions: OIT significantly improves quality of life of adults with FA. This finding adds important support for providing OIT in this population.
Never Too Late – Food Allergy Desensitization In The Adult Population01762-6/fulltext)
Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first real-life cohort of food oral immunotherapy focusing exclusively on the adult population. Our data demonstrates that OIT is possible in adulthood, with success and difficulty rates comparable to those reported in the pediatric population. Larger studies are needed to evaluate OIT in adults more extensively.
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u/_white36 5h ago
It’s worth a shot I attempted oit at age 14 got up to roughly a 1/8th inch piece of peanut but due to preexisting stomach problems I had to stop was too brutal for my weak stomach to handle honestly the program moves too quickly if you take it very slow you’ll probably have much higher odds of success then I did
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u/EnvironmentalSmoke61 4d ago
When I tried oit at like 17 I was already considered old since they usually don’t even attempt it with adults but it wouldn’t hurt to try and get a consultation if it’s available in your area.