Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day 3

We have now had 3 doses at home. So far, so good. No reactions whatsoever.

For those who have asked for dosing info:

On Day One, we started with:
1 ml of 2.5 mcg/ml
2 ml of 2.5 mcg/ml
4 ml of 2.5 mcg/ml
1 ml of 25 mcg/ml
2 ml of 25 mcg/ml
4 ml of 25 mcg/ml
1 ml of 250 mcg/ml
2 ml of 250 mcg/ml
4 ml of 250 mcg/ml
1 ml of 2.5 mg/ml
2 ml of 2.5 mg/ml
4 ml of 2.5 mg/ml
6 ml of 2.5 mg/ml

Every fifteen minutes, she was given a dose. She had each level twice except for the final 6 ml. So 1 ml of 2.5 mcg/ml and then 15 minutes later, she had another 1 ml of 2.5 mcg/ml.


She is currently taking 6ml of a 2.5 mg/ml peanut solution. I have no idea what that really means in terms of real, actual peanuts. I think Dr. Wasserman said the first dose is the equivalent of 1/400th of a peanut. I think someone said the 25th dose on Day One is the equivalent of 1/10th...but I'm not 100% sure.

She chose to have grape Kool-Aid added to her solution, so it is a light purple color. I think that helps because she was not thrilled when she could see little brown flecks of peanut flour in the plain doses.

We will spend 7 days at this concentration and will return to Dr. Wasserman's office for the next increase. The next level (according to our chart) is 1ml of 25 mg/ml solution. After 7 days at that level, we will have 2 ml of 25 mg/ml solution.

The next step will involve peanut flour. The level increases are 50 mg, 100 mg, 175 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg. She will be at each step for at least 7 days. At least 7, because - she won't go for a dose increase if she is sick (cold, virus, etc) or if something else causes us to miss the visit. The chart shows the treatment lasting a minimum of 18 weeks.

After the weeks on peanut flour, she will be dosed with actual peanut!! Starting with 1 and moving up to 12 peanuts twice a day.

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