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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do not want to carry EpiPen around? Do the OIT. Seriously, it's one of the reasons we did. The main reason was we hated using the EpiPen on our kid (at least twice). [/quote] For what it's worth you are still supposed to carry around the epi-pen and the OIT does not mean they can just freely eat peanuts. It makes them "bite proof" and it's supposed to deal with accidental trace exposure. The allergist will tell you that. We did OIT.[/quote] Not for our case. My daughter passed the peanut food challenge (8 grams) after completing the OIT. I don't remember about whether to continue carrying the EpiPen, but she was told by the allergist to freely eat peanut. She's been on maintenance dose ever since. Before OIT, she went to the ER twice due to anaphylaxis.[/quote]\ Wow, that's great! Does she eat peanuts then (PBJs etc)? I didn't realize OIT could lead to being able to freely eat it. [/quote]
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