Complete adverse effect profile including incidence rates and management
Important Safety Information
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience any unexpected symptoms. For serious or life-threatening side effects, seek emergency medical attention immediately.
ADVERSE REACTIONS Local reactions consisting of erythema, itching, swelling, tenderness and sometimes pain may occur at the injection site.
These reactions may appear within a few minutes to hours and persist for several days.
Local cold applications and oral antihistamines may be effective treatment.
For marked and prolonged local reactions, steroids may be helpful.
Adverse systemic reactions usually occur within minutes and consist primarily of allergic symptoms such as generalized skin erythema, urticaria, pruritus, angioedema, rhinitis, wheezing, laryngeal edema and hypotension.
Less commonly, nausea, emesis, abdominal cramps, diarrhea and uterine contractions may occur.
Severe reactions may cause shock and loss of consciousness and fatalities have occurred (14).
The treatment of systemic allergic reactions is somewhat dependent upon the symptom complex.
Epinephrine hydrochloride 1:1,000 aqueous, in an adult dose of 0.3 - 0.5 mL (or 0.01 mL per kg.
for children) administered subcutaneously in the opposite arm is the immediate treatment of choice.
WARNINGS Standardized grass pollen extract must be diluted prior to first use on a patient for immunotherapy or intradermal testing (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
Grass pollen extract is manufactured to assure high potency and has the ability to cause serious local and systemic reactions, including death in sensitive patients (14).
Patients should be informed of this risk and precautions should be discussed prior to initiating skin testing and immunotherapy (see PRECAUTIONS).
Grass pollen extract should be temporarily withheld from a patient if any of the following conditions exist: (a) severe symptoms of rhinitis and/or asthma;
(b) infection or flu accompanied by fever;
Like all medications, Standardized Redtop Grass can cause side effects. However, not everyone who takes this medication will experience them. Many side effects are dose-dependent and may improve as your body adjusts to the medication. Others may require dose adjustment or medical attention.
Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you experience:
Seek immediate emergency medical care if you experience signs of: