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"A new allergy drug just approved by the Federal Drug Administration is now being prescribed in Oklahoma.Haley Anderson spent most of her life living with annoying allergy symptoms.\"I would love that warm weather was coming in the spring but I would kind of dread it because I knew how I was going to feel as soon I stepped outside,\" said Anderson.For the last two months her symptoms have subsided due to the first sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet in the United States. Haley uses the brand Grastex which targets grass allergens only. She takes one pill every morning.\"I started noticing my nose was not as itchy or stuffy,\" said Anderson.Dr. Amy Darter at the Oklahoma Institute of Allergy and Asthma said the pill seems to be effective for those battling just grass allergies like Anderson.However, since the drug only targets grass allergens, Darter said it may not be the most effective treatment for Oklahomans allergic to many things.\"That's the biggest concern doctors have,\" said Dr. Darter. \"We would be a bit concerned that only giving one allergen to someone allergic to multiple things is not going to lead to a major clinical improvement.Darter said more studies are underway on drugs that could target multiple allergens but those are not yet FDA approved and further research on the singular immunothearpy pill should reveal if the FDA-approved drug lives up to the maker's claims as being an alternative to allergy shots.The World Health Organization predicts that fifty percent of the population of developed countries will battle allergies by year 2020.Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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