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Posted by: Deuce at Wed Feb 20 17:55:20 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Deuce ]  
   

Backing off is the recommended course of action, and then gradually working your way back up. I chose not to do this, and see how long it would persist with green mamba. About 7 weeks was necessary to suppress the IgE A.S. The only reason I got it was b/c of using almost pure venom to see what would happen. Higher dilutions would have offset this. This amazingly sucks though, but amazingly neat to beat it, and feel it.

Lately, I wanted to see if I would cross over to N(B). annulata, and theoretically speaking, should have due to similar IgG raised antibodies in the Naja complex. I directly converted over to pure venom, and can tolerate any amount they give me(easily).

So, what’s the point? It’s two-fold. Dilutions at a certain rate can beat IgE A.S., and achieving pure venom tolerance can mean pure venom immunity with regards to bites and injections. Venom immunotherapy, a wonderful thing!!

   

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