tor’s input, and this is one of them.” Dr. Garcia is a practicing cardiologist but is also a registered pharmacist. “It is clear infringement on the patient-physician relationship when they’re going to prohibit, as opposed to allow, the current system, which is to keep it in the hands of the doctor who is taking care of the patient,” he said. “Obviously, we would have grave concerns on anything that would in- terfere with that.” He says he can speak to the effec-
tiveness of allergen immunotherapy as a pharmacist and as a patient. “I used to live by a Kleenex box, and
part of my budget … was to buy about 10 to 15 boxes of Kleenex,” he said. “The minute I started getting therapy from my allergist, I literally used one Kleenex a week — to clean my glasses and not to blow my nose. “I can safely tell you to keep it in the
hands of the doctor, and I think every- thing will be fine,” Dr. Garcia said.
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put anyone out of business or to not allow patients to have their allergy shots,” Ms. Becker said. “They need to look at what the chapter is saying. And we’re going to look at that [issue]. We will look at all the comments that we get back in from the allergists, just like we will from all the other comments that we get back in. “Beyond-use dates, that’s an issue; some people will balk at that, and we
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