According to the Centers for Disease Control,
nearly one in three adults in
the US suffers from allergies,
and whether they're seasonal or food related,
allergies are one of the most
common chronic medical conditio.
And joining us to talk about ths
year's allergy season and how to break
up with your allergies for good is Dr.
Sham Joshi, assistant professort
the Allergy and Immunology Clint
Oregon Health and Sciences University
and Chief Medical Officer of Ne.
Welcome.
Thank you so much for
having me today. Doctor.
Why do so many Americans
suffer from allergies?
Yeah, unfortunately we don't hae
a really concrete answer for th.
But we do know 120 million Amers
suffer from allergies or an ally
related condition, which is.
More than the number of people t
suffer from high blood pressure,
diabetes or mood disorders.
And despite so many people suffering,
a lot of people don't have acces
to comprehensive allergy care,
which is where nectar is reallyd
of stepping in to fill this voi.
Well, for many sandy aegons,
allergies can be a year round
inconvenience and that results n
a lot of sneezing, watery eyes,
and depending on antihistaminesd
nasal sprays to manage those symptoms.
But there's some promising news about
advancements in treating allerg.
Tell us about them.
Yeah. So like you said,
antihistamine tablets and
nasal sprays, they do work.
They do help kind of mask the symptoms,
but they don't really get to the
root cause of allergies and dont
provide a real longterm solutio.
Immunotherapy, which is a way
of repeatedly exposing the body
to what somebody's allergic to,
can really retrain the immune
system to develop tolerance,
which means when they're exposed
to these things in the environm,
again, their body doesn't respod
with an allergic reaction.
This is generally classically
been done as allergy shots.
And that can be inconvenient.
You have to go in regularly for
these shots at a doctor's offic.
They they're uncomfortable.
You're getting an injection.
And so nectar is revolutionizing
the way that immunotherapy work.
And by developing this sublingual drops,
which means that these drops go
under the tongue and get absorbd
and still activate the immune
system in a very similar way
and provide longterm benefit
so it can target specific allers
and train your body to stop havg
those allergic reactions. Yeah,
it's a really customized soluti.
So what nectar does is it first
sends a testing kit directly to
a patient's house and in there,
at their own convenience,
they can get that done,
send it back in and goes to a CA
certified lab to really determie
what indoor and outdoor things
that somebody is allergic to.
And then they can work with the
license provider virtually,
like go through those test results with them,
but also get a lot more details
through a medical questionnaire.
And understanding a patient's geographic
location and using that informa,
they can create a customized solution.
So really treating somebody
for what they're allergic to,
not just a generalized solution,
and providing a script for those drops.
And if the patient wants to subscribe,
those will get mailed directly
to the patient and they can get
started immediately by using
those drops underneath the tong,
which will again retrain the ime
system in a much more convenient way.
And how does this work better
than traditional treatments? Ye.
So again, traditional treatments are just
going to treat a lot of the symptoms.
This is an alternative to allergy shots,
which is more convenient.
But yeah, over time that retraig
of the immune system will just
prevent these allergies from
continuously causing symptoms.
And at some point there's a very
good chance that somebody won't
require taking these over the
counter medications all the time
to help manage the symptoms.
So doctor, you have more than
a decade of experience in this
field and are at the forefront
of research and innovation.
Are there any other new treatmes
to look forward to? Yeah,
beyond nectar's allergy drops,
we're also working on a customid
nasal spray which will combine
over the counter and prescriptin
nasal medications to really adds
a specific person's symptoms.
So it's not a one-size-fits-all
and using that information.
We can combine that with nasal allergy
sprays and nectar allergy drops to create
a both short and longterm solut.
And all this information can
be found on my nectar.com.
Dr. Joshi, we thank you so
much for sharing these new and
exciting breakthroughs and alley
treatments. Yeah. Thank you
so much for having me. We
thank you for joining us on San Diego
living. We'll see you next time.