Multiple allergens immunotherapy vaccine

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I have been taking allergy injections for the past month in an accelerated protocol. The response has been fantastic, with improvements in nasal airflow, sleep patterns, asthma, headaches, etc.

Despite having tested positive to a dozen different allergens, my vaccine currently only contains two: ragweed and dust-mite.
A friend in the States is receiving a rush protocol for many dozens of different allergens. I mentioned this to my doctor who explained to me that putting many different allergens into the mixture would require lowering the strength of the other allergens and it would take longer to work overall. He also explained that the major allergens might be triggering the minor ones, so treating the major ones should take care of all my reactions.
Yet, many doctors in the States seem to disagree.

How is there such opposing views in the field regarding this issue?
All I want to find is the *optimal treatment regime*.

My question: Is it typical to start off with only two allergens then add others later on? Or should I seek a second opinion?
What is the *standard practice* and what does *the evidence support*?
Thanks!
 
I know little or nothing about the Rush Protocol. I am in the States and have gone thru the standard 5 year regimen that the majority of doctors here do. I had to have 2 injections per visit as, I was told, the molecules are not all compatible due to size and some could not be mixed with others. Perhaps that is just the difference in vaccines used by my particular doctor. I don't know. I live in the south and was allergic to all allergens for which I was tested.
 
great. how many allergens were included in each shot (in both the injections)?
were you treated for all of the things that you are allergic to, or just some?
thanks
 
I was treated for all. I don't know how many were in each injection. And I forget how many they test for but I reacted to all (always have - this was the 3rd time around for me). They even separated out the grasses (3 of them) and tested them individually and I reacted to all....and all reactions were 3 or 4 out of a possible 4.
 
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