SOLUPRICK SQ 10 HEP
Solution for skin prick testing
Grass pollen, tree pollen, weed pollen, animal hair and dander and house dust mites
What You Should Know About Soluprick Sq
Please read this leaflet carefully before you start treatment with Soluprick SQ. Soluprick SQ is a solution for skin prick testing (SPT). It is used in the diagnosis of specific allergenic diseases. If you have any questions or are in any doubt about anything, please ask your doctor or nurse.
What Is The Skin Prick Testing For?
Soluprick SQ is used to check if you have an allergy to one of the following groups of allergens:
- Grass pollen
- Tree pollen
- Weed pollen
- Animal hair and dander
- House dust mites
See section number 7
Before You Are Given Your Skin Prick Test
- Are you regularly taking Beta-blockers to control your blood pressure?
- Have you any skin problems in the area to be used for testing?
- Are you allergic to any of the ingredients in Soluprick SQ?
- Are you taking, antihistamines, hydroxyzine, ketotifen, tricyclic antidepressants or using steroid ointment?
- If the answer to any or all of the above questions is YES, TELL YOUR DOCTOR/NURSE BEFORE HE/SHE GIVES YOU SOLUPRICK SQ
How Will You Be Given The Skin Prick Test?
- The Skin Prick Test is usually carried out on the inner side of the forearm. Alternatively the test can be done on your back.
- Your skin must be dry and clean and may be disinfected with alcohol by the nurse or doctor
- Test preparations and the controls are applied in droplets on the skin at an appropriate distance from each other (a numbered tape may be used).
- The top layer of the skin is pierced by the doctor/nurse with an ALK lancet through the droplets.
- The reaction is read after 15 minutes. A positive reaction is a pale small raised swelling or weal with a red edge.
After You Have Been Given The Skin Prick Test
Normally a Skin Prick Test does not cause any problems but occasionally some people may get side effects such as:
- A continuously spreading weal may be formed at the site during the first 10-20 minutes after application of the allergen.
- Widespread swelling and redness may happen 6-24 hours after the application of the allergen.
If you experience any of these side effects, and they stay or become troublesome, tell your doctor or pharmacist.
If you get any other unusual or unexpected side effect, you should tell your doctor or pharmacist at once.
Anaphylactic reaction
In extremely rare cases an anaphylactic reaction (a severe reaction throughout the body that is recognised by difficulty in breathing, fainting, itching, and weals) may develop after a few seconds or minutes. For this reason an emergency kit with a ‘ready for use’ adrenalin syringe will always be available.
TELL YOUR DOCTOR/NURSE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU FEEL ANY OF THESE CHANGES. He or she will be able to give you the right treatment at once to make you feel well.
How Should The Skin Prick Test Be Stored?
- The clinic/hospital will store the Skin Prick Test, solution.
- This medicine should be kept in a refrigerator (between 2ºC and 8ºC) out of the reach and sight of children, as the medicine could harm them.
- Do not freeze the solution.
- Keep the vials in the outer carton to protect it from light.
- Do not use the skin prick test solution after the expiry date, which is printed on the carton and label.
What Is In The Medicine?
Soluprick SQ is a solution for skin prick testing that contains an extract of specific allergen. The allergen is the substance that causes the allergic disease. Soluprick SQ also contains the inactive ingredients, disodium phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, phenol, sodium chloride, glycerol and water for injections.
The following individual allergens are available:
Grass pollen: Meadow Foxtail, Cock’s Foot, Meadow Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass, Timothy Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Cultivated Rye.
Tree pollen: European Alder, Grey Alder, Silver Birch, Hazel
Weed pollen: Mugwort, Pellitory of the Wall, Upright Pellitory.
Animal hair and dander: Horse Dander, Dog Hair, Cat Hair
House dust mites: Dermatophagoides farinae, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Each single allergen is provided in a 2 ml glass vial.
The strength of the products is 10 HEP
The biological activity of Soluprick SQ is related to the reaction in the skin of an allergic patient measured relative to a histamine dihydrochloride solution.
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0. Date On Which The Package Leaflet Was Last Revised
June 2007
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