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 NEW PATIENT INFORMATION
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NEW PATIENT EVALUATIONS
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for your appointment. Your first visit can take ½ to 1 hour if skin testing is not involved, and 2 to 2½ hours if you are having skin testing done. A new patient visit consists of a review of your complete medical history, a physical exam, allergy skin testing or allergy blood testing, and preliminary laboratory tests. At the conclusion of your testing, your physician discusses your symptoms with you and proposes a course of treatment for you.
WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT
- Please bring a complete list of any medications you are taking.
- Your insurance card.
- Any pertinent records of previous allergy treatment or testing, and any pulmonary tests.
- A list of your drug allergies.
- Payment for your first visit.
- Any questions you want to ask your doctor.
PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SKIN TESTING
- Schedule an appointment with the receptionist
- Five (5) days before your testing appointment is scheduled, please stop taking the following medications:
- Antihistamines
- Decongestant / antihistamine combination medications
- Astelin, a prescription nose spray antihistamine
- Any over the counter allergy medicines, cold & cough remedies
- Any over-the-counter sleep aids, they usually contain a sedating antihistamine
*** Note:
If you are not certain if you are taking a product that contains an antihistamine, ask your pharmacist or call our office.
PLEASE NOTE:
You should continue to take as prescribed the following medications:
- Antibiotics
- All asthma medications
- Prescription nose sprays, with the exception of Astelin, which is an antihistamine
- Decongestants that are not combined with an antihistamine
Please dress accordingly: the 1st phase of testing (prick tests) are done on the back and the 2nd phase of testing (intradermal tests) are done on the upper arms.
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