UBC Student Health and Wellbeing provides allergy shots, also known as antigen therapy or immunotherapy. This is a prescribed course of injections for allergies diagnosed by an allergist. Allergy shots are a preventive treatment that can help your immune system build up a tolerance to something you’re allergic to. The treatment involves injecting gradually increasing doses of the substance you’re allergic to.
Requesting allergy shots
- Share the Antigen administration letter (pdf) with your allergist and ask them to send the required information to Student Health and Wellbeing by fax at 604 484 2209.
- Call 604 822 3811 your first appointment with a Student Health and Wellbeing doctor or nurse practitioner to review the documents sent by your allergist.
- After seeing a Student Health and Wellbeing provider, call 604 822 3811 (extension 2) to book your allergy shots with a Registered Nurse. Please bring your serums with you to your appointment. The first appointment will be 40 minutes long due to the intake procedure.