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Originally Posted by coco2013  Sorry, I used the term "destroyed" instead of "suppressed"  I thought I understood her to say destroyed. I did do some reading and found that it does suppress the immune system..
We actually had allergy tests done on Coco shortly after we adopted her and found out that she is allergic to practically all the grasses in the area where we live  So, she has been on some form of allergy medication since the tests were run which was about 2 years ago.
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Yes, it does *suppress* the immune system in really basic laymen's terms -- but that's the goal...so the suppression is a good thing/result. It's the suppression of certain aspects of specific immunity cells and their actions that allows the body to NOT react severely to previously reactive allergic elements. Both Atopica and Apoquel work with some form of "suppressing" aspects of the immune system. Both are really wonderful and helpful meds for soooo many dogs...including my Marcel, who has been on Atopica for about 5 years now.
How are your kiddo's allergies doing and what did you decide re the Apoquel?