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“The Hay Fever Hustle: How Clinics are Monetising Your Mucus”

2025/5/22
logo of podcast Dentist Profit Playbook - Dr Harry Singh

Dentist Profit Playbook - Dr Harry Singh

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“Daily meds for hay fever are your only option.”

Rubbish. That’s what Big Pharma wants you to believe while they flog £10 antihistamines every spring. Meanwhile, the real disruptor is sitting in your toxin fridge.

REALITY CHECK:

Here’s the pitch: slap some BoNT-A up the patient’s nose and boom—no more tissues, no more sneezing, no more OTC cocktails that barely touch the sides. But don’t get ahead of yourself. This isn’t a plug-and-play cash cow… unless you understand what’s going on under the hood.

Because Botox doesn’t just paralyse facial muscles—it blocks acetylcholine. And guess what drives the overproduction of nasal secretions and all the hay fever hell? You guessed it: acetylcholine. It’s the nerve signal behind the allergic war zone in your sinuses. Block that, and the symptoms go silent.

It doesn’t “cure” hay fever. It suppresses the body’s overreaction.