Allergy Testing
Important things to know before testing.
We conduct allergy testing to food and environmental allergens in a multi-step fashion designed to enhance patient safety and comfort. All testing is done based on the diagnosis and needs of the patient, but often initial testing is done via a blood draw at a laboratory center affiliated with your insurance plan. These blood tests do not require fasting, and will help guide skin testing afterwards.
Skin testing consists of a small scratch via a small plastic prick, with various allergens and testing materials to determine any possible allergies. Each panel of testing takes approximately 30 minutes, and we progress in a stepwise manner to help isolate the allergies, while keeping patients as comfortable as possible and in the safest fashion.
For those patients with allergies are not picked up on blood work or normal skin prick testing, we also offer intradermal testing, which can often help find the causes of environmental allergies where other tests fail. This involves small injections under the skin of various allergen extracts.
When you come in for skin testing please be aware that there are some limitations. Testing is not usually done for patients who are taking Beta-blocker type medications such as Atenolol, Metoprolol Bisprolol and others, due to increased risk of reactions and not being able to administer emergency care should the need arise.
Medication interference
Some medications can interfere with the results of your skin testing
and must be stopped days before your appointment testing can be
effectively performed. Please read below the list of medications to
stop before your appointment. Also, please check with your doctor, or
with one of our clinic staff members, if you have concerns about
stopping your medications for the desired period of time. If you find
your symptoms make it very difficult to discontinue your
antihistamine medications, please keep notify us, and we will do our best to help.
Antihistamines
Stop these medications for 5 days before your appointment:
- Allegra (fexofenadine)
- Zyrtec (ceterizine)
- Atarax, Vistaril (hydroxyzine)
- Xyzal (levoceterizine)
Stop these for 3 days before your appointment:
- Actifed, Dimetapp (brompheniramine)
- Clarinex (desloratadine)
- Astelin (azelastine)
- Periactin (cyproheptadine HC)
- Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
- Phenergan (promethazine)
- Chlortrimetron (chlorpheniramine)
- Tavist, Antihist (clemastine)
- Claritin (loratadine)
- Triaminic (chlorpheniramine)
Combination cough and cold medications
Stop these for 3 days before your appointment:
- Contac
- Sine-Aid
- Dimetane
- Sinutab
- Dimetapp
- Sinutin
- Dristan
- Tanafed DMX
- Drixoral
- Vicks Childrens Nyquil
- NyQuil
- Vicks Multi-Symptom/Pediatric Cold & Cough
- Robitussin Pediatric Night Relief
Anti-nausea and Anti-vertigo medications
Stop 3 days before your appointment:
- Antivert, Bonine, DizmissR (medclizine)
- Bucdin-5 (bucitizine)
- Compazine (prochlorperazine)
- Dymenate
- Emete-Con (benzquinamide)
- Marezine (cyclizine)
- Marmine, Dramamine (dimenhydrinate)
- Tigan (trimethobenzamide)
- Over the counter sleep aids
Stop these 3 days before your appointment:
- Nytol
- Tylenol PM
- Quita
- Twilite
- Sominex
- Unisom
Tricyclic or Tetracyclic antidepressants
Stop these 2 weeks before your appointment, but only after notifying
your prescribing physician
- Adepin (doxepin)
- Anafranil (chominpramine)
- Asendin (amoxipine)
- Aventyl (nortriptyline)
- Desyrel (trazadone)
- Endep (amitriptyline)
- Elavil (amitriptyline)
- Ludiomil (maprodine)
- Nopramin (desipramine)
- Pemlor
- Remeron (mirtazipine)
- Sinequon (doxepin)
- Surmontil (trimipramine)
- Tofranil (imipramine)
- Trabcioak (chlormezanone)
- Vivactil (protriptyline)
- Allergy/Asthma medications
Stop these the night before your appointment:
- Singulair (montelukast)
- Zyflo (zileuton)
Antacid medications
Do not take these the morning of your appointment:
- Axid (nizatidine)
- Zantac (ranitidine)
- Pepcid (famotidine)
- Tagamet (cimetadine)
Insurance Accepted
- 1199
- Aetna
- Affinity Health Plan
- Americhoice
- Amerigroup
- Cigna Healthcare of New York, Inc.
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Emblem Health Plans: GHI-PPO, GHI-HMO, HIP
- Health Plus
- MagnaCare
- Medicare
- Multiplan/PHCS
- United Healthcare
- Oxford Health Plan
- The Empire Plan
We are adding new insurances every day, if yours is not listed, please
call us for more details.
DETAILS
Dr. ShuYung James Wu
896 TARGEE STREET
STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304
| Name |
ID # |
| 1199 National Benefit Fund |
1306990726 |
| Aetna |
9086881 |
| Cigna Healthcare of New York, Inc |
8660425 |
| GreatWest Healthcare |
|
| Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield |
528CM1 |
Emblem Health Plans:
GHI
GHI HMO
HIP |
2532786
1306990726
995665P |
| Fidelis |
120426000059 |
| First Health Networks |
3904358 |
| Healthfirst |
253362-A11 |
| Liberty Health Advantage |
|
| MagnaCare |
452207163 |
| Medicaid |
|
| Medicare |
|
| MultiPlan/PHCS |
452207163 |
| Beech Street |
|
| United Healthcare |
GRP ID 3418282
0000341828301 |
| Oxford Health Plan- FREEDOM |
P4533999 |
| Americhoice Community & State |
100341828301 |
| The Empire Plan |
452207163 |
Dr. Rao Yalamanchili
| Name |
ID # |
| 1199 National Benefit Fund |
452207163 |
| Aetna |
4235757 |
| Cigna Healthcare of New York, Inc |
8381734 |
| GreatWest Healthcare |
|
| Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield |
3J2051 |
Emblem Health Plans:
GHI
GHI HMO
HIP |
2372592
00000051402
PRIS 25051P |
| Fidelis |
120411000061 |
| First Health Networks |
529715 |
| Health First |
116820-A11 |
| Health Plus Amerigroup |
000433004376
PRPR000600073011 |
| MagnaCare |
452207163 |
| Medicare |
A100061632 |
| MultiPlan/PHCS |
452207163 |
| Beech Street |
452207163 |
| United Healthcare |
GRP ID 3418282
Prov ID 399559 |
| Community/ Americhoice |
|
| Oxford Health Plan- FREEDOM |
P4452585 |
| The Empire Plan |
452207163 |
