My asthma was well controlled. But the antifungal was really rough and it gave me all kinds of spasms: in my legs, panic attacks, and so forth, during the 1st month. I think they prescribe routinely the budesonide with the antifungal. It helped me tremendously then. and the pneumologist didn't want to change anything about my routine with budesonide (I rinsed with salt water each time after use) after I was done with the antifungal, allegedly to suppress the inflammation in my lungs. Unfortunately then nobody told me about airway clearance and nebbing saline. But all that changed when I went to a NTM specialist this year in a different hospital. Knowledge is power. It's crazy the difference nebbing 3% saline did and does for me. I am not currently taking any antibiotics and would really like to keep it that way. Best wishes Liliana with everything!