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trelegy and brochiostatis

Posted by mirsy @mirsy, Jul 22 2:35pm

Does trelegy help bronchiostatis?

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liz440 | @liz440 | Jul 22 3:54pm

I tried trelegy and it seemed to help but then I needed to take an antihistamine and I had a reaction to Zrytec. It knocked me out and it never did that before when I was on Breo. The difference was Trelegy contains an anticholinergic (umiclidium sp?) that Breo does not. I gess the anticholinergic somehow enhanced the zrytec. I don't know but I slept all day so I went back to Breo which is the same minus the umiclidum (sp?).

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scoop | @scoop | Jul 22 4:54pm

Anticholinergics can be drying to mucus in lungs making it more difficult to remove. Trelegy contains an anticholinergic. I have not tried it but in theory it would not be that helpful for bronchiectasis alone. It might be helpful for treating bronchiectasis with co-morbidities such as COPD etc.

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liz440 | @liz440 | Jul 22 6:48pm
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Anticholinergics can be drying to mucus in lungs making it more difficult to remove. Trelegy contains an anticholinergic. I have not tried it but in theory it would not be that helpful for bronchiectasis alone. It might be helpful for treating bronchiectasis with co-morbidities such as COPD etc.

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I did not notice much less mucus with the trelegy but it could have caused bronchospasm after several months...I am not sure but in any case I stopped it so I can take antihistamines (2nd gen) if I have to. It sure did not stop post nasal drip at all (azelastine nasal seems to help that a bit)

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mirsy | @mirsy | Jul 22 7:08pm

Thanks for your reply.

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