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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Dec 23, 2024 | Replies (19)
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I, too, hope you can tolerate jumping into the deep end of the "Big Three Pool". Like so many others, my doctor started me on typical dosages 3x/wk, after introducing each of the meds one week at a time. Unfortunately, I reacted with tremors, nighttime chills, and fatigue after I began adding the rifampin. He took me off everything for two weeks, and then we started the regimen all over again. He's since increased the ethambutol, and I see more increases in my future. Hopefully, your doctor will do similarly if you have trouble.
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Thanks everyone for all the comments, after 6 months on the big 3 , my sputum test came back negative for MAC , but told to continue on the 3 meds. This is how I take my meds , in the morning around 0630 I take the Refampin ( to be taken on empty stomach) with lots of water ,then wait an hour eat crackers then take the Ethambutol and Azithromycin with lots of water, then after breakfast take my morning meds. At bedtime I take Tums, seems to help discomfort from the pills. Sometimes I have loose stools, I just eat rice and bananas seems to help,also take protein supplements to keep my weight. But now with my BE exacerbation my pulmonologist due to some abnormalities on my sputum tests, ordered Tobramycin inhalation , still waiting for the medicine . We hope and pray that those medications on clinical trials be available soon. Been praying for everyone, have faith in God 🙏 .