I'm with your family on that one. You may not have any side effects at all. I went through an 18 month treatment and only had a little nausea and upset bowels for a couple of days, taking the big 3 three times a week. After six months and still no negative cultures I started Arikayce (inhaled amikacin) and I converted in 2 months. The worst part for me was losing my voice with the Arikayce. My NJH doc changed the dose from daily to every other day and that solved the problem. I continued treatment for a year after conversion and the worst part of all of it for me was the inconvenience of taking the Arikayce on top of hypertonic saline nebs twice a day (which of course, I still do). But really a small price to pay when you think about it.

Good luck!

Everyone is different. I am on three oral drugs daily and inhaled amikacin ( not arikayce) three times a week for 5 months, no side effects except slight nausea.