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COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Last Active: Apr 8 5:16am | Replies (44)
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I've read Azithromycin may help, best speaking with your doctor about it.
Also there are trials going on with bronchoscopy procedures which may help, but I don't know when they will be widely available.

Bronchial rheoplasty Reduces symptoms and goblet cell hyperplasia by delivering nonthermal pulsed electric fields to mucus-producing airway cells

Resector balloon desobstruction - A latex balloon is inflated and deflated causing disruption of hyperplastic goblet cells

Targeted lung denervation (TLD) Bronchoscopy radiofrequency ablation is used to disrupt pulmonary parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion

Spray cryotherapy Uses nitrogen spray, which can induce airway tissue repair without scaring by destroying hyperplastic goblet cells and excess submucosal glands
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10344637/
Good luck

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wolfplanetzero | @wolfplanetzero | Mar 24 9:55am

Thanks for the info and the link, I will check it out.
Over the weekend I read research articles from China which suggested that five substances, nobiletin (a flavonoid), ginsenoside Rh1 (from Asian ginseng), astragaloside IV (from astragalus), icariin (from horny goat weed), and paeonol (from peonies) could reduce mucus hypersecretion. No such medication or supplement exists in the USA, so I might try building my own formula. Keep battling!

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