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Life Expectancy with cavitary MAC
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 4 7:25pm | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
Do you feel there are any lingering benefits from the IV antibiotics after those two weeks? Or do you go back to your usual symptoms? Or do you ever get a worsening of symptoms after the two weeks? How long did they keep you on the IV each time. Which antibiotics were used in those 6 times?
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Forgot the different kinds - merrem, cefepide, and a few others I cannot recall
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Lingering? No. After a week on IV I feel normal again. After 4-5 weeks, they take me off it and I feel great for the next two weeks. Then my coughing starts and get another culture. Then try another round of IV antibiotics. So that went on 4 cycles. Currently, after those cycles this year, went on inhalation amikacin and cipro (1 week) and remain on amikacin for a month. Doc said that my lungs have been colonized by PSA so much more difficult to get rid of.