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After reading your post I have a couple questions if you don’t mind. I too have all those supplements at home and could use them, but have never been given or received clear advice on dosage. Especially on the Mucinex and the NAC. Do you take NAC 600mg twice daily? And how long do THEY (?) say before you know if it is helpful or not? Second Mucinex what strength and dosage do you take? I know they have a time release tablet (600mg or 1200mg) I think most take the 600mg twice daily. Please post your thoughts. As far as the Mullen I use the liquid drop 3x daily. To early to tell if working for me also. Have only been 1 week or so. Interestingly though the directions state to take 1mg in the provided dropper under the tounge 3x daily. I know from having a cardiac history, that when you have chest pain and have Nitroglycerin tablets, you supposed to put them under the tongue also. Interesting right?
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Hi Spider109, please remember that I am not a professional and tend to do what makes sense to me and what has worked over time. Besides Mac and bronchiectasis, I have rheumatoid arthritis. I had it first and to save a very long story, I'm going to skip to the chase. I got a wake up call in 2017 because one day I was coughing and had hemoptysis - once in the ER, I had 4 infections, Mac being one of them. I was very, very sick and I didn't even know it. My RA's c-reactive protein numbers were off the charts and after that I got off my biologic RA meds but was maxed out on methotrexate. I had to have help so I spent an incredible amount of time and energy trying to cut inflammation in my body. I also learned that gluten, yeast and bread were not my friend. That was one of most difficult adjustments. Then, green tea substituted for coffee. Mint tea and chamomile came next - they help with inflammation. Salmon and chicken dominate my diet along with rice, potato and vegetables. DASH and Mediterranean diets are good but I don't really like olives 🙂 mixed in with my food but love olive oil. I rarely drink alcohol. Limit sugar!! - this is huge, like bread. Doing these things was and is the best medicine for me.
When I found out I had bronchiectasis, I also got tested for CF. I tested borderline on the first test and the later I was retested and was fine. But, during that time with the CF doctor, he highly recommended that I start taking Mucinex 600 mg 12 hour right away and every day for the rest of my life probably. I take it every morning getting out of bed with a 16oz glass of water. That helped. I didn't realize it at first but my coughs were more productive and I found once I cleared the mucus, I was good the rest of the day with no or not much coughing at all. I was thrilled. Recently, I heard that NAC is a good anti-inflammatory so I started taking it - just 1 - 600 mg that I take at night. I figure that it help keep mucus thin through the night. Now, when I do my nebulizer treatment in the morning, I only occasionally have any mucus come up. When I do, it's quick and over within a few minutes. I'm a big tea drinker and I learned of Mullein tea helping inflammation for people with COPD. So, I tried it and I have 3-4 morning cups of tea with mullein, mint and green tea bags together. Afternoon, I only drink mint tea with mullein if I feel a bit of congestion growing. I switch to chamomile at 5 for the rest of the evening.
One doctor along the way taught me about the DASH/Mediterranean diet. And another doctor suggested 1500 mg of turmeric for my RA inflammation. I researched and listened to others fighting their inflammation battles. It's all about the inflammation. If I felt that I was loosing that battle, I will without a doubt add another NAC. There is a support group that covers NAC on this sight. I have only peaked at a few of the topics but I bet you could find out more about it there.
Hope this helps.