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Azithromycin 500 mg. 3 X week for Bronchiectasis
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 4, 2025 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
@kevin7 Welcome to Mayo Connect, where we are patients supporting one another in the journey of living with Bronchiectasis. Even though I have not taken Azithromycin alone, I am jumping in to greet you because the members in this discussion, except @spider109, are no longer active in our group. Here are a few questions to help us learn more about you:
How recently were you diagnosed? Are you also doing airway clearance to help keep your lungs clear? Have you been diagnosed with MAC through sputum culture or bronchoscopy, or is this just a shot in the dark by your doc?
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@sueinmn
I was diagnosed in May 2025 after following increasing lung nodules for nearly a year via CT. Multiple labs were not helpful. A CT in April followed by a bronchoscopy for washings grew abundant MAC by late May. I started the three day/week antibiotic regime of azithromycin, ethambutal and rifampin in June. My symptoms of loose cough with little production has cleared. I use an aerobica several times a day. A CT is scheduled for later this month, November, followed by a bronchoscopy in December.
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@sueinmn my Pulmonologist at Mayo Jax had me taking Azrithromycin 250mg daily from mid January 2025 thru mid September. On September 5, I started the new medication for Bronchiectasis Brinsupri, so my Pulmonologist recommended I wean off the Azrithromycin, first every other day for two weeks then 3 days a week for one week, then nine. He also stated that he did not think that the Azrithromycin would add anything else to help, since I’m taking Brinsupri now. But he did say that if I feel that I’m having a setback (as he called it) to go back on Azrithromycin daily and notify him. As we all know Azrithromycin is an antibiotic, and I know he/we have to be cautious of building up resistance to the antibiotic’s. It has and did affect my hearing, I had tubes out in both ears in July, and I’m scheduled to see a Mayo Jax ENT in January.