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Pseudomonas … to treat or not ?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 26 12:15pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@robot have your cultures shown heavy pseudomonas? That’s what mine show each time. Recently after 4 months on Brinsupri have have significantly less mucous, don’t feel gunky and have a hard time bringing up mucous which used to be a lot. Trying to decide if it has lessened or whether I just need to work harder to clear it.
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@sharonednaramsey
Just yesterday I spoke with my Pulmo Specialist. Knowing that I am starting Brinsupri, he brought up the lessening of sputum issue saying there is no evidence that Brinsupri is making it harder to get the mucus up but rather it is decreasing the production of it. He brought it up as if that had become an issue or question with other patients. There was one person on this forum who mentioned that their CT showed plugs after being on Brinsupri but otherwise no one has mentioned that? I should think if it is decreasing the need to cough up as much mucus that one would also be feeling better.
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@sharonednaramsey
Sometimes pseudomonas was medium & sometimes heavy - but always treated with levaquin. Change in mucus viscosity must have to do with brinsupri. As long as i use nebulizer sodium chloride & albuterol followed by aerobika using the monometer to watch the force of blowing out - i’m pretty sure my lungs get cleared each time. But, of course, bronchiectasis just fills them up again in 24 hrs & i repeat the process.