<br><br><br><br><br>Welcome russt! I used to be given azithromycin any time I got a lung <br>infection. That was back in the days and years prior to me going to the Mayo <br>clinic. I started seeing my doctor there in 2013 whereupon he said NEVER take <br>azithromycin again! His reason was because it is considered one of the more <br>potent drugs they use to combat our MAC, and he didn't want me to build up a <br>tolerance for it. He said I may need that BIG GUN some day. In 2013, <br>I was put on a prophylactic of alternating month of Cipromycin and <br>Doxycycline, both on a 10 day course. (no salt treatments) Then I got a <br>positive test for MAC colonies and Pheudomonas bug of some sort in 2016. I was <br>then taken off of the doxy and it got replaced with tobramycin (28 day <br>course) and stayed on cipro(10 day course) on the alternating month. Plus <br>added the salt nebulizing treatment. All coughing ceased in August 2016 and I <br>feel like a normal healthy person despite having very little lung function left. <br>Now, I battle with fatigue. Hope this helped. Terri M.<br> <br> <br><br>