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MAC Antibiotics and Hearing loss

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 7, 2019 | Replies (8)

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@franie

When I was medicated for a severe MAC infection, I had 60 days of IV Amikasin , moxyfloxicillin and was also taking Ethambutol daily and Clairithromycin BID. I was automatically ordered to have my eye exams every three months or sooner if I felt I noticed a change. When I had been taking it for about eleven months , I did have some blurring in my rt eye. I had an MRI and the Optic nerve showed some inflammation. I immediately quit taking that med. I remained in the Moxifloxicllin and Clairithromycin orally for the complete one and a half years. My rt ear hearing is not as good as the left. I had no choice but the meds and I am doing really well ever since. I was very sick for three years before a bronchoscopy and C&S was finally done . Sometimes you do what you have to do to stay alive.

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@franie, Wow girl! You must have been pretty sick to have been an IV Amikasin. Did you have MAI with cavities in the lung? So, it was the Ethambutol that was causing eye and hearing issues? I am very glad to hear that post medication; that you are doing well. Are you doing anything as a preventative measure to keep from becoming re-infected?