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@poodledoc Hi. I had read an article back in 2010 that the 7% saline was being used successfully in France to treat mac. I asked my pulmonologists in Tucson, Az about it and they said they had never heard of it and did not prescribe it for me. Then in 2013, I mentioned it to my Mayo dr and he said "Oh yeah, that is a fabulous idea, lets try it." After seeing the good results in me, I think he started to use it more and more. When I first started mentoring this group here; hardly anyone was being treated with the saline. If I had to guess, I'd say most of us are now, and most say they are doing better by using it. When we know better, we do better. *Saline treatment is not ideal for everyone. Patients with severely abscessed or very fragile lungs are not candidates for use.
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@windwalker.. you are my go to source for so many things including nebulizing. I would not have known if not for you and this site. I have a lot to be grateful for. 🙏 Thank you!! Kate
@windwalker I was treated by 2 different docs in the same practice, one refused to prescribe 7% saline, the other said "Oh, yes - it's good for keeping MAC from growing again" (I just got off the Big3.) Doc #1 had me on Breo, which was causing horrible irritation and loss of voice, Doc #2 switched me back to Flovent with Levalbuterol as a backup, both of which I knew I could tolerate. She said she would look for something else, but so far, with the saline it's enough.
When I told my daughter, an RN and an asthma/bronch patient herself, she said, "Well he (Doc #1) doesn't play well with others and doesn't take suggestions from anyone." Turns out she quit him a few years earlier...
Yes, if it wasn't for this group I wouldn't of asked my doctor to start me on the saline solution. He didn't even a bat an eye and agreed.
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@windwalker If it wasn't for you my Dr wouldn't have put me on it when she did, now she recommends it, thanks Terri!!!!!!!!