Hello Kay. Yes! You should have a nebulizer and get a prescription for 7% sodium chloride. Most drs say to do a nebulized treatment twice a day. It keeps your lungs clear of phlegm, which we know is a breeding ground for mac and other organisms. It also helps to limit mac growth and lesson the awful symptoms of mac infection. A phone call to your dr's office to ask for a prescription should suffice. If you have trouble getting your dr to prescribe it, be sure to ask 'Why?". There is a print-out of a study by NIH that proves that 7% saline is very helpful in managing this disease. In some cases, the 7% saline has shown to eliminate mac. In all of my years on this site, I have seen how many of us on here have improved substantially by using the 7% saline. Will you please get back to me and let me know what your dr says about it?

Just a question here.. not related specifically to MAC but related to taking antibiotics and the effect on sputum production. I’ll add @sueinmn here.

Do some people notice a major decrease in ability to expel sputum or amount of sputum production when on short term antibiotics( 7-10 days). I typically use Aerobika and have no trouble expelling phelgm. I’m guessing the phelgm builds up anyway, but for some reason taking the antibiotic seems to suppress it? That can’t be good for our lungs. I drank even more water etc.. but I don’t nebulize.

I don’t have MAC but had two flare ups since diagnosis and noticed this happening. Can anyone relate?