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7% saline continues to deliver.
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 19, 2021 | Replies (85)Comment receiving replies
Really great to hear these stories. I changed from 3% to 7% last year and no problem tolerating it. After the latest round of Tobi treatments early this month I set up my nebulizer with 7%. It was like I had dropped a bomb into my throat. Yikes. Just could not tolerate it. Went back to 3%--no problem. Hoping I will be able to get back to 7% at some point. Even though I contracted Pseudomonas I feel 7% is better. My repeat pseudomonas is, most likely, never completely eradicated (just surpressed) so it will grow back again. Praying for us all.
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Hello FDixon, I will tell my experience in case it helps. I started right up with 7% saline (which I mixed so could be between 6 and 8%) last September, I experienced no problem until about 2 and a half to 3 months later, when started to feel a soily taste in my mouth, so I stopped nebulizing w/saline. Later the taste changed to metallic and the lining of mouth and teeth felt extremely, abnormally clean and sensitive, permanently. Only since about two weeks ago, this uncomfortable feeeling has subsided to some degree. A month and a half ago I also stopped inhalating too, because I decided to avoid any extraneous substance going trough my mouth.
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Hi -
I found Tobi to be immensely irritating to my throat. It was before my 7% days, but for a few weeks afterward, even cold air or drinks above lukewarm were intolerable. This healed after a couple months. Right now, allergies are making my throat miserable, so I had to drop to 3% saline - I'll ramp up by mixing 7% and 3% half and half for a few days before I jump back to full 7%.
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