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7% saline continues to deliver.

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 19, 2021 | Replies (85)
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@sueinmn

I use 7% saline, as do several others in this group. That percentage has been shown to suppress the MAC bacteria.
I still had positive MAC cultures when I had to stop the antibiotics, and after 19 months I have only had one exacerbation which was managed with a variety of nebs, saline & prednisone - didn't need to move on to antibiotics. And this was in spite the additional irritations of smoke, heat humidity and working in my daughter's 70 yo house.

You might want to ask about moving up to 7% saline.
Sue

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thumperguy | @thumperguy | Jul 24, 2021

Yep. I’m enough of a child to get a kick from the coincidence that one of our best maintenance tactics (7% solution) shares its name with a work by famous author, Arthur Conan Doyle, source of the Sherlock Holmes tales. “The 7% solution was what Conan Doyle titled one of his yarns. 7%. saline rocks. Don

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lp8 | @lp8 | Jul 26, 2021

Because I'm on blood thinners my doctor said it would increase bleeding. I can't do antibiotics, but it seems I would do better with the 7%. I'll ask again when I go in October.

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