Thank you for finding and sharing this article, Sue. I haven't read the whole (long) report on the study but what I did read is fascinating.

First, the report is from a study in Taiwan. Don't you love that scientists in other countries are also working on our disease?

This is what I gathered from what I read: My gentomicin is compounded and is kept frozen. When I called the pharmacy about defrosting she stressed that the medicine was made from my doctor's orders specifically for me. I was confused about why an antibiotic is made just for me.

The study is looking at the antibiotic gentomicin mixed (compounded) with 7% hypersonic saline and concludes that inhaling the combination drug not only kills more pseudomonas than gentomicin alone but also affects biofilm in lungs which provides a hospitable place for pseudomonas to grow.

Because I can't use 7% saline or 3% for that matter, my vials consist of gentomicin compounded with .9% saline. I trust Dr McShane that my combination will work.

Jennifer, if you read this, are your vials of gentomicin compounded with 7%? Curious!

I still need to figure out how to schedule inhaling the compounded gentomicin and airway clearance which in my case consists of nebbing .9% saline, aerobika and vest. This morning's plan did not work out but I did get it all done eventually despite a bronchospasm scare.

Thanks for the research, Sue, and for everything you do for the group.

Rita