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I was recently diagnosed with Bronchiectasis.
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 2 5:55am | Replies (174)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your comments. I recently joined this group and am very grateful for it. I have been on a daily regime of Azithromycin, Rifampin and Clofazimine for 7 months. I have long standing glaucoma, and a history of 2 retinal detachments and very dry corneas. My respirologist decided to avoid Ethambutol because of its known visual side effects. However, I have developed blurred vision in my “ good eye” which is intermittent ( duration 2-3 hrs) and increasingly severs ( vision drops to 20/200) and occurs every few days. This is very frightening. Has anyone else experienced this problem on these meds? Thank you for any information.
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@ggafica Is a respirologist the same as a pulmonologist or maybe a sub specialty?
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Please let both your lung and eye doctors know as soon as you can. While it is more unusual, the other meds can have side effects on the eyes as well.
Specifically, too much Rifampin can cause blurred vision, and sometimes azithromycin as well. It is possible that 7 months of daily medications are building up in your system.
When my regimen was changed to daily, a couple of my dosages had to be lowered. May I ask if you are on the daily meds because 3X/week didn't work, or were you immediately started that way?
Sue