@yayaaz Renee, I was on doxycycline for three yrs without any side-effects. I hope your aunt can tolerate it.

Hello - just was following the thread of various antibiotics being taken by all of you... ( I have had MAC, pseudemonas, and have bronciectasis) I recovered about 3 weeks ago from a very bad case of pneumonia which had me flat out for 5 days. As recommended by my lung doctor I took 5 days of Levoflaxin and that always seems to pull me back to health. But now again I feel something is going on in my lungs (pain when breathing) and thought I should take the Levo again. But I also noticed that in the last 3 weeks, I have suddenly become very breathless when just going up and down the stairs. I was reading about the side affects of Levo and it mentions is can cause pulmonary fibrosis or IPF... rather scary as that is fatal. And I have taken the Levo, on average, twice a year for the last 3 years when I get pneumonia. Has anyone with mac gotten out of breath for periods of time, then gotten better? Has anyone taken Levoflaxin and had side affects? If the Levo is causing my breathlessness, clearly I feel I should not take it. I have a CT scheduled in two weeks. Pam

@pamelasc1 Hi Pam. I just found this post of yours today. Please remember to begin your posts with @windwalker or @whomever you are responding to; otherwise, your message just floats around. I found it by accident.

@pamelasc1 As for the levo, I don't know what say about that. You should probably have a good discussion with your dr about that.