@alleycatkate, just want to re-iterate that saline thinned mucous comes up better than thick and sticky. It will help the aerobika do it's job.

@alleycatkate So glad you are feeling better. I had the same experience and have had years of mac free sputem results.

@nick52 You may be confused with neti pot or something. Water is not added to the saline. It is prepackaged in sterile vials.

@marilyns Hello, and welcome to our group. Our saline discussion is totally different than Navage. The Navage is a devise used to rinse out your sinuses. (never rinse your sinuses with straight tap water because of microbes) The saline (sodium chloride) is inhaled into the lungs using a nebulizer, a small machine that turns the liquid into a fine mist. It is the same little compressor that people with asthma use to inhale albuterol. Did this help?

@flib How about Nasty Critters?

@flib Interesting what your dr thought about your lungs not tolerating it. The 3% will help with thinning mucous. Maybe you can work your way up to 7% to help get rid of mac.

@nick52 ...the saline that i get is a pharmaceutical product with a prescription. It is in tiny pippets sold at the pharmacy and is measured in single treatments, with a 7% dilution, and it is sterile. I know you can make your own but this is much simpler and with no worries.

@nick52
The prepackaged vials are steril for nebulizing, but if you are using a neti pot for sinuses I would use boiled water because I heard that Mac can still be in distilled water according to National Jewish.
Shari

Thank you

@pfists thank you very appreciated!