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No, the meds are to eradicate the bacterial infection. Unfortunately, there's no treatment for bronchiectasis. They are doing a trial now for a potential bronchiectasis med called Brensocatib.

The doctors who have their 'finger on the pulse' of bronchiectasis recommend nebulizing with saline and using a PEP device to get mucus moving out of lungs and mitigate progression of the condition.

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Okay thank-you.

hello @extracare808 Thanks for the info on Brensocatib I have never seen it mentioned before. It looks like the study was done in 2020 Do you know of any information since then? Here is a link to National Jewish https://www.nationaljewish.org/about/news/press-releases/2020/brensocatib-reduces-bronchiectasis-exacerbations and a link to the actual trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021713