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Percussion Vest and Nebulizer: Do you use both, one or the other?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 14, 2022 | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
My Pulmologist is ordering me a vest, I’ve been diagnosed with IPF with extensive Bronchiostasis, but in the upper airway, I currently nebulize with albuterol twice a day, then use acupella device after nebulizer. It does get some mucus up but I feel some left that I wish would be thin enough to cough up. I also drink water and that helps also. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
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If you can feel more mucus after you use the acapella, maybe a saline neb after the albuterol would be beneficial to help thin it further. Unless you have an infection, normal saline (.9%) solution should be ok. It comes in little vials like the albuterol, you would just put it in the cup when the albuterol is gone & use it the same way (no need to wash the neb cup first.)
I am not too familiar with IPF, so you should ask your lung doc whether it could help.
Have you tried saline before?
Sue