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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 11, 2022 | Replies (40)
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I use a generic form of Symbicort, a combination of budosenide & formotorol as my daily inhaler, morning & night. I still have a levalbuterol inhaler for wheezing episodes (very rare now that I am on the new one for 3 months.)
I take both Mucinex & NAC morning and night. I have been free of exacerbations under this regimen, so I don't deviate.
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sweethighland | @sweethighland | Oct 11, 2022

Thank you Sue. I have been meaning to tell you that my doctor gave me levalbuterol. Glad that you educated me on this. But he said use it only when I need it since I don't have asthma. I started using both Mucinex and NAC as well. The B.CC bug is still there (showing as 1+). I asked him about reactive airway and he said I might have it. May I know what symptoms? For me, when I wake up in the morning, I wake up with a cough, then white foamy (slimy) mucus out. Then around 1pm, I always have yellow/green mucus (sometimes around 3 table spoons). Then, I'd be dry till night. I got the diagnose along with Bcc bug last year around this time. Before that I was symptoms free. I had minor hypmothesis in Dec 2017 and after CT it was concluded as viral infection. My pulmo then never educated me on airway clearance. I wish I knew since then. Since I did not know anything about airway clearance, I did not take care of myself, that was when this bug got in, which is hard to eradicate 🙁

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