Glutathione: What dosage do you use? Where do you get it?

Glutathione or GSH patches might be another option. Haven't tried them, so this is not a personal endorsement. I have seen them for sale on Amazon, and other places on the web. A bit cheaper than injections. Herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner recommends nebulized GHS for his COPD and IPF protocols -- free articles are on his website. Hoping to find a functional doc to work with soon.
"(GSH) is a far better mucolytic than NAC which is
generally all that most physicians will suggest to you. (The studies on the effectiveness of NAC
reveal, over and over, that it is not very good.) Glutathione is better. IF you have this kind of lung
condition or similar, there is often a build up of mucus in the lungs. This is a perfect breeding
ground for infectious organisms; it also interferes with breathing. The use of a mucolytic is, in
this kind of disease, essential." - Buhner

Hi Nan!!
Happy Fourth! Hope you are well!
I am just circling back on the glutathione. I was so focused and determined to get it and did as you know. I just think I am not tolerating it well. I started at the 1 cc dose, just once a day and was experiencing a very heavy chest which is unusual for me. It was almost continuous. So I skipped a day...then went down to .5 dose once and did okay a few times at that dose then heavy chest started again. So I skipped a couple days...went away. So tried again and heavy chest returned even at the lower dose. Have you ever noticed this when you use it?
I remember reading an article/study when I researched the glutathione that said it can make asthma symptoms worse in some people especially very asymptomatic people. I have never had Asthma symptoms except the very infrequent heavy chest. Anyway, I think I am going to have to stop the G. Bummed.
Also do you practice airway clearance techniques, Nan? If so, what do you do? These also seem to aggravate the heck out of my lungs and rarely do I have any results. If I do it is a miniscule amount of clearish to slightly pale yellow mucus. Sometimes I actually feel something move when I do the coughs after but then nothing makes it out. One pulmonary told me don't do it but they really emphasis the importance of this in everything I read.
One exciting thing is the head of a prestigious medical school here is taking me on as a patient of sorts. He is a friend of a friend. President of this University and also a pulmonary specialist that did his fellowship at National Jewish! He has assembled a team of specialists to review all my history and I will meet with them Wed. I have already had 2 one hour calls with him. He is so sharp and very thorough. I am curious to see what they come up with and then what from there....not sure if this is a one time thing (sort of a consult) but he said worse case he would get me into Denver. But he does not especially feel I will need that. He was happy with everything I am doing but had NO COMMENT on the glutathione 8-))))
Thanks, Nan!!

Hi Kathleen,
Sounds like we have the same set of lungs. My lungs produce very little mucus. It is a real feat to produce mucus for a lab sample.

However, I do the airway clearance. I squeeze my lungs to get out all the air and that can be productive.

Let us know how it went with your appointment with the guy who's taking you on.

Hi Tsipora
I did finally get the glutathione from a functional MD doc but though I tried multiple times, it did not agree with me. Made my chest very tight for days, coughing(I am pretty asymptomatic with MAC, Aspergillus and bronchiectasis) I tried a tiny bit, a little more etc. I tolerate the 7% saline and other meds fine. If you read up on it, this reaction is common depending on your condition. I wish I could because that is really the best way for us to get the advantages of it.
She recommended nebulizing Biociden which I did take sublingually with her for 3 months. (may have done away with the Aspergillus) Read up on that product, very good review/reports. But I was uncomfortable nebulizing as it says nothing about that...I even called the company and they said though thousands are doing it, they cannot recommend it as FDA does not approve. It also seems a little oily to me which does not seem like a good thing to neb. The SC has been the biggest help to me so far and the Biociden I keep and take if I am around someone sick or I start feeling a little off etc and definitely helps(under the tongue). I do the glutathione under the tongue...not sure it does anything but it boosts immunity. I also do a big smoothie for my husband and I daily(he has Alzheimer's and doing way above average 8 years in) and rotate lots of immune boosting superfoods + greens + fruit+ nuts+ wild organic berries I order that are supposed to be good for lungs. My last CT in Oct had the actual words "resolved, improved" in multiple areas which was confirmed. One new tiny bad area they do not seem concerned with. Exercise daily as Nan says!! Hope this helps!!

BreatheMD/FLCCC website says to nebulize saline by taking a clean neti pot and filling it with distilled water to the max line then using 2 saline packets and shaking. That is much less expensive than the 7% vials.

"Use a nebulizer or a humidifier to inhale salt water. Mix the water in a Neil-Med sinus rinse bottle using 2 packets of saline instead of 1 and add to your nebulizer or humidifier. "

@kathleenlp I nebulize with 7% saline and glutathione. If you don't do anything else I would wholeheartedly suggest the 7% saline solution. I swear I think it keeps the lungs clean, thins the mucus and holds back the mycobacterium. There are two types of glutathione you can use (to my knowledge). One is the more expensive that comes in a little vial that you take out with a needle and measure about 1 ml and I add it to my saline solution of 4ml. I get that from my functional medicine doctor. My pulmonologist kind of rolled his eyes at me when I asked him for it. The other less expensive method is to buy the bottle of capsules by Theranaturals, called L-Glutathione Plus. You take a capsule, open it with your hands (of course not touching the powder) and put it in the your cup of saline solution. It bubbles up a little and then stops. It's much less expensive for sure. So I alternate doing each one since the liquid one is more expensive. Daniel Pecaut in his book "Beating Bronchiectasis" (which is a small paperback book that you can buy on Amazon) was how I learned about the capsules. Does it all work? Who knows for sure. I will tell you, though, for four years now (knock on wood) with two CAT scans I have had no progression and no antibiotics. Not as lucky as Daniel Pecaut but I'll take it. I will also add that I exercise six days a week. (two or three days at the gym with aerobic classes and weights and the other days a 2 mile power walk outside)...all for the cardio to the keep the lungs working. Hope that helps. Nan