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MAC infection in knee?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 29, 2023 | Replies (29)

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Are you using 7% saline nebs and airway clearance to help knock out the MAC? If so, I might be comfortable with this approach, otherwise yeah - my PCP believes overuse of Z-Paks (azithromycin) has contributed to the increase in superbugs. Azithromycin is a "big gun" in the antibiotic arsenal, and we need to ne very careful it doesn't become useless as a weapon.
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I am not using a nebulizer at all. My airways are not a problem and I breathe fine. Wouldn’t know I was even sick if not for the test results. Once I started the azithromycin I started feeling so much better.
I have a nurse practitioner looking into ways to really boost my immune system to fight this then I will quit taking the azithromycin and see how I feel. It apparently has been doing some good because I did start feeling good pretty quickly after starting it. I am just not willing to sacrifice possibly loosing my eyesight and I already have non-alcohol fatty liver and watched my dad recently die with cardiac cirrhosis of the liver and sure don’t want that either. Guess I am trying yo find lessor of all evils.