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To start or not to start the antibiotics?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 10, 2023 | Replies (59)
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@sueinmn

@benniej23 Welcome to Mayo Connect - we don't care whether you are a Mayo patient or not, all are welcome in out group.

Here are two discussions that may be helpful to you in deciding how to manage your own situation:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/macntm-is-different-for-everyone-treatment-might-be-different-too/
and this one, which we should maybe retitle "Managing MAC without antibiotics":
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/untreated-mac/
Some of the posts are pretty old, if you would like to see the most recent, there is a box below the initial post where you can select "Newest to Oldest"

As a person with bronchiectasis these past few years, have you started any type of airway clearance? When used with 7% saline nebs, it has helped many people here manage their MAC without antibiotics.
Sue

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benniej23 | @benniej23 | Aug 19, 2023

Hi Sue!

Thanks for the welcome. The links were very helpful, I had seen the second one earlier before I posted.

I haven’t started any airway clearance. My doctor didn’t mention anything about doing that. Is a saline nebs something I need a prescription for? I can call her office on Monday and ask if she thinks I could benefit from it.

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benniej23 | @benniej23 | Aug 20, 2023

@sueinmn I just realized that we need to tag people in replies, so I’m tagging you here. Still learning!

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