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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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@benniej23

I didn’t know I could get 7% without a prescription. The box for my 3% saline says “RX Only”. I thought my insurance didn’t pay for it, but when I looked at the claim again, they did pay for some of it. Interesting.

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dlynn1210 | @dlynn1210 | Sep 10, 2023

I have some of the 3% left and the box does say Rx only but my daughter who has been an RN for 32 years told me “You don’t need a prescription.” It is also larger vials (15 ml) than I need (4 ml) and indicates once top is off it is no longer sterile. They live in TN on a mountain top so if one of then gets sick it may not be easy to get to a hospital so she has a nebulizer with saline just in case one of them gets sick/congested. There is no medication in saline so why would insurance or Medicare pay for it? My pulmonologist told me saline is hard to get ever since the pandemic. That I can believe.

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