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Azithromycin 250 or 500 mg Three days a week.

Posted by russt @russt, Apr 28, 2017

I'm wondering how many of the people on the site are using AZ prophylacticly to help prevent recurrent infections. I have been on the medication for 6 months and have had noticably decrease in infections.
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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 2 days ago
In reply to @circleup "Asymptomatic MAC patient here. . . . long history of lung infections and my lungs are..." + (show)
@circleup

Asymptomatic MAC patient here. . . . long history of lung infections and my lungs are battle scarred. For the past year i have been on azithromycin 500 mg daily , i dont see any changes or improvement but i never did have cough or sputum.

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Who is treating you? This is not a usual protocol for managing MAC/NTM as the bacteria doesn't respond well to a single antibiotic. Typically at this point the doctor would need new CT images to compare to a year ago, and see if there is any progress. Has this been suggested/

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vmorton | @vmorton | 2 days ago

I've used 250mg of Azithromycin for quite a few years and it has helped a lot to prevent bacterial infections.

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Beejenigma | @beejenigma | 2 days ago
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@circleup

Asymptomatic MAC patient here. . . . long history of lung infections and my lungs are battle scarred. For the past year i have been on azithromycin 500 mg daily , i dont see any changes or improvement but i never did have cough or sputum.

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It is being used to control your lung inflammation. It's a newish treatment for COPD. I am on it now also.

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jnmy | @jnmy | 1 day ago
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@vmorton

I've used 250mg of Azithromycin for quite a few years and it has helped a lot to prevent bacterial infections.

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@vmorton

Just two questions-
Do you have MAC or is it for treatment of inflammation? I know we usually only hear of the Big 3 for MAC or a combination of two or three antibiotics.

If you don’t have MAC, does your pulmonologist suggest you take a break for a few months at some point during the year or are you in continuous treatment?

Thanks.

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vmorton | @vmorton | 1 day ago
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@vmorton

Just two questions-
Do you have MAC or is it for treatment of inflammation? I know we usually only hear of the Big 3 for MAC or a combination of two or three antibiotics.

If you don’t have MAC, does your pulmonologist suggest you take a break for a few months at some point during the year or are you in continuous treatment?

Thanks.

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No breaks for me. It is a profilactic treatment for bacterial infection. I only have Bronchectasis, not MAC.

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vmorton | @vmorton | 1 day ago

I have BE and I've taken Azithromycin phophylactically 3 days per week for prevention of bacterial infections for quite a few years. It has worked very well.

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