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Azithromycin 500 mg. 3 X week for Bronchiectasis

Posted by 1954cheryl @1954cheryl, Feb 19, 2023

Hi everyone,

Has anyone been on Azithromycin 500 mg. 3X per week for bronchiectasis? I am particularly interested in hearing if it improved your quality of life and if so, how long did it take to notice an improvement. Also, please share your experience with this.

Thanks to all.

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aprado31 | @aprado31 | Feb 26, 2023

I experienced hearing loss after 2 months .
Dr, treating me doesn’t know if it’s irreversible. ENT doctor thinks it is .
Hearing aids do not help with this kind of hearing loss.
I regret having taken this medication. Pulmonologist downplayed the risk . I believe risk outweighs benefits .

Downpour

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aprado31 | @aprado31 | Feb 26, 2023
In reply to @irenea8 "Taking the Azithromycin 3 times a week is a prophylactic treatment for chronic Pseudomonas. For me..." + (show)
@irenea8

Taking the Azithromycin 3 times a week is a prophylactic treatment for chronic Pseudomonas. For me it had an anti inflammatory effect and made the mucus very easy to expel. BUT after only taking it for one day i had heart symptoms. So i never took it again. I do not see how people can tolerate it ongoing but some people do just fine on it. I have read that you should NOT take it alone if you have MAC .

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As I commented in a previous post, azithromycin can hsve serious effects on hearing

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aprado31 | @aprado31 | Feb 26, 2023

Yes I took Azithromycin 3 times a week . After 3 months I had irreversible hearing loss. You should monitor for this early on.
I had to stop taking it, of course .

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roz14 | @roz14 | Feb 27, 2023

Hi Everyone, This is such an incredible site and I have learned so much from everyone. Now I need help with finding a good Pulmonologist and/or Infectious Disease doctor in the Phoenix greater area. I go to NJH that I think very highly of but feel I need someone here in Arizona as well just incase. Any help would be most appreciated. - Roz

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spider109 | @spider109 | Feb 28, 2023
In reply to @aprado31 "Yes I took Azithromycin 3 times a week . After 3 months I had irreversible hearing..." + (show)
@aprado31

Yes I took Azithromycin 3 times a week . After 3 months I had irreversible hearing loss. You should monitor for this early on.
I had to stop taking it, of course .

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I just started taking Azrithromycin 250mg once daily and have been for about a week, I have noticed that my ears seem to be plugged sometimes like water in them. Would it be like this for early on symptoms of hearing loss?

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aprado31 | @aprado31 | Feb 28, 2023
In reply to @spider109 "I just started taking Azrithromycin 250mg once daily and have been for about a week, I..." + (show)
@spider109

I just started taking Azrithromycin 250mg once daily and have been for about a week, I have noticed that my ears seem to be plugged sometimes like water in them. Would it be like this for early on symptoms of hearing loss?

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Probably so. I became aware of my hearing loss when the sounds became muffled, as if I had cotton in my ears . A hearing test by an audiologist confirmed a significant loss from my previous tesr .
Adjusting my hearing aids did not help because volume increase distorted speech .

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