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I am using inhaled colistimethate for the first tume

Posted by lenorj @lenorj, Feb 5 4:15pm

Does anyone have experience with this med? I am being treated for a psuamonous infection. I use Toprmycine first but needed to stop because of ringing in my ears.
Can I use this med with any nebulizer? Any information would be helpful.

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lilianna | @lilianna | Feb 9 7:45am

Lenorj did you have any symptoms that it was decided to treat pseudomonas or to prevent colonization

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lenorj | @lenorj | Feb 9 11:53am

The infection showed up as , “few” cell. I had no other symptoms but my Dr. decided to treat it. No other reason as given.

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picartist | @picartist | Feb 22 2:36pm
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I do the same as Sue - Rinse in Dawn and hot water 5 minutes and boil once each week. I also steam mine in the Bololo during the week. I only use mine for the meds but you can use it for saline or other meds as Sue said. I wish I could use it for my saline!! But I must be a wimp! I found it very intensely salty and have just not been able to adapt to all that saline at once! I love my eRapid!

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@carlynic Why boil after using the sterilizer, is that necessary if I do not have any infection that I know of?

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mpowers | @mpowers501 | Mar 1 9:22pm

I nebulize colistimethate every other month every other day during that month. On the days I'm not nebulizing I take cipro 250mg. My ID doc took this route since I'm so prone to becoming antibiotic resistant. At first I was nebulizing 1.5 ml of colistimethate but that seemed to bother me. That was reduced to 1 ml (which is just a couple of deep breaths) and I seem to be OK with that. Take care my SOB friends!!!

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lenorj | @lenorj | Mar 2 5:15am
In reply to @mpowers501 "I nebulize colistimethate every other month every other day during that month. On the days I'm..." + (show)
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I nebulize colistimethate every other month every other day during that month. On the days I'm not nebulizing I take cipro 250mg. My ID doc took this route since I'm so prone to becoming antibiotic resistant. At first I was nebulizing 1.5 ml of colistimethate but that seemed to bother me. That was reduced to 1 ml (which is just a couple of deep breaths) and I seem to be OK with that. Take care my SOB friends!!!

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@mpowers501 thanks for the helpfull info. I’ll let you know how I make out.

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carlynic | @carlynic | Mar 9 2:52pm
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@carlynic Why boil after using the sterilizer, is that necessary if I do not have any infection that I know of?

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@picartist Please pardon the delay in responding to your question. After rinsing in Dawn solution, I use the Bololo baby bottle sterilizer once a day for all airway clearance equipment used that day - Eflow Rapid, Aerobika, saline nebulizer cups, toothbrushes. But once a week I boil everything instead of using the baby bottle sterilizer. Gives me a chance to clean the Bololo. Pari recommendations are to boil the eFlow Rapid nebulizer for 5 minutes to sterilize. This is just a system that seems to wok well for me.

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