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What is the best way to get results from a nebulizer, using 7% hypertonic saline solution?
Bob I tried to get my pulmo to give me the Tobramycin but all he said its expensive and your insurance wont pay for it so he gave me zpak to take 3 times a week.
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I dont know that answer either but I do the same saline when having trouble coughing it up. Do twice a day then. Have you tried the aerobika hand held insturment as the flutter and the acapella? I have the vest airway clearing device but I dont see where it does any good. Huffing have you tried that to get it out??
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I have tried huffing, but that doesn't do much. As for Aerobika, I stopped using that because it didn't do anything at all to help me. My doctor suggested the vest, but I hate to get another "device" that doesn't really do much and may actually harm my lungs. Thanks for your response, Kandy.
I also have the vest and didnt think did much good. I have seen on groups of FB that some ppl did get good results from the vest. Again we are all different and things work better for some and not others. The saline is to loosen the mucus to cough it up and out. Its done more for me than anything else has.
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Hello :) my cough is productive, so I cough many times a day. Chest percussion is so helpful for me. Doing yoga also makes me really want to cough mucus. I don't have flutter/acapella device and I don't have the vest.
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I am 80 years and have had Bronchiectasis for 57 years. Instead of using the VEST my Pulmonologist has me using a mucus extractor. It's also known as an insuffalator/exsuffalator. It is much easier than huffing or using a flutter valve. I avoid antibiotics but nebulize Tobramycin to head off infections. I also use a Homedics massager so I can do percussion myself.
Bob I tried to get my pulmo to give me the Tobramycin but all he said its expensive and your insurance wont pay for it so he gave me zpak to take 3 times a week.
I thought Tobrimycin was for Pseudomonas aeruginosa? assume you have that too, then? I do have bronchiectasis plus Pseudomans and MAC?NTM but Yes, it is horribly expensive and because I'm Medicare age 73 Medicare would have put me in the coverage gap (donut hole) straign away and itwas only March, so I decided to pass on it even though I have high colonization of P. aeruginosa. There is no cheaper alternative as of this time.
Modjaje,
Hello! Yes, tobramcycin is specifically for pseudomonas. TOBI is a very expensive drug which sadly put you in the donut hole so early in the year.
Please check out the Novartis site to check for financial assistance programs.
The 7% NS isn’t cheap,?$80.00, don’t remember the exact price but it does assist in breaking up the sputum.
Please keep us posted.
I don't think I have pseudomonas neveer got a clear sputum sample. My dr is 100 miles away so hard to do the long distance. Here small hospital no specialty here. I have never had a broncoscopy either.
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
My pulmonologist says it's not how much mucus you get up but that you are cleaning your lungs and making it more difficult for bacteria to take hold. It's a hygiene thing for your lungs
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