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friend is very tired from trying to cough up

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meredith42983
meredith42983

Trying to help my friend get medical attention that works for him .I was wondering if there was name for some of type machine he would him to help to this.He has horrible insurance and other medical problems .I will see if someone can donate it next .

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  • hypercat
    hypercat meredith42983

    Posted

    Hi don't know about where you live but you can get mucodyne tablets in the UK which helps with getting rid of phlegm.  I don't know of any machines that do it though there must be some.  x
  • tom47385
    tom47385 meredith42983

    Posted

    Mucodyne is helpful, but there is also a device you can get to help bring up stuuborn thick mucus, It is called a flutter device.

    You use this as part of the active breathing exercise and it does work well.

    A bit pricy at £45.00 but a good investment.

    • meredith42983
      meredith42983 tom47385

      Posted

      Thank you that is it will try get it ordered or prescription written by friends doctor tomorrow Thank you
  • brian03294
    brian03294 meredith42983

    Posted

    As well as the "Lung Flute" 

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_flute

    I understand that nebulized inhaled glutathione, a powerful antioxidan usually stops COPD progression when glutathione is dispersed in a fine mist and inhaled.

    P.S Big Pharma will not like this as glutathione is natural and so not patentable (highly profitable)

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