Has anyone had their sputum production Stop?

This does sound strange Russ.

I clear my lungs twice a day sometimes more depending on how bad I am.

It will be interesting to see what your doc says!

Rach

Hi Russ, wow that must feel good! I have very little......sometimes no....mucus. But that is just the result of Azithromycin. Will be interesting to see how things progress.

Jean

Hi Russ

I had a change of antibiotic back in July, I was given a high dose and informed that I must always, whenever needed, have a two week course. Amazingly, doing this stopped my cough and sputum completely. I had never felt so well. Now, my cough is just returning (a little) and I do have a small amount of sputum. I cannot remember having gone two months without any severe symptoms. Maybe it was the change in your antibiotics too. 

Changed your antibiotic to what, may we ask Dancing Queen?

Like others my sputum reduced quite significantly (at least half) when I went onto azithromycin - 3 days full dose (2x250mg/day) for a then emerging infection, then prophylactic 3x250mg/week. It bounces up and down a little sometimes to as low as 10ml a clearance session and I have had a couple of occasions when it has gone back up to 40ml and another 'flag' (tiredness and/or inflammatory disturbance of sleep) has got me close to reverting to a full dose to kill off an emerging infection (pleased to say that my caution was rewarded both times by return to the new azith norm).

Have never had an attempt to clear which proved fruit-less on sputum, but it's now so manageable I'm not sure I'd want to experiment with combo antibis anyway.

Best wishes

Interesting observation Russ - I doubt even an immunoligist would be able to do more than shrug their shoulder! But interested to hear if otherwise of course.

Hi Russ. Interesting isnt it? Dont know who u would discuss same with but in the past cures and health benefits come from all sorts of bizzare places. Did read there is a bronchiectasis conference in the USA i think. May be well mentioning it on their forum.

DQ, very interesting to get your similar responce with the two antibiotics.  Perhaps we are onto something?

I will run this by my ID doctor to see what he thinks. 

I wonder if it is the anti-inflamatory  aspects of the drugs more than the antiboiotic aspects. Steroids are always clearing agent for me several of us I hae noted. I dont take them anymore since staritng AZ, though needed them when I went off AZ for 10 days in early August. Let me know if you dig anything up.

I think the interesting thing in this is that if we could stop sputum production then it seems that we are stopping some of or a lot of the inflamation in our brochials that casue the damage. I may be on the wrong bus if this, but I will persue it. 

Russ

Hiya All,

Just got the results of my CT chest today seems a big change since using AZ also my Sputum is much less then ever here is the News.

Impression:

Mild central wall thicking,chronic bronchiel inflammation i.e.bronchitis is a consideration. No severe bronchietasis. No focal lung lesions.

Small nonspecfic mediastinal nodes are favored to be reactive inflammatory.

There are coronary artery calcification. There is no significant pleural or pericardial fluid collection. Adrenal glands unremarkable. There are degenrative changes in the spine.

So what that all means I will find out tomorrow when I see my new doctor,so will keep you posted,but I must say AZ is playing a big role in how well I feel as to the last 2 yearswith BX.

Stay well,

Regards,

Charlie