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Tolerability of Cayston®
Hello, I have CF and asthma and therefore I inhale Cayston® (Aztreonam lysine) every second month (intolerability of Tobi® (Tobramycin inhalation solution) and Colistin)). I tolerate Cayston® better but only if I dissolve it with 0.9% NaCl and not with 0.17% sodium chloride solution enclosed ...
14.03.2013
Increased liver enzmyes
Dear expert team, at a control of a blood sample, increased liver enzymes have been detected. SGOT/AST in the serum was increased by a factor of 2 of the laboratory reference range, SGPT/ALT in the serum was increased by a factor of 3 of the laboratory reference range, ALP in the serum was ...
24.01.2013
Bicarbonate preparation for inhalation
Dear expert team, Is there a ready-to-use preparation for inhalation with bicarbonate on the market? [The question was originally asked on the German platform of the expert advice] I would like to inhale it with a jet nebuliser. If there is no such preparation on the market can I just add a ...
24.01.2013
Hoarseness with Pulmozyme® (rhDNAse)- what to do?
Dear expert team, For 2 days I inhale one time daily with Pulmozyme® (rhDNAse). From today on, a strong hoarseness has begun. If it should continue to such an extent, I will be forced to discontinue Pulmozyme®, as in my case the voice is all alone important for my profession. Pulmozyme® ...
22.01.2013
Contraception in case of CF with diabetes
Dear expert team, I (22 years old, CF) have a few general questions, that could either not be answered satisfactorily by my gynaecologist nor by my CF-doctor. 1. Which contraceptional method is the one most suitable in case of a CF patient with induced diabetes- except condom? Also in respect ...
21.01.2013
N-acetylcysteine (Mucomyst®)
Why my 16-year-old CF boy has never received a treatment with N-acetylcysteine? Is this drug not indicated in such a disease? My daughter suffering from a viral bronchitis has been treated with N-acetylcysteine. Thanks for your response.
14.01.2013
Mycobacterium simiae
My daughter has been receiving ceftazidime and amikacin, followed by meropenem and amikacin and clarythromycin 500 mg bid. Because of gastrointestinal side effects, the dose of clarythromycin was recently reduced but my daughter had to stop this treatment due to these side effects. Is there another ...
14.01.2013
ions exchange
Hello, my daughter (10 years, suffering from cystic fibrosis) was found during a visit to the emergency (tarchycardia, low grade fever, loss of sight - she saw only black and red, weakness, tremors of the limbs) to have an abnormally low potassium in the blood. Everything was back to normal after ...
14.01.2013
IV effect
Dear CF team, I have been making the same recurring experience for several iv therapies: Before the iv: a lot of sputum and low physical fitness. One week after the start of the iv: less and lighter-colored sputum and better physical fitness –lasting for a few days. Starting with day ...
11.12.2012
Causes of hair loss
Dear expert team, Since an exacerbation at the end of March 2012, which was probably caused by ABPA, I (25, female, CF) have to take several additional drugs. Around May 2012 I noticed that I am losing decidedly more hair than earlier. I initially blamed the itraconazole I had started taking, ...
11.12.2012
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