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Side effects of Pulmozyme : is there another drug to replace it ?
22.11.2010
Decontamination of the bowel in case of antibiotic therapy
Dear expert team, how can the intestinal flora be maintained in spite of an antibiotic therapy? Is this possible at all? If yes, which substances come into consideration? I have to take Ciprofloxacin capsules in alternation with Tobramycin-inhalations for one year. Many thanks in advance! Your ...
04.10.2010
Pain/ partially fever under antibiotics
Hello, I am 25 years old and have for 23 years now a constant colonization with Pseudomonas. Since then, I inhale constantly antibiotics, since 1995 I do 3-4 i.v.-therapies a year, in between Ciprofloxacin in a 2-weeks on/off therapy. In former times this was not a problem to me, I was able to ...
04.10.2010
Querries
(a) In less than twelve months a baby has undergone sterilization and a few months later is on ciproxin & tadim again. Does this mean that pseudomonas has settled for good and the real pulmonary problems have already started, or is it just symptoms? (b) How much does the medication affect the body ...
14.09.2010
Side-effects of the inhalation of hypertonic saline?
Dear CF-team, I inhale 5.85% sodium-chloride solution (2x3ml per day). With that I realize, that more mucus is mobilized. My question: does hypertonic saline mobilize only more mucus or can the inhalation of hypertonic saline have also negative effects, that means increases the mucus ...
09.11.2009
Immunosuppression / reddened skin
Dear expert team, my son had a transplant and is taking, among other things, tacrolimus (Prograf®) and mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept®) for immunosuppression. The skin on his face and hands is turning very red very quickly in sunny weather even if he tries to protect himself (shade and SPF ...
26.10.2009
Is it possible that Kreon leads to loss of appetite?
Hello, I want to ask, if Kreon decreses appetite. I have a 5 years old son, who was without any food problems but after starting to take Kreon his appetite started to decrease and after about 3/4 of a year his appetite is minimal and I am scared to force him not to create a food aversion. Thanks, ...
16.07.2009
Adverse effects of pancreatic enzymes substitution
I take pancreatic enzymes substitution (Kreon 25000) for a long time (like many other CFs). Which adverse effects can I expect? Thank You for an answer.
10.08.2009
Reduction of the hearing as a consequence of an antibiotic therapy
My son is 4 years old and has CF (diagnosed after birth with meconium ileus). I had already the impression from the beginning, that he does not hear properly, which has been denied by the doctors mostly. Now, with increasing age it strikes even more to me again. At an online platform I heard from ...
30.06.2009
Allergy to antibiotics / penecillin and cephalosporine
Hello, I want to ask a question about an allergy to the group of penecillin antibiotics and cephalosporine antibiotics. 3 years ago I took piperacillin plus tazobactam and after 5 days I got an allergy of the skin (it started itching). One month ago I got Cefepim and after the first dose after ...
18.06.2009
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