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Azithromycin
Dear Doctors, Yesterday I heard on the news that azithromycin antibiotics will be examined in America because it would be a dangerous drug. Do you know more about it? Because when I get a cure related to my CF, it is usually this antibiotic. (Also diane35® (hormone containing pill use in case of ...
15.05.2013
ABPA and prednisone
Dear CF-team, My 12-year-old daughter has CF with ABPA (allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis). For that reason she is being treated for several years yet with prednisone. This has a consequence on her growth. She is little for her age and I presume she has to take the prednisone. What are the ...
13.05.2013
Prograf® serum level
Hello, I have been transplanted with the living-kidney of my wife in 2009, everything went fine. My serum level of Prograf® (substance: tacrolimus) was always around 7 in the last month with 1.5/1.0, now we reduced to 1.0/1.0. I have been on holiday (Tenerife) and got strong cough and took an ...
23.04.2013
CF and RhDNase
Hello, I have previously read the question and the response on this topic (November 2010, Pr JC Dubus). I am the grandfather of a 6 years and 10 months old CF girl followed-up in a CF centre. Whereas everything was OK and the lungs were clean on the chest X-ray, she started a RhDNase treatment on ...
16.04.2013
Henoch-Schoenlein purpura as reaction to Pulmozyme®?
Dear experts, our daughter, 9 years old, is in a good general condition. However, she just had a common cold. Her immune system reacted normally, the fever disappeared after one day, then for 2 days increased temperature. She also had a strong cough in the upper area, no bronchitis, the lungs were ...
16.04.2013
Administration of Bronchitol®
Hello, I tried Bronchitol® (active substance: mannitol) and I am rather content. However, the daily inhalation is very exhausting and time-consuming, as I have to vomit frequently at this due to the disgusting taste. This has not gotten better even after several weeks of usage. I asked in the ...
25.03.2013
Pulmozyme® Abdominal Pain
When my daughter does her breathing treatment with Pulmozyme® (active agent rhDNAse) she gets bad stomach pain. She doubles over in pain and it is hard to watch. When the Pulmozyme® is done it goes away. This happens every day, and I am just at a loss. She is crying and miserable. We use a ...
25.03.2013
antibiotics
Hello, At the request of our CF-center, our 4 year old daughter is constantly on antibiotics all winter (alternating 15 days josamycin (macrolide) / cefpodoxim (cephalosporine) October to April), regardless of her state of health, particularly when "okay." We have no doubt of the benefit of ...
14.03.2013
Common ivy
Hello, I have read that «common ivy» is beneficial for the treatment of bronchial inflammation, chronic bronchitis and that it favours the elimination of mucus. Can you tell me if research has been done concerning the efficacy of «common ivy» in cystic fibrosis ? Thank you in advance for ...
14.03.2013
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
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