Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hi Mike, sorry to disillusion you but I've been here done this before.I have severe asthma and now bronchiectasis as well. Did the antibiotic therapy for 12 weeks and it did help to start with. However your body gets used to anti b's and when you come off them down you go again.Plus you've distrurbed the balance of good/bad bacteria in your body. My doc and I have found the best routine is one week on , one week off antibiotics and Cephlasporin is best but it depends what bug is in your lungs. Asthma is an absolute pain, the best relief for me is with a nebuliser. Good luck June in London UK > Hello all! I was diagnosed with Adult Onset about a year ago > following a bout of asthmatic bronchitis. It has been very > uncontrolled. After talking to my dr we decided that National > Jewish was a good option. In the meantime I ended up with another > bout of bronchitis, normally my doc would zap me with prednisone and > either Biaxin or Zithromax. Well he switched up and I got a lot > worse. So I dug around cuz I was curious about a possible link and > came up with www.asthmastory.com The interesting part is that > people have taken 16 week therapies and are either on reduced asthma > meds or no meds! There are links to the studies from NJC, and also > Dr. Hahn. > > Personally I could care less if anyone believes or doesn't, but I > personally am at a point that any reasonable research with positive > results with minimal risk is worth looking into. > > If you think its voodoo great, but being that there have been > positive outcomes, I took the info to my Dr and he agreed that we > should try going through with the Zithromax. > > I would suggest if you have AO Asthma that was diagnosed after a > upper respiratory infection, you might want to get the bloodwork > done. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I had pnuemonia which left me with asthma for 8 years. Turned out I had adrenal insufficiency. Chris > Hello all! I was diagnosed with Adult Onset about a year ago > following a bout of asthmatic bronchitis. It has been very > uncontrolled. After talking to my dr we decided that National > Jewish was a good option. In the meantime I ended up with another > bout of bronchitis, normally my doc would zap me with prednisone and > either Biaxin or Zithromax. Well he switched up and I got a lot > worse. So I dug around cuz I was curious about a possible link and > came up with www.asthmastory.com The interesting part is that > people have taken 16 week therapies and are either on reduced asthma > meds or no meds! There are links to the studies from NJC, and also > Dr. Hahn. > > Personally I could care less if anyone believes or doesn't, but I > personally am at a point that any reasonable research with positive > results with minimal risk is worth looking into. > > If you think its voodoo great, but being that there have been > positive outcomes, I took the info to my Dr and he agreed that we > should try going through with the Zithromax. > > I would suggest if you have AO Asthma that was diagnosed after a > upper respiratory infection, you might want to get the bloodwork > done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I had pnuemonia which left me with asthma for 8 years. Turned out I had adrenal insufficiency. Chris > Hello all! I was diagnosed with Adult Onset about a year ago > following a bout of asthmatic bronchitis. It has been very > uncontrolled. After talking to my dr we decided that National > Jewish was a good option. In the meantime I ended up with another > bout of bronchitis, normally my doc would zap me with prednisone and > either Biaxin or Zithromax. Well he switched up and I got a lot > worse. So I dug around cuz I was curious about a possible link and > came up with www.asthmastory.com The interesting part is that > people have taken 16 week therapies and are either on reduced asthma > meds or no meds! There are links to the studies from NJC, and also > Dr. Hahn. > > Personally I could care less if anyone believes or doesn't, but I > personally am at a point that any reasonable research with positive > results with minimal risk is worth looking into. > > If you think its voodoo great, but being that there have been > positive outcomes, I took the info to my Dr and he agreed that we > should try going through with the Zithromax. > > I would suggest if you have AO Asthma that was diagnosed after a > upper respiratory infection, you might want to get the bloodwork > done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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