Re: Interesting connection, c.pneumonia and asthma

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.

>

August 6, 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

Well, that is where we differ, when I start doing badly, the only

thing that helps has been a burst of prednisone and antibiotic. I

am currently using a neb 3-4 times daily. Currently on the second

day of antibiotics and peak flow is up, and don't feel like I have

to have the neb treatment. So, there is definately an improvement,

I am sorry to hear that it didn't help you, but I wonder if your

asthma was diagnosed after a severe upper respiratory infection? It

seems that the folks in that category benefit more from this therapy

from the studies that I have read. Also, which antibiotic did they

use? Both Biaxin and Zithromax have been used as well as

Minocycline but so far the best results seem to be with Zithromax.

As I currently am on 7 meds for this, any improvement will be

greatly appreciated!

August 6, 2004