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    Anyone had to wean themselves off of Orkambi?

    :mad::mad::mad::mad:A person at Vertex in the GPS program just royally dropped the ball with some financial stuff and I will be running out of Orkambi in 2 weeks time. Do any of you have any experience with or have themselves had to wean off of Orkambi and if so, how did you do it? Is it a...
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    Orkambi effectiveness in terms of corrected protein count?

    Anyone know how the effectiveness of Orkambi is quantified, BESIDES average lung function performance/improvement? Like how many defective proteins are being corrected/added on average per dosage session? 20%? 30%? Or is this unable to be quantified? Thanks.
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    Is your insurer pulling out of Obamacare too?

    Well. My insurance has just sent me a letter saying they are pulling out of GA and are not participating in the MarketPlace (Obamacare) anymore as of Jan 1 2017. This causes somewhat of a problem in that I just got on Orkambi in 2016 and now I don't know if any of the insurers that are left will...
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    Insurance for Orkambi (GA)

    Any Georgia residents on Orkambi via insurance? I am looking to sign up for Obamacare in a few months, so any experiences (bad/good) with GA carriers would be super helpful. Thanks!
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    anti-biotic usage...

    Anyone experience any "side effects" from an extended and/or continous usage on anti-biotics? I know there are good bacteria throughout the body that are killed when one is on anti-biotics...especially in the stomach..so has anyone had a side effect as a direct result of that? Thanx. PS: How...
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    Do you regularly use any of these "Asthma" meds?

    Anyone use these or generic equivalents on a daily/regular basis? Spiriva Advair
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    CF newbie..30 yrs old

    Hi there. Brand new to the forum and I was wondering if everyone could help me get up to speed with CF. I haven't had any issues with my lungs until the end of '06 when I was hospitalized with pneumonia. Ever since then, I have started coughing up mucus on a continuous daily basis and have...
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