How many time a year do you take antibiotics?

rvm1212 · Dec 27, 2007

Just curious. My boyfriend is on oral antibiotic again for a flare up. He took last one for 2 weeks and finished it a month ago. It´s too soon to have a flare up again? He used to have 2-3 flare ups a year. But this year had 4.
I was wondering if it´s normal to have to take them so close together or if he should be taking something else as preventive treatment. His numbers are fine 89 when the flare up and 94 after antibiotic.
He doesn´t use tobi as he doesn´t have pseudomona so far. But I was thinking about zitromax...or maybe hipertonic saline....
I guess my question is how many times are year do you have a flare up/ how many times a year do you take antibiotics and for how long?

rvm1212 · Dec 27, 2007

Just curious. My boyfriend is on oral antibiotic again for a flare up. He took last one for 2 weeks and finished it a month ago. It´s too soon to have a flare up again? He used to have 2-3 flare ups a year. But this year had 4.
I was wondering if it´s normal to have to take them so close together or if he should be taking something else as preventive treatment. His numbers are fine 89 when the flare up and 94 after antibiotic.
He doesn´t use tobi as he doesn´t have pseudomona so far. But I was thinking about zitromax...or maybe hipertonic saline....
I guess my question is how many times are year do you have a flare up/ how many times a year do you take antibiotics and for how long?

rvm1212 · Dec 27, 2007

Just curious. My boyfriend is on oral antibiotic again for a flare up. He took last one for 2 weeks and finished it a month ago. It´s too soon to have a flare up again? He used to have 2-3 flare ups a year. But this year had 4.
I was wondering if it´s normal to have to take them so close together or if he should be taking something else as preventive treatment. His numbers are fine 89 when the flare up and 94 after antibiotic.
He doesn´t use tobi as he doesn´t have pseudomona so far. But I was thinking about zitromax...or maybe hipertonic saline....
I guess my question is how many times are year do you have a flare up/ how many times a year do you take antibiotics and for how long?

rvm1212 · Dec 27, 2007

Just curious. My boyfriend is on oral antibiotic again for a flare up. He took last one for 2 weeks and finished it a month ago. It´s too soon to have a flare up again? He used to have 2-3 flare ups a year. But this year had 4.
I was wondering if it´s normal to have to take them so close together or if he should be taking something else as preventive treatment. His numbers are fine 89 when the flare up and 94 after antibiotic.
He doesn´t use tobi as he doesn´t have pseudomona so far. But I was thinking about zitromax...or maybe hipertonic saline....
I guess my question is how many times are year do you have a flare up/ how many times a year do you take antibiotics and for how long?

rvm1212 · Dec 27, 2007

Just curious. My boyfriend is on oral antibiotic again for a flare up. He took last one for 2 weeks and finished it a month ago. It´s too soon to have a flare up again? He used to have 2-3 flare ups a year. But this year had 4.
I was wondering if it´s normal to have to take them so close together or if he should be taking something else as preventive treatment. His numbers are fine 89 when the flare up and 94 after antibiotic.
He doesn´t use tobi as he doesn´t have pseudomona so far. But I was thinking about zitromax...or maybe hipertonic saline....
I guess my question is how many times are year do you have a flare up/ how many times a year do you take antibiotics and for how long?

lightNlife · Dec 27, 2007

It's quite common for CFers to be on oral antibiotics on an ongoing basis, depending on which bugs we culture. I take Azithromycin every other day, year-round. In the normal population, that antibiotic is only used in the short-term (5 days I think) but in CFers it's a useful preventive medication.

I wish there was a simple answer for you. It sounds like you're worried that your boyfriend may be worsening based on the number of flareups he's had. The thing with CF is that there's no rulebook. Some of us have really junky coughs year-round and wheeze constantly, others have only one particular season in which they have the most trouble. Just because he's having more flare ups now doesn't necessarily mean that this is setting a trend for the future. Perhaps maybe he's just culturing a different bug and he and the docs haven't hit upon the right solution for keeping it under control.

Try not to micromanage or worry too much. I know it can be tempting for caregivers and concerned loved ones to want to be involved in every little detail, but that's not possible. Only he knows how he's feeling and whether or not what he's experiencing is out of norm.

lightNlife · Dec 27, 2007

It's quite common for CFers to be on oral antibiotics on an ongoing basis, depending on which bugs we culture. I take Azithromycin every other day, year-round. In the normal population, that antibiotic is only used in the short-term (5 days I think) but in CFers it's a useful preventive medication.

I wish there was a simple answer for you. It sounds like you're worried that your boyfriend may be worsening based on the number of flareups he's had. The thing with CF is that there's no rulebook. Some of us have really junky coughs year-round and wheeze constantly, others have only one particular season in which they have the most trouble. Just because he's having more flare ups now doesn't necessarily mean that this is setting a trend for the future. Perhaps maybe he's just culturing a different bug and he and the docs haven't hit upon the right solution for keeping it under control.

Try not to micromanage or worry too much. I know it can be tempting for caregivers and concerned loved ones to want to be involved in every little detail, but that's not possible. Only he knows how he's feeling and whether or not what he's experiencing is out of norm.

lightNlife · Dec 27, 2007

It's quite common for CFers to be on oral antibiotics on an ongoing basis, depending on which bugs we culture. I take Azithromycin every other day, year-round. In the normal population, that antibiotic is only used in the short-term (5 days I think) but in CFers it's a useful preventive medication.

I wish there was a simple answer for you. It sounds like you're worried that your boyfriend may be worsening based on the number of flareups he's had. The thing with CF is that there's no rulebook. Some of us have really junky coughs year-round and wheeze constantly, others have only one particular season in which they have the most trouble. Just because he's having more flare ups now doesn't necessarily mean that this is setting a trend for the future. Perhaps maybe he's just culturing a different bug and he and the docs haven't hit upon the right solution for keeping it under control.

Try not to micromanage or worry too much. I know it can be tempting for caregivers and concerned loved ones to want to be involved in every little detail, but that's not possible. Only he knows how he's feeling and whether or not what he's experiencing is out of norm.

lightNlife · Dec 27, 2007

It's quite common for CFers to be on oral antibiotics on an ongoing basis, depending on which bugs we culture. I take Azithromycin every other day, year-round. In the normal population, that antibiotic is only used in the short-term (5 days I think) but in CFers it's a useful preventive medication.

I wish there was a simple answer for you. It sounds like you're worried that your boyfriend may be worsening based on the number of flareups he's had. The thing with CF is that there's no rulebook. Some of us have really junky coughs year-round and wheeze constantly, others have only one particular season in which they have the most trouble. Just because he's having more flare ups now doesn't necessarily mean that this is setting a trend for the future. Perhaps maybe he's just culturing a different bug and he and the docs haven't hit upon the right solution for keeping it under control.

Try not to micromanage or worry too much. I know it can be tempting for caregivers and concerned loved ones to want to be involved in every little detail, but that's not possible. Only he knows how he's feeling and whether or not what he's experiencing is out of norm.

lightNlife · Dec 27, 2007

It's quite common for CFers to be on oral antibiotics on an ongoing basis, depending on which bugs we culture. I take Azithromycin every other day, year-round. In the normal population, that antibiotic is only used in the short-term (5 days I think) but in CFers it's a useful preventive medication.

I wish there was a simple answer for you. It sounds like you're worried that your boyfriend may be worsening based on the number of flareups he's had. The thing with CF is that there's no rulebook. Some of us have really junky coughs year-round and wheeze constantly, others have only one particular season in which they have the most trouble. Just because he's having more flare ups now doesn't necessarily mean that this is setting a trend for the future. Perhaps maybe he's just culturing a different bug and he and the docs haven't hit upon the right solution for keeping it under control.

Try not to micromanage or worry too much. I know it can be tempting for caregivers and concerned loved ones to want to be involved in every little detail, but that's not possible. Only he knows how he's feeling and whether or not what he's experiencing is out of norm.

KMV77 · Dec 27, 2007