Unfortunately, there is no good MRSA maintenance drug. There is some anecdotal support, but not much clincal data to support it, that long term use of a tetracycline antibiotic like doxycycline or minocycline will have some effect in suppressing MRSA if you are colonized. My infectious disease doc has been considering having me try it since I also pretty much only colonize MRSA (and a mold, but it's well controlled) so we know that's what is causing my increasingly frequent exacerbations.
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<br />If you have tried vanco before and still end up sick again pretty quickly, you can try telavancin. It's the next-step fancy new version of vanco. We are try it instead of vanco to see if we can slow down the rate at which I exacerbate (5 hospitalization so far this year, up from 4/year for the previous 3 years and 1 total before that). I finished up a course about a week ago; hopefully in a couple months I'll be able say say that I'm still feeling good.
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<br />If you have tried vanco before and still end up sick again pretty quickly, you can try telavancin. It's the next-step fancy new version of vanco. We are try it instead of vanco to see if we can slow down the rate at which I exacerbate (5 hospitalization so far this year, up from 4/year for the previous 3 years and 1 total before that). I finished up a course about a week ago; hopefully in a couple months I'll be able say say that I'm still feeling good.