what do you use to thin the mucous?

[mare]

What is everybody using for a mucolytic? I can't use Mucomyst anymore. It irritated my Asthma so bad, I ended up on a respirator in ICU for a few days.I have started takaing NAC orally but am nervous. Please give me some feedback here. What can I use and how much. Anyone else have the Asthma component also to add to the "Pandoras Box"?

 

[NoExcuses]

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[princessjdc]

hypertonic saline too i believe

 

[Alyssa]

My daughter also has asthma. She is on:

Pulmozyme
Albuterol
Flovent
and she just started the 3% saline, she will move up to the 7% after three months.

 

[anonymous]

My two year old does Pulmozyne. Although I do want to start him on Mucomyst? What is NAC? Warwick mentioned that he liked that for his patients but I kinda forget what it was... Thanks

Megan

 

[mare]

Pulmozyme made me sick unfortunately.
NAC is the oral form of Mucomyst or N-Acetylcholine.

 

[anonymous]

I take MucoMyst

 

[mousesmom]

Monique uses Gentamycin and 5% saline, but has to use an inhaler before the saline because it also irritates her asthma.

 

[Giggles]

I guess I just use Pulmozyme for that. I also do the flutter and vest a few times a day and try to cough out as much as I can always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Jennifer 34 years old with CF and CFRD

 

[Scarlett81]

Pulmozyme, Hypertonic saline, and now depending if I have a nasty upper cough-plain Robitussin.

 

[Marcy]

I take pulmoyme and musinex.  And the combination has been
great for me.  

 

[Ender]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>mare</b></i>

Pulmozyme made me sick unfortunately.

NAC is the oral form of Mucomyst or N-Acetylcholine.</end quote></div>

Hey, just so you know it's n-acetyl cysteine....just so somebody doesn't buy the wrong stuff <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">