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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 330439" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>I'm almost sure somebody told me it is somewhat helpful to just run a saline solution through the nebulizer, even without the medication. I remember buying a special saline made just for use with nebulizers when easy child had to use one a long time ago. Seems like it was one of those "over the counter but located behind the counter" products. As for whether that particular saline was better than others...I wonder if that was just a marketing thing but don't know. Later, we used special pre-mixed packets that required nothing but opening the package and pouring it in. More expensive than mixing your own though. Maybe through the years since we did it, something similar has come along in generic? It sure would be easier than trying to mix your own stuff while you cough. I'm betting that's the sort of thing that doctor's offices would have samples of.</p><p> </p><p>An albuterol inhaler (limited, temporary use, of course) can also help, whether you have asthma or not. Still helps to open airways and break up that junk to help get rid of it. I remember a doctor at one time telling me he'd found that to be more effective than antibiotics in his practice. I'm for the approach of teaming it up if I can, though, for a severe case.</p><p> </p><p>If this progresses, though, it can get more ugly than I realized. I have a friend who didn't get this stuff under control early enough, and wound up on prednisone, every inhaler known to mankind, various cough medications, AND the antibiotic. Nothing to mess around with for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 330439, member: 8226"] I'm almost sure somebody told me it is somewhat helpful to just run a saline solution through the nebulizer, even without the medication. I remember buying a special saline made just for use with nebulizers when easy child had to use one a long time ago. Seems like it was one of those "over the counter but located behind the counter" products. As for whether that particular saline was better than others...I wonder if that was just a marketing thing but don't know. Later, we used special pre-mixed packets that required nothing but opening the package and pouring it in. More expensive than mixing your own though. Maybe through the years since we did it, something similar has come along in generic? It sure would be easier than trying to mix your own stuff while you cough. I'm betting that's the sort of thing that doctor's offices would have samples of. An albuterol inhaler (limited, temporary use, of course) can also help, whether you have asthma or not. Still helps to open airways and break up that junk to help get rid of it. I remember a doctor at one time telling me he'd found that to be more effective than antibiotics in his practice. I'm for the approach of teaming it up if I can, though, for a severe case. If this progresses, though, it can get more ugly than I realized. I have a friend who didn't get this stuff under control early enough, and wound up on prednisone, every inhaler known to mankind, various cough medications, AND the antibiotic. Nothing to mess around with for sure. [/QUOTE]
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