Copd

[Dave2436]

Hello everyone i have copd i have a chest infection got my rescue pack out one is prednisolone 5mg and doxycycline 100mg doxycycline dus not do any think for me .my doctor say that is all we can give you when you ask for a rescue pack now as anyone else hard of this or is she given the run around

Take care all dave

[stone-UK]

Hi

Rescue pack will contain one steroid such as prednisolone. And one antibiotic mine is Amoxicillin. Which covers a host of bacterial infections but not all, several members take a sputum sample to be analysed to get the correct medication.

If you infection is a viral infection then antibiotics will not help. you just have to ride it, drinking plenty of fluids.

There is no quick fix if the more common antibiotics don't work.

Unfortunately there is no crystal ball to predict what antibiotics to give you, the two mentioned cover a lot of the more common infections.

But as others will tell you there's always a new one just around the corner.

[Dave2436 in reply to stone-UK]

Hello thanks for help dave

[Nottobad]

You won't know until you hand a sputum sample in to see if you have an infection. You may not have one. In June I had an exacerbation with out an infection just the wheeze and breathlessness and cough Also if you take antibiotics when you don't have an infection you could become resistant to them.

[Dave2436]

Hello thanks for your help one thing is I have never bin able to bring up a sputum sample up the only time I get sputum up is when I am in hospital

Thanks dave