Mucoclear

[soulboy118]

After years of suffering with persistent and ever increasing hard to remove phlegm , carbocistine and ventolin ( nebulised) making basically no difference who do you suppose came up with a solution? Was it my consultant ? My doctor ? The copd nurses ? My nurse practitioner? Actually it was none of the above it was a fellow sufferer.At my tai chi class a friend who has a phlegm issue brought me a vial of mucoclear nebuliser liquid (4ml at 6% ) this weekend just gone I ( after checking contradictions etc) used this medicine , WOW within 15 mins phlegm was easily being ejected and within 10mins I was breathing much easier ,I walked up the stairs in one go ( I was staying with a friend) and I feel the extra air I'm able to get into my lungs ,obviously this isnt for everyone but for me this has been an eye opener ( and lung opener ) I will keep you updated if anything changes but as of today I'mfeeling like gene Kelly doing his singing in the rain number

[sassy59]

Good news soulboy. Pete uses mucoclear twice daily and it does help. He nebulises ventolin first, to open up his airways, then mucoclear and finally ipatropium and Pulmicort (steroid). Hope everything works out well for you. Xxxxx

[soulboy118 in reply to sassy59]

I'm just annoyed all these so called professionals never offered me this knowing the problems I was having with phlegm , I phoned my docs this morning and a prescription is now waiting at my chemist for me for the mucoclear

[sassy59 in reply to soulboy118]

Yes that’s often the way. Wishing you well. Xxxxx👍

[Patsy164]

That's really good news glad it worked for you. It's not easy bring the stuff up sometimes x

[soulboy118 in reply to Patsy164]

I feel so much better this morning patsy164

[Comino2]

Its a shame your medical team have not prescribed this for you already words fail me sometimes how uninformed some of them are.So pleased you have found relief with the new medication .Sometimes just the smallest amount of blockage can affect your breathing.You can cough up a weeny weeny amount of yucky stuff and hey presto lots more air gets in. Cough up lots [without too much excertion] and you will be zipping about !! Good luck with the Gene Kelly dance moves maybe post a video ,im sure we would all like to see it xx

[soulboy118 in reply to Comino2]

It was great feel the extra air I could inhaile and to be able to easily exhale through my nose with force , I'm as happy as a pig in , well you know what

[cofdrop-UK]

I am so delighted for you soulboy that mucoclear 6% works well for you and hopefully your consutant will include hypertonic as a possible solution for others. A bronchiectasis specialist would certainly have considered it.

I am not up to speed on copd but I would just mention a word of caution for people with bronchiectasis. Hypertonic saline comes in 3 strenghs 3%, 6% and 7% and with bronch it would always be hospital directed by your consutant. They would arrange for you to have an assessment dose at the hospital, as there is a possibility for bronchospasm, especially if you also have asthma and they would always have you neb a bronchodilator prior to the hypertonic.

I nebuise a bronchodilator, followed by 7% hypertonic (Nebusal), followed by lung clearance twice a day.

Keep up the good work souboy.

Cx

[soulboy118 in reply to cofdrop-UK]

I took my ventolin nebuliser b4 the mucoclear and took precautions before trying it ,its basically salt water anyway

[cofdrop-UK]

That’s great and also great it works well for you, as the 7% does for me.

Basic salt water (isotonic 0.9%) has the same salt levels as all bodily fluids but hypertonic has a much higher salt content. That’s the reason bronchs especially with asthma need an assessment. As I say soulboy I am not up to speed on copd.

Cx

[Glenforkie]

Soulboy, it was an American doctor at my gp practice in Nairn the put me onto Mucoclear. Great stuff it is. Couple of local chemists had not heard of it used here

[soulboy118 in reply to Glenforkie]

Hope it helps you as much as it does me , 2 years down the line and its still working great for me , im down to just once a day with it for now ( and sometimes not at all) , it can be a nuclear option so I do use it with caution but we all find our own levels , Good luck 👍