ANYONE ON NACSYS. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO WORK. BEEN ON IT 2 WEEKS DONE NOTHING FOR ME YET.THANKS COLIN.
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not quite sure what you are expecting. I use it as a replacement for my prescribed carbocisteine for holidays . Reason is one x600mg daily so saves taking dozens of capsules. do find it as good as carbocisteine for keeping the phlegm thin enough to cough up easily
Hi I have been on it 2yrs and it took 2days to notice the difference as I have 1 x effervescent tablet in water then wait 10 mins and use my acapella device to do clearance and I am great most of the day.on carbocysteine I had a big dip in the middle of the day with tiredness and took 3 tablets a day. medication is different suitability for others .
Been on it over 2 weeks but I find the sputum very sticky. I asked the asthma nurse she said give it at least a month. I have been asking for a nebuliser but they are not very keen on giving me one. They say it causes infection. Have you got one? Colin.
Hi no I haven't due to having bronchiectasis I am susceptible to infection. I do drink 2 litres of water a day to keep mucus looser
Sorry can't help you I'm on carberstien I'm sure you get some peaple with more knowledge about you're issue this is a good site for suggestions and experiences
I tried NACSYS & carbocisteine and they didn't work for me, In fact the Carbocisteine actually dried my sputum up! The respiratory consultant & nurse told me they don't always work for everyone. I was advised to try each one for a month. Hope this helps.
It's hard going. I'm not on anything to thin the mucus at all. I drink plenty of water, exercise and do regular airway cleasance best I can. I've had lots of chest infections/bugs over the last 2 years and after each 2 week course of antibiotics seem to get sputum up, I have been prescribed daily doxycycline over the last 3 months and now I've just stopped that and now started Azithromycin 3 times a week as a prophylactic to trial.
Yeah, the stubborn bugs that keep reoccuring are Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae and some types of coliforms from what I'm told. It seems like a repetitive cycle of antibiotics, then within a couple of weeks the sputum changes and here we go again! Hopefully, should start settling down now I've started the regular Azithromycin. Fingers crossed 🤞
I don't know about Staph but I believe lungs can be colonised with the haemophilia Influenzae and can be controlled rather than eradicated. I may be wrong, I remember reading it on here.
If you write those two bugs separately in the search bar above (&/or on NHS website ) you'll find out more about them, which abs work and how to keep them at bay - particularly on NHS website.
Hi, I’ve been on Nacsys for two months now. My consultant told me that it takes a couple of months for it to be really effective and that, after a couple of months, it will also be reducing inflammation in the airways. I still have to drink a lot of water to be able to bring anything up. I use a flutter & Aerobika device. I have a combination of bronchiectasis, asthma, mild emphysema & ABPA. Carbocisteine didn’t do anything for me, that’s why they changed it.