Experiences with

Colistimethate

I am nebulizing it twice a day after using saline and levbuteral but still have the Psedomonas non mucoid and mucoid. Wed I am getting a PORT, as I had so many issues with the Pic. Any suggestions as to why I still have the infection and when will the Colistin work or won't it?

My chest hurts and I have a hard time breathing, almost panting ..And wobbly . Is there something to take before the treatment to prevent this? I have only taken this for less than a week, twice a day. Will these side effects go away and if so, when? Any help appreciated.

In a critical step towards addressing an urgent unmet medical need due to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria - also known as ‘superbugs’ - a new antibiotic (QPX9003) discovered by Monash University researchers has entered Phase 1 clinical trials in the United States. The trials have

Good afternoon all, on a daily basis I take the above powdered inhaled antibiotic (Promixin) through my nebuliser with a saline solution to help with my pseudomonas bugs. The other day I noticed I had ran out of saline so I had to used one of my salbutamol solutions to mix it. Will this have been ok

The findings, from Imperial College London and the University of Texas, may also reveal a potential way to make the antibiotic more powerful. The antibiotic Colistin has become a last resort treatment for infections caused by some of the world's nastiest superbugs. However, despite being discovered over

Good afternoon all, on a daily basis I take the above powdered antibiotic (Promixin) through my nebuliser with a saline solution to help with my psudamonas bugs. The other day I noticed I had ran out of saline so I had to used one of my salbutamol solutions to mix it. Will this have been ok? Has anyone

My father was misdiagnosed with a smaller kidney stone than it actually was. Before they found out the real size in CT scan, the doctors began the flush therapy and it apparently started to damage his kidney walls so they inserted a DJ stent. After keeping the stent for two weeks, they conducted RIRS

Can anyone recommend a good portable nebuliser that is capable of administering Colistin antibiotics as well as salbutamol please?

My mother has following problems Liver cirrhosis Fluid around lungs Sepsis Tracheostomy but she is not waking up after 4 days , what could be the reason? BP under control at 6ml / hr Noradrenaline Currently under treatment with colistin Does anyone has idea when she will wake up ?

Hello all, I am new here. My dad is 71 yrs old. Two months back, he suffered a hematoma due to a road accident . He recovered from hematoma but got into dementia. Since he had psychiatric disturbances, we had to hospitalize him. While at hospital he acquired acenetobacter multi drug resistant bacterial

[i]For the first time, the World Health Organization has named which bacteria we most urgently need new antibiotics to fight, as they become increasingly resistant to the ones we’ve already got. Top of the list are gut bacteria such as Escherichia coli – a deadly threat in hospitals, but also the leading

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/health/infection-raises-specter-of-superbugs-resistant-to-all-antibiotics.html?emc=edit_th_20160527&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=30571789 ​(..Meant for info only; not to freak anyone out...; click the link, read the article...)​ “...We risk being in a post-antibiotic world

Hello!!! I need a little bit of advice if anyone can suggest: CASE HISTORY: My mother who is 52 years old female, has recently been diagnosed for breast cancer. She had been non diabetic, and a patient of hypothyroidism and (RA) rheumatoid arithritis. A brief history of hypothyroidism and Rheumatoid

After sixteen months of coughing up yellow/green/brown rubbish, my consultant decided to try colistimethate (comolycin) he was not over confident as I have the Pseudomonas bug living in my lungs, and apparently it hides rather than dies when hit with antibiotics.

I hear that they reduce the time it takes to nebulise drugs dramatically. Also tells you when drug is finished, instead of just guessing or looking and the drug tipping out as you look! I have Bronchiectasis and I need to nebulise Colistin twice a day.