pulmozine...what does it really do?!

[anonymous]

hope this hasn't already come up in previous posts, but just wondering what the actual benifts of pulmozine is?! Its just i have been on it for god knows how many years and lately just feel its a waist of time! I don't feel the imediate effects like i do when i have colomicin or atrovent... Just out of curiosity if any one knows exactly what it does and how it benifits u?! cheers!

emma 18cf uk

 

[anonymous]

It liquidizes your thick, sticky secretions. Which in turn increases the amount you cough out and hopefully results in decreased infection. It is more prophylactic most of the time than anything else.


Luke 29/cf who is glad to be spending his first valentines day with his new wife.

 

[emzy]

cheers! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

emz

 

[CheerColl]

HAHA...emma --- CF UK!!

 

[jleigh]

Here is anything and everything you want to know about Pulmozyme:

http://www.pulmozyme.com/patient/3_3_faq_about_cf_and_pulmozyme.jsp

Jen 34 w/cf <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[anonymous]

Colleen whats funneh!?!?!?!?!?!?

emmz

 

[shamrock]

I think it was cfuk sa opposed to fcuk! Thats what made me laugh! Lol

 

[anonymous]

ooooohh right!!

 

[shamrock]

lolol

 

[Beowulf]

From what i have read, it breaks down the protein bonds in white blood cells found in mucus. Since CFers always have a bounty of mucus in their lungs it works well, at least in most individuals. It works most efficiently in a moist climate. I use to live at 5700 elevation and given that there was virtually no moisture in the air (or in my lung) Pulmozyme didn't work as well as it does now that i live at sea level (more moisture).