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Suggest Treatment For Bronchiectasis

My husband has Bronciostasis. He is coughing very badly. He does have a rescue inhaler plus Breo elliptical. He uses a nebulizer twice a day. He has heart disease and takes many heart related medicines every day. He also had a quadruple by pass in 1991. Can he take benzonatate 100 mg. My email address is YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 1 Aug 2017
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Benzonatate is centrally acting cough suppressant.
So it is given for dry irritant cough.
In bronchiectesis, patient usually gets cough with plenty of mucus expectoration. So Benzonatate is not given in bronchiectesis.
You can ask give him N acetyl cystine (NAC). It is mucolytic, expectorant and antioxidant in nature. It should be given twice daily.
It is having excellent effect in bronchiectesis.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your husband. Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Bronchiectasis

Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. Benzonatate is centrally acting cough suppressant. So it is given for dry irritant cough. In bronchiectesis, patient usually gets cough with plenty of mucus expectoration. So Benzonatate is not given in bronchiectesis. You can ask give him N acetyl cystine (NAC). It is mucolytic, expectorant and antioxidant in nature. It should be given twice daily. It is having excellent effect in bronchiectesis. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your husband. Thanks.