Tomorrow I will be starting the 12 wk protocol. I was lucky enough to get my General Physician to give us the go ahead. I had previously experienced vertigo from an inner ear infection after a bout of bronchitis. The PA prescribed azithromycin and after taking the 5 day Z Pak I was amazed to notice that my adult onset asthmaⁱ had taken a serious hit! Sooo I googled az & asthma and found your site. I quickly searched for some clinical support, made copies and got in to the doctor. Their normal protocol for asthma was steroidal and Singular etc. I wasn't a big fan of prednisone and took adverse reaction to Singular. But by the very evidence of my asthma sympton reduction we came to the understanding to give this a try. I will follow up this post with a running account of how things go.

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I took the dog for a nice walk along a river trail yesterday, about a 45 minute walk. It wasn't until I got back to the car that I realized I hadn't even thought to take my inhaler with me! I went a whole 45 minutes engaged in a normally asthmaⁱ-enducing activity, and didn't even think about it! That may not sound like much, but for those of you who have been ill for a long time you know how your illness is always there in the back of your mind, affecting everything you do, and everything you're even considering doing, even if you're not consciously thinking about it. Before I engage in any physical activity since I've had asthma I have always had to briefly go over my mental checklist, at least subsciously:

1. Do I have my inhaler with me, on my person?

This is the news:  In England, possible antibioticsⁱ to be sold over the counter, to treat CHLAMYDIA!

This is the story form http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/06/health

Oral antibiotics are to be made available for the first time without doctor's prescription under guidelines approved yesterday by the medicines regulator.

A pill to treat chlamydia, the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection, will become available for purchase in pharmacies across England later this year.

I just got back from a half hour bike ride. I finally got the nerve to exercise without using my inhaler beforehand. I got a good workout, making sure I was breathing heavy the whole time to give my lungs a good test. They work! I made it through the entire 30 minute ride without my chest tightening up. No coughing and wheezing! Just normal heavy breathing from exertion but without struggling for air. Six months ago I would have been wheezing and coughing up a storm within 5 minutes of trying that. It felt so good to have air free-flowing in and out of my lungs and know it wasn't the albuterol making it possible!

has anyone had a diagnosis of chronic strep? If so what treatments/protocolsⁱ were you treated with.

hey everyone...  first, i am still a little confused as to if i should post a blog or comments...  whats the difference?  i am still trying to get use to navigating this site...  i do appreciate all the feedback..

I followed up with the allergy/asthmaⁱ doc today. Lung function is improving after just 1 month on azithromycin!

Five weeks ago he tested my lung function at it was 81%-84% of normal without asthma medications. After albuterol he would test it again and it would improve to 92%-93% of normal. A week later (4 weeks ago), just before starting azi, he tested lung function again and it was pretty much the same.

Today he tested my lung function and it was 98% of normal! And this was without any asthma meds! So my lung function is better now without albuterol than it was before azi with albuterol. That is significant!