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This handout discusses setting a treatment plan for Cystic Fibrosis.
Part of care for cystic fibrosis is keeping your airways clear. This means doing airway clearance treatments. A treatment may be with a medicine. Some medicines open your airways. Some loosen or thin mucus. Others help fight bacteria in your lungs. Using an exact order of treatment makes them most effective.
Complete your medicine and airway clearance treatments in this order. If you don’t take a medicine on this list, you can skip that step. Follow any specific instructions you have been given from your doctor.
Bronchodilator (Albuterol)
Hypertonic saline (Hyper-Sal)
DNase (Pulmozyme)
Airway clearance (vest, Acapella, Aerobika, flutter, manual chest physiotherapy)
Asthma controller medicines (Flovent, Advair, Symbicort)
Aerosolized antibiotic (Cayston, TOBI, Colistin)
Call if you have any questions about your specific treatment plan.
Pediatric Pulmonary Clinic
(608) 263-6420.