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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / December 2005Bactroban irrigation
The recently approved generic mupirocin ointment from TEVA certainly mixes up easily with saline solution. The carrier base in the generic seems to dissolve a little easier than the name brand GlaxoSmithKline Bactroban. YMMV - AW > The recently approved generic mupirocin ointment from TEVA certainly mixes > up easily with saline solution. The carrier base in the generic seems to > dissolve a little easier than the name brand GlaxoSmithKline Bactroban. > YMMV - AW It's what I've been using the past week or so. I never used Bactroban, but the mupirocin dissolves very easily in warm water. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Susan How's it working? Did you buy this in a Drugstore? shirleyann > Did you buy this in a Drugstore? > > shirleyann It's an rx item, not an OTC. Susan >> x-no-archive: yes >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > How's it working? I dunno, too soon to tell, and I haven't been very good about doing it often. I think it's helping, but I'm also starting to get daily bleeding from Rhinocort, I think. Susan > > It's what I've been using the past week or so. I never used Bactroban, > > but the mupirocin dissolves very easily in warm water. > > > > Susan > > How's it working? I use it just like you would an oral antibiotic, 2-3 sprays a day for 2-3 weeks. After about 5 days I always feel better. I mix up a one inch ribbon of ointment inside a clean 1 oz spray bottle of the same saline solution that I use in my Hydropulse and shake till dissolved. I was directed to do this by my Dr as I often have staph infections. There was a long thread on Bactroban irrigation a couple months back. AW On 12/24/05 7:42 PM, in article A8-dncHBL_R_1DPenZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@comcast.com, "augustwestern" >>> It's what I've been using the past week or so. I never used Bactroban, >>> but the mupirocin dissolves very easily in warm water. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > this by my Dr as I often have staph infections. There was a long thread on > Bactroban irrigation a couple months back. AW I wonder if the mupirocin would work better if placed directly into the nose? That way it stays in contact longer. If you can't get an Rx for the Mupirocin, my stuff Breathe.ease XL has a similar action and is OTC. > I wonder if the mupirocin would work better if placed directly into the > nose? That way it stays in contact longer. I have used intranasal Bactroban in the past where I would swab the inside of my nose using a q-tip with a small amount of mupirocin twice a day. While this was very effective, the staph will eventually come back, even if also taking Kelfex. For the past year I mix up a ribbon of mupirocin inside the atomizer sprayer that comes with BreatheXL and after mixing spray 2-3X daily for 2-3 weeks for a sinus infection. I also use a CPAP now, so when using mupirocin for the first few days I'll also put a small dab of Bactroban inside the edge of my nostril to melt as I go to sleep but mainly I just use the atomizer with a small amount of mupirocin mixed up. My situation is complicated by also having staph skin problems so I try not to overuse the mupirocin. AW > The recently approved generic mupirocin ointment from TEVA certainly mixes > up easily with saline solution. The carrier base in the generic seems to > dissolve a little easier than the name brand GlaxoSmithKline Bactroban. That's good to hear, because I had trouble using Bactroban for irrigation. I'm apparently allergic to one of its inert ingredients. After irrigation with diluted Bactroban, I get a terrible post nasal drip (just what I needed, right?). Maybe the generic mupirocin will have a different formulation and I won't be so sensitive to it.  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. I had sinus surgery on December 12th - my ENT reduced the turbinates (submucousally), and widened the maxillary openings, clean the drainage out of both and the cleaned some out of the ethmoids but left the frontal sinuses alone. He took the packing out in the hospital so I didn't have to deal w/ that either - the first post op appt. was easy - just took some mucus out but did nothing else. I've been sleeping in a recliner for 4 months now and finally late last week, I was able to sleep in bed - it's bizarre feeling air all the way in the back of my sinuses - nearly gives me a headache. Anyway, I'm curious to see what you think about the fact that he biopsied tissue and it just shows inflammation, the mucus wasn't infected so he thinks everything is due to allergies - I skin tested very postitive to everything inhaled except molds. I finished up 10 days of augmentin and have resumed sinus irrigations w/ my water pic and special end (he's horrified at using a water pic). I'm still bleeding at 2 weeks out. So I can breathe through my nose - the PND is still profuse and thick - I have these episodes where out of no where, it just flares up and is so thick in the back of my throat I think I'm going to choke - the only relief I can find is to go wash it all out. My throat is still raw from the gunk down the back of my throat. Michelle > I had sinus surgery on December 12th - my ENT reduced the turbinates > (submucousally), and widened the maxillary openings, clean the drainage [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I finished up 10 days of augmentin and have resumed sinus irrigations > w/ my water pic and special end (he's horrified at using a water pic). You shouldn't use the water pic if your surgeon doesn't want you to. There are other means of irrigation via a syringe. > I'm still bleeding at 2 weeks out. The vibration and pulsation from the water pic may be blowing out the clots and retarding healing. Especially if you're using a forceful setting. SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. >I had sinus surgery on December 12th - my ENT reduced the turbinates >(submucousally), and widened the maxillary openings, clean the drainage [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >biopsied tissue and it just shows inflammation, the mucus wasn't >infected so he thinks everything is due to allergies That is common. You will need to get the allergic situation under control to prevent eventual recurrence...... > - I skin tested >very postitive to everything inhaled except molds. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Michelle > The recently approved generic mupirocin ointment from TEVA certainly mixes > up easily with saline solution. The carrier base in the generic seems to > dissolve a little easier than the name brand GlaxoSmithKline Bactroban. > YMMV - AW But wouldn't liquid antibiotic dissolve still much easier? Or for OTC, that iodine anti-microbial solution (the name escapes me at the moment)?
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