Dornase alfa (proprietary name Pulmozyme from Genentech) is a highly purified solution of recombinant human deoxyribonuclease I (rhDNase), an enzyme which selectively cleaves DNA. Dornase alfa hydrolyzes the DNA present in sputum/mucus of cystic fibrosis patients and reduces viscosity ...
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...been on Prevacid for his acid reflux and if ...a formula change?!? My son was put on a hypoallergenic formula called Elecare and he did ...goes…is he on Pulmozyme?!? Pulmozyme helps to...
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...and sore lungs\ ightness
Hi everyone ! I just started Pulmozyme on Dec. 31 and ...lungs. This morning the soreness is worst plus ...tight, and I had shortness of breath. Has anyone else...
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...reactive airways from all the infections and Flovent relieved the inflammation. Now we only use Flovent when she has a ...open te airways prior to pulmozyme or hts? When dd is...
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...I never ever saw his nose run until he was put on pulmozyme at age 3. Prior to that we'd struggle to ...daughter has had a few mucus plugs that she's coughed up. She described them similar to ...
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I have just begun reusing Mucomyst. I used it for many years but when Pulmozyme came out, Mucomyst seemed to ...on it. It helps break up my cough much better than Pulmozyme ever has. I would...
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...puffs to fall back asleep and now after his pulmozyme and vest machine he goes to bed but the past two nights he had been coughing for 1-2 hrs straight and coughing to the...
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I have just begun reusing Mucomyst. I used it for many years but when Pulmozyme came out, Mucomyst seemed to ...on it. It helps break up my cough much better than Pulmozyme ever has. I would...
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We get our Pulmozyme and Creon through Safeway Pharmacy and they have been ...was Hyper Saline so we get that through the CF Se...
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im 13 with Cf and i just started pulmozyme and ive been having flu like symptoms but we decided to ...any better. ive had fever, headache, coug...
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...in Australia and my son has always taken Pulmozyme once a day before bed and when I asked his cf doc if twice would be better he said no....
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