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antibiotics and asthma

antibiotics and asthma

Why do some antibiotics help with asthma symptoms? I was really sick a last year and took levaquin for 5 days. When I started to get better I noticed my asthma symptoms were wiped out for at least 2 weeks before I started getting tight in the chest again.
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I don't know about levaquin but I do know that macrolides (biaxin, zithromax etc..) have an anti inflammatory effect on asthma. Macrolides have been used for quite some time on people with CF(myself included...I have been on zithromax chronically for nearly 2 years and have had a huge improvement in my asthma symptoms over that time). I know that studies are being done for antibiotic treatment and asthma, it looks promising for those with moderate to severe asthma.
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