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My brother has asthma and black cough from the age of 3 years he is taking levofloxacin please suggest some medicine?

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Dr. Sunil Mehra answered

Specializes in Pulmonology

Take maintenance RX: He should be broncodilators and inhaled corticosteroids daily, if he is getting black phlegm for long, he should be checked for bronchiectasis with cat scan of chest.

Dr Caplin agreed

Answered 11/28/2014

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