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StSch Check-In 10/14/2025
I'm a 72 year old man with Bronchiectasis and have been taking the newly approved medication Brinsupri for about 6 week now and it seems to to be working pretty good. It is very expensive but if you already hit your $2,000.00 limit it does not cost you anything. Talk to your Pulmonologist.
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St Sch,
Hello! Thank you for sharing your good experience with the community.
Great to hear from someone taking the medication, thank you for sharing, - we look forward to any updates!
Good for you StSch.....Please keep us posted and hope it continues to help you
This is good to hear! How have you been feeling. Feel free to share with our group. Most are very interested. Thanks for telling us the info about the deductible.
Good to hear from those receiving the new medication. I'm sure others with bronchiectasis appreciate your post and you sharing your experience.
It is great that we are witnessing the launch of a new drug, the 1st for non cystic Bronchiectasis patients. It is so interesting to read about the different timelines of drug effectiveness. I look forward to reading more updates as time moves forward.
Update on Brinsupri after one month. After being on Brinsupri for two weeks I was noticing a change in my coughing pattern. I was actually coughing more but bringing up less sputum and what was coming up was smaller wads of sputum. At this point in time I had a sinus surgery and one of the post-op meds war prednisone, 20mg once a day for five days. After the second day for taking the prednisone with the Brinsupri I was not coughing or bringing up sputum anymore and now after a full month and no Prednisone I'm feeling normal with no signs of bronchiectasis and loving life.
Brinsupri can be very expensive depending on your insurance coverage so be prepared. But if you're older and on Medicare with Part D and a Medicare Advantage Plan your total med output for the year is only $2,100.00 (2026) so the Brinsupri is basically free. Please check with your Pulmonologist, Insurance company and make sure you're properly set up with Medicare. You can lead a NORMAL LIFE AGAIN.
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