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| 5 | hyperhidrosis | Dry mouth/ eyes. | I just got on Robinul and I am very impressed with the results. I had ets 10 years ago to treat Palmar hyperhidrosis (helped somewhat but symptoms returned). Still would sweat excessively in hot/humid environments. Botox treatments were certainly effective but expensive, administratively difficult, and treat only the area applied. With Robinul I took 2mg on an empty stomach in the morning for a few days with no effect, then ramped up to 4mg. For the past two days on 4mg I haven't had a drop of sweat all day. Not even mild clamminess. I'm in disbelief. Side effects were dry mouth and slightly dry eyes. But I just sip water all day and don't even notice it. I'm going to scale down the dosage back to 2mg to see if that works now that I've been on it for a few days. If 2mg is still not effect I'll try 3mg and then back to 4mg. But, wow, wish I tried this stuff earlier... If I just needed to treat hyperhidrosis in one area and money was not an issue, I'd prefer botox to Robinul. Otherwise, I strongly suggest anyone suffering from Hyperhidrosis give Robinul a try. | M | 27 | 4MG 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 5 | Palmar/Plantar HH | More dried mucous in the nose. Overheating quickly from reduced sweating. Lower tolerance for alcohol. | AMAZING. Changed my life. I can wear sandals and write on paper without using a "cover sheet." It's not perfect, however. Certain activities (which for me is playing an instrument like guitar or drums) still causes sweating of hands and feet, but it's not as intense as it used to be. | M | 21 | 3 months 1 MG 3X day | 6/18/2010 | 5 | Severe facial and body sweating | Moderate dry mouth, minor headache | This drug is amazing. For the last 15 years, I would sweat uncontrollably at any temperature over 75 degrees or in any social situation that was even the slightest bit uncomfortable. I just started taking Robinul (actually Avert which is the same) last week and I have not dripped a drop of sweat since. For me it was literally just like turning off a switch. The side effects are mildly irritating, but from what I've heard, they get better. For me, this is as close to a miracle drug as I've ever seen. ***** Seriously, though.. take the doctor's advice and start with a low dosage, then work your way up as needed. I thought I'd start at 4mg per dose instead of 2, it was definitely too much for me. | M | 26 | 1 weeks 2 2X day | 7/21/2010 | 5 | Excessive Sweating | Horrible dry mouth in the beginning. After a couple months this side effect slowly became less and less. Now I don't really experience it. Headaches/Nausea/Blurred Vision ONLY WHEN TAKEN IN EXCESS. | This has been absolutely life changing! I found out about this drug and though hesitant, my doctor let me try it out. This pill makes my life so much better. Heres a piece of information that I tried to find when I first started taking this drug that I think is useful. This drug works when you take it, it doesnt take a week or two to get into your bloodstream. I don't even bother taking it when I'm not going out because I don't care if I sweat at home. Another thing is, this drug does not work well at all if you eat before or right after taking it. Try and take it at least an hour before eating for best results. Started out on 1mg twice a day and found slowly increased does till I found what worked best with me. Absolutely AMAZING! | M | 18 | 8 months 5mg 1X day | 12/21/2010 | 5 | Palmar HH | Some dry mouth, and very rarely eye dryness | I commented back in 2008 after using the drug for about 1.5 years, and now I am back to tell everyone that I am still pleased by this miraculous drug (for me at least). I regularly get my yearly physical check up, and no internal side effects of any kind. I take 2mg once a day about an hour before meal and no worries for the whole day. I have almost forgotten what it used to feel like when I was sweating! I am soooo past that phase, now I am giving my girlfriend a massage everynight with my warm (actually very warm during the evening) hands. Hope it works for everyone! | M | 42 | 5 years 2 mg 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 5 | hyperhidrosis | dry mouth | started with 1mg in the morning the first day didnt work too great at all the 2nd day i took 2mg and i noticed a bigger difference, and today only the 3rd day i took 2mg and i noticed it helps significantly, gonna up my dose one more mg tomorrow and should be fine i havent had any bad side effects thus far definitely worth it and would reccommend | M | 23 | 3 days 2mg 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 5 | hyperhidrosis | dry mouth, dry eyes | I've had hyperhidrosis since i was a teen (or even before) and its a horrible condition, as you probably know if you're reading this. About 10 years ago I started taking glycopyrrolate and am very happy with the results. Its given me back my life and confidence. My concern now is regarding potential long-term effects. There is very little research/evidence regarding long-term use and associated health impacts. I foresee needing this drug for the rest of my life, but also have to weigh this against any potentially more severe health risks due to extended use. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU KNOW OF ANY LONG-TERM (10+ years) HEALTH IMPACTS OR SIDE-EFFECTS FROM TAKING GLYCOPYRROLATE. | M | 33 | 10 years 2mg 1X day | 3/9/2011 | 5 | hyperhidrosis | Dry mouth | Two words to describe the effects of this drug, "life changing". I have struggled with sever head sweating all my life. Not anymore! This drug has changed my life! | M | 36 | 1 months 3-6MG 2X day | 5/23/2011 | 5 | severe head and facial sweating!!!! | dry mouth. | this medicine has changed my life!!!! i am now taking 3mg a day. im pretty sure i will have a to increase to 4 to 5mg a day. But its working really good. once i get the dose right ill be all set. No more hiding when im ask to go to a social event. i do recommend taking it 2 hours before or after you eat. it is much more effective. My Hyper.. is really really bad. i couldnt even walk a flight of stairs without sweating like crazy. Of course you get the "are you ok" which makes it worse. It completely controled my life in every aspect. Work, home, social events etc. I suggest that if your suffering with this problem to talk to your doctor and give it a try. | M | 40 | 3 months 1mg 3x d 3X day | 6/3/2011 | 5 | Hyperhidrosis | Dry mouth, dry nasal passages, reduced bladder urges, dry eyes. | I'll just say that for me Robinul is everything I'd hoped it be. I am really completely dry now after suffering from extreme entire body (mostly face) sweating. Some of my work includes sales and I cab say that I am much more confident now that I do not have to sweat like a crazy person. I'll give a few pointers for use that I have learned: First, these pills dry up anything they touch including your tongue. So when taking them, get them as far back in your throat as possible to prevent them touching much of your tongue. This will significantly reduce dry mouth side effects. Second, if you feel like you need to go, do not hold it. This pill will relax your bladder and you won't feel the pain you normally would if you were holding it without the pill. This is important because holding it is not good for your bladder and can lead to side effects such as over active bladder etc... Dosage: I am a pretty big dude at 250 lbs, I find that 2 mg in the morning lasts for 11 hours, but takes about 2 to start working and gets stronger until about 6 hours at which it begins to level out and then diminish. This means I get about 9 hours of effective use and about 6 at full strength. If I take first thing in the morning I am covered for the work hours in the day and am happy. I think it will depend on the individual but this is what works for me. Stop waiting. Go see your doctor and see if Robinul can help. BTW I take the generic and it works great at only $10 for 30 1mg pill | M | 23 | 10 days 2 1X day | 6/30/2011 | 5 | Hyperhidrosis | Dry mouth, but it seemed to get better as time went on. | I read up on this before I took it and I too noticed people calling it a miracle drug. Well, they're right. Like any medicine, some people won't do well on it or it just won't work, but it did for me. I've been suffering from embarrassing head and face sweating for years. It affected me in every aspect of my life. I wasn't able to socialize like I wanted to and it was just plain humiliating being in a room, inside, and all of a sudden break out into a sweat like I had been doing yard work. I tried Botox. Twice. It got rid of, for a while, my frown lines but did nothing for my sweating. I went to the dermatologist, and he said he wished I had come to him before spending so much money on Botox. He said Robinul has a good success rate. To make a long story short, I started taking it, and at first, was taking it twice a day. I read where one guy had success taking three pills once a day so I tried that. It is amazing. I still sweat, but now, it's like a normal person sweats. I don't sweat for no apparent reason, and when I do, it stops when I go inside where it's air conditioned. Before, once I started sweating, it was like someone turned on the hose and left it running. It has made a difference for me. I no longer sweat at night. I am dry, dry, dry!! You have to play with the dosage to see what works for you. The dry mouth got better after a few weeks but to me, I would rather have a dry mouth than look like a sweaty pig all the time. Plus, it helped me up my | M | 35 | 1mg 1X day | 7/24/2011 | 5 | Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) | Dry mouth | To quickly sum it up, if you have problems with excessive sweating....Robinul may work for you as well as it has for me...I couldn't be happier. Long story.....I've had problems with excessive sweating for 20 years. Anytime that people around me might be sweating too, I would literally be dripping. And I would always be the first to start sweating. Those situations never really bothered me though as I just laughed it off and it was normal to be sweating then. Over the past few years though, there were times that I would start sweating in business meetings...and the more serious or stressful the meeting, the more I would sweat. I'm in sales and routinely close very large deals and it was never a question of nerves or confidence. I went to my dermatologist and asked about beta blockers as I thought it was a problem with adrenaline. She instead suggested Robinul and I'm so glad she did. The prescription she gave me was for 2 mg once a day. What I've found though is that as a previous poster mentioned, the medication doesn't need to be taken every day. I also found that 2 mg wasn't really enough for me. So, what I do now is take 4 mg on the days I have big meetings and am worried about sweating. And it works amazingly. I do get a really dry mouth, so I always carry a water bottle into meetings with me....but it is so much easier to explain a water bottle than it is to explain why you're sweating during a big presentation. | M | 40 | 4 months 4 MG 1X AN | 9/28/2011 | 5 | extreme facial sweating and blush | About one week of dry mouth and nose | It's a Godsend medication it Cured me in about 3 days! Life changing. Side effects lasted only about 1 week maybe because I drank lots of water. I aked my Doctor for Robinul because I had uncontrollable nervous facial hyperhidrosis for about 10 yrs. Doctor said I can take up to 8mg. The max I took was 4mg worked Great. Take on empty stomach. Thanx! to everyone that recommended Robinul to me | M | 34 | 4 weeks 2-4 mg 2X day | 11/1/2011 | 5 | head/forehead sweating | Intense Dry Mouth, sore throat | After reading comments from you all about a week ago, I cross-referenced Robinul on various sites, read doctor testimonials that assured me this was worth a shot, and although I may be speaking prematurely, this is the greatest drug out there, no questions asked. I was so pumped to read that this type of drug existed, I texted a buddy of mine, a dentist, had him call in the Rx, life's been better ever since. I'm truly upset that it took me this long to uncover a solution, and I have you all to thank. You're my Santa Claus this year, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. As far as symptoms, like many of you, my scalp & forehead would sweat. It could & would happen at any time, but most often at the least appropriate times (meetings, dinner table, close quarters, etc.). And as I've read from many of you, there didn't seem to be a way to stop the sweating. From there, I'd almost develop a panic attack. And no, the SSRIs didn't help, although my stint with Paxil was a short one. The past 5 years have been rough, it's actually gotten worse over time, and now I see there's an answer for me. So thank you for your suggestions. I feel like a new guy, no fear, no worries. I start with 2 mgs early AM (7 am), then I go with 1-2 mgs later in the day (between 2-3 pm) depending upon the ensuing situations I'll be in. I couldn't be more pleased. Side effects are nothing compared to what I was dealing with, and it sounds like they'll lessen over time. I'm in. Thank | M | 36 | 6 days 2 MGs 2X day | 12/24/2011 | 5 | Excessive sweating (head) | Dry mouth and nasal passage | Generally I would wake up in the morning with my pillow drenched in sweat and it seemed everywhere I'd go I'd be dripping sweat, even in cooler weather. From the first day I took Robinul I woke the next morning completely dry! My initial doses I was given was two pills in the morning. Unfortunately by the third day I had a strange taste sensation and my mouth became excessively dry. I was eating breakfast and it became impossible to chew and swallow without taking drinks between every couple of chews and then to assist swallowing. It was initially a let-down, but I noticed that this subsided by that afternoon. I consulted with my dermatologist that prescribed me the medicine and suggested that I try reducing the dosage to one or 1 1/2 a day, or the two but taking only one twice a day. There were still a couple of onsets of what I had the third day of taking the medicine, but it looks like I've finally got it down for me. I now take one pill a day, and I take it at night before going to bed instead of the morning. I haven't been experiencing the extreme mouth dryness, I haven't been dripping sweat or waking up with my head soaked in sweat. Currently I seem to only break a sweat when doing more strenuous activity such as exercise, which is actually the time you want to sweat. If I have any of the dry mouth side affects in the first couple of hours of taking the medicine I'm not aware of it when I'm asleep. If this keeps up and I don't have future issues with the dry | M | 44 | 14 days 2 mg 1X day | 2/18/2013 | 5 | hyperhidrosis | Very few side effects. Mainly dry mouth and very mild headaches in the beginning. All of which were very minimal. | Works miracles so far. I have been taking it a short time and so far so good. Does amazing job at drying up my overall body sweating. I actually feel like a normal person for the first time in ten years! I also find that it is not as effective when taken close to meals. You should wait about hour to an hour and a half before or after a meal. | M | 25 | 3 weeks | 5/2/2007 | 5 | hyperhidrosis | The medication worked great for hyperhidrosis. I have experienced some odd side effects that I was hoping some others have experienced. For about two years I have had migraines on the right side of my head, and annoying muscle problems on the right side of my neck and right upper back. I also sometimes had racing heart and unexplained nervous shaking. All of those problems have vanished since beginning Robinul. It's like a godsend. Something was obviously amiss with something involving acetylcholine. Anyone else? | M | 3 months | 4/12/2008 | 5 | Severe Axillary Hyperhidrosis | Slight headache and drymouth for the first couple days. | I can't believe I've lived without this for the past 13 years. Robinul has absolutely changed my life. While it's only about 75% effective, that's been enough to make my life 100% better. No longer do I dread going to work on warm days or taking a flight of stairs or socializing with people. The only down side I've noticed (aside from the aforementioned side effects, which are minimal) is that the effectivness of the drug varies from day to day, but according to my Dr. it will stablize in short order. Ask about it, it'll be worth your time 10 fold! | M | 25 | 5 days | 5/10/2008 | 5 | Facial Hyperhydrosis | None | I have had mild facial sweating all of my life but it has gotten much worse over the last five years enough to cause problems in both my social and professional life. Robinul has truly changed my life. I take 2mg early in the morning and 1 mg at bedtime and occasionally an additional 1-2mg in the evening before a meeting or social event. I can now attend meetings, parties etc. without sweating and can wear normal clothes. I have had no side effects. I strongly encourage anyone with severe sweating problems to try Robinul - start with a low dose and titrate up to the effective dosage for you. | M | 53 | 4 months | 12/18/2008 | 5 | Heavy sweating (hyperhydrosis) | Slight blurred vision, very mild. | This is a godsend. It has pretty much stopped my hyperhydrosis symptoms. For me this is a life changing drug, no more flop sweat in social situations. | M | 47 | 2 months | 12/28/2008 |
ROBINUL (GLYCOPYRROLATE): Glycopyrrolate is a long term medication used to treat ongoing lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It must be used regularly to reduce and prevent symptoms such as shortness of breath and wheezing. This may lead to a decrease in time lost from work due to COPD. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as anticholinergics. It works by relaxing the muscles around the airways so that they can open wider to make breathing easier. Glycopyrrolate does not work right away and should not be used to relieve sudden breathing problems. If wheezing or sudden shortness of breath occurs, use your quick-relief inhaler as prescribed. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)