ok so i've been taking Rubinol ( the generic form) for about a week now. the first day i took it, i noticed a difference. i had soft, dry, warm hands- and feet. no sweat. the second day of taking it, the sweating started in the morning while i was putting on my make-up for the day. my hands were the same puddle-sweat hands that i was unfortunately familiar with, and so were my feet. the whole day they were like that. the third day, it was back to soft, dry, warm hands all day along with my feet. i thought how wonderful this feels. and it was one last thing that i had to worry about in my life. what a relief! the next day was another sweaty day. i felt depressed and not hopeful at all. i came to the realization of how uncomfortable and anxious this condition made me feel. the mext day-dry. the following day- dry. and today- dry. it seems like my body was leveling out to the new medication. plus i stopped using Hypercare (drysol) the same day that i started taking Rubinol. boy, no more chapped hands from Hypercare- how nice! i will follow-up on here in one month to let u all know how it's going with Rubinol.

Hello,

I wanted to ask how is sweating when u do sports or some physical activity when u use Rubinol. Does it help sweat less when u are doing sports ?

Ketis, yes i do sweat less when i work out- which is nice because i do like to stay active and so i jog outside and do cardio at the gym. i was a major head sweater after running outside. it was if i just poured water over my head. plus my hands would be so sweaty- i hold my car keys when i run and they would be wet- yuck. now with Rubinol, my head/ hair is not dripping wet with sweat and my hands are nearly dry. how nice and what a relief. at the gym, i noticed that my hands dont sweat right away all over the machines. they do sweat still but i am currently only taking 1 mg twice a day.

at all:
now i do want to give an update even though it hasn't been a month yet since i started taking Rubinol. today i had to meet with a lawyer. now i was nervous about meeting with her because i wasn't sure what i was getting into. so anyway, i noticed that my hands were warm and moist instead of warm and dry since starting Rubinol. this made me feel embarrassed but i still needed to shake hands hello with her. so she got a warm , moist handshake. at the end of our meeting, i felt a bit more relaxed and so when we shoke hands good- bye, my hands were halfway dry.
so, during everyday activities like driving, receiving change back from a cashier, wearing my flip flops OUTSIDE- i have been nice and dry and felt comfortable. when i was nervous, that's when my hands were moist, but not dripping puddles.
so when i do a follow up visit with my new dermatologist, i'm going to tell her my results and ask her to increase the milligrams to 2mg twice a day.

Ghost- I added you as a friend. When I was on Robinul before my ETS surgery last month I was on 2mg every night. I started out with on 1mg twice per day taking it at 8am and 5pm. I picked that time because i wanted it to work during the waking hours since I didn't sweat at night during sleep. I had to continue to increase and ended up taking 2mg twice per day (=4mg daily). I ended up forgeting my evening dose and began taking it at bedtime. I realized it all of the sudden started working great. I stopped the am dose and only took 2mg every night at bedtime for years. If i forgot at bedtime and took it in the morning it did not work at all. If I happen to have a job interview or something the next day, I would take 2pills at night (4mg). I would be really really dry and with dry mouth and throat but better than sweating and loosing a job offer. Not too bad for only one day.
HH is a such a weird condition- try moving your times around and see if something works better for you.
Above all, I say ETS! Life Changing!

To All:
Okay, so I went to the Dermatologist today and she upped my mg to
2 mg twice a day. I will give you an update in about a week to let you know how it's going.

@ BeagleLuv:

I understand that you want to say that ETS is the best, but there are soooo many people on here that say ETS was a bad choice because the compensatory sweating is actually worse than the actual HH.

Yes...please let us know as I was given that option years ago but decided not to because of potential side effects. Thanks for sharing!

Hi everyone,
I have been prescribed pro-banthine for 7 years.

Visit www.askapatient.com to see 109 comments from people taking Robinul and any drug listed. Search a-z or key in names.
Taking early, hours before food so important for proper effect. DITROPAN also on their.

GET INFO EVERYONE. GO GET YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

Best wishes

Keith uk

To All,
OK so i've been taking 2mg of Rubinol twice a day for about a month now. it feels absolutely WONDERFUL not to have to worry about HH. i feel like a normal person now. i will tell u that Rubinol does not stop emotional sweat or if it's humid outside, but Drysol does. so what u can do is take Rubinol for the HH sweating and on occasion, or during the Spring and Summer months also use topical Drysol. so that is what i'm trying. i'll let u know in about a month or so how using the Drysol on top of taking Rubinol works for emptional sweating and humidity during the warm months. My Dermatologist said i could use this combo for the rest of my life. It's safe. I am happy. :)

ghost,

Do you take the Robinul (Glycopyrrolate) with or without food? I have to take 2 mg - twice daily but either at least 1 hour before eating or 2 hours after eating. If I take the Robinul too close to eating then its efficacy is greatly reduced. Other than this restriction the Robinul works very well to decrease my sweating. It's good to hear it's working for you as well.

Any lingering side effects? My side effects diminished after about 6 weeks of use.

I take Robinul without food. Thats the only way it works for me . I think I have got use to the side effects because they don't bother me as much. I think people just need to give it a couple of weeks and see how they respond to it. They may get use to the side effects and realize that its not that bad. Sweating in public is worse.

OK, so I've been taking Rubinol and doing the Drysol treatments at night. Since the weather's warmed up a bit, I noticed that my hands and feet are wet :( . I wear sandals, so I will wear the non-skid pads inside my shoes so that I'm not sliding around. As far as my hands, I will continue to take the Rubinol, but I will increase my use of the Drysol. I hope I have luck with that.

I will update you all later.

Hi SweatLikeAFish!

I'm sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner..
Hey, I didn't know about not taking the Glycopyrrolate with food. Thanks!! I had no idea, and my Dermatologist said nothing. She probably doesn't even know.
Thank u so much for telling me that.
So since you can not take it with food..at what times do you take it?
I wake up pretty early and eat breakfast everyday, so I will have to start taking this pill before I go to bed then.
How long do you space out the medication then?
(I take 2mg 2x per day).
The side effect that I experience is dry mouth, but I just carry around Gatorade or bottled water with me. No big deal. I did used to experience head-aches and tiredness, but I'm pretty much over those.
So what side effects did you experience? How long have u been suffering from HH? Where do you experience HH? Does anyone in your family have it?

I hope to hear from u soon,
Ghost