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Reviewer: AlF, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I take 2mg every 12 hours for vasovagal syncope (fainting). Apparently it increases my slow heart rate slightly and reduces the vagus nerve reaction to disturbing stimuli -- sight of blood, injury etc. I have taken it for more than 15 years effectively without any side effects that I am aware of. I avoided a possible pacemaker by taking it. My heart doctor prescribed it when my heart rate was
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Reviewer: Paul, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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For hyperhidrosis, I tried the ETS and had it reversed 2 weeks later because of compensatory sweating on my chest and back; 7 years later, I am still struggling with this. Oral glycopyrrolate has worked very well and I found that taking my pill at night, right before bed, helped work around the need to have an empty stomach -and- lessened side effects (i.e.: dry mouth). Recently heard that there
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Caregiver)
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Is being used to treat sweating. She is 15 years old and stays tired constantly.
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have extreme sweating due to another medication. This does take care of that,but I feel extremely sick from it. I checked out the side effects and I have at least 5 of them... Also if this drug is prescibed for ibs I am confused. It gave me all the symptoms of it..
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I use this for my hyperhidrosis and it works better than anything I have tried, even getting botox injected in my hands. I take it 2 times a day and would be lost without it. At first there was a little dryness in my mouth and eyes but after a few days that went away and has been great ever since.
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