Avert composition question

[ryder]

So i assume Avert is pharmacy.ca's name for Glycopyrrolate in pill form correct?

The reason i ask is a local pharmacy here in Canada i use and trust said they could make me Glycopyrrolate in pill form and i'm wondering if that would be the same thing as Avert, or if Avert adds other active ingredients in addition to Glyco to make it work well.

I called pharmacy.ca to ask them but they said they can't give that info over the phone. They said averts only active ingrediant is Glyco, and that they don't use anything else, but that they 'test and have perfect calculations when making it, etc". Part of me thinks it's simply Glyco and thats that, but I'm not positive.

Any help would be appreciative as this could def be a life changer for me!

 

[BertaNYC]

This is my understanding as well, Glycopyrrolate, Robinul and Avert is the same med depnding on where one lives. Avert I believe is used in Canada.
Best of Luck!

 

[margiehope]

Avert comes in capsules, but as far as I know, it's only glyco. Good if you can get your glyco somewhere local to you. (I'm able to go to pharmacy.ca's standing drugstore, as it's in my city.)

 

[BertaNYC]

Are you taking the medication prescribed by your physician, or can you purchase it over the counter where you live? I need a prescription here in NYC, and if you take more than 1 mg. of the medication (which most people do as I can view on this forum), you need to be worked up with an EKG because it can cause heart irregularities according to my physician who specializes in Hyperhydrosis.

 

[margiehope]

Hi Berta!
You have a doctor who specializes in HH? Glory be!

I can get it OTC, but get a prescription from my doctor so I can claim it on my medical plan. Also, pharmacy.ca does a fairly thorough questionnaire--I have slightly elevated blood pressure, so they wouldn't prescribe it until my doctor OK'd it. He did, but it's a good thing.

 

[BertaNYC]

Hi Marge,

Yes, my physician is a leading physician in Board Certified dermatology with emphasis in hyperhydrosis. I'm finding now that the weather is warmer that I am sweating profusely again, after thinking that 1 mg of the Glucopyrrolate did the trick. He advised me the max to take per day is 2 mg, otherwise we have to discuss a different treatment. He wanted to do the Botox of the forehead but I feel my HH is more generalized than just the face. I wish this condition would just reverse itself, but unfortunately it ain't gonna happen. It has really put a damper in every aspect of my life.

 

[husky337]

BertaNYC's comment about heart irregularities was a bit scary for me to read. Been taking 2mg of Glycopyrrolate for the last year now maybe 4-5x a week and haven't had any real side effects outside of the dryness.. But also haven't had an EKG or bloodwork done.

Anyone else have any thoughts about Glyco/Avert/Robinul??? I thought it was supposed to be relatively safe and doesn't cross blood/brain barrier as one of the top methods outside of ionto to fight hyperhidrosis???

 

[karl:-/]

Do any of you guys/girls know if these are available in the UK. I know it rains a lot over here but dam wet inside and out takes the piss HELP!!

 

[margiehope]

As I said earlier, my doctor had to OK the Avert due to my having slightly elevated BP.

The warning is one of those "this could happen once in a blue moon" things. I've been on the med for many years without any increase in BP, and had a clear EKG a few years ago in connection with an operation.