07/18/2025 No More Botox

 07/18/2025

We have decided to stop the Botox injections permanantly. In ALS patients with saliva issues, injections of Botox into the salivary glands, reduce slobbers and improve quality of life for approximately three months before needing repeated. Jacob's secretions will become increasingly difficult to manage, but we have elected to start using Atropine. 

• People with ALS often experience slobbers because they have difficulty swallowing saliva, leading to drooling. 
  Atropine's Role:
  Atropine, an anticholinergic medication, can help reduce saliva production by blocking the action of acetylcholine on muscarinic receptors in the salivary glands. 

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• Unlike Botox, there are very few "minor" side affects associated with Atropine, which is inteded to be used as an eye drop solution.