What do Imodium products treat? Imodium products are commonly used to treat diarrhea, including diarrhea that comes on suddenly (acute) and diarrhea that is long-term (chronic). The main active ...

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday asked makers of popular anti-diarrhea drugs to sell their medications in smaller amounts to make them harder to abuse. The request comes amid a spike ...

Higher-than-recommended doses of the antidiarrheal medicine loperamide, sold under the brand name Imodium, can lead to serious heart problems and even death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Higher than recommended doses of diarrhea drug loperamide (Imodium) can cause serious and even fatal cardiac arrhythmias, the FDA warned. Although some of the 48 cases of QT interval prolongation, ...

Imodium is an over-the-counter (OTC) medication that’s used to relieve diarrhea. It may cause mild side effects in some people. You can take Imodium as soon as you experience symptoms. The active ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPVI) -- Rutgers University researchers say they have uncovered a new threat in the opioid crisis - a rise in overdoses from the abuse of an over-the-counter diarrhea medication.

Some opioid addicts are turning to an over-the-counter alternative to get high -- and it's probably not one you'd expect. A growing number are taking dangerous doses of Imodium A-D, a widely available ...

No doubt you’ve heard that America is in the middle of an opioid epidemic. People are getting hooked on and abusing painkillers like oxycodone(which goes by the ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2018 -- Increasingly, people addicted to opioid painkillers are using dangerously high doses of the diarrhea drug Imodium, or loperamide, either to get high or to help ease ...