(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 ...
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 ...
TAMPA, Fla. -- The dosing of a popular over-the-counter drug is changing after the FDA says people are abusing it. "We’ve talked about Matthew, and our journey for a number of years and nothing ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Some opioid addicts are turning to an over-the-counter alternative to get high. CBS2's Elise Finch reported that they're taking dangerous doses of Imodium A-D, a widely ...
Loperamide, a drug with opiate effects used to treat short term bouts of diarrhea, and the active ingredient in Imodium AD sold over the counter, is now in the cross hairs of the FDA in an effort to ...
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 ...
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How Long Does Imodium Take to Work?
Imodium usually starts easing diarrhea within an hour. The active ingredient, loperamide, reaches peak levels in about two and a half hours when taken as a liquid, and around five hours when taken as ...
The Federal Drug Administration is cracking down following multiple reports of people using the anti-diarrheal drug Imodium to get high – something that could have grave consequences. The FDA issued a ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) — Opioid addicts are now turning to a cheap over-the-counter drug to get high. Parents and those helping people in recovery need to be mindful of how an anti-diarrhea medicine ...
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 ...
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are typically considered safe when taken at the recommended doses. But take the right amount for a little too long, and you could run into some unexpected side effects.
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