In a big win for generic drug manufacturers, a federal judge has invalidated the patents for Imodium A-D - a popular, over-the-counter diarrhea medicine - after finding that the patented improvements ...

Acute: Initially 4mg, then 2mg after each loose stool; max 16mg/day. Stop after 48 hours if ineffective. Chronic: initially 4mg; maintenance 4–8mg/day. Reevaluate if no improvement after 10 days at ...

Opioid withdrawal can make people desperate for relief, and a common remedy, sold in most drug stores, turns out to have unexpected health risks. Loperamide, available as a generic or as the brand ...

Perrigo Company plcPRGO announced that the FDA has approved store brand over-the-counter ("OTC") equivalent of Johnson & Johnson JNJ owned Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief tablet. The drug is indicated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved new package size and type limits for the over-the-counter, brand-name tablet and capsule ...

Loperamide, the over-the-counter antidiarrheal medication, is in the news. A recent paper in the Annals of Emergency Medicine documents two loperamide-induced deaths, [1] and loperamide-associated ...