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 ...
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 ...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug administration issued a safety warning for the over-the-counter antidiarrheal medication loperamide, known commercially as Imodium. According to the warning, abuse ...
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.