The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new action today to combat the growing problem of abuse and misuse of the over-the-counter (OTC), opioid-based antidiarrheal medication loperamide ...

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 ...

It isn't always about diarrhea. That is a general statement but also applies to the use of anti-diarrhea medications. KDKA CBS Pittsburgh reported that a 29 year old Pittsburgh-area man died in ...

WEBVTT STARTING WITH THE PACKAGING.REPORTER: DIARRHEA MEDICINEPROBABLY ISN'T SOMETHING YOUTHINK OF WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDABUSE.BUT ACCORDING TO ADDICTIONEXPERTS LIKE MIKE GIMBLE THEYARE BECOMING A ...

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 ...

As part of the fight against the nation’s opioid epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, one common antidiarrheal drug should be given new packaging. The agency is working with ...

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 ...

We've been seeing news reports about runs on Imodium. The FDA has the anti-diarrheal medicine in its sights because it is being abused and is also really dangerous. How dangerous? You have a 4.6 times ...

Sure, we have many diarrhea jokes. But the reality is that diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Diarrheal diseases lead to 1 in 9 child deaths ...