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What is Loperamide used for?

Among the medications that are applied in the treatment of the diarrhea is Loperamide that is applied in slowing the intestine movement and enabling the stool to take in additional water.

How does Loperamide work?

The mechanism of Loperamide is that it binds to the opioid receptors of bowel and decreases the transit rate of bowel contents of the lumen, allowing the defeces to harden.

What are the most popular side effects of Loperamide?

The side effect includes constipation, dizziness and abdominal pains.

Is Loperamide to be used in combination with food?

Yes Loperamide can or can be used with or without food.

Did you take Loperamide when you were pregnant?

Loperamide should not be used in pregnancy in an instance where there are more advantages than the disadvantages. Women under pregnancy are not expected to take it except upon the recommendation of the doctor.

You are going to forget about Loperamide, what would you do?

In the immediate adjacency to the following dose you can take what you have forgotten but the time you recall you can take it. Do not take two doses at once.

Interactions Loperamide may be as well as other drugs.

The other drugs of interference with Loperamide are the antibiotics or the antifungal drugs. It is advisable that you discuss with your medical practitioner regarding your interaction with him/her in order to have a complete list of the possible interactions.

Work time Loperamide What amount of Loperamide work?

Loperamide habitually needs two hours to cure the diarrhea and normalize the stools.

Is Loperamide a long acting drug?

Loperamide should not be used in case of prolonged intake of the drug. Visit your doctor when the diarrhea persists to rid you of the associated conditions.

In case, Loperamide is ingested, what should I do in case of severe side effects?

Give all the information to your physician at the earliest possible time in case of some severe side effects, which are constipation, bloating, nausea.