Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Key Takeaways Take metformin with your evening meal to reduce diarrhea risk. Avoid sugary, greasy, and processed foods to help prevent ...

If the first thing you think of when you get diarrhea is the Pepto Bismol song – "Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!" – there are two things you should know. 1. Jingles are a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating sometimes-deadly overdoses with common anti-diarrhea drugs, a bizarre manifestation of the nation's drug abuse problem. The primary ingredient ...

Columbus, Ohio-based West-Ward Pharmaceuticals — the U.S. subsidiary of London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals — increased the price of a common diarrhea drug by 430 percent, reports Financial Times. Here ...

The digestive system consists of a long tube that can be measured from the back of the mouth to the anus. The entire length of the gastrointestinal tract consists of nerves and muscles that work to ...

This week, the FDA issued a warning about the anti-diarrhea medication, Loperamide known as Imodium. Apparently, people are taking massive doses of it, trying to get high. "There's no smart drug to ...