Clinicians should consider performing a screening electrocardiogram for patients who present after acute or chronic high-dose ingestion. Loperamide, an antidiarrheal, may be growing as a popular drug ...

The abuse or misuse of the antidiarrheal medication loperamide, commonly known as Imodium A-D, can cause serious cardiac events including QT interval prolongation, Torsades de Pointes or other ...

INCLEN Childnet Zinc Effectiveness for Diarrhea (IC-ZED) Group (2006) Zinc supplementation in acute diarrhea is acceptable, does not interfere with oral rehydration, and reduces the use of other ...

Abuse of over-the-counter, opioid-based antidiarrheal drugs is a growing problem that is placing individuals at risk for cardiac dysrhythmia and death, says a US pharmacist, who describes two ...

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 ...

Large doses of antidiarrheal drugs like bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol, Kaopectate) can cause very light stools that usually turn brown again after stopping. White or clay-colored stool can ...

Inform your doctor of all medications, supplements, and health conditions that apply to you before taking Linzess to prevent possible interactions. Linzess may interact with antidiarrheal and ...

Currently, there are no medication treatments for the basic symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may an existing drug provide a new treatment, even if it previously had no association with ASD?