FDA OKs Packaging for OTC Loperamide to Help Stem Misuse, Abuse FDA OKs Packaging for OTC Loperamide to Help Stem Misuse, Abuse
The changes to Imodium A-D, Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief, and Be Health Loperamide HCl Capsules limit each carton to no more than 48 mg of loperamide and require unit-dose blister packaging.News Alerts (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - September 20, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Gastroenterology News Alert Source Type: news
FDA In Brief: FDA approves new packaging for brand-name over-the-counter loperamide to help curb abuse and misuse
FDA approves new packaging for brand-name over-the-counter loperamide to help curb abuse and misuse (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 20, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
FDA limits packaging for anti-diarrhea medicine loperamide (Imodium) to encourage safe use
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 20, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Loperamide as a potential drug of abuse and misuse: fatal overdoses at the Medical University of South Carolina - Powell JW, Presnell SE.
Loperamide is an over-the-counter, μ-opioid receptor agonist commonly used as an antidiarrheal agent. Loperamide was thought to have minimal abuse potential due to its low bioavailability and limited central nervous system activity; however, there have be... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Rutgers study finds rise in overdoses from opioids in diarrhea drug
(Rutgers University) A Rutgers study has uncovered a new threat in the opiate epidemic: overdoses of loperamide, an over-the-counter diarrhea medication, have been steadily increasing in number and severity nationwide over five years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 4, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Consumer Health Group Warns of Loperamide Abuse, Misuse
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association wants to ensure family physicians know that high doses of loperamide (Imodium) can have serious -- even fatal -- cardiac effects. The group has launched a Loperamide Safety education campaign to get the word out to clinicians and patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - January 9, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Perrigo Announces Final FDA Approval and Planned Launch for the Store Brand OTC Equivalent of Imodium(R) Multi-Symptom Relief
DUBLIN, Sept. 7, 2018 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Perrigo Company plc (NYSE; TASE: PRGO) today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug administration for the store brand over-the-counter (OTC) equivalent of... Biopharmaceuticals, Generics, FDA, Product Launch Perrigo, Imodium, loperamide, simethicone (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 7, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Letter to the Editor: Much-Needed Information on Loperamide OD
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - July 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: news
A case of life-threatening loperamide toxicity
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Severe loperamide toxicity associated with the use of cimetidine to potentiate the “high.” Hughes A et al. AM J Emerg Med 2018 May 15 [Epub ahead of print]
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The potential adverse effects of loperamide (Imodium) are often underestimated since, even though it is an opioid, it is available over-the-counter and has been since 1988.
Loperamide is used to treat diarrhea. It acts on the mu-opioid receptors in the gut, decreasing gastric motility. It is rather effective at this. However at therapeutic doses (2-16 mg per day) it does not cause central opioid effects such as euphoria or relief ...
Source: The Poison Review - May 24, 2018 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Gussow Tags: Medical imodium loperamide overdose toxicity Source Type: news
Morning Break: Dispute on Shulkin Exit; Patient Hating; Deadly Imodium
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
InFocus: Reports of Loperamide ODs Reveal a New Cardiotoxic Opioid
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - April 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: InFocus Source Type: news
Another Overdose Of An Anti-Diarrhea Drug: This Time A Death From Loperamide
A 29-year old man died from consuming too much Imodium. People are now taking anti-diarrhea medications to get an opioid high. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 31, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
Common drugs like Valium and Imodium increase stroke risk
Among commonly prescribed drugs were the painkiller codeine, anti-depressants such as Valium, and beta-blockers. Those that can be bought in chemists included the hayfever remedy Piriton. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feb 02, 2018 This Week in Cardiology Feb 02, 2018 This Week in Cardiology
Loperamide abuse, heart failure quality measures, and the CASTLE-AF ablation study are discussed in this week ' s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
loperamide (Imodium)
Title: loperamide (Imodium)Category: MedicationsCreated: 7/23/1998 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - February 2, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
