FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA warns about serious heart problems with high doses of the antidiarrheal medicine loperamide (Imodium), including from abuse and misuse
[06-07-2016] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that taking higher than recommended doses of the common over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription diarrhea medicine loperamide (Imodium), including through abuse or misuse of the product, can cause serious heart problems that can lead to death. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - June 6, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
The Highs and Lows of Loperamide AbuseThe Highs and Lows of Loperamide Abuse
How an over-the-counter medication for diarrhea has become a worrying and potentially lethal drug of abuse. Medscape Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - May 23, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Expert Interview Source Type: news
May 13 Cardiology NewsMay 13 Cardiology News
Weight loss and AF, rotor mapping in AF ablation, repeat AF ablation as a routine strategy, stroke in patients in AF on anticoagulants, and loperamide cardiotoxicity are discussed this week. theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
OTC Diarrhea Drug Increasingly Being Misused for Opioid Effects
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
The over-the-counter antidiarrheal loperamide (sold as Imodium and others) can lead to central nervous system and respiratory depression, dysrhythmias, and … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Addicts Who Can’t Find Painkillers Turn to Anti-Diarrhea Drugs
The opioid epidemic has led to a form of drug abuse that few experts saw coming: the use of Imodium and other anti-diarrhea medications to get high. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Addiction (Psychology) Pain-Relieving Drugs Drug Abuse and Traffic imodium Annals of Emergency Medicine Eggleston, William Source Type: news
Ingredient in anti-diarrhea medication used to self-treat opioid addiction with dangerous results, Upstate Poison Center study shows
Loperamide's abuse has has fatal consequences, says Poison Center expert (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - May 7, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Addicts turning to anti-diarrhea medication to get high
Experts say some desperate addicts are taking dangerously high doses of Imodium A-D (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Addicts Using Diarrhea Drug Imodium to Get High
Trend is increasing among those who can't get opioid prescription painkillers, experts say (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Addicts Using Diarrhea Drug Imodium to Get High
Trend is increasing among those who can't get opioid prescription painkillers, experts saySource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - May 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Addicts Using Diarrhea Drug Imodium to Get High
THURSDAY, May 5, 2016 -- Searching for an alternative to opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin, some addicts are now turning to the diarrhea drug Imodium for a high, researchers say.
This abuse of Imodium -- with its key ingredient,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Doctors warn against deadly trend of using anti-diarrhoea drugs like Imodium to get high
Two case studies outlining the disturbing phenomenon have been published online by the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine. The key ingredient loperamide is to blame, doctors say. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Getting High From This Drug For Diarrhea Can Be Fatal
An increasing number of opioid abusers are taking huge doses of Imodium to ease withdrawal symptoms or get high. But at those high doses, toxicologists warn, the normally safe drug can stop the heart. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alison Kodjak Source Type: news
Getting high on Imodium dangerous, growing in popularity
Stephen FellerWASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- People are using large doses of Imodium for self-treatment of opioid addiction, or just to get high, which researchers say poses a significant danger to health. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Imodium abuse: Anti-diarrhea medication containing loperamide dangerous for self-treatment of opiod addiction
The over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medication Imodium, or its key ingredient loperamide, is increasingly being abused by people attempting to self-treat their opioid addiction, with sometime fatal results. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Imodium for a legal high is as dumb and dangerous as it sounds
(American College of Emergency Physicians) WASHINGTON -- The over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medication Imodium®, or its key ingredient loperamide, is increasingly being abused by people attempting to self-treat their opioid addiction, with sometime fatal results. Two case studies outlining the phenomenon were published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ('Loperamide Abuse Associated with Cardiac Dysrhythmia and Death'). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
