Loperamide+Capsules

=Loperamide Capsules=

How it works
Slows down the movements of your bowel, treating the symptoms of diarrhoea //Activate opioid receptors in the gut wall, decreasing bowel motility and increasing fluid absorption.//

Questions to Ask
- Frequency of bowel motions (normal and currently experiencing) - What may have caused the diarrhoea (what medications are you taking?)

How to take
Initially, 4 mg (two capsules), then 2 mg (one capsule) after each loose bowel action. Adjust dose according to response; usual maintenance dose 4–8 mg daily in 1–3 doses. Usual, 16 mg daily (higher doses are sometimes used for chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea).
 * Acute diarrhoea**
 * Chronic diarrhoea, intestinal stoma**
 * Maximum dose**

Side effects
common: abdominal pain and bloating, nausea, vomiting, constipation

Other advice?
Recommended when one has an important event coming up and wants to withhold symptoms of diarrhoea temporarily.

CMI
[|Loperamide] [|Imodium] [|Self-care Card: Vomiting and Diarrhoea]