Can Imodium capsules be opened?
Children who are older than 6 years may take the capsules or tablets as well. If your child can’t swallow a capsule, you can open the capsule and sprinkle it on food.
Can you take pills out of blister pack?
It’s only safe to remove pills from the blister pack and put them into another container if you’re taking a certain kind of birth control pill called monophasic pills. With monophasic pills, all the active pills in the pack have the same combination of hormones in them and are identical.
Can Imodium cause damage?
A 2020 study published by StatPearls found that Imodium in large quantities can cause systemic effects similar to opioid toxicity, including slowed and ineffective breathing. This is called respiratory depression.
Does Imodium need to be refrigerated after opening?
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Do not allow the liquid medicine to freeze. Stop taking Imodium A-D and call your doctor if you still have diarrhea after 2 days of treatment, or if you also have stomach bloating.
What should not be in a pharmacy filled blister pack?
Don’t take medicines from more than one blister at the same time without checking first with your pharmacist. Some medicines cannot be put into blister packs. Examples include inhalers, eye drops, and medicines that are taken only as needed.
How long do blister packs last?
The original container protects these capsules from moisture absorption. Once the original container is opened, the contents must be used within four months. The glass amber bottle protects these tablets from both moisture absorption and light. Once opened, the contents need to be discarded within three months.
Why do I still have diarrhea after taking Imodium?
If you still have diarrhea after using Imodium for 2 days (48 hours), see your doctor. Your doctor may order certain tests to see what’s causing your diarrhea. And they may recommend a treatment other than Imodium, depending on the results of those tests.
What happens if you take more than 4 Imodium in 24 hours?
Although the drug is safe in doses used to treat diarrhea, in large doses it can cause serious side effects, including breathing and heart problems, and even death. A new report describes two cases of people who died after overdosing on Imodium, also called loperamide, which is sold over-the-counter.
Is it safe to take blister pack Imodium?
Blister pack Imodium. Not so great when you actually need it. It’s not as if the FDA warning makes no sense. After all, some people are being harmed. “We continue to receive reports of serious heart problems and deaths with much higher than the recommended doses of loperamide…”
Can you still buy Imodium over the counter?
This time its the anti-diarrheal medicine Imodium (generic name loperamide). The drug will still be sold over the counter, but it will come in limited quantities in those hideous blister packs that Houdini couldn’t open.
Why is the FDA cracking down on Imodium?
The mindset behind this latest move (movement?) is much of the same: If there is a drug that can possibly be abused then it is absolutely essential to make it as difficult as possible for the 99.9% of the population who don’t abuse it to get their hands on it. This time its the anti-diarrheal medicine Imodium (generic name loperamide).
How does Imodium A-D anti diarrheal medicine work?
24-count package of Imodium A-D Anti-Diarrheal Softgels with loperamide HCl to help control and effectively treat diarrhea symptoms, often in just one dose The proven formula of this adult anti-diarrheal medicine works with your body to slow down your system and restore its natural rhythm and balance so you can get back to doing the things you love