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Treats diarrhea, cramps, bloating, and pressure in your lower intestines.
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Imodium Advanced, Quality Choice Anti-Diarrheal Advanced |
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Loperamide/simethicone
Imodium Advanced, Quality Choice Anti-Diarrheal Advanced
Uses
Treats diarrhea, cramps, bloating, and pressure in your lower intestines.
Storage
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
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Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Tablet, Chewable Tablet.
Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often.
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
If you are using this medicine without a prescription, follow the instructions on the medicine label.
Be sure to drink plenty of fluids whenever you are having diarrhea.
- This will help keep you from becoming dehydrated.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Bloody or black, tarry stool.
Constipation, nausea, drowsiness.
Mucus in your stools.
Precautions
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to loperamide or simethicone.
- Do not use this medicine if you have a fever, if you have blood in your stools, or if you are bleeding from your rectum.
Drug Interactions
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding, or if you have a history of liver disease.
Tell your doctor if you are still having diarrhea after using this medicine for 2 days.
- Also tell your doctor if your diarrhea gets worse.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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