Imodium Capsules 2Mg

Description

Imodium 2mg Capsule is a long acting antidiarrheal that can be used to control nonspecific diarrhea and chronic diarrhea caused by inflammatory bowel disease, or gastroenteritis. It provides symptomatic relief of diarrhea. It decreases peristalsis and fluid secretion in the gastrointestinal tract, delays colonic transit time, and increases the absorption of fluids and electrolytes from the gastrointestinal tract.
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Key Benefits

Imodium 2mg capsule is indicated for diarrhea, including Travelers’ Diarrhea. As an off-label use, it is often used to manage chemotherapy-related diarrhea.

Directions For Use

Dosage

Acute Diarrhoea:

Initially 4mg, then 2mg at each loose stool.

Chronic Diarrhoea:

4-8mg daily in divided doses.

Traveler’s diarrhea:

Oral: Initial: 4 mg after first loose stool, followed by 2 mg after each subsequent stool (maximum dose: 8 mg/day)

Storage

Store Imodium 2mg capsule in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing. Keep out of the reach of children.

Safety Information/Precautions

Take Imodium 2mg capsule with precaution in acute dysentry, hepatic impairment.

When not to use

Imodium 2mg capsule is contraindicated in acute ulcerative colitis, abdominal distention, ileus, invasive bacterial enterocolitis.

Side Effects

Side effects of Imodium 2mg capsule are rashes, abdominal cramps, bloating, constipation, nausea, tiredness, dry mouth.

Overdose

Imodium 2mg Capsule overdose can lead to a range of cardiac and non-cardiac effects. Chronic ingestion of doses ranging from 70 mg to 1600 mg daily – which is four to 100 times the recommended dose – resulted in life-threatening cardiac adverse reactions, including QT/QTc and QRS interval prolongation, Torsades de Pointes, Brugada syndrome and other ventricular arrhythmias, syncope, cardiac arrest, and death.