IMODIUM Reviews (LOPERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (39 Ratings)

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR IMODIUMCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 4  occasional diarrhea No adverse side effects Works really well for occasional diarrhea, bur I have to take more tablets than indicated on the label (and more often). My only grievance is that it is not stocked on the shelf any more. I have to wait in a pharmacy line and solicit the pharmacist to please let me buy Loperamide. And now the bottles contain much fewer tablets. Is this just in my state or is the whole country restricting sales? M 64 11 years
4 Mg 2X day
11/22/2018
 5  diarrhea no side effects this drug is available OTC as Immodium AD. It has made my life bearable. I can leave the house with some sense of security and has helped me live a normal life. M 59 3 years
2 mg 6X day
11/17/2010
 5  IBS no side effects. Works perfectly for me. I still go about twice a day but it is normal. I tried prescription drugs for IBS but they didn't work for me. F 66 3 years
100 mg 1X day
3/16/2011
 4  IBS No bad side effects I have to take 7 to 9 pills a day to assure it will work, but it works well at that dose. M 33 2 years
1/5/2008
 4  IBS none I take it prior to social situations or travel; need 9 tablets divided into 3 doses. M 55 2 years
8/8/2008
 3  Stomach gurgling, diaherrea Constipation It works too well sometimes. M 34 1 years
4/22/2005
 5  diarreah on morning none at all marvalous stuff makes my working life much easier on morning with peace of mind.i work 3 days a week so i have to take 1 tablet 3 days a week as i have diarreah or loose stools nearly every morning. F 37 8 months
1/19/2006
 4  severe IBS dizziness, fatigue I have suffered from IBS for almost 9 years now. I used to take Lotronex until my new doctor advised me that it is not worth the potential risks of it. Instead, he told me to take Imodium every day if need be. So for the past 7 months I take an insane amount of Imodium a week. However, I have built a serious tolerance to it. I now need to take 18-20 pills before going out to a social event (in the past i need 8-12 to do the job). It does the job, but I feel like it is unhealthy to take up to 50 per week. Also, because I have such a severe IBS case I never become constipated. I usually have a bowel movement within a day or two. F 25 7 months
11/17/2007
 3  IBS-Diarrhea Triggered By Anxiety Mild fatigue I began taking Imodium because I get diarrhea whenever I'm in a social situation, even if it is something as simple as taking a five minute trip with a close family member. At first, the Imodium worked like a charm. Over the course of a few months, however, I built up a tolerance to it and it completely lost its effectiveness. Bear in mind that I had to take it every day. M 22 4 months
8/13/2007
 2  spastic colon ibs constipation, anxiety, drowsiness, fatigue, unable to have a bowel movement (colonic inertia), depressed central nervous systemic effects, diahrrea when discontinuing Very disappointed. Don't believe that it won't cause constipation. For me, I took it for spastic colon / I did not have diahrrea from the start so maybe it was just my poor choice of drugs...just wanted the spasms to stop and it is an anticholinergenic.../...it worked for that no more spasticity wow great, but had terrible consequences (see list). Wouldn't do it again. I believe if you have ibs-d this might be a tremendous help but for me it wasn't the help I wanted. F 53 1 months
1mg 1X day
9/8/2018
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 1  Reduce frequency & urgency Severe cramping and constipation. Reduced dosage from 2 pills to 1 pill to 1/2 pill. Ended up in the ER for dehydration and constipated after 4 days. Was vomiting even water. Switched to Lomotil and have had no significant problems. F 50 1 months
5/30/2008
 3  Ibs d Gut cramps, fatigue Take for moderate to severe ibs-d. I have to take every 3 days and i still have bm usually 3 times a day. Usually side effects include light gut cramping and fatigue for the day i take it. But if i dont take with lots of water and drink lots of water the entire day i take it, i get very severe gut cramps, like can't walk, curled up in fetal position gut cramps. 35 100 days
15 1X AN
6/8/2022
 5  I have IBS No side effects. Has been a life saver. I can't hardly eat anything without having to run to restroom 1-6 plus times a day. Helps SO much. I have only had to take 2 pills, never another dose after first episode. Recommend F 40 10 days
4MG
2/28/2017
 4  Ibs Helps stomach gas bloating and etc. F 26 4 days
3/16/2012
 3  I had awful cramps & diarrhoea I took this otc medicine to help with excruciating cramps and diarrhoea over the weekend! Within an hour the cramps was under control but then the vertigo started! I could not stand up and felt I had lost touch with reality, staring into space for hours and just felt really off and weird but put that down to my tinnitus playing up, never linked it to Imodium until I took it again this morning when the cramps started again, thats when the lightbulb went on and I knew it was side effects. I dont care how painful it gets I will never take it again. Gp appointment tomorrow to figure out what is going on with my insides F 49 2 days
2X day
6/26/2023
 1  Travel very bad stomach cramping and unable to have any bowel movements for 2 days now. It completely shut down my colon but now I am having very bad stomach pain. I would rather have kept the diarreah. I would not reccomend this at all as it is always best to just let your system empty out naturally. Definitely stops diarreah or the feeling of having to go to the bathroom, but it also does the opposite by eliminating any sort of bowel movement- not just the dirreah. F 31 2 days
1/24/2010
 1  Diahrea caused by iron tablets Awful felt I was passing out. Hot shaky pins and needles totally nauseous but couldn't be sick Never again F 2 days
2X day
1/11/2022
 5  I had Stomach Virus I was struggling with a severe case of stomach flu, virus whatever you want to call it.Nothing worked until mywife gave me imodium.Took it and an hr later went to work.Awesome IDN what the first posttalkin bout.This stuffsaved me from serious pain and doctor bill M 36 1 days
1 dose
1/30/2015
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 5  Traveler's Diarrhea I took Imodium during a severe bout of TD in Indonesia after eating some home-cooked food and unwashed fruit (getting sick was my own fault). I usually opt for natural remedies, but after 48 hours of constant bathroom trips, I needed to try something else. I figured my body had flushed out quite a good amount of stuff in 48 hours, and towards the end I had extreme gas discomfort as well as occasional liquid stool. The combination was explosive -- not pretty. My entire digestive tract felt like it was quivering when I tried to eat so that even eating plain white rice was painful and I couldn't finish a small bowl. When it got to the point that I couldn't sleep because I had to get up every 5-10 minutes, I tried just one Imodium pill (I am a petite female so often start with a half dose and find it's often enough). Symptoms subsided within 15 minutes and I was able to fall into a much needed deep sleep. The body best repairs itself while sleeping, and the immune system doe I should mention that during this time I also took large amounts of probiotics to replenish good bacteria that was lost during the 48 hours of TD. This likely also helped speed up recovery. IMPORTANT WARNING: Never take Imodium if there is blood or mucus in your stool. This could mean your TD is caused by a parasite rather than bacteria or virus, and trapping a parasite in your system could literally kill you. So be very careful and self-aware when self-medicating. Imodium is like a light sedative for your digestive muscles. Instead of treating what's inside the gut (like Pepto Bismol and others), it slows down the muscles of your digestive tract so they move much more slowly and (in my case) stop spasming. This is why taking too much can be risky -- the toxins inside your gut aren't addressed and just sit there a while until your muscles calm down enough can push them out in one solid piece. Probiotics can help fight bad bacteria. Again, just be careful to assess there's no blood in your TD before considering Imodium. Good luck and feel better soon! F 33 1 days
One tablet 1X day
3/5/2016
 5  Whenever diarrhoea No side effects Relief as soon as I take the capsule, no side effects at all. Not sure why others have side effects. My family all use it on holiday for fast diarrhoea relief. In fact, I think it works too well, definitely recommend to others F 20 1 days
1 capsule
10/15/2016

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