Overview
- Active ingredient
- Loperamide Hydrochloride
- Route
- Oral
- Label date
- 2025-12-01
Indications and usage
Uses Controls the symptoms of diarrhea, including Travelers diarrhea.
Purpose
Antidiarrheal
Dosage and administration
Directions do not use more than directed drink plenty of clear fluids to help prevent dehydration caused by diarrhea Adults and children (12 years and older): Take 2 caplets after the first loose stool followed by 1 caplet after each subsequent loose stool but no more than 4 caplets in 24 hours. Children under 12 years: Do not give to children under 12 years of age.
Warnings
Allergy alert: Do not use if you have ever had a rash or other allergic reaction to Loperamide HCl Do not use if you have bloody or black stool Ask a doctor before use if you have a fever mucus in stool a history of liver disease Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking antibiotics When using this product tiredness, drowsiness or dizziness may occur be careful when driving or operating machinery Stop use and ask a doctor if symptoms get worse diarrhea lasts more than 2 days you get abdominal swelling or bulging. These may be signs of a serious condition. If you are pregnant or breast feeding , ask a health professional before use. Keep this and all drugs out of the reach of children . In case of accidental overdose, contact a physician or Poison Control Center right away.
Do not use
if you have bloody or black stool
Ask a doctor before use if
Ask a doctor before use if you have a fever mucus in stool a history of liver disease
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking antibiotics
When using this product
this product tiredness, drowsiness or dizziness may occur be careful when driving or operating machinery
Stop use and ask a doctor if
and ask a doctor if symptoms get worse diarrhea lasts more than 2 days you get abdominal swelling or bulging. These may be signs of a serious condition.
Pregnancy or breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast feeding , ask a health professional before use.
Active ingredient (label)
(in each caplet) Loperamide Hydrochloride 2mg
Inactive ingredients
s anhydrous lactose, croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone, D&C Yellow # 10, FD&C Blue # 1, hydrogenated vegetable oil, magnesium stearate, powdered cellulose, pregelatinized starch
Keep out of reach of children
Keep this and all drugs out of the reach of children . In case of accidental overdose, contact a physician or Poison Control Center right away.