It’s a medicine that might be sitting in your cabinets, and one the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now looking into - Imodium and other anti-diarrhea medications. As opioid addiction ...

Some addicts are chasing their high using an easier, legal but still dangerous method: by ingesting large amounts of an anti-diarrhea drug, loperamide.

(WRIC) — Opioid addicts have turned to a desperate and potentially deadly measure: taking an anti-diarrhea medication to get high. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about the ...

Experts warn that high doses of this anti-diarrhea drug can cause irregular heartbeats and even death. ... Standard dose of loperamide should only be four caplets or 8 milligrams daily.

Anti-diarrhea medications, laxatives, and gluten-free antacids are available over-the-counter (OTC), but not all brands are gluten-free. ... Target Up and Up loperamide hydrochloride (2mg) caplets; ...

Pepto Diarrhea caplets: Take one caplet every 30 minutes, or two caplets every 60 minutes as needed. ... anti-seizure drugs, such as valproic acid and divalproex; blood thinners ...

They call it the poor man’s methadone. The epidemic of opioid addiction sweeping the country has led to another form of drug abuse that few experts saw coming: Addicts who cannot lay hands on ...

Many opioid addicts go to desperate lengths to get their fix, from selling their bodies on the street to burglarizing homes and stealing from their parents.

Addicts who can’t find painkillers turn to anti-diarrhea drugs. By New York Times. May 11, 2016 . Share on Facebook; Share on X; Share by email; They call it the poor man ...