Blister packs are very difficult to open for people who suffer from arthritis and also for those of us who need an Imodium in a hurry. Before the Food and Drug Administration changes or limits ...

The FDA requested that retail packages of loperamide only contain a limited amount of the drug for short-term diarrhea. They recommended a package of eight 2-mg capsules in blister packaging.

The Federal Drug Administration is cracking down following multiple reports of people using the anti-diarrheal drug Imodium to get ... packs and other single-dose packaging to limit the number ...

The latest changes relate to the drugs' packaging. Specifically, packaging of Imodium should now only "contain a limited amount of loperamide appropriate for use for short-term ['Traveler's ...

In a significant move, the FDA recommended that packaging of Imodium should now only "contain a limited amount of loperamide appropriate for use for short-term diarrhea according to the product ...

The new packaging limits apply to the brands Imodium A-D (Johnson & Johnson), Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief (Johnson & Johnson) and Be Health Loperamide HCl Capsules (Bionpharma). The maximum ...

The agency is working with manufacturers to change the packaging of the drug loperamide to include blister packs and single-dose packaging, which could reduce the likelihood of overdose ...

In its ongoing effort to stem misuse and abuse of loperamide (Imodium, Johnson & Johnson), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved changes to the packaging for brand-name, over-the ...

"The new packaging should help make limits on sales more easily achieved. The abuse of loperamide requires the purchase of extremely large quantities...We know that many of the bulk purchases of ...

Be sure to follow the packaging’s dosage instructions or speak ... so it’s important to know how to treat your child’s diarrhea. Imodium is one drug that’s used to control diarrhea.

Imodium products are commonly used to treat diarrhea, including diarrhea that comes on suddenly (acute) and diarrhea that is long-term (chronic). The main active ingredient in most Imodium ...