Why Is Loperamide Banned?
Why Is Loperamide Banned? TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Increasingly, people addicted to opioid painkillers are using dangerously high doses of the diarrhea drug Imodium (loperamide), either to get high or to help ease withdrawal. Why is loperamide restricted? Loperamide acts on opioid receptors in the gut to slow the movement in the