imodium really works?!

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navyboy - Imodium (Loperamide) comes in 3 different forms (capsules, caplets, and capsules), each of a little different time of onset and strength. It reduces the speed of food passage or transit time. Studies suggest that imodium may increase the tone of the anal sphincter, reducing incontinence and urgency.
Due to its high affinity for the gut wall and its high first-pass metabolism, loperamide hardly reaches the systemic circulation. In man, as a constipating agent, loperamide on a mg to mg weight basis is about 25 times more potent than codeine phosphate.

The onset of action, as determined in clinical studies with volunteers, indicated that clinical improvement occurs within 1-3 hours following drug administration (4 mg dose). The duration of action was determined from the interval between the time treatment was stopped due to constipation and the time bowel motion and stool consistency were again normal. In normal test subjects, a single 4 mg dose of Ioperamide significantly increased the median time of defecation from 23 hours to 41 hours.

a physician

sure does! especially the ones hat melt on your tongue.

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