FDA Cracks Down On OTC Imodium Abuse

Loperamide, a drug with opiate effects used to treat short term bouts of diarrhea, and the active ingredient in Imodium AD sold OTC, is now in the cross hairs of the FDA in an effort to reduce abuse of this opiate analog, often called the “poor man’s methadone.”

from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2018/01/31/fda-cracks-down-on-otc-imodium-abuse/
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