McNeil Consumer Healthcare has recalled some of its Imodium products, the latest in the troubled pharmaceutical company’s string of recalls during the past two-plus years. The Fort Washington-based ...

The FDA warns taking high doses of the anti-diarrhea medication Imodium may lead to serious and potentially fatal heart problems. Officials say it is safe when used as directed. Doctors say some ...

We've been seeing news reports about runs on Imodium. The FDA has the anti-diarrheal medicine in its sights because it is being abused and is also really dangerous. How dangerous? You have a 4.6 times ...

The abuse or misuse of the antidiarrheal medication loperamide, commonly known as Imodium A-D, can cause serious cardiac events including QT interval prolongation, Torsades de Pointes or other ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked manufacturers of over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medications to change their product packaging in an attempt to reduce abuse ...

BERGEN COUNTY-- He didn't think it would come to this. He stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself: 22 years old and addicted to anti-diarrhea medication. It sounded funny -- he knew that.

The Food and Drug Administration warned that people taking higher than recommended dosages of the diarrhea medication Imodium—often those who are intentionally abusing the medicine—run the risk of ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2018 -- Increasingly, people addicted to opioid painkillers are using dangerously high doses of the diarrhea drug Imodium, or loperamide, either to get high or to help ease ...

A friend of mine wrote that on Facebook the other day above a weird photo. It showed three boxes of Imodium A-D – that trusted anti-diarrhea medication – lying crumpled in a parking lot. What ...

Abuse and misuse of the commonly available antidiarrheal medication loperamide (Imodium, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc) has been linked to life-threatening cardiac events, according to a warning ...