Loperamide and Diarrhea: What Users Say

• BIN...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 11, 2019

Loperamide for Diarrhea, Acute "After 5 years of stomach cramps and less than 1 minute of warning, I finally gave up on my PCP and started doing my own dietary analyses. My daughter worked at a fantastic bakery; she would bring home the 'day old' breads and bagels that didn't sell. Long story short, I overdosed on the best of the best at every meal and snack time. The culprit was GLUTEN; some days I was fine, then all of a sudden, 2 weeks' worth of cramps and runs. Then I gave up on bread, pizza, and pasta, which is a terrible thing for an Italian raised on the best foods. Breaded anything I now try to avoid: chicken, fish, fast foods. When the runs and cramps go away for weeks, I can risk a slice of pizza IF I take a gluten enzyme pill 20 minutes before I eat. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't; then out comes the Imodium, 3 before bed and 2 in the AM. In a day or so, it's calmed down my IBS from whatever caused it."

• ks1...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 12, 2019

Loperamide for Diarrhea "Made my symptoms much worse. Every time I took it, I'd get diarrhea immediately after. Sometimes it would clear up afterward, sometimes it wouldn't. I took it before bed, and it gave me loose stool in my sleep (after I had already gone multiple times after taking it)."

• ks1...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 12, 2019

Loperamide for Diarrhea "Made my symptoms much worse. Every time I took it, I'd get diarrhea immediately after. Sometimes it would clear up afterward, sometimes it wouldn't. I took it before bed, and it gave me loose stool in my sleep (after I had already gone multiple times after taking it)."

• Cap...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 6, 2019

For Diarrhea, Acute "I'm lactose intolerant, but I really love cheese. I traveled to Paris recently, where I knew I'd be eating a whole lot of cheese. I took this at the start of my trip, and I was in heaven. I could eat whatever I wanted, no diarrhea! This stuff is amazing!"

• ben...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 18, 2022

For Traveler's Diarrhea "My wife got traveler's diarrhea on a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After a few trips to the WC, she took a first dose of 'Lomotil' brand name in Mexico for loperamide. That stopped the flow. Three days later, it was my turn. Since we already had the box of medicine, I only waited for a second WC trip (just to make sure the first was not just a one-off), took the first (two pill) dose and that stopped it. It works! It does not cure it. We both continued with watery stools after that, and I guess there is a difference between slowing down the gut and restoring its health."