Posts Tagged ‘loperamide’

For the intestinally afflicted, loperamide — Imodium, as it’s more commonly known — is a godsend. While diarrhea is certainly fodder for jokes, sight gags and childhood singalongs, it’ also serious: It accounts for 4 percent of all deaths, and 5 percent of health loss to disability, worldwide. After being approved by the U.S. Food…