Imodium Is Becoming More Tightly Regulated by FDA
Why Has The FDA Restricted Loperamide? The active ingredient in Imodium is a drug called loperamide. Loperamide is an extremely mild opiate that has a very low abuse potential. There are very serious side effects associated with loperamide abuse. Loperamide has an extremely long half-life. This means that it takes an extremely long period of …