Imodium acute

Imodium acute in detail

The total dose should not be exceeded without consulting a doctor or pharmacist.

How to use?
Take the medicine with liquid (e.g. 1 glass of water).

Duration of use?
You should not use the medicine for longer than 2 days without medical advice. If symptoms persist for longer, you should consult your doctor.

Overdosage?
A variety of overdose symptoms may occur, including constipation, intestinal obstruction, listlessness, drowsiness, convulsions and severe respiratory disorders. If you suspect an overdose, contact a doctor immediately.

Have you forgotten to take it?
Continue taking the medicine as normal (i.e. not double the amount) at the next prescribed time.

As a general rule: Pay particular attention to conscientious dosing, especially with infants, small children and older people. If in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist about any effects or precautionary measures.

A dosage prescribed by a doctor may differ from the information in the package leaflet. As the doctor will adjust it individually, you should therefore use the medicine according to his instructions.

Always:
- Hypersensitivity to the ingredients
- Diseases with slowed intestinal activity
- Intestinal obstruction
- Constipation, possibly also other conditions in which a further slowing down of intestinal activity should be avoided, e.g. severe flatulence
- Flatulence
- Intestinal inflammation in connection with antibiotic therapy
- Inflammation of the large and small intestine caused by bacteria (bacterial enterocolitis)
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Ulcerative colitis, acute flare-up

Under certain circumstances - talk to your doctor or pharmacist:
- Liver disease

Which age group should be considered?
- Infants and young children under 2 years of age: The medicine must not be used.
- Children under 12 years of age: The medicine may only be used after consultation with a doctor or under medical supervision.

What about pregnancy and breastfeeding?
- Pregnancy: According to current knowledge, the medicinal product should not be used.
- Lactation: According to current knowledge, use is not recommended. Breastfeeding may need to be considered.

If you have been prescribed the medicine despite a contraindication, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. The therapeutic benefit may be greater than the risk associated with use in the case of a contraindication.what adverse effects can occur?

- Gastrointestinal complaints, such as
- nausea
- vomiting
- flatulence
- constipation
- abdominal cramps
- dry mouth
- headache
- fatigue
- dizziness
- skin rash

If you notice any discomfort or change during treatment, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

For the information provided here, side effects occurring in at least one in 1,000 treated patients are taken into account.
- Take care if you are allergic to colourants (e.g. indigo carmine with the E number E 132)!
- Take care if you are intolerant to lactose. If you have to follow a diabetes diet, you should take the sugar content into account.
- There may be medicines with which interactions occur. You should therefore generally inform your doctor or pharmacist of any other medicine you are already taking before starting treatment with a new medicine. This also applies to medicines that you buy yourself, use only occasionally or have been using for some time.
How does the active ingredient of the medicine work?

The active ingredient acts directly on receptors in the intestinal area. In this way, it can partially prevent intestinal movements that transport the intestinal contents further and thus reduce the urge to defecate and the frequency of stools. Loperamide also causes the sphincter muscles in the rectum to tighten.

Use

For the symptomatic treatment of the following conditions: - Acute diarrhoeaThe medicine should not be used for diarrhoea caused by antibiotics or accompanied by fever or bloody stools.

Dosage

First dose: Adults can take 2 capsules as a first dose.First dose: Adolescents aged 12 years and over can take 1 capsule as a first dose.Follow-up dose:1 capsule1-4 times dailyAdolescents aged 12 years and over after each loose stool1 capsule1-6 times dailyAdults after each loose stoolPay attention to adequate replacement of fluids and salts (electrolytes), especially in children.