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What is Loperamide?

Loperamide is an antidiarrheal drug used to treat chronic diarrhea associated with inflammatory bowel disease; acute nonspecific diarrhea; increased volume of ileostomy discharge, traveler’s diarrhea.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 110 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Diarrhea 32 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Bowel problems 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Bowel irritability 3 1 Efficacy_major
Other 3 0
Microscopic Colitis 2 0

See all 100 patients currently taking Loperamide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 3
Mild
 3
None
 11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Loperamide

Constipation 1
Abdominal bloating 1
Stomach pain 1
Somnolence 1
Gas pain 1
Occasional hard bloody stool 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Loperamide. See all 18 dosages ►

  as needed 2 2mg as needed 4 2mg as needed 2mg as needed 2 mg weekly 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 12 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 2 Number of Patients: 2 46 Number of Patients: 46 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Loperamide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 28   Other: 39%
Course of treatment ended 20   Course of treatment ended: 28%
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 19%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 13%
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 13%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%

See all 69 patients who’ve stopped taking Loperamide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Loperamide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Loperamide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Loperamide

Always
 10 50%
Usually
 6 30%
Sometimes
 3 15%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Loperamide

Very
 1 5%
Somewhat
 3 15%
A little
 3 15%
Not at all
 13 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Loperamide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 12 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.