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PAD Profile : Loperamide hydrochloride - Diarrhoea
Keywords :
acute diarrhoea, antimotility drugs, chronic diarrhoea
Brand Names Include :
Imodium, Norimode
Traffic Light Status
Status 1 of 1.
Guidelines
No guidelines returned.
Other Drugs
Other Indications
No indications returned.
Additional Documents
No additional documents returned.
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
01 July 2015
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
Prescribe generically. Loperamide tablets, capsules, syrup
Note
Loperamide can be sold to the public, provided it is licensed and labelled for the treatment of acute diarrhoea in adults and children over 12 years of age
This drug has been agreed as appropriate for initiation in Primary Care and/or continued in Primary Care following a recommendation from specialists in other health care sectors. Following consideration by the PCN, it has been assigned a GREEN traffic light status.
Associated BNF Codes
01. Gastro-Intestinal System
01.04.02. Antimotility drugs