Fact Sheets/ Alerts
FDA: Imodium (loperamide) for Over-the-Counter Use: Drug Safety Communication - FDA Limits Packaging To Encourage Safe Use (1/30/2018)
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Loperamide (11/2016 & 4/2017)
Drugs.com: Imodium A-D (Loperamide) Fact Sheet
Journal Articles
Loperamide toxicity: recommendations for patient monitoring and management (Nov 2019)
Emergency Medicine News: Reports of Loperamide ODs Reveal a New Cardiotoxic Opioid (2018)
JAPhA: Loperamide misuse and abuse
March–April, 2017, Volume 57, Issue 2, Supplement, Pages S45–S50
Epidemiologic Trends in Loperamide Abuse and Misuse
Loperamide Abuse Associated With Cardiac Dysrhythmia and Death
Loperamide Toxicokinetics: Serum Concentrations in the Overdose Setting
Other Resources
Addicts Who Can't Get Opioids Are Overdosing on a Diarrhea Drug (April 2017)
NCBI: Loperamide Trends in Abuse and Misuse Over 13 Years: 2002-2015 (February 2017)
Why FDA is Warning People about Imodium Overdoses (June 2016)
Why Some Opioid Addicts Turn to Imodium for a High (June 2016)
Abuse of Diarrhea Medicine You Know Well Is Alarming Physicians (May 2016)
Getting High from This Drug for Diarrhea Can Be Fatal (May 2016)
