Brand Names

Category

• Antidiarrheal

Description Drug

Loperamide - loe-PER-a-mide is a drug using along with other measures to treat diarrhea. Loperamide helps stop diarrhea by slowing down the movements of the intestines.

In the USA, loperamide capsules are available only with your family doctor's prescription, while the liquid form and the tablet form are available without a prescription. In Canada, all the dosage forms are available without a prescription.

Loperamide is available in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Capsules - USA and Canada
• Oral solution - USA and Canada
• Tablets - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Imodium
• Imodium A-D
• Imodium A-D Caplets
• Kaopectate II
• Maalox Anti-Diarrheal
• Pepto Diarrhea Control

In Canada

• Apo-Loperamide
• Diarr-Eze
• Imodium
• Loperacap
• Nu-Loperamide
• PMS-Loperamide
• Rho-Loperamide

Generic name product may be available in the USA and Canada.