{"id":9992,"date":"2018-10-25T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boredmom.com\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2018-11-13T15:39:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T15:39:32","slug":"moms-know-loperamide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.boredmom.com\/?p=9992","title":{"rendered":"Moms: Warning About Loperamide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0This post was sponsored by Influence Central as part of an Influencer Activation and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n

You may have heard or read about Loperamide in the news recently, but one drug warning can blend into another, so it’s hard to keep track of everything. However, the FDA warning on Loperamide is one that parents of teens should pay especially close attention to.\u00a0 Loperamide is the active ingredient in many over the counter diarrhea relief medicines, so it’s not uncommon to have it in your household. Approximately 70% of travelers will have\u00a0 ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ while traveling, and little ones can average 5-7 diarrhea episodes a year. It’s no wonder many of us have antidiarrheals on hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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However, taken in large doses, Loperamide can give people a ‘high’ similar to opioids! Higher than recommended doses can result in life-threatening cardiac arrest or adverse respiratory reactions.\u00a0Loperamide is SAFE when the proper dose is taken.<\/p>\n

I was not aware of any issues with Loperamide until a nurse told my Mother not to take common over-the-antidiarrheals after she had an especially bad bout of food poisoning. As my mother has considerable heart disease, she needs to take every precaution not to take something that could cause heart arrhythmia. It was solid advice as my mother can hardly read the small print, so she could have very easily taken way more than the recommended amount.\u00a0 It was by casually researching Loperamide that I read that teenagers may be abusing some Loperamide products to get high. As a parent of a teen, I am concerned that a readily available OTC medicine could have such dire consequences.<\/p>\n

In speaking with some of my Mom friends, none of them knew this! My teen and her friends are\u00a0active, healthy and I’d like to think straightened arrows. However, I know that kids at her high school could easily abuse antidiarrheals with Loperamide and not understand the consequences and risks. I was a teen once – we were invincible! Looking back, we were also pretty dumb! It’s easy to see how some teens may have the false sense of security that since it’s an over the counter medicine, nothing ‘bad’ can happen to them. So, even kids who are ‘good’ could easily be swayed into what could be a fatal mistake. Therefore it’s up to us as parents to become educated on this FDA Loperamide warning and share the information with friends.<\/p>\n

Read the Loperamide warning from the FDA here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Drugs\/DrugSafety\/ucm594232.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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