Loperamide Hydrochloride Diarrhoea Relief 2mg – 30 Capsules

£2.30

This product is a generic medicine.

Following the updated GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) guidelines, we are required to restrict the amount of Pharmacy Medicines, we dispense to one box per household per month.

If you require a larger quantity, please do not hesitate to contact our Pharmacist.

This product contains opioid-like drug.
Excess use of this product can cause addiction.
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This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order using our Amazon Two Day Shipping. Orders placed on weekends and bank holidays will be dispatched on the next working day.

Diarrhoea can start quite suddenly but doesn’t usually last for many days. Diarrhoea is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection, food poisoning or foreign travel.

Features and Benefits

  • This product is a generic medicine with the same active ingredients as Imodium and Diocalm
  • 2mg Loperamide capsules are for the relief of sudden diarrhoea (diarrhoea) and help limit trips to the toilet.
  • Suitable for adults and children aged 12 years and over.

Loperamide is a medicine to treat diarrhoea (runny poo). It can help with short-term diarrhoea or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Loperamide is also used for recurring or longer lasting diarrhoea from bowel conditions such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and short bowel syndrome.

This is a generic medicine, brand may vary. Ingredients are provided as a guide.

What Loperamide Capsules contain:
Active ingredient:
Loperamide Hydrochloride 2mg

Other ingredients:
Lactose, Maize Starch, Talc, Magnesium Stearate, Gelatin, Quinoline Yellow (E104), Erythrosine
(E127), Patent Blue (E131) and Titanium Dioxide (E171).

Common side effects

Like all medicines, loperamide can cause side effects, but many people have no side effects or only minor ones.

These common side effects happen in more than 1 in 100 people.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if these side effects bother you or do not go away:

  • constipation (difficulty doing a poo)
  • feeling dizzy
  • feeling sick
  • headaches
  • farting (wind)

Serious side effects

It’s rare to have a serious side effect with loperamide.

Tell a doctor straight away if you:

  • feel faint or less alert, or if you pass out (faint)
  • start moving in a clumsy, uncoordinated way

Serious allergic reaction

In rare cases, it’s possible to have a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) to loperamide.

Warnings and precautions 

  • Do not take this product for anything other than its intended use.
  • Never take more than the recommended amount.
  • Serious heart problems have been reported in patients who have taken too much Loperamide.

Always read the patient information leaflet before commencing treatment.  The patient information can be found here.

This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order

Please note that we do not operate at the weekends. Orders placed after 2pm Friday will not get processed until the following Monday morning.

Standard Delivery

Our standard delivery charge is £2.90.
We use a tracked 48 Hour service for our standard delivery.

Next Day Delivery 
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently offering Next Day Delivery as our couriers are not always adhering to the delivery timescales, we will introduce this again in the future.

Prescriptions
Private prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery, free of charge (all private prescription items have a minimum order value of £5.00). NHS prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery.
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