Anti-Diarrheal
Family Wellness 44-375
FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*
- Active ingredient (in each caplet)
- Purpose
- Use
- Warnings
- Directions
- Anti-Diarrheal Other information
- Inactive ingredients
- Questions or comments?
- Principal Display Panel
FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
Active ingredient (in each caplet)
Loperamide HCl 2 mg
Purpose
Antidiarrheal
Use
controls symptoms of diarrhea, including Travelers' Diarrhea
Warnings
Allergy alert: Do not use if you have ever had a rash or other allergic reactions to loperamide HCl
Do not use
if you have bloody or black stool
Ask a doctor before use if you have
- high fever
- mucus in the stool
- a history of liver disease
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are
taking antibiotics
When using this product
- tiredness, drowsiness, or dizziness may occur. Be careful when driving or operating machinery.
Stop use and ask a doctor if
- symptoms get worse
- diarrhea lasts for more than 2 days
- you get abdominal swelling or buldging. These may be signs of a serious condition.
If pregnant or breast-feeding,
ask a health professional before use.
Keep out of reach of children
In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Directions
- drink plenty of clear fluids to help prevent dehydration caused by diarrhea
- find right dose on chat. If possible, use weight to dose; otherwise, use age.
adults and children 12 years and older | 2 caplets after the first loose stool; 1 caplet after each subsequent loose stool; but no more than 4 caplets in 24 hours |
children 9-11 years (60-95 lbs) | 1 caplet after first loose stool; 1/2 caplet after each subsequent loose stool; but no more than 3 caplets in 24 hours |
children 6-8 years (48-59 lbs) | 1 caplet after the first loose stool; 1/2 caplet after each subsequent loose stool; but no more than 2 caplets in 24 hours |
children under 6 years (up to 47 lbs) | ask a doctor |
Anti-Diarrheal Other information
- store at controlled room temperature 20º-25ºC (68º-77ºF)
- see end flap for expiration date and lot number
Inactive ingredients
corn starch, D&C yellow # 10 aluminum lake, dicalcium phosphate dihydrate, FD&C blue #1 brilliant blue lake, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, silica gel
Questions or comments?
Call 1-800-426-9391 8:30 AM-4:00 PM ET, Monday-Friday
Principal Display Panel
FAMILY wellness™
COMPARE TO THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT OF IMODIUM® AD*
Anti-
Diarrheal
Loperamide HCl 2 mg
Controls the Symptoms of Diarrhea
24 CAPLETS
DISTRIBUTED BY:
FAMILY DOLLAR SERVICES, INC.
10401 MONROE RD,
MATTHEWS NC 38105 USA
*This product is not manufactured or distributed by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, owner of the registered trademark Imodium® A-D.
50844 REV1212A37508
TAMPER EVIDENT: DO NOT USE IF CARTON IS OPENED OR IF BLISTER UNIT IS TORN, BROKEN OR SHOWS ANY SIGNS OF TAMPERING
Anti-DiarrhealLoperamide HCl CAPSULE
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