Loperamide and Cramps: What Users Say

• BIN...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 11, 2019

Loperamide for Diarrhea, Acute "After 5 years of stomach cramps and less than 1 minute of warning, I finally gave up on my PCP and started doing my own dietary analyses. My daughter worked at a fantastic bakery; she would bring home the 'day old' breads and bagels that didn't sell. Long story short, I overdosed on the best of the best at every meal and snack time. The culprit was GLUTEN; some days I was fine, then all of a sudden, 2 weeks' worth of cramps and runs. Then I gave up on bread, pizza, and pasta, which is a terrible thing for an Italian raised on the best foods. Breaded anything I now try to avoid: chicken, fish, fast foods. When the runs and cramps go away for weeks, I can risk a slice of pizza IF I take a gluten enzyme pill 20 minutes before I eat. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't; then out comes the Imodium, 3 before bed and 2 in the AM. In a day or so, it's calmed down my IBS from whatever caused it."

• sis...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 16, 2019

For Diarrhea, Chronic "I have Crohn's disease, and I take loperamide during flares so I don't have to be on the toilet all the time. It doesn't get rid of the other stuff like cramps, nausea, weight loss, or fatigue, but it does something for my diarrhea. It made my flares easier to manage at school and work, as I don't have to be racing to the bathroom all the time, then having to leave early as a result of my sickness. However, I had to rate it less than a 10 as it doesn't always work. The problem is I have malabsorption due to small intestinal inflammation, so sometimes the medicine might not work. Roughage will make it not work either. So, I can't just eat whatever I want while taking this. I still have to eat a bland low-roughage/residue diet."

• ann...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 1, 2016

Loperamide for Diarrhea "I was tapering off of both MS Contin and Percocet and developed diarrhea. I started taking Imodium and started itching and a rash. It did help the diarrhea, but I am one of the people that had a reaction to this medication, unfortunately. I also had cramping and sweating, as well as lightheadedness."

• Fis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 17, 2024

For Diarrhea, Chronic "I have spent the last year going to doctors. I had a contrast CT scan, a scope with biopsy. There is nothing physically wrong. I suffer from PTSD symptoms. The doctor said high adrenaline levels and little sleep are the issue. I cannot take bismuth or other drugs that coat your insides because I take diazepam. (That must be absorbed) Loperamide: I took 1 tablet (probably 2mg). It made things worse! I had the same bad cramps, but was constipated and could not use the toilet for 3 days. It did not help with the pain at all. It might have made it worse. Maybe I will try a lower dose. I've already had piles and a fissure. The cramps are nothing compared to a fissure. Which is what I am trying to avoid!"