Loperamide hydrochloride: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 18:56 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Imodium Instants 6 Orodispersible Tablets** (EAN 5027097407319), a wanted barcode (2007 title "imodium instants 6s"). Identity was confirmed from the Open Food Facts carton photos (front, and. This is the current version.

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# Loperamide hydrochloride <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Loperamide hydrochloride
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name       | type   | locale | from | until |
| ---------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| loperamide | search |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                               | title                                                | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published  | record_id | locator                       | licence      | attribution | upstream            |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | ------------------- |
| smpc            | https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/367/smpc | Imodium Instants: Summary of Product Characteristics | 2026-09-13 | emc (Datapharm) | registry    | 2026-04-21 | 367       | sections 2, 6.1, 6.5, 7, 8, 9 |              |             | McNeil Products Ltd |
| wiki-loperamide | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide          | Wikipedia: Loperamide                                | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia       | publication |            |           |                               | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |                     |
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## About <!--about-->
Loperamide hydrochloride is the salt form of loperamide, an opioid-receptor agonist taken by mouth to reduce the frequency of diarrhoea and sold under the brand name Imodium, among others.[^wiki-loperamide] Imodium Instants contain 2 mg per tablet.[^smpc]
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