Imodium Plus 2mg/125mg Tablets are used to treat occasional bouts of diarrhoea quickly and effectively in adults and adolescents over 12 years, particularly when diarrhoea is accompanied by gas-related abdominal discomfort including bloating, cramping or flatulence.
How Does Imodium Plus Work?
Imodium Plus works to relieve diarrhoea while also soothing cramps, wind and bloating. It contains two active ingredients: loperamide hydrochloride to control diarrhoea, and simeticone, which helps to relieve excess gas in the gut and ease painful accompanying symptoms.
Key Benefits
- Nothing offers more complete relief from diarrhoea, wind, cramps and bloating
- Soothing formula targeting diarrhoea, painful cramps, bloating and wind together
- Easy-to-swallow tablets
Active Ingredients
Each tablet contains loperamide hydrochloride 2mg and simeticone equivalent to 125mg dimeticone.
How to Take Imodium Plus
Tablets should be taken with liquid.
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Adults over 18 years: Take 2 tablets initially, then 1 tablet after every loose stool. Maximum 4 tablets per day, for no more than 2 days.
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Adolescents aged 12–18 years: Take 1 tablet initially, then 1 tablet after every loose stool. Maximum 4 tablets per day, for no more than 2 days.
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Children under 12 years: Imodium Plus must not be used.
Cautions and Warnings
- Treatment with loperamide is symptomatic only. Specific treatment should be given where an underlying cause can be determined.
- Imodium Plus is not a substitute for rehydration therapy. Drink plenty of fluids such as water, clear soup or squash alongside treatment.
- Consult your doctor if diarrhoea persists for more than 24 hours.
- Use with caution if you have impaired liver (hepatic) function, as this may affect the drug's metabolism and increase the risk of CNS toxicity.
- Patients with AIDS should stop therapy at the earliest signs of abdominal distension. Isolated reports of toxic megacolon have been reported in AIDS patients with infectious colitis treated with loperamide.
- Avoid use in severe acute attacks of ulcerative colitis. Use cautiously in mild attacks and discontinue promptly if abdominal distension or other symptoms occur.
- Do not exceed the stated dose.