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Re:Anti-diarrhoea drug drives cancer cells to cell death by GordonS on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @11:12AM (#25519074)
A point of interest, not mentioned in the article, is that loperamide is actually an opioid. All opioids cause some degree of constipation, hence why loperamide helps with diarrhea. Loperamide is unusual, in that it doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier, hence why taking it doesn't get you high.
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Re:Anti-diarrhoea drug drives cancer cells to cell death by dreamcompiler on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @11:28AM (#25519260)
Which is why Loperamide is an over-the-counter drug (no prescription needed) at least in the US.
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Re:Anti-diarrhoea drug drives cancer cells to cell death by throw345hn on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:56PM (#25521469)
Yes and FDA started restricted the amount anyone can buy because some people started abusing it to the extreme. Now to get a 16mg dose, you would probably need a prescription
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