WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating sometimes-deadly overdoses with common anti-diarrhea drugs, a bizarre manifestation of the nation's drug abuse problem. The primary ingredient ...

If you have diarrhea or loose, watery stools, you'll want to know how to find relief fast. Replenishing lost fluids and tweaking your diet typically help stop diarrhea quickly. Anti-diarrheal ...

Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new method for the development of anti-diarrheal drugs, ...

Sure, we have many diarrhea jokes. But the reality is that diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Diarrheal diseases lead to 1 in 9 child deaths ...

Dear Doctors: I’m a 77-year-old man and was having trouble with hard stools. My doctor suggested a stool softener. It worked for about a week, but then I developed diarrhea. Over-the-counter diarrhea ...

Diarrhea can often be stopped by using over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as loperamide (Imodium) or bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol). Remember, though, that diarrhea caused by a virus or ...

In a big win for generic drug manufacturers, a federal judge has invalidated the patents for Imodium A-D - a popular, over-the-counter diarrhea medicine - after finding that the patented improvements ...

Salix Pharmaceuticals‘ (NASDAQ:SLXP) drug partner Napo Pharmaceuticals has terminated the collaboration agreement between the two companies over Salix’s failure to advance a promising anti-diarrhea ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A popular anti-diarrhea drug is being linked to drug abuse. Teens and young people are using "Imodium" to get high. The over-the-counter drug is also being used to self-medicate and ...