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Why loperamide(imodium) is prescripted for traveler's diarrhea while this disease might be infectious which might complicate it by anti motility drug?
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We don't: you are right--we don't use anti motility drugs for infectious diarhoea.it should be allowed to run its course.if needed we use peptobismol--a bismuth salt for binding.
Answered 8/23/2014
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