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Hello, i took 1 imodium (loperamide) at 5 week pregnant. could this have caused harm?
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Loperamide: Loperamide is a pregnancy category C drug-animal studies have failed to show harm. No controlled human studies. Which means one dose is unlikely to cause harm. However contact your doctor if you plan to take any over the counter drugs while you are pregnant.
Answered 2/9/2017
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