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Best medicine to take for diarrhea while breastfeeding?
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Imodium (loperamide): Imodium (loperamide) is one of safe ones to take. Additional ingestion of yogurt or probiotics will further reduce the duration of diarrrhea.
Answered 9/14/2020
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