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Immodium side effects

Aggregated from 5 medical sources. Not medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional.

64 side effects

Side effectFrequencyMedlinePlusDrugs.comWebMDNHSMedical News Today
Abdominal crampcommonAbdominal crampStomach crampsAbdominal cramps or pain
Abdominal painstomach pain or swellingstomach painStomach painAbdominal cramps or pain
Allergic reactionrarehiveshives or welts, itching, rashItching, skin rash, or pale red bumps on the skin called hivesSerious allergic reactionAllergic reaction
BloatingbloatingBloated abdomen
Bloody diarrheaBloody diarrhea
Bloody stoolsbloody stoolsblood in the stoolsBlood in your poop or black poopBloody stool
Breathing problemswheezingtrouble breathingBreathing problems or wheezingTrouble breathing
Cardiac arrestcardiac arrest
Chest painchest pain or discomfortChest pain
ConstipationcommonconstipationConstipationConstipationConstipationConstipation
Confusionconfusion
Coughcough
Deathdeath
Dehydrationdehydration
DependenceDependence
Difficulty breathingdifficulty breathingtrouble breathingBreathing problems or wheezingTrouble breathing
Difficulty swallowingtrouble swallowingTrouble swallowing or throat tightness
Difficulty urinatinginability to urinatedecrease in urine volumeUrination difficultiesUrinary retention
DizzinesscommondizzinessDizzinessDizzinessDizziness
DrowsinessdrowsydrowsinessDrowsiness or tirednessDrowsiness
Dry mouthdryness of mouthDry mouth
EuphoriaEuphoria
FaintingfaintingfaintingDizziness, feeling lightheaded, or faintingFaintingFainting
FatiguecommonfatiguetirednessDrowsiness or tiredness
FeverfeverfeverFever or general ill feeling
FlatulencecommonFlatulenceFarting
GasGas and indigestion
HeadachecommonHeadacheHeadaches
Heart palpitationspalpitationsHeart palpitations
Heart problemsrareheart problemsHeart problems
Hivesrarehiveshives or welts, itching, rashItching, skin rash, or pale red bumps on the skin called hives
Hoarsenesshoarseness
IndigestionindigestionGas and indigestion
Irregular heartbeatirregular heartbeatirregular or slow heartbeatRacing heartIrregular heartbeat
ItchingrareitchingitchingItching, skin rash, or pale red bumps on the skin called hives
Joint painjoint or muscle painJoint pain
LightheadednesslightheadednessDizziness, feeling lightheaded, or faintingLightheadedness
Loss of appetiteloss of appetite
Nauseacommonnauseanausea or vomitingNauseaFeeling sick (nausea)Nausea
Necrotizing enterocolitisNecrotizing enterocolitis
PainPain
PalpitationspalpitationsPalpitations
RashuncommonrashRashItching, skin rash, or pale red bumps on the skin called hives
Red skin lesionsred, peeling or blistering skinred skin lesions, often with a purple center
Respiratory depressionRespiratory depression
SeizuresSeizures
Shortness of breathshortness of breathShortness of breath
Skin peelingred, peeling or blistering skinblistering, peeling, loosening of skin
Sore throatsore throat
Stomach crampscommonStomach crampsAbdominal cramps or pain
Stomach discomfortStomach discomfort
Stomach painstomach pain or swellingstomach painStomach pain
Stomach upsetstomach upset
Swellingswelling of hands, face, or mouthSwelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue, or throatSwelling
Toxic megacolonToxic megacolon
Torsades de PointesTorsades de Pointes
Trouble breathingwheezingtrouble breathingBreathing problems or wheezingTrouble breathing
Unconsciousnessunresponsivenessunconsciousness
Unresponsivenessunresponsiveness
Urinary retentioninability to urinatedecrease in urine volumeUrination difficultiesUrinary retention
Vomitingnauseanausea or vomitingNausea or vomitingNausea and vomiting
Weaknessunusual tiredness or weaknessSudden weakness
WheezingwheezingBreathing problems or wheezing
Withdrawal symptomsWithdrawal symptoms

6 additional sourcesdidn't return structured side-effect data: Addiction Resource, Cleveland Clinic, Healthline, Imodium.com, Oncolink, Healio.

Demographic risk groups

GroupRiskSources
childrenserious breathing and heart problemsMedlinePlus, WebMD
pregnantunknown effect on pregnancyMedlinePlus, WebMD
breastfeedingmay pass into breast milkMedlinePlus, WebMD, Medical News Today
liver diseaseincreased risk of serious complicationsMedlinePlus, Medical News Today
pediatric patients less than 2 years of agecontraindicatedDrugs.com
adultsserious cardiac adverse reactionsDrugs.com
pediatric patients 2 years of age and olderserious cardiac adverse reactionsDrugs.com
PregnancyRisk data availableDrugs.com, Medical News Today
older peoplehigher risk of heart rhythm problemsWebMD
older adultshigher risk of heart problems and paralytic ileusWebMD, Medical News Today
individuals with existing heart conditionsincreased risk of serious complicationsMedical News Today
inflammatory bowel conditionsincreased risk of serious complicationsMedical News Today
premature babiesnecrotizing enterocolitisMedical News Today
liver problemscaution advisedMedical News Today

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