New research suggests that a drug used to slow down an upset digestive tract may actually be useful in the treatment of cancer. The medication, called loperamide, is often used to treat diarrhea, but ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Fulyzaq, which is designed to treat diarrhea in patients taking HIV and AIDS ...

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 ...

Carcinoid syndrome is a rare condition that occurs in patients with gastrointestinal tumors. These patients secrete an excessive amount of serotonin, which can lead to symptoms like frequent diarrhea, ...

Have you ever searched for information about side effects of a medication? These days, most people put the name of their drug into a search engine along with the phrase “side effects.” Whatever comes ...

Loperamide, a common anti-diarrhea drug, may treat the social symptoms of autism. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Pharmacology. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological ...

U.S. health regulators on Tuesday asked makers of popular anti-diarrhea drugs to sell their medications in smaller amounts to make them harder to abuse. The request comes amid a spike in overdoses ...

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 ...

A drug already used to treat that tourist nightmare — traveler's diarrhea — may also prevent it without causing the antibiotic resistance that can eventually make medicines ineffective, new research ...

Metformin is a diabetes drug that's also taken off-label for weight loss and anti-aging. It can have some severe gastrointestinal side effects, including diarrhea without warning. Experts recommend ...

RA may increase the likelihood of experiencing diarrhea due to medication side effects, the presence of other autoimmune conditions, or complications like rheumatoid vasculitis and AA amyloidosis. Gut ...