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I take Imodium and love it. It's really gone a long way towards making me stable in the last 10 years. I've had IBS for 22 years, with painful gas and explosive D. It was debilitating as a child because I had D every day I ate. At one point I stopped eating because no food in means no food out. Not a great way to live your life, let me tell you!

So I discovered Imodium a while back when I had the liquid kind in the emergency room, and I've never looked back. Can't really stomach the liquid really, but the pills work great. The best part is they make Imodium Advanced, which contains the active ingredient in the regular kind (loperamide 2mg) PLUS an anti-gas agent (simethicone) which is great if gassy foods jumpstart your D like it does mine.

Here's another post on this: Imodium post -- if you do a search you're sure to find more. I take between 6-20 a day and I'm very stable as a result. You can't OD on it, though it might make you sleepy at higher doses. Works great as a preventative if you take it before a suspect meal!

Good luck to you!

~nelly~

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