question: imodium brand or generic?
#249325 - 03/01/06 05:02 AM
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Johana3
Reged: 02/15/06
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Loc: Puerto Rico
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hi; i will like to ask to the imodium users if the generic brand of imodium works as well as the brand?, i want to start using as a preventive for my D. any advice?
thanks,
J.
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I've used both and can't tell the difference. Just make sure they have the same ingredients as Immodium. I also prefer the anti-gas Immodium and not sure if the generics have that or not.
Sandy
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thanks for answer,i just want to know couse the imodium brand here is so expensive  , and im in a very tight budget, again thanks for answer,
J
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I just buy the no name brand, it is soooo much cheaper. If you have a Sam's Club or something similar to you they sell it in huge boxes too. I also buy no name gas-x, Simethicone caps.
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Bethany, Ontario, Canada
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Same here, I only use the generics. The ingredients are the same and the Wal-Mart brand comes in a larger quantity for good price.
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#249399 - 03/01/06 10:44 AM
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Wind
Reged: 04/02/05
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MANY generic brands contain LACTOSE, so I go for BRAND NAME Immodium.
Be careful with generic brands & read labels CAREFULLY.
Kate, IBS-D.
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I have always, always and I mean for years used the Equate no name loperamide caplets. I honestly don't recall ever buying Immodium brand. I just looked at the box after reading your post and it says lactose monohydrate. All these years I assumed I was only taking straight loperamide!!
This is a toughy because I cannot afford the name brand right now
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Bethany, I'VE USED THOSE SAME ONES & I know exactly how you feel.
I really do recommend name brand only. Lactose anything is a really bad thing for an IBS-D attack.
Kate, IBS-D.
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apparantly a few years back there was a big campaign to get immodium to STOP using lactose in its products... seems pretty obvious to me since it's for D but duh... anyway, i gues most of the no-name brands didn't follow along 
happened to me too though - immodium is so expensive, so i bought some generic brand one day... ugh, found out that one the hard way... 
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...in France and some other countries in Europe. Be careful!
~nelly~
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Okay- I might be wrong here, but here is my take on it. I have been taking generic immodium for a while b/c it is much cheaper. My generic brand has anhydrous lactose in it. I looked this up and basically it is some sort of bonding agent that is commonly used in all sorts of pills. It is a form of lactose, but of the 5 different forms used for this process, it has the lowest amount of pure lactose in it. I would think that these pills are soooo tiny and mostly made up of the active ingredient that you would probably have to overdose to get the amount that might trigger an attack. I have taken up to 5-8 immodiums(generic) in a day, and I have NEVER had my symptoms worsen. So, I will go against the grain and say, if you are on a budget, don't sweat it unless you find that it does bother you--realistically, with the size of the pill, I don't see how that could happen. Chances are there is a tiny bit lactose lurking in many of the pills we take and we don't even know it!
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so when you use the generic you get worse?
J.
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Well for me lactose (and any dairy) is a huuuuge trigger. I can't handle lactose in any form, even in small amounts in medication. And since the generic brand that I used had lactose in it, yes it made my D worse (instead of stopping it). But not everyone is as sensitive to lactose in small amounts as I am, and not all generic brands have lactose in them. Immodium *is* expensive - if I could find a generic brand of immodium that didn't have lactose I'd be a happy woman! 
If you have a drug plan, have you thought about asking your doc to write you a prescription for it? (Or for loperamide, which is the main ingredient in immodium.) That way you could save a bit of money on it anyway.
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I might do as you recommended! Seriously, I take it just about everyday!
The generic stuff doesn't work for me! For awhile, I wondered why I'd be taking a dozen of the generic ones & then I OPENED MY EYES!!!
I'll keep my eyes on the labels & should I find a generic brand without lactose, I'll post. So far no luck, today, with SHOPPER'S DRUG MART & zehrs/loblaws "Equate" generic anti-diarrheals.
Darn.
Kate, IBS-D.
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thanks for answer, i will ask my doctor for a prescription will see!, thanks a lot,
J.
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Edited by Johana3 (03/06/06 06:53 AM)
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