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I've heard of people using it to manage withdrawals when kicking opioid/opiate addictions. Indeed it would at least help with the diarrhea symptom when withdraw
by 1-more 4y ago
I've heard of people using it to manage withdrawals when kicking opioid/opiate addictions. Indeed it would at least help with the diarrhea symptom when withdrawing. No idea how well it works.
- shagie 4y agoThus the "normal doses" part. The "unapproved use" section gets into that - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide#Off-label/unapproved_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide#Off-label/unapprove... > The primary intent of users has been to manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal such as diarrhea, although a small portion derive psychoactive effects at these higher doses. At these higher doses central nervous system penetration occurs and long term use may lead to tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal on abrupt cessation. Dubbing it "the poor man's methadone", clinicians warned that increased restrictions on the availability of prescription opioids passed in response to the opioid epidemic were prompting recreational users to turn to loperamide as an over-the-counter treatment for withdrawal symptoms.
- 1-more 4y agoOh man thanks, I had no idea that that had made its way into studies/academia/that kind of thing. Yeah no matter what withdrawals mean you're gonna end up paying painfully whether its all at once or on the installment plan.