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What's the deal with loperamide? I once asked why levothyrox, a drug to compensate a dying thyroid, is so regulated (at least in France). It's not like it's ps
by BrandoElFollito 3y ago
What's the deal with loperamide?
I once asked why levothyrox, a drug to compensate a dying thyroid, is so regulated (at least in France). It's not like it's psychotic or something, it is just a hormone. Turns out people were buying it expecting weight loss...
It's because of such idiots that people whose life is already complicated gets it even more.
- madog 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide#Off-label/unapproved_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide#Off-label/unapprove... News to me as well
- ssl-3 3y agoIt's an opiate, and some opiate addicts like loperamide. It's certainly not the fix they're looking for, but some of them like it enough that -- unlike seemingly every other OTC drug they stock -- it is kept behind the counter at the Dollar General near me, so that a would-be buyer has to ask for it. And that's not a result of regulation (anyone can buy as much as they want), but is rather a result of stock shrink. It tends to disappear in some less-than-savory neighborhoods. (I use loperamide occasionally for its main intended purpose of settling my gut down enough that I can do something other than hang out near a bathroom while I quickly dehydrate, and more than once it has been legitimately hard to find in some areas when I've needed to buy more.)