What are Imodium Instant Tablets?

Imodium Instant Melts are used to treat two types of diarrhoea.

The two types have different age limits. 

Short-term diarrhoea:

• For adults and children aged 12 and over.
• To treat attacks that last up to 48 hours.
• If your attack lasts longer than 48 hours, talk to your doctor.

IBS diarrhoea:

• For adults and young people aged 18 and over who have been diagnosed with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
• To treat attacks that last up to 48 hours.
• You can use this medicine for up to 2 weeks for repeated attacks, but if an attack lasts continuously for longer than 48 hours, talk to your doctor.

The tablets contain loperamide hydrochloride, a substance that helps reduce diarrhoea by slowing down an overactive bowel. This allows water and salts that are usually lost in diarrhoea to be absorbed by the body.

How to take Imodium Instant Tablets

• Peel back the lid and tip the tablet out. Do not push the tablets through the lid.
• Place the correct number of tablets on the tongue. The tablets dissolve quickly in your mouth, so you don’t need water to swallow them. Do not chew. For oral use only.
• Do not use more than the dose shown in the tables.
• The tablets are not for long-term treatment.
  

Short-term diarrhoea:

Adults and children aged 12 and over

• Take two tablets to start treatment.
• Take one tablet after each loose bowel movement.

Do not take for attacks lasting longer than 48 hours.

Do not take more than six tablets in a 24-hour period.

Replace lost fluid by drinking more liquid than usual.

IBS diarrhoea

Adults aged 18 and over

• Take two tablets to start treatment.
• Take one tablet after each loose bowel movement (or as advised by your doctor).

You can use this medicine for up to 2 weeks for repeated attacks, but do not take for any one attack lasting longer than 48 hours.

Do not take more than six tablets in a 24-hour period.

Replace lost fluid by drinking more liquid than usual.

What do Imodium Instant Tablets contain

The active ingredient in Imodium Instants is: Loperamide hydrochloride 2 mg per tablet.