Reference Cards
Emergency Outpatient Medications
Antidiarrhea:
Peptobismol 2 tablespoons (max-4 doses/24 hrs);
Imodium (Loperamide) 4 tsps or 2 caps after first loose BM, then 2 tsps or 1 cap. after each subsequent loose BM (max-8 tspns or 4 caps per 24 hrs);
Lomotil (Diphenoxylate-Atropine) 2 tabs or 10 mls (2 tsps) po QID;
Paregoric (Opium Tincture);