Loperamide

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Loperamide (loperamide systemic) is a member of the drug class antidiarrheals and is used to treat Diarrhea, Diarrhea - Acute, Diarrhea - Chronic, Lymphocytic Colitis and Traveler's Diarrhea.

US matches:

• Loperamide


• Loperamide Capsules


• Loperamide Solution


• Loperamide/Simethicone


• Loperamide Hydrochloride


• Loperamide Drug Facts


• Loperamide Oral Solution

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

A07DA03

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0053179-11-6

Chemical Formula

C29-H33-Cl-N2-O2

Molecular Weight

477

Therapeutic Category

Antidiarrhoeal agent

Chemical Name

1-Piperidinebutanamide, 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-α,α-diphenyl-

Foreign Names

• Loperamidum (Latin)
• Loperamid (German)
• Lopéramide (French)
• Loperamida (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Loperamide (OS: BAN, DCIT)
• Lopéramide (OS: DCF)
• Loperamide Hydrochloride (OS: USAN, JAN, BANM)
• PJ 185 (IS)
• R 18553 (IS)
• Lopéramide (chlorhydrate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Loperamide Hydrochloride (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Loperamidhydrochlorid (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Loperamidi hydrochloridum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Amufast
  Ampharco, Vietnam



• Capent
  Andromaco, Chile



• Coliper
  Mintlab, Chile



• Desitin
  Colliere, Peru



• Diaretyl
  IBN, Tunisia



• Donafan
  Bristol-Myers Squibb, Peru



• Glucitol
  Flupal, Venezuela



• Immodium
  Janssen, Taiwan



• Imodium
  Janssen-Cilag, Lithuania; Janssen-Cilag, Vietnam; Pharmaghreb, Tunisia



• Imosec
  Janssen, Luxembourg



• Laremid
  Polfa Warszawa, Poland



• Lopamid
  Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Ethiopia



• Lopedium
  Hexal, Luxembourg



• Loper
  Quality, Hong Kong



• Loperamid Domesco
  Domesco, Vietnam



• Loperamid
  Polfa Warszawa, Lithuania



• Loperamida L.CH.
  Chile, Chile



• Loperamida Merck
  Merck Genéricos, Portugal



• Loperamida Ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Portugal



• Loperamida Vannier
  Vannier, Argentina



• Loperamida
  Induquimica, Peru



• Loperamide Grindeks
  Grindeks, Latvia



• Loperamide
  Medopharm, Georgia



• Loperamide-Generics
  Generics, Luxembourg



• Loperamid-Grindeks
  Grindeks, Lithuania



• Loperamid-ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Lithuania; ratiopharm, Luxembourg



• Loperium
  Pharmanova, Zimbabwe; Siho Trading, Sudan; Twokay, Kenya



• Paradoxone
  Dae Hwa Pharmaceuticals, Ethiopia



• Pharmaniaga Loperamide
  Ebewe, Hong Kong



• Roko
  Unifarma, Latvia



• Shilshul
  CTS, Israel



• Toban
  Refasa, Peru



• Vacontil
  Medochemie, Vietnam



• Adco-Loperamide
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Altocel
  Sanofi Aventis, France



• Amemodium
  O.P.V., Vietnam



• Amerol
  Tempo Scan Pacific, Indonesia



• APC-Loperamide
  Apotex, Canada



• Apo-Loperamide
  Apotex, Canada; Apotex, Guyana; Apotex, Vietnam



• Arret (veterinary use)
  Johnson & Johnson, United Kingdom; Merck Sharp & Dohme Animals, United Kingdom



• Beltessa
  Nihon Yakuhin Kogyo, Japan



• Betaperamide
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Binaldan
  Vifor, Switzerland



• Cagudalin
  Kotobuki Seiyaku, Japan



• Chemists' Own Diarrhoea Relief
  Chemists, Australia



• Cipla-Indapamide
  Cipla Medpro, South Africa



• Cipla-Loperamide
  Cipla Medpro, South Africa



• Clalet
  Ryukakusan, Japan



• Colidium
  Solas, Indonesia



• Colifilm
  Quesada, Argentina



• Contem
  Ahimsa, Argentina



• Custey
  Microsules, Argentina



• Diacure
  McNeil, Netherlands



• Diadium
  Lapi Laboratories, Indonesia



• Diamide
  Pacific, New Zealand



• Diapen
  Hikma, United Arab Emirates; Hikma, Bahrain; Hikma, Egypt; Hikma, Iraq; Hikma, Kuwait; Hikma, Lebanon; Hikma, Libya; Hikma, Qatar; Hikma, Saudi Arabia; Hikma, Sudan; Hikma, Syria; Hikma, Yemen



• Diarace (veterinary use)
  ACE Veterinary, Netherlands



• Diarfin
  Cinfa, Spain



• Diarlop
  Jagson Pal, India



• Diarostad
  Stada, Bulgaria



• Diarreeremmer Loperamide HCl
  DA, Netherlands; Etos, Netherlands; Healthypharm, Netherlands; Het, Netherlands; SDG, Netherlands



• Diarreeremmer
  Leidapharm, Netherlands



• Diarrest
  Galen, Ireland



• Diarstop
  Giuliani, Italy



• Diarzero
  Unifarm, Italy



• Diasec
  Armoxindo, Indonesia; Hexal, Brazil



• Diaston
  Ifars, Indonesia



• Diatabs
  Unam, Hong Kong



• Dimor
  Nordic Drugs, Sweden



• Diocalm
  SSL International, United Kingdom



• Diocalm (veterinary use)
  SSL, United Kingdom



• Dirocap
  Globe, Bangladesh



• Dirolin
  Nipa, Bangladesh



• Dissenten
  Societa Prodotti Antibiotici, Poland; SPA, Italy; SPA, Romania



• Dotalsec
  Hexa, Argentina



• Dyspagon
  PF, Luxembourg; Pierre Fabre, Algeria; Pierre Fabre Médicament, France



• Elcoman
  Sandoz, Argentina



• Eldoper
  Brown & Burk, Myanmar



• Elissan
  Serra Pamies, Spain



• Enterobene ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Hungary



• Enterobene
  Ratiopharm, Austria



• Ercestop
  Sanofi-Aventis, France; Sanofi-Synthelabo, Luxembourg



• Fada Loperamida
  Fada, Argentina



• Fortasec
  Laboratorios Dr Esteve, Spain



• Fussen
  Daiko Seiyaku, Japan



• Gastron
  Aspen Pharmacare, South Africa



• Gastro-Stop
  Aspen, Australia



• Harmonise
  Hamilton, Australia



• Huma-Loperamide
  Teva, Hungary



• Imocur
  Merck NM, Finland



• Imodan
  Hexpharm Jaya, Indonesia



• Imodium Advanced (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  Janssen, New Zealand; McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Canada



• Imodium Plus (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  Janssen, Slovakia; McNeil, Spain



• Imodium
  Aktuapharma, Belgium; Eureco, Netherlands; Janssen, Antigua & Barbuda; Janssen, Netherlands Antilles; Janssen, Aruba; Janssen, Barbados; Janssen, Belgium; Janssen, Burkina Faso; Janssen, Bulgaria; Janssen, Bahrain; Janssen, Benin; Janssen, Bermuda; Janssen, Bahamas; Janssen, Central African Republic; Janssen, Congo; Janssen, Cameroon; Janssen, Colombia; Janssen, Costa Rica; Janssen, Cyprus; Janssen, Czech Republic; Janssen, Germany; Janssen, Dominican Republic; Janssen, Algeria; Janssen, Ecuador; Janssen, Gabon; Janssen, Grenada; Janssen, Georgia; Janssen, Guinea; Janssen, Guatemala; Janssen, Guyana; Janssen, Hong Kong; Janssen, Honduras; Janssen, Hungary; Janssen, Ireland; Janssen, Israel; Janssen, Iceland; Janssen, Jamaica; Janssen, Cayman Islands; Janssen, Lebanon; Janssen, Saint Lucia; Janssen, Sri Lanka; Janssen, Luxembourg; Janssen, Madagascar; Janssen, Mali; Janssen, Myanmar; Janssen, Mauritania; Janssen, Mexico; Janssen, Niger; Janssen, Nicaragua; Janssen, Norway; Janssen, New Zealand; Janssen, Panama; Janssen, Peru; Janssen, Philippines; Janssen, Poland; Janssen, Portugal; Janssen, Romania; Janssen, Russian Federation; Janssen, Saudi Arabia; Janssen, Sudan; Janssen, Senegal; Janssen, Suriname; Janssen, El Salvador; Janssen, Togo; Janssen, Thailand; Janssen, Trinidad & Tobago; Janssen, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines; Janssen, Venezuela; Janssen, Yemen; Janssen, Zaire; Janssen Pharmaceutical, Ethiopia; Janssen-Cilag, United Arab Emirates; Janssen-Cilag, Austria; Janssen-Cilag, Switzerland; Janssen-Cilag, Denmark; Janssen-Cilag, Egypt; Janssen-Cilag, France; Janssen-Cilag, United Kingdom; Janssen-Cilag, Indonesia; Janssen-Cilag, Jordan; Janssen-Cilag, Malta; Janssen-Cilag, South Africa; Johnson & Johnson, Australia; Johnson & Johnson, Estonia; Johnson & Johnson, Greece; Johnson & Johnson, Italy; Johnson & Johnson, Latvia; Johnson & Johnson, Singapore; Lusomedicamenta Sociedade Tecnica Farmaceutica, Oman; McNeil, Germany; McNeil, Spain; McNeil, Netherlands; McNeil, Sweden; McNeil, United States; McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Canada; Orion, Finland; Terapia, Romania; Xian-Janssen, China



• Imodium (veterinary use)
  Janssen Animal Health, United Kingdom



• Imodium akut (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  McNeil, Germany



• Imodium complex (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  Janssen-Cilag, Switzerland



• Imodium lingual
  Janssen-Cilag, Switzerland



• Imodium lingual Durchfall akut
  Janssen-Cilag, Switzerland



• Imodium Multi-Symptom Relief (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  McNeil, United States



• Imodium Plus (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  Janssen, Belgium; Janssen-Cilag, Denmark; Johnson & Johnson, Greece; McNeil, Sweden



• Imodiumcaps
  McNeil, France



• Imodiumduo (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  McNeil, France



• Imodiumlingual
  McNeil, France



• Imodonl
  Christo Pharmaceutical, Hong Kong



• Imolope
  Copyfarm, Denmark



• Imomed
  Medica, Bulgaria



• Imosa
  Corsa Industries, Indonesia



• Imosec
  Janssen, Brazil



• Imotil
  Square, Bangladesh



• Inamid
  Nufarindo, Indonesia



• Indiaral
  Gifrer Barbezat, France



• Ionet
  Cetus, Argentina



• Lanseka
  Investi, Argentina



• Lexadium
  Molex Ayus, Indonesia



• Licodium
  Berlico Mulia Farma, Indonesia



• Lodia
  Sanbe, Indonesia



• Lomedium
  Mekophar, Vietnam



• Lomosec
  ACI, Bangladesh



• Lomotil
  Pfizer, Mexico; Pfizer, Philippines



• Lonbanin
  Tatsumi Kagaku, Japan



• Lopalind
  Lindopharm, Germany



• Lopamid
  Acme, Bangladesh



• Lopamide
  Torrent, India



• Lop-Dia
  Mibe Jena, Germany



• Lopecald
  Shiono Kemikaru, Japan



• Lopediar
  Pasteur, Chile



• Lopedium
  Hexal, Bulgaria; Hexal, Germany; Hexal, Estonia; Hexal, Russian Federation; Salutas, Georgia; Salutas Pharma, Bulgaria; Salutas Pharma, Serbia; Sandoz, Australia; Sandoz, Hungary; Sandoz, Lithuania; Sandoz, Latvia



• Lopejust
  Tsuruhara Seiyaku, Japan



• Lopemic
  Kobayashi Kako, Japan



• Lopemid
  Visufarma, Italy



• Lopemin
  Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Japan



• Lopena
  Horii Yakuhin, Japan



• Loperal (veterinary use)
  Laboratoire TVM, France



• Loperam
  Vargas, Venezuela



• Loperamid AL
  Aliud, Germany



• Loperamid BMM Pharma
  BMM Pharma, Denmark



• Loperamid dura
  Mylan dura, Germany



• Loperamid Helvepharm
  Helvepharm, Switzerland



• Loperamid Heumann
  Heumann, Germany



• Loperamid Mylan
  Mylan, Sweden



• Loperamid RSK
  Johnson & Johnson, Germany



• Loperamid Sandoz
  Sandoz, Austria; Sandoz, Switzerland; Sandoz, Germany



• Loperamid Stada
  Stada, Germany



• Loperamid Streuli
  Streuli Pharma, Switzerland



• loperamid von ct
  CT, Romania



• Loperamid WZF Polfa
  WZF Polfa, Slovakia



• Loperamid
  Borisov, Georgia; Labormed Pharma, Romania; Laropharm, Romania; Mylan, Norway; Perrigo, Israel; Polfa Warszawa, Poland; Stirolbiofarm, Latvia; Terapia, Romania; Warsaw Pharmaceutical Works, Latvia; Zdravlje, Serbia



• Loperamid-1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Germany



• Loperamida Clorhidrato
  Mintlab, Chile



• Loperamida Ecar
  Ecar, Colombia



• Loperamida Fabra
  Fabra, Argentina



• Loperamida MK
  MK, Colombia



• Loperamida Richet
  Richet, Argentina



• Loperamida Rimafar
  Rimafar, Spain



• Loperamida
  Sanitas, Chile



• Loperamid-Akri
  Akrihin, Russian Federation



• Loperamid-CT
  CT Arzneimittel, Germany



• Loperamide Angenerico
  Angenerico, Italy



• Lopéramide Arrow Conseil
  Arrow, France



• Lopéramide Arrow
  Arrow, France



• Loperamide Atlantic
  Atlantic, Singapore



• Lopéramide Biogaran
  Biogaran, France



• Lopéramide CristerS
  CristerS, France



• Loperamide DOC
  DOC Generici, Italy



• Loperamide EG
  Eurogenerics, Belgium



• Lopéramide EG
  EG Labo, France



• Loperamide Grindeks
  Grindeks, Estonia; Grindex, Georgia



• Loperamide HCl A
  Apothecon, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Actavis
  Actavis, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl CF
  Centrafarm, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Hexal
  Accord Healthcare, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Katwijk
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Kring
  Kring, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCL MAE
  MAE, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Merck
  Mylan, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Loperamide HCl Sandoz
  Sandoz, Netherlands



• Loperamide Hexal
  Hexal, Italy



• Loperamide Hydrochloride and Simethicone (Loperamide and Simeticone)
  Perrigo, United States; Ranbaxy, United States



• Loperamide Hydrochloride
  Banner Pharmacaps, United States; Contract, United States; Hi-Tech, United States; LNK, United States; Morton Grove, United States; Mylan, United States; OHM, United States; Perrigo, United States; Roxane, United States; Sandoz, United States; Teva USA, United States



• Loperamide Mylan
  Mylan, Belgium



• Lopéramide Mylan
  Mylan, France



• Lopéramide Qualimed
  Qualimed, France



• Lopéramide ratiopharm Conseil
  Ratiopharm, France



• Lopéramide ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, France



• Lopéramide RPG
  Ranbaxy, France



• Lopéramide Sandoz Conseil
  Sandoz, France



• Lopéramide Sandoz
  Sandoz, France



• Loperamide Teva
  Teva, Belgium



• Lopéramide Teva
  Teva Santé, France



• Loperamide Zydus
  Zydus, France



• Loperamide
  Denk, Kenya; Denk, Nigeria; Denk, Tanzania; Denk, Uganda; Generics, Malta



• Loperamide-Eurogenerics
  Eurogenerics, Luxembourg



• Lopéramide-Lyoc
  Cephalon, France



• Loperamid-Mepha
  Mepha Pharma, Switzerland



• Loperamid-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Austria; Ratiopharm, Germany; Ratiopharm, Estonia



• Loperamid-saar
  MIP, Germany



• Loperamid-Teva
  Teva Pharma, Switzerland



• Loperamil
  DHA, Hong Kong; DHA, Singapore



• Loperan
  Chiesi, Spain; Chiesi, Malta; Daito, Japan



• Loperanil
  Taiyo Pharmaceutical, Japan



• Loperastat
  Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Loperax
  Xepa-Soul Pattinson, Hong Kong



• Loperdium
  Gaco, Bangladesh



• Loperhoe
  Betapharm, Germany



• Loperid
  Vitamed, Israel



• Loperin
  Opsonin, Bangladesh



• Loperium
  Remedica, Cyprus; Remedica, Hong Kong; Remedica, Oman; Remedica, Taiwan



• Loperkey
  Inkeysa, Spain



• Lopermid
  Saba, Turkey



• Loperon
  Hexal, Czech Republic



• Lopimed
  Sandoz, Switzerland



• Lopisol
  Gebro, Switzerland



• Loramide
  Yung Shin, Singapore



• Lormide
  United Pharma, Vietnam; Westmont, Philippines



• Lorpa
  Beacons, Singapore



• Mar-Loper
  Marching Pharmaceutical, Hong Kong



• Minicam
  Gramon, Argentina



• Miropin
  Medisa Shinyaku, Japan



• Motilex
  Kalbe, Indonesia



• Negastro
  Genepharm, Australia



• Neo-Enteroseptol
  Specifar, Georgia; Specifar, Greece; Specifar, Romania



• Neo-Septol
  Specifar, Greece



• Nodia
  Multichem, New Zealand; Multichem, New Zealand



• Nomotil
  Ziska, Bangladesh



• Norimode
  Aspen Pharmacare, South Africa; Tillomed, United Kingdom



• Normakut
  Gebro, Austria



• Normotil
  Novell, Indonesia



• Normudal
  Combiphar, Indonesia



• Opox
  Guardian Pharmatama, Indonesia



• Pangetan
  Tecnoquimicas, Colombia



• Pharex Loperamide
  Pascual, Philippines



• Plexol
  Sandoz, Argentina



• Plorinoc
  Klonal, Argentina



• Primodium
  Ikapharmindo, Indonesia



• Prodium
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Propiden
  Sandoz, Denmark



• Protector
  Quimifar, Spain



• Regulane
  Finadiet, Argentina



• Rekamide
  Rekah, Israel



• Renamid
  Fahrenheit, Indonesia



• Reximide
  Duopharma, Hong Kong



• Ritemed Loperamide
  Ritemed, Philippines



• Riva-Loperamide
  Laboratoire Riva, Canada



• Rospolia
  Nichi-Iko PharmaceuticalJMA, Japan



• Salvacolina
  Salvat, Dominican Republic; Salvat, Spain; Salvat, Guatemala; Salvat, Honduras; Salvat, Haiti; Salvat, Panama; Salvat, El Salvador



• Sandoz Loperamide
  Sandoz, Canada



• Seldiar
  Krka, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Krka, Croatia (Hrvatska); Krka, Slovenia



• Stoperan
  US Pharmacia, Bulgaria; US Pharmacia, Poland



• Stopit
  Rafa, Israel



• Suprasec
  Janssen, Argentina



• Synodium
  Synco, Hong Kong



• Taguinol
  Spyfarma, Spain



• Taipemin
  Choseido Pharmaceutical, Japan



• Tarmin
  Bruluagsa, Mexico



• Travello
  Pfizer, Norway



• Vacontil
  Medochemie, Bahrain; Medochemie, Iraq; Medochemie, Jordan; Medochemie, Sri Lanka; Medochemie, Oman; Medochemie, Sudan; Medochemie, Singapore; Medochemie, Yemen



• Velaral
  ECU, Ecuador



• Vidaperamid
  Vida, Hong Kong



• Viltar
  Dallas, Argentina



• Xepare
  Metiska, Indonesia

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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