Each capsule contains 2 mg Loperamide hydrochloride.

Opaque green cap and grey body, hard gelatin capsule imprinted with 'Imodium' on cap and 'Janssen' on body containing white powder.

This medicine is contraindicated:

• hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1.

• in children less than 12 years of age.

• in patients with acute dysentery, which is characterised by blood in stools and high fever.

• in patients with acute ulcerative colitis.

• in patients with bacterial enterocolitis caused by invasive organisms including Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter.

• in patients with pseudomembranous colitis associated with the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Imodium must not be used when inhibition of peristalsis is to be avoided due to the possible risk of significant sequelae including ileus, megacolon and toxic megacolon. Imodium must be discontinued promptly when ileus, constipation or abdominal distension develop.