And Some Say This Isn't A Disease
People Are Getting High on This Drug For Diarrhea, Study Suggests
To stop jonesing, they stop up something else.
What lengths will addicts go to in order to get a fix?
Desperate ones, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The report claims that opioid addicts have been increasingly turning to oral loperamide – the main ingredient in Imodium A-D, a common, over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medication – to get high.
The surge in popularity is attributable to the drug's low cost and ease of procurement, the study says.
Dr. Scott Krakower, a physician who specializes in addiction disorders at Northwell Health, told CBS that an addict would have to take a huge amount of medication to get high – addicts reportedly pop 50 to 300 pills a day – but it gets the job done
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-05/opioid-addicts-using-anti-diarrhea-medication-to-get-high-study-suggests
Dr. Scott Krakower, a physician who specializes in addiction disorders at Northwell Health, told CBS that an addict would have to take a huge amount of medication to get high – addicts reportedly pop 50 to 300 pills a day – but it gets the job done
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-05/opioid-addicts-using-anti-diarrhea-medication-to-get-high-study-suggests
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