In November 2017, 29-year-old Arjun Patel died, and the cause of death has just been confirmed to be loperamide poisoning. It appears that the Fox Chapel resident took too much anti-diarrhea medication.
As reported by WTAE Pittsburgh, the amount of loperamide in the system of the Fox Chapel resident has not been released yet. Patel, who lived on the 400 block of Jamesborough Drive in Fox Chapel, is the first one to die from loperamide poisoning in the region.
This case received much attention because there has also been a spike in cases where people abuse loperamide because of its opioid effects. The FDA has asked pharmaceutical companies to change the number of doses included in the anti-diarrhea medication to prevent people from abusing this drug.
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Loperamide, often sold under the brand name Imodium A-D, is an approved over-the-counter drug used to prevent diarrhea. For adults, the recommended OTC dose is 8 mg, but it can be as high as 16 mg if prescribed.
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