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I wonder if a lot of people who are lactose/dairy intolerant and take tablet medication like Imodium realize that there is lactose in a lot of medication and could be making things worse for themselves

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Never knew that,,,,,, its like being back at school, all this learning (but my brain not as good),.

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Given the size of Imodium instants, I would expect the level of lactose to be negligible so would have to be very sensitive to this ingredient to react I'd say? Would rather take it for diarrhoea and risk a little upset than go without a lose a day to being on the toilet!

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Well it would depend I suppose how much ch immodium you had in one day

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