I posted most of this in Polly's "Where did Imodium AD go?" thread, but this is important enough to justify posting in its own thread:
It appears that the use of lactose in various formulations of Imodium and virtually all generic copies have been reversed. There are dozens of store brands, and strangely, it appears that now none of them contain any contraindicated ingredients, except for xanthan gum. I didn't check them all, but the ones that I checked do not appear to contain any lactose-derived ingredients, so the formulations have definitely changed.
http://www.drugs.com/otc/loperamide-hydrochloride.html
And now Imodium A-D, which was previously the only safe brand, appears to be the only one containing lactose. Here is the inactive ingredient list for the caplets:
But the new formulation of the liquid version contains:anhydrous lactose, carnauba wax, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, pregelatinized starch
http://www.imodium.com/products-imodium-a-danhydrous citric acid, caramel color, D&C yellow no.10, FD&C blue no.1, flavor, glycerin, microcrystalline cellulose and carboxymethylcellulose sodium, propylene glycol, purified water, simethicone emulsion, sodium benzoate, sucralose, titanium dioxide, xanthan gum
The liquid version previously contained lactose. Weird, to say the least. Maybe manufacturers are beginning to listen to users (except of course for the manufacturer of brand name Imodium A-D).
I first thought that I was losing my mind when I saw the weird way in which all of these formulations have been reversed. But it appears that all of the labels have been changed, and those that originally contained lactose no longer do, and vice versa. What kinds of games are these guys playing?
Or am I just totally confused?
Tex
