Gastrointestinal Drugs and Medications Q 27

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A client has been given loperamide hydrochloride (Imodium). Which of the following conditions is the medication indicated for?

  

     A. Abdominal pain

     B. Patients with an ileostomy

     C. Bloody Diarrhea

     D. Acute dysentery

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Patients with an ileostomy

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Loperamide hydrochloride is an antidiarrheal agent. It can also be used to reduce the volume of drainage from an ileostomy.

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Options A, C, & D: It is contraindicated in patients with abdominal pain in the absence of diarrhea, and in patients with acute dysentery, which is characterized by blood in stools and high fever.

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