SLOWS BOWEL MOVEMENTS AND DECREASES AMOUNT OF LOOSE STOOLS
WORKS QUICKLY TO HELP SYMPTOMS
AVAILABLE IN LIQUID FORM FOR CHILDREN
MAY NOT BE RECOMMENDED IF SUSPECTED INFECTION OF THE INTESTINES- IT MAY BE BETTER TO ALLOW BODY TO CLEANSE ITSELF OF BACTERIA OR VIRUSES INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE LOOSE STOOLS
PEPTO BISMOL
BINDS VIRUSES AND BACTERIA SO THEY DON'T IRRITATE THE BOWELS SO MUCH
ALSO SLOWS DIARRHEA
MAY NOT WORK AS EFFECTIVELY AS IMODIUM AT STOPPING DIARRHEA
DO NOT USE IN CHILDREN-CAN CAUSE A RARE REACTION CALLED REYES SYNDROME IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 19 YEARS OLD
CONTAINS A MEDICATION THAT IS A COUSIN TO ASPIRIN- BEWARE IF YOU TAKE ASPIRIN, ARE ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN, OR HAVE ULCERS
