The client has a PRN prescription for loperamide hydrochloride (Imodium). For which condition should the nurse plan to administer this medication?
1. Constipation
2. Abdominal pain
3. An episode of diarrhea
4. Hematest-positive nasogastric tube drainage
Medications to Control Diarrhea
Opioids and Related Medications
Difenoxin with atropine sulfate (Motofen)
Diphenoxylate with atropine sulfate (Lomotil)
Loperamide (Imodium)vParegoric (camphorated tincture of opium)
Tincture of opiumvOther AntidiarrhealsvBismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol, Kaopectate, Kapectolin)
Bulk-forming medicationsvAnticholinergic antispasmodics