Smaller OTC Loperamide Packages Wait As Retailers Limit Purchase Amounts

Commissioner Scott Gottlieb updates US FDA's initiative to prevent potentially fatal abuse of OTC loperamide, noting that online and conventional retailers are limiting product purchases while the agency continues evaluating the appropriate number of doses per package.

FDA is taking in retailers' input on limiting OTC loperamide purchases to curb abuse linked to preventing opioid withdrawal symptoms and in tandem is working with manufacturers to cut package sizes. An anticipated first step is elimination of 200-count packages, the largest size.

The effort is part of FDA's initiative to prevent potentially fatal abuse of the active ingredient in Johnson & Johnson...

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