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SWEPT UP IN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
IT'S A COMMON MEDICINE YOU CAN
BUY AT ANY DRUG STORE TO HELP
CRAMPS AND PRESSURE, GAS AND
BLOATING, RECOMMENDED BY DOCTORS
FOR TRAVELERS WITH THE RUNS.
NOW, THERE'S GROWING ABUSE OF
THE DRUG LOPERAMIDE BY THOSE
ADDICTED TO PAINKILLERS OR
***.
KIM BRANGOCCIO IS JUST STARTING
TO SEE THE PROBLEM AT THE POWELL
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CENTER AT
LUTHERAN HOSPITAL.
KIM: IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD
USE AND NOT REALIZE IT'S A WEAK
FORM OF *** AND IF YOU
OVERUSE IT, YOU COULD GET HI
OR OVERDOSING.
A RED FLAG.
ONE INVOLVED A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN
GOING THROUGH OPIOID WITHDRAWAL,
FOUND DEAD WITH SIX EMPTY BOXES
OF THE ANTI-DIARHEA DRUG NEARBY.
AFFECT THE HEART, THE KIDNEY,
LIVER, ANY OF YOUR VITAL
YOU'RE RUNNING THAT GAMBLE.
CYNTHIA: THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF POISON CONTROL
CENTERS HAS SEEN A 71% INCREASE
IN CALLS FOR IMMODIUM ABUSE OVER
A 3 YEAR PERIOD, FROM 111 IN
2011 TO 190 CASES IN 2014.
LEADS ME TO
BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A
LOT OF CONSTIPATION AND GI AND
CRAMPING DISCOMFORT.
TO THINK MORE IS BETTER, I'LL