Has anyone heard of Diphenox?

[road2recovery]

of course the dirreah is terrible with these w/d's..I am taking immodium, it is helping but not great.  I told my mom i had a virus and dirreah and she said she had some Diphenox the doctor gave her for cramps and dirreah, anyone ever take this?
thanks
r2r

[FLaddict]

Diphenoxylate is an opioid agonist used for the treatment of diarrhea that acts by slowing intestinal contractions. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1956. It is a congener to the narcotic Meperidine of which the common brand name is Demerol. This being the case, this medication is potentially habit-forming, particularly in high doses or when long-time usage is involved. Because of this, diphenoxylate is manufactured and marketed as a combination drug with atropine (Lomotil®).

This pharmaceutical strategy is designed to discourage abuse, because the anticholinergic effect of atropine will produce severe weakness and nausea if standard dosage is exceeded.

This medication is classified as a Schedule V under the Controlled Substances Act by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the DEA in the United States when used in preparations. When diphenoxylate is used alone, it is classified as a Schedule II.

[road2recovery]

Dang- so it actually a narcotic?
r2r

[road2recovery]

steph- on the bottle it says myl diphenox At......My mom said it worked great on her direah..The last thing i need is something narcotic..
r2r
thanks steph

[FLaddict]

Yes but so is the active ingredient in Immodium. Most anti diarreah drugs are a form of opiate. immodium is designed to not cross the blood brain barrier therefore eliminating any euphoric side effects of the drug and making it available OTC. This one.. i can't be sure of but above it say can be habit forming so i wouldn't take it..

[road2recovery]

i won't thanks...I tried to google search it , and could not find anything, except same thing you wrote but on the bottle it said Diphenox and on google it said Diphenoxylate---and i din't know if it was the same...i will stick with immodium.
thanks gain
how are you feeling?
r2r

[FLaddict]

The name on the bottle is the brand name this is the chemical name..

I am ok... a bit stressed.. I am feeling bad... and i think I am putting in my notice at work tommorrow.. they just stress me out.. all these rules and goals and percentages.. What happened to just doing hair ya know?? I got a job if I want it.. just have to give notice.. which I am sure they won't let me work they will pay me to leave. That is just how they roll..
I started a new muscle relaxer yesterday..  but only issue is that it takes 1-2 hours to work and wears off after 6-8 hours so I almost have to "predict'' spasms.. strange..

[road2recovery]

What is the difference in schdule V and schedule II?

[FLaddict]

Schedule 5 has less risk of addiction and such.

[lurker]

Sorry to hear you're feeling down - what is the new muscle relaxer

[FLaddict]

Thanks... I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia recently...  I started Zanaflex yesterday.. seems to work well other than what i said above about the time thing..

[lurker]

I was guessing it was Zanaflex. I've been taking it for a while and I find that it really helps.  My doc said I could take a maximum of 32mg a day and I'm no where near that but from everything I've read it isn't habit forming.  I hope you get some relief with it!