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Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet [Imodium] — RxCUI 978013

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 978013 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 1 FDA product 4 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI978013
Official nameLoperamide hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet [Imodium]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asImodium 2 MG Oral Tablet; Imodium A-D 2 MG Oral Tablet
FDA products mapped1
Package NDCs mapped4
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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Our pharmacist-built guide to Loperamide: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

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  • It controls the symptoms of diarrhea, including travelers' diarrhea in over-the-counter products. Prescription-labeled capsules are also used for chronic diarrhea in adults with in...
  • Take it by mouth, usually after loose stools, following the label chart for your age and weight. Drink lots of clear fluids so you don't get dehydrated. With liquids, shake well an...
  • No. Taking more than directed can cause serious, even fatal, heart rhythm problems. If diarrhea lasts more than 2 days or gets worse, stop and call your doctor.
  • Can I take extra if the diarrhea isn't stopping?
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet [Imodi... Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
This page's concept Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet [Imodium] RxCUI 978013

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

  1. Ingredients 2

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Loperamide 6468
    • Loperamide hydrochloride 82038
  2. Brand names 1

    The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.

    • Imodium 151889
  3. Dose forms 13

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Loperamide Oral Tablet 372634
    • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Tablet 2647322
    • Loperamide Oral Product 1165328
    • Loperamide Pill 1165329
    • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Product 2661512
    • Loperamide hydrochloride Pill 2661746
    • Loperamide Oral Tablet [Imodium] 895815
    • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Tablet [Imodium] 2654516
    • +5 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 3

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 14 of 19 stored related concepts drawn.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

  • Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet SCD · 978010
  • Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG SCDC · 977997
  • Loperamide Oral Tablet SCDF · 372634
  • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Tablet SCDFP · 2647322
  • Loperamide Oral Product SCDG · 1165328
  • Loperamide Pill SCDG · 1165329
  • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Product SCDGP · 2661512
  • Loperamide hydrochloride Pill SCDGP · 2661746

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Loperamide hydrochloride 2 MG [Imodium] SBDC · 978004
  • Loperamide Oral Tablet [Imodium] SBDF · 895815
  • Loperamide hydrochloride Oral Tablet [Imodium] SBDFP · 2654516
  • Imodium Oral Product SBDG · 1167782
  • Imodium Pill SBDG · 1167783
  • Imodium BN · 151889

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

1 product · 4 package NDCs
4 package NDCs map to RxCUI 978013 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.
Package NDC Package Brand / generic name Labeler Marketing start
50580-0317-01 1 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (50580-317-01) / 6 TABLET, FILM... Imodium A-D Kenvue Brands LLC 2015-07-13
50580-0317-03 4 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (50580-317-03) / 6 TABLET, FILM... Imodium A-D Kenvue Brands LLC 2015-07-13
50580-0317-06 2 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (50580-317-06) / 6 TABLET, FILM... Imodium A-D Kenvue Brands LLC 2020-02-10
50580-0317-12 2 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (50580-317-12) / 6 TABLET, FILM... Imodium A-D Kenvue Brands LLC 2024-01-29
Observed labelers: Kenvue Brands LLC (4) — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7
openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1
  • A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
  • Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
  • Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
  • Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
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