How To Treat Norovirus

Anti-Diarrheal Medication

You can try over the counter anti-diarrheal medication, which can reduce diarrhea’s duration by as much as one day while increasing the chances of a clinical cure to between twenty-four and forty-eight hours if administered with antibiotics used to treat traveler's diarrhea. A combination of loperamide and simethicone has proven to be much more effective at treating acute nonspecific diarrhea than when each medication is used alone. Loperamide, however, causes dangerous prolongation of sicknesses in patients with forms of inflammatory or bloody diarrhea and, therefore, should only be used by patients with non-bloody stool. In all cases, it is important to consult a health practitioner before buying over the counter medicine.

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