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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1985; 8(2):117-122

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1985.8.2.117

Original Article

Clinical Observation on Antidiarrheal Effects of Lidamidine Hydrochloride

Gil Ja Shin, Nan Ho Kyung
Corresponding author: Nan Ho Kyung. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1985. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The antidiarrheal effects of Lidamidine was observed in 30 cases of acute and chronic diarrhea between Mar. '85 and May '85. The following results were obtained. 1) Overall evaluation of therapy was rated by physician and patient at the end of the study revealed excellant control in 50%, good control in 30%, fair control in 15% and poor in 5% of the cases and in placebe 10 of 10 cases all revealed no effect. 2) Vital signs were stable and all laboratory findings including CBC, urinalysis, liver function test revealed no significant change during the treatment. 3) Mean daily dose were 32.3±29.4mg. 4) There was no side effect of Lidamidine Hydrochloride. 5) Mean duration of treatment were 4.5±1.5 days.