ArticleCureus2021
Loperamide-Induced Cardiac Events: Case Reports and Review.
Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of the Effect of Loperamide on the Cardiac Repolarization Interval Using Exposure-Response Analysis.Clinical and translational science · 2025Trial
- Managing Drug-Drug Interactions Involving the Non-Prescription Opioid Loperamide Through Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2026Article
- The Potential Mechanisms behind Loperamide-Induced Cardiac Arrhythmias Associated with Human Abuse and Extreme Overdose.Biomolecules · 2023Article
- Risk of Cardiac Lesion with Chronic and Acute Use of Loperamide-An Integrative Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Arrhythmogenesis and Prolonged Repolarization From Synthetic Opioids: Finally Sorted?Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Reports of cardiac arrhythmia secondary to loperamide toxicity have become increasingly common in the literature. We present two patients in their mid-20s, each having overdosed on loperamide and subsequently manifesting life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias not otherwise explained by known pathology. An analysis of the limited research available indicates that loperamide's capacity to block ion channels may be responsible for these events. A better mechanistic understanding of loperamide's effects can help inform clinical management of patients with these life-threatening symptoms as at this time no set guidelines for management have yet been established.
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