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In Adults With Acute Diarrhea, Which Treatment Is More Effective Between Loperamide And Racecadotril?, Lorena A. Castillo
In Adults With Acute Diarrhea, Which Treatment Is More Effective Between Loperamide And Racecadotril?, Lorena A. Castillo
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine which treatment is more effective between loperamide and racecadotril to treat acute diarrhea in adults.
STUDY DESIGN: Review of three English language primary randomized controlled studies published from 1999-2005.
DATA SOURCES: First study was a RCT that was double blinded, double placebo, parallel study group and second and third study was RCT single blinded, comparative parallel group that all compared efficacy of loperamide and racecadotril. These were all found by using PubMed, COCHRANE and NCBI.
OUTCOMES MEASURED: Each of the studies measured the efficacy of each …