Taking Immodium with Mounjaro

[EveryCarelessWord]

I've never taken Immodium before so don't know how effective it is and would appreciate any advice. I took my injection on Wednesday and started with diarrhoea and sulphur burps on Friday night. I have been taking MJ since July and had a bad bout of diarrhoea a couple of months ago when I increased to 5mg. I haven't gone up a dose this time so not sure why the diarrhoea has kicked in this time but it's pretty unmistakable as a side effect given the sulphur burps.

I don't feel ill or nauseous in any way, just liquid stools every time I eat. I've had rehydration salts and plenty of water.

However! I have plans to go out to lunch tomorrow and really don't want to cancel. Is there any way I can manage if I take Immodium, don't drink alcohol (was really looking forward to a cocktail!) and don't eat much? I do not want to have diarrhoea out in public. But really don't want to miss this particular thing. Will Immodium keep me from going for a couple of hours? When should I start taking it?

I've taken imodium a couple of times since starting MJ. It works within 30 minutes for me. I think I'm sensitive to it though because one pill means I won't go again for days.

Oops, I took Dulcolax as it constipated me. Forgot which is which.

Yes it works

I found it took a few doses following the instructions but if you start this morning it should be ok by lunch time as long as you are not feeling sick too. Once it works you will be ok for 24 hours or so. It a horrible side effect - hope it is another one off for you.

So you're injecting yourself with something that is giving you horrible diarrhoea and you cone on an Internet forum to see if you should then take further medication to resolve that?
Is weight loss really that hard any other way? That you will happily do this?

Diarrhoea is very very dangerous untreated. Words fail me.

Obesity is very very dangerous untreated.

Also yes there are alot of people who despite multiple attempts and alot of effort are for a variety of reasons unable to obtain a healthy BMI.

Obesity is an endocrine condition associated with dysregulation of a variety or hormones including one called GLP1. This is the hormone that amongst other things informs your brain that you are full. In obesity it's expression is truncated so in obesity the hunger signals are dysregulated. So it is not anywhere near as easy as saying just eat less as in obesity you are then in a co stant battle of feeling hunger that you need to try and ignore. Doing this over a prolonged period is incredibly difficult. This is why in this population it invariably does not work as you are essentially trying to fight your own endocrine system.
The drugs target this system and restore the function of it.

Lots of medications have side effects like diarrhea. Doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be used. I’m assuming her weight loss drug has been properly prescribed by a doctor through a registered online pharmacy.
Would you also advise people suffering side effects from antidepressants to not use them? Maybe you think they should just pull their socks up a bit?

Thanks for all the helpful advice and contributions, everyone.

@StMarie4me I am taking Mounjaro because both I and my doctor consider that in my case, the benefits outweigh the risks. All medication carries risk, and I am someone extremely averse to taking medicines in general. I gave birth twice with no pain relief because of this. I recognise, however, that's a privileged mindset to have - I was fortunate to experience no complications in childbirth. I have been fortunate never to need medicine beyond paracetamol, vaccines and the odd course of antibiotics throughout my life.

Now I am in a situation where I have taken a very considered decision to take this particular medicine and in the six months I have been on it, I have experienced diarrhoea twice. Not to a severe degree but enough to be an unpleasant inconvenience. Last time it happened, my doctor told me to take Immodium. I chose not to, because, as stated - I don't like to take medications. So I have never, ever taken it and wanted to hear people's experiences of how effective it is and how quickly it works. It's a really common over the counter remedy and is recommended to treat diarrhoea that arises as a Mounjaro side effect.

I am well aware that Mounjaro is a powerful drug and the risks range from mild to serious so I don't take it lightly. I understand there is a common perception that obese people are simply so bovine and lazy that they cannot understand the concept of eating less and moving more and reach for injections instead. It's an ill-informed prejudice not borne out by reality.

I just wanted to know what Immodium is like before taking it. It's a weekend, my problem is minor, I can't and don't need to seek a doctor to ask them this question. It's a perfectly valid use of the forum to ask here.

A bit late for your lunch query @EveryCarelessWord , but I have IBS-D so am quite the immodium expert. It goes in my bag as regularly as keys and my phone do, to help with that very, very dangerous diarrhoea.
If you time it right it kicks in pretty quickly. If it's a particularly bad bout then it can take a few over an hour or so to turn the tap off. I've taken it preventatively before if I've got a day coming up when I know poo problems would be a disaster.
I've spoken to my doctor about it before as they don't seem to have any more suggestions re the IBS itself and they said there isn't a risk taking it as regularly as I do.
I think when it isn't a great idea to take is in more of a D&V/ noro situation where your body has a specific illness it's trying to get rid of.

Thanks @PinkArt it worked really well and I haven't had a recurrence. Agreed I would never take it for a bug or food poisoning when your body needs to rid itself of something which is probably why I'd never used it before. For this though it was a lifesaver!

I have had to on one occasion with Mounjaro where I had things I needed to get out and about to get done while having GI issues post-jab. I don't generally like taking it anyway as I hate how it makes me feel sluggish and I'd rather just have the squits, but I carry a couple of tablets around now in case of emergencies (I do lots of long drives between clients where you really don't want to be stuck having a code brown episode).

I take Imodium when I have diarrhoea from MJ. It works properly and doesn't seem to cause me any issues long term (ie constipation etc). I see you did take it, just confirming there's no issue with doing it again in future. Like another poster, I carry some in my bag now.

I've definitely been prescribed medication before where the doctor has told me to take Imodium if it gives me diarrhoea. Or the opposite, I've been told to take laxatives to help with medication induced constipation. Ignore the idiot above who doesn't know what she's talking about!