: Diarrhoea resolved rapidly with both racecadotril and loperamide (55.0 h in both groups), 92%
of patients on racecadotril and 93% on loperamide being treatment successes. Racecadotril produced a
significantly greater reduction in abdominal pain and distension than loperamide (P = 0.024 and 0.03,
respectively) . The duration of abdominal distension was significantly shorter with racecadotri l (5.4 versus 24.4 h; P = 0.0001), and constipatio n was also significantly less frequent (16% versus 25%; P = 0.001). One-hundred-and-eight y patients (19%) experience d one or more adverse event during the study: 67 (14.2%) in the racecadotril group and 113 (23.9%) in the loperamide group (P = 0.001).
Conclusions: Racecadotril resolved the symptoms of acute diarrhoea rapidly and effectively , and produced more rapid resolution of abdominal symptoms and less constipation than loperamide