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Diphenoxylate

An opioid antidiarrhoeal of the phenylpiperidine series, first synthesised in 1956 in Belgium by the physician and researcher Paul Janssen. It slows the contractions of the intestine, which can then reabsorb more water and reduce loose stools. This family brings together the active ingredient and pharmacopoeial impurities.

Did you know?In the body it is quickly converted into difenoxin, its active metabolite, which has been approved in the United States as a medicine in its own right since 1978.

Diphenoxylate HydrochlorideGo to the active ingredient →

EDQM standards 2

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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