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Clinical Trial
. 1991 Nov;38(9):633-6.

[The efficacy of smectite in acute infantile diarrhea, compared to a placebo and loperamide]

[Article in French]
B Gilbert  1 , A Lienhardt, S Palomera, L Barberis, D Borreda
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  • PMID: 1750747
Clinical Trial

[The efficacy of smectite in acute infantile diarrhea, compared to a placebo and loperamide]

[Article in French]
B Gilbert et al. Ann Pediatr (Paris). 1991 Nov.

Abstract

Fifty-six infants (aged 2 months to two years) with moderate to severe diarrhea were entered in a comparative therapeutic trial of smectite versus placebo or loperamide. Results showed that diarrhea resolved faster under smectite than under placebo and at least as fast under smectite as under loperamide. Tolerance of smectite is excellent as a result of the lack of any effect on intestinal motility.

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