Chemotherapy associated acute diarrhoea may be managed by the adjustment and change of the patients diet and the administration of some standard anti-diarrheal drugs like: loperamide, octreotide and tincture of opium. More advanced and chronic diarrhea will demand active high dose anti-diarrheal administration and hospitalization.
Recommend staying hydrated because chronic and prolonged diarrhea can result in severe dehydration. Plenty of water and even Gatorade can help reduce the chances of dehydration.
Among all respondents who developed alcoholism at some point, almost half (47 percent) met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence (alcoholism) by age 21.
