A mother shares with the clinic nurse that she has been giving her 4 year old the antidiarrheal drug loperamide.What conclusion should the nurse arrive at based on knowledge of this classification of drugs?

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Antimotility medications are not recommended for the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea.These medications have adverse effects and toxicity,such as worsening of the diarrhea because of slowing of motility and ileus,or a decrease in diarrhea with continuing fluid losses and dehydration.Antidiarrheal medications are not recommended in infants and small children.

A Mother Shares with the Clinic Nurse That She Has