diarrhea, acute
"If I eat meat, spicy foods, or dairy products, especially if it is later in the day, I sometimes get acute diarrhea at night.  This is sometimes accompanied by pain that is bad enough to double me over.  Imodium has always stopped the diarrhea, and the pain that I get with it, and almost always within two doses.  As the bottle suggests, I take two pills after the first loose stool, and one after any subsequent loose stool.  Although other medicines (such as Pepto-Bismal / Kaopectate) can also be helpful, whenever I sense that these symptoms are starting, I think of Imodium right away, because I know there is a very high probability that it will make the period of discomfort be as short as possible."