Oral rehydration salts (ORS), a solution of glucose and electrolytes that prevents dehydration, is the front-line treatment for diarrhea in kids and is on the WHO List of Essential Medicines.

Ondansetron probably causes increased diarrhea in children with AGE. There is equivocal evidence to guide the use of metoclopramide for children with AGE. Other antiemetic medications are not ...

Diarrhea is a symptom rather than a disease, and our main objectives in treatment are to prevent ... for healthy children may have as many as three or four stools daily, ...

but this is harmless and goes away after stopping the medication. Kaopectate is another OTC option for managing diarrhea in ...