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  • Loperamide hydrochloride should not be offered to people with: hard or infrequent stools acute diarrhoea without a diagnosed cause: an acute flare-up of ulcerative colitis.
    June 2007
  • People undergoing anal sphincter repair should not routinely receive a temporary defunctioning stoma.
    June 2007
  • People undergoing anal sphincter repair should not receive constipating agents in the postoperative period and should be allowed to eat and drink as soon as they feel able to.
    June 2007
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