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Text: Patients aged > or = 18 years with acute, nonspecific diarrhea, defined as a history of diarrhea for < or = 72 hours and passage of > or = 3 unformed stools in the 24 hours before the study, accompanied by > or = 1 associated symptom (ie, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and/or fever [< or = 101. 0 degrees F or < or = 38. 3 degrees C]), were eligible for the study Patients received wood creosote 135 mg (< or = 5 doses/d) or loperamide 4 mg (loading dose) followed by 2 mg (< or = 8 mg/d) after each loose stool for < or = 3 days.