Imodium, Prilosec are being used by addicts to create heroin-like high. Trend is increasing among those who can't get opioid prescription painkillers

“Most people don’t recognize — because it’s an over-the-counter-drug — that Imodium is an opioid just like morphine or heroin,” Dr. Eggleston said. “So, if someone takes the right number of Imodium, they will experience that heroin-like high.......
Many addicts have even resorted to mixing Imodium with Prilosec, an omeprazole-ba...sed heartburn medication, to speed up the drug’s absorption into the bloodstream.......
“I’ve had patients that are able to get high on as little as 40 or 50,” he said, “and then there are others who have taken upwards of 300 to 400 pills at once.”