My 88 year old mother and I both need, and use, Imodium AD with good results. But her age and feebleness plus my painful, arthritic fingers make it extremely difficult to open the individual blister packages. I need to use a knife or scissors and often end up cutting the gel tabs! I've read numerous complaints regarding this exact problem and yet it doesn't seem that the manufacturer cares enough to put this product into an easy-to-open bottle. Would love to give this product a higher rating but won't strictly due to the poor packaging.

This is an excellent product that really works on your stomach issues! Taken as directed, use two caplets, then one, etc., this is effective and gets you back to normal sooner than any other product I have tried. They also make a variety that will help with diarrhea and with gas. Not a pleasant topic but this product get you back fast! Really works great for me and my family.

I used to buy store brand until I tried these, I now will ONLY use the "REAL ONE"! There really is a big difference. The gel form of any medication I have found works better, and the Imodium brand seems to be more gentle then others. I won't go back!

After reading countless complaints about the blister packaging and experiencing the same issues myself, I am switching brands. Since Imodium won't respond to comsumer complaints, there are other options available where soft-gels come loose in a small bottle. I just can't believe a packaging change from the blister package to loose in the bottle would have any complaints. Why not make it easier for your customers?

Is the packaging HARD to open? Yes. Is the product GREAT? Yes. So WHY is it hard to open? Because when people abuse the product and IGNORE the dosage instructions it is DANGEROUS ... OTC the MAXIMUM daily dose is 8MG (4 capsules or softgels) but too many customers think MORE IS BETTER (it is NOT) ... too much (that's ANYTHING over the recommended dosage) can cause SERIOUS heart problems. The USDA controls "packaging standards" ... it is REQUIRED that Imodium AD be HARD TO OPEN hoping to dissuade customers from "self-prescribing" overdoses. Now you KNOW WHY it's hard to open ... 'cause too many (one is too many) people abuse this wonderful product by ignoring the instructions.

I can't believe you are still selling these with the awful packets. Any company that is this out of touch with the customer and does this horrible on picking a packaging design can't be trusted to make a quality product. Beside that Kaopectate works better.

Product works well. Packaging is terrible. Not only extremely difficult to open and painful for senior hands (impossible without scissors. What to do when I'm away from home?), but also an environmental hazard. Not ecologically responsible. The whole industry needs to acknowledge the enormous amount of waste they are creating and become aggressively involved in change. Please work on sustainable packaging.

I have used Imodium for years but will not drop another dime on this or an other Imodium product. I am, now, older and have arthritis in my hands. Unless one carries around a pair of scissors, it is absolutely impossible to open these little plastic packs with arthritis. I am sure there are other companies who still package the caplets and softgels in a bottle and I will purchase that product.

I would like to know why you can’t put the caplets in the softgels in a bottle like the liquid. I don’t care forthe taste of the liquid. Just open the cap and take out dosage. The packaging of the caplets and softgels are very hard to open. It would be more convenient if they were just in a BOTTLE.

The packaging made it virtually impossible to extract a single pill. It was impossible to push the pill out of its container using my thumb. I had to get scissors and cut the pills out. Way too much work - and still had 2 of the pills land on the floor. I will not be buying this product, in this packaging, ever again. [And the pills themselves did little to help the diarrhea.]