Problem: A client with acute diarrhea is prescribed loperamide, 2 mg after each unformed stool up to 16 mg/day, until the diarrhea subsides. The client asks the nurse how soon the medication will start to work after the first dose is taken. The nurse responds that the medication will work in how much time? "Within 1 hour" "Within 2 to 4 hours" "Within 5 minutes" "Within 20 minutes" Need Assignment Help?