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Diarrhoea & Rehydration

Usually a short-lived infection or something that disagreed. The illness is uncomfortable; the dehydration is what actually causes harm, particularly in a small child or an older adult.

What actually helps
  • Rehydration sachets rather than water alone — you lose salts as well as fluid.
  • Eating as soon as you can manage it.
  • Stopping the loss only when you must travel or work, not routinely.
  • Careful hand washing, because most of it passes person to person.

Products for this

22 products
DS-Sport 15 Sachets Hydrate
DS-Sport
DS-Sport 15 Sachets Hydrate
Sodium, potassium and glucose electrolyte blend

Electrolyte sachets for rapid rehydration during and after exercise, heat or illness.

R199.73
Diaclin Capsules 10
Diaclin
Diaclin Capsules 10
Absorbatox (modified zeolite) with diosmectite

Dual-binder capsules of zeolite and diosmectite that adsorb the causes of diarrhoea.

R99.99
Diarocare Caribbean Twist 6 Sachets
Diarocare
Diarocare Caribbean Twist 6 Sachets
Diarrhoea support sachets (confirm actives on current pack)

Fruitier diarrhoea-support sachets a teenager will actually finish.

R111.99
Diarocare Vanilla 6 Sachets
Diarocare
Diarocare Vanilla 6 Sachets
Diarrhoea support sachets (confirm actives on current pack)

Vanilla diarrhoea-support sachets, sold with rehydration in the same basket.

R111.99
DripDrop Berry Sachets 8s
DripDrop
DripDrop Berry Sachets 8s
Glucose-electrolyte oral rehydration formulation

Berry sachets of the glucose-electrolyte formula built to be drinkable when ill.

R208.99
DripDrop Bold Variety Sachets 8s
DripDrop
DripDrop Bold Variety Sachets 8s
Glucose-electrolyte oral rehydration formulation

Stronger-flavoured variety pack of the palatability-first American rehydration formula.

R208.99
DripDrop Watermelon Sachets 8s
DripDrop
DripDrop Watermelon Sachets 8s
Glucose-electrolyte oral rehydration formulation

The full-electrolyte rehydration formula in its most popular watermelon flavour.

R208.99
DripDrop Zero Sachets 8s
DripDrop
DripDrop Zero Sachets 8s
Sugar-free electrolyte blend (not a glucose ORS)

Sugar-free electrolyte sachets for sweat and sport, not for diarrhoea treatment.

R208.99
Gastrotan 500mg Capsules 10
Gastrotan
Gastrotan 500mg Capsules 10
Gelatin tannate 500mg

Adult 500mg tannate capsules that film and calm an inflamed gut.

R163.99
Gastrotan Kids 250mg Sachets 20
Gastrotan
Gastrotan Kids 250mg Sachets 20
Gelatin tannate 250mg per sachet

Household 20-pack of child-dosed tannate sachets for gastro season.

R219.99
Hydrolec Sachets Mango 10x5.3g
Hydrolec
Hydrolec Sachets Mango 10x5.3g
Low-osmolarity glucose-electrolyte ORS

WHO-pattern rehydration sachets in mango, the correct answer to every gastro episode.

R68.99
Hydrolec Sachets Orange 10x5.3g
Hydrolec
Hydrolec Sachets Orange 10x5.3g
Low-osmolarity glucose-electrolyte ORS

Orange low-osmolarity rehydration sachets, affordable and life-saving.

R68.99
Lactovita 30 Capsules
Lactovita
Lactovita 30 Capsules
Lactic acid bacillus (Lactobacillus-family) capsules

The legacy lactic-acid probiotic older customers ask for by name.

R115.99
Smecta Strawberry Sachets 10
Smecta
Smecta Strawberry Sachets 10
Diosmectite 3g per sachet

The original French diosmectite sachets with meta-analysis backing for acute diarrhoea.

R160.99
Smectago 3g Sachets 12
Smectago
Smectago 3g Sachets 12
Diosmectite 3g per sachet

Affordable diosmectite sachets with trial evidence of shortening acute adult diarrhoea.

R207.99
Tasectan Adult 500mg 8 Capsules
Tasectan
Tasectan Adult 500mg 8 Capsules
Gelatin tannate 500mg

Trial-size gelatin tannate capsules that film and calm the gut in acute diarrhoea.

R152.99
Tasectan Adult Capsules 12
Tasectan
Tasectan Adult Capsules 12
Gelatin tannate 500mg

Gelatin tannate capsules that calm the inflamed gut lining in acute adult diarrhoea.

R222.99
Tasectan Paediatric 10 Sachets
Tasectan
Tasectan Paediatric 10 Sachets
Gelatin tannate 250mg per sachet

Single-episode pack of child-dosed tannate sachets, used beside rehydration.

R150.99
Tasectan Paediatric 16 Sachets
Tasectan
Tasectan Paediatric 16 Sachets
Gelatin tannate 250mg per sachet

Child-dosed tannate sachets that soothe the gut lining during diarrhoea, alongside ORS.

R232.99