1 One ingredient in VICODIN, VICODIN ES, and VICODIN HP is hydrocodone, a controlled substance that can be. 2  habit-forming and/or abused. 3  You should take this drug only for the condition for which it is prescribed, for as long as it is prescribed, in the amount prescribed, and no more frequently than prescribed.
Viruses (e.g., adenovirus, astrovirus, rotavirus, Norwalk virus) are the most common cause of diarrhea in the United States. The most common ones in children are rotavirus and in adults are norovirus. Escherichia coli, Clostridium difficile, and Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Shigella spp. are common bacterial causes.
1 Malabsorption syndromes are another common cause of watery stool or watery diarrhea. 2  In these cases, there is failure of the small intestine to absorb nutrients, which is further compounded by decreased water absorption in the large intestine. Chronic cases of infectious diarrhea may be seen in immunocompromised patients (as seen in HIV diarrhea) or associated with a Clostridium difficile infection (as seen in antibiotic-associated diarrhea). 2  Malabsorption syndromes are another common cause of watery stool or watery diarrhea.