• Time to recovery ie time (hours) from the first sachet intake to the first formed stool (this formed stool must have been followed by a non-watery stool)
  

• Time (hours) from first sachet intake to the last watery stool
  
• Number of stools and number of watery stools per 12 hour period
  
• % of patients with recovery, per 12 hour period
  
• % of patients with associated symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain, anal irritation, per 12 hour period
  
• Global evaluation of efficacy by the patient at Day 4 and Day 8 visits by a mean Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
  

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute diarrhoea episode defined as at least 3 watery stools per day for 48 hours or less
• Patient with, usually, normal bowel habits, i.e. at least 3 stools per week and no more than 3 stools per day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Gross blood, pus in the stools
• Fever >39ºC
• Other episode of acute watery diarrhoea within the last 30 days
• History of chronic diarrhoea or motor diarrhoea