Antidiarrheal

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An anti-diarrheal drug (or anti-diarrhoeal drug in British English) is any medication which provides symptomatic relief for diarrhea.^[1]

Types

• Electrolyte solutions, while not true antidiarrheals, are used to replace lost fluids and salts in acute cases.
• isabgol, etc.) are used for diarrhoea in functional bowel disease and to control ileostomy
  output.
• Absorbents absorb toxic substances that cause infective diarrhoea, methylcellulose is an absorbent.
• Anti-inflammatory compounds such as bismuth subsalicylate.
• Anticholinergics
  reduce intestinal movement and are effective against both diarrhoea and accompanying cramping.
• μ opioid receptors in the large intestine and does not have opioid affects in the central nervous system as it doesn't cross the blood–brain barrier
  in significant amounts. This enables loperamide to be used to the same benefit as other opioid drugs but without the CNS side effects or potential for abuse.
• Octreotide (somatostatin analogue) may be used in hospitalized patients to treat secretory diarrhea.

See also

• ATC code A07 Antidiarrheals, intestinal anti-inflammatory/anti-infective agents

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