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Abstract
Miscellaneous agents found useful in the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. They have no effect on the agent(s) that cause diarrhea, but merely alleviate the condition.
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15 entry terms
- Antidiarrheal
- Antidiarrheal Agent
- Antidiarrheal Agents
- Antidiarrheal Drug
- Antidiarrheal Drugs
- Agent, Antidiarrheal
- Agents, Antidiarrheal
- Drug, Antidiarrheal
- Drugs, Antidiarrheal
- Antiperistaltic
- Antiperistaltic Agents
- Antiperistaltic Drugs
- Antiperistaltics
- Agents, Antiperistaltic
- Drugs, Antiperistaltic
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22 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
consider also DIARRHEA /drug ther
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History Note
75; was see under GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS 1969-74
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Previous Indexing
- Gastrointestinal Agents (1967-1974)
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QV 71
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Antidiarrheals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000930. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000930
- Antidiarrheals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidiarrheal
- Antidiarrheals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742649