"Antidiarrheals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000930
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.483.161
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| Concept/Terms |
Antidiarrheals- Antidiarrheals
- Antidiarrheal Drugs
- Drugs, Antidiarrheal
- Antidiarrheal Agents
- Agents, Antidiarrheal
Antiperistaltic Agents- Antiperistaltic Agents
- Agents, Antiperistaltic
- Antiperistaltics
- Antiperistaltic Drugs
- Drugs, Antiperistaltic
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| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antidiarrheals" by people in Profiles.
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Antimotility agents for the treatment of acute noninfectious diarrhea in critically ill patients: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 10; 87(4):915-921.
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Loperamide as a Potential Drug of Abuse and Misuse: Fatal Overdoses at the Medical University of South Carolina. J Forensic Sci. 2019 Nov; 64(6):1726-1730.
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Methylene blue protects intestinal mucosa from free radical-mediated sublethal radiation damage. Free Radic Biol Med. 1988; 5(4):207-13.