Paper II
2022 May (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)

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Antimotility drugs used in nonspecific diarrhoeas

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Loperamide, Diphenoxylate (with atropine) — opioid-receptor agonists acting on gut mu-receptors to reduce intestinal motility and increase transit time; used symptomatically in nonspecific/non-infective diarrhea, avoided in dysentery/invasive infective diarrhea where slowing transit can worsen the underlying infection.

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