"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antidiarrheals" by people in Profiles.
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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Reduces Patient-Reported Chronic Toxicity Compared With Conventional Pelvic Radiation Therapy: Updated Results of a Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2022 09 20; 40(27):3115-3119.
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Controlling faecal incontinence in women by performing anal exercises with biofeedback or loperamide: a randomised clinical trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 09; 4(9):698-710.
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Loperamide Mimicking Brugada Pattern. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2018 Oct-Dec; 14(4):e1-e3.
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Use of antimicrobial agents for treatment and prevention of travellers' diarrhoea in the face of enhanced risk of transient fecal carriage of multi-drug resistant enterobacteriaceae: setting the stage for consensus recommendations. J Travel Med. 2016 06; 23(6).
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Poor Man's Methadone: A Case Report of Loperamide Toxicity. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2015 Dec; 36(4):268-70.
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Loperamide Versus Psyllium Fiber for Treatment of Fecal Incontinence: The Fecal Incontinence Prescription (Rx) Management (FIRM) Randomized Clinical Trial. Dis Colon Rectum. 2015 Oct; 58(10):983-93.
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Efficacy of the Natural Clay, Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal, in Reducing Medullary Thyroid Cancer-Related Diarrhea and Its Effects on Quality of Life: A Pilot Study. Thyroid. 2015 Oct; 25(10):1085-90.
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Loperamide therapy for voluminous diarrhea in Ebola virus disease. J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 01; 211(7):1036-7.
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Treatment of fecal incontinence: state of the science summary for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases workshop. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan; 110(1):138-46; quiz 147.
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Acute infectious diarrhea in immunocompetent adults. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 17; 370(16):1532-40.