Antipropulsive

An antipropulsive is a drug used in the treatment of diarrhea. It does not address the underlying cause (for example, infection or malabsorption), but it does decrease motility.

Examples include diphenoxylate, loperamide, and eluxadoline.

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Antidiarrheals, intestinal anti-inflammatory and anti-infective agents (A07)

Rehydration	Oral rehydration therapy

Intestinal anti-infectives	Antibiotics Amphotericin B Colistin Fidaxomicin Kanamycin Natamycin Neomycin Nystatin Paromomycin Polymyxin B Rifaximin Streptomycin Vancomycin Sulfonamides Phthalylsulfathiazole Succinylsulfathiazole Sulfaguanidine Nitrofuran Nifuroxazide Nifurzide) Imidazole Miconazole Arsenical Acetarsol Oxyquinoline Broxyquinoline

Intestinal adsorbents	Charcoal Bismuth Pectin Kaolin Crospovidone Attapulgite Diosmectite

Antipropulsives (opioids)	Opium tincture (laudanum) Codeine Morphine Camphorated opium tincture (paregoric) crosses BBB: Diphenoxylate (Diphenoxylate/atropine) Difenoxin does not cross BBB: Eluxadoline Loperamide

Intestinal anti-inflammatory agents	corticosteroids acting locally Prednisolone Hydrocortisone Prednisone Betamethasone Tixocortol Budesonide Beclometasone antiallergic agents, excluding corticosteroids Cromoglicic acid aminosalicylic acid and similar agents Sulfasalazine Mesalazine Olsalazine Balsalazide

Antidiarrheal micro-organisms	Saccharomyces boulardii

Other antidiarrheals	Albumin tannate Ceratonia Crofelemer Octreotide Racecadotril

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Antipropulsive

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