Adsorbent antidiarrheals differ from the opiates ________.
opiates increase intestinal motility |
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adsorbents decrease intestinal motility |
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adsorbents remove intestinal irritants |
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opiates don't affect the intestines |
Answer: ABSORBENTS REMOVE INTESTINAL IRRITANTS.
Absorbents antidiarrheal ( pectin, activated charcoal, kaolin) removes the toxic material or better to say it absorbs the toxic material which causes diarrhoea. They acts by neutralising the toxic by binding process.
On the other hand opiates like codeine,loperamide have an action intestine. It's main action to reduce Gastrointestinal motility and also acts on the sphincter. Opiates binds with meu receptors present in gut .. along with that opiates causes pain relief .
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