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Loperamide

"Loperamide" 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.

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One of the long-acting synthetic ANTIDIARRHEALS; it is not significantly absorbed from the gut, and has no effect on the adrenergic system or central nervous system, but may antagonize histamine and interfere with acetylcholine release locally.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Loperamide" by people in this website by year, and whether "Loperamide" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2007
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