Biomaterial Database

Loperamide in childhood diarrhoea. 1980

J Heap, and A Macnair

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007415	Intestinal Obstruction	Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANAL CANAL.	Intestinal Obstructions,Obstruction, Intestinal
D007418	Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction	A type of ILEUS, a functional not mechanical obstruction of the INTESTINES. This syndrome is caused by a large number of disorders involving the smooth muscles (MUSCLE, SMOOTH) or the NERVOUS SYSTEM.	CIPO,Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction,Paralytic Ileus,Pseudo-Obstruction, Intestinal,Visceral Myopathy,Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome,Enteric Neuropathy,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudoobstruction,Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndrome,Pseudoobstructive Syndrome,Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction,Enteric Neuropathies,Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction,Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions,Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction,Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudoobstructions,Myopathy, Visceral,Neuropathy, Enteric,Obstruction Syndrome, Pseudointestinal,Pseudo Obstruction, Intestinal,Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndromes,Pseudoobstruction, Intestinal,Pseudoobstructive Syndromes,Syndrome, Pseudointestinal Obstruction,Syndrome, Pseudoobstructive,Visceral Myopathies
D008139	Loperamide	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.	Imodium,Loperamide Hydrochloride,Loperamide Monohydrochloride,R-18553,Hydrochloride, Loperamide,Monohydrochloride, Loperamide,R 18553,R18553
D010880	Piperidines	A family of hexahydropyridines.
D003968	Diarrhea, Infantile	DIARRHEA occurring in infants from newborn to 24-months old.	Infantile Diarrhea,Diarrheas, Infantile,Infantile Diarrheas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man