Antidiarrheal drugs

 Diarrhoea Treatment /Anti-diarrhoeal drugs

1. Absorbents

2. Antiperistalsis drugs

3. Miscellaneous drug

4. Antispasmodics

5. Specific or non-specific antimicrobial drug

 1. Absorbents

Kaolin and pectin

Activated charcoal

Chalk

2. Antiperistalsis drugs

Loperamide

Opiate (codeine)

3. Miscellaneous drug

Lactobacillus

Rececadotril

4. Antispasmodics

Atropine

Drotaverine

Hyoscyamine

5. Specific or non-specific antimicrobial drug

1. Traveler's diarrhoea

Erythromycin

Norfloxacin

Co-trimoxazole

Azithromycin

2. Shigella

Ampicillin

Nalidixic acid

3. Salmonella typhi

Fluoroquinolones

Co-trimoxazole

Ampicillin

4. Yersinia enterocolitica

Ciprofloxacin