The etiological factors involved in diarrhea are multiple. Also the mechanisms and mediators involved are multiple: intracellular mediators (Ca, cAMP, cGMP, calmodulin, phospholipids), extracellular mediators (hormones, neurotransmitters, prostaglandins, enterotoxins...), intramural blood flow and oxygen, intestinal motility (local- and peristaltic motility). Till now, antidiarrheals are not so versatile that they provide a solution to all types of diarrhea. The mechanisms of action of fluid replacement therapy, loperamide, alpha 2 agonist and some nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substances are reviewed. © 1986 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
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Ooms, L., & Degryse, A. (1986). Pathogenesis and pharmacology of diarrhea. Veterinary Research Communications, 10(1), 355–397. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214001
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