PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - The symptomatic treatment of diarrhoea AID - 10.1136/dtb.1.13.49 DP - 1963 Oct 18 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 49--50 VI - 1 IP - 13 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/1/13/49.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/1/13/49.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1963 Oct 18; 1 AB - Preparations offered for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhoea contain drugs intended to act on the inflamed intestinal mucosa and on the bowel contents, and opiates and related drugs intended to act on the gut wall. Many mixtures of these drugs are used, and antibacterial drugs are often added as well.