Antidiarrheal agents are used for the treatment of diarrhea because they
a. slow GI motility or reduce intestinal secretions.
b. increase GI motility or increase intestinal secretions.
c. slow GI motility and may help fight infectious agents.
d. increase GI motility and reduce intestinal secretions.
a
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