Discuss the beneficial uses of opioids.

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The effect of opioids is relatively specific to pain. Fewer effects on mental and motor ability accompany analgesic doses of these agents than accompany equipotent doses of other analgesic and depressant drugs. Although one of the characteristics of these drugs is their ability to reduce pain without inducing sleep, drowsiness is not uncommon after a therapeutic dose. Opioids have long been valued for their effects on the gastrointestinal system. They quiet colic and save lives by counteracting diarrhea. Opioid drugs decrease the number of peristaltic contractions, which is the type of contraction responsible for moving food through the intestines. Codeine has been widely used for its antitussive properties and is still available in a number of prescription cough remedies.

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