Racecadotril also known as acetorphan is an antidiarrheal drug which acts as a peripherally acting enkephalinase inhibitor. Unlike other medications used to treat diarrhea which reduce intestinal motility racecadotril has an antisecretory effect—it reduces the secretion of water and electrolytes into the intestine.
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