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The opioid antidiarrhoeal drugs act by the following
mechanism(s):
A. They relax the intestinal smooth muscle
B. They inhibit intestinal peristalsis
C. They promote clearance of intestinal pathogens
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D. All of the above
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B. They inhibit intestinal peristalsis
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