Diphenoxylate hydrochloride therapy in the diarrhoea of malnourished infants

In a double-blind study on 45 malnourished infants with moderately severe non-specific diarrhoea, diphenoxylate hydrochloride proved to be an effective antidiarrhoeal agent when the diarrhoea was acute, but not as effective when the diarrhoea was chronic.