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Assertion : Opioids help to enhance respiratory activity.
Reason : Opioids are the drugs which binds to specific opioid receptors present in respiratory tract.

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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

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If assertion is true but reason is false.

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If both assertion and reason are false.

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Opioids are the drugs, which bind to specific opioid receptors present in our central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Opiates have narotic, analgesic, astringent (that causes contraction of body parts, ) and sedative effect. They slow down respiratory activity, cause constriction of pupil of eye, decrease glandular secretions, impair the digestion, produce nausea, vomiting and sterility.
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