Definition: Phenomena and pharmaceutics of compounds that inhibit the function of agonists (DRUG AGONISM) and inverse agonists (DRUG INVERSE AGONISM) for a specific receptor. On their own, antagonists produce no effect by themselves to a receptor, and are said to have neither intrinsic activity nor efficacy.
general only; prefer specific drug with /antag; DF: DRUG ANTAG
See AlsoNarcotic Antagonists
Other names Drug Antagonisms; Antagonisms, Drug; Antagonism, Drug
