Question

Provide 2 examples of agonist, antagonist, and partial agonist. choose drugs that you can bring through the entire cycle, i.e., agonist effect, antagonist to that drug, and partial agonist to that drug. Explain your answer.

Answer 1

An agonist is a chemical that binds to a receptor and activates the receptor to produce a biological response.

An antagonist is a group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in or represents opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend

In pharmacology, partial agonists are drugs that bind to and activate a given receptor, but have only partial efficacy at the receptor relative to a full agonist

Full Agonist	Partial Agonist	Antagonist
Codeine Fentanyl Heroin Hydrocodone Hydromorphone Levorphanol Meperidine Methadone Morphine Oxycodone Oxymorphone	Buprenorphine Butorphanol Pentazocine Tramadol	Naloxone Naltrexone