What are antagonistic drugs?
(N/A) Drugs that bind to the receptor site and inhibit its natural function are called antagonists. These are useful when blocking of a message is required. In contrast,drugs that mimic the natural messenger by switching on the receptor are called agonists,which are useful when there is a lack of natural chemical messenger.
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