Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacodynamics ( 10 Questions)

A nurse is preparing to administer a medication that acts as an inverse agonist.What does this mean?



Correct Answer: B

An inverse agonist is a medication that binds to a specific receptor and decreases its activity below basal levels.Inverse agonists can inhibit constitutive activity of receptors,producing an effect opposite to that of agonists.

a.An inverse agonist decreases,not increases,receptor activity below basal levels.

c.An inverse agonist decreases receptor activity below basal levels,not having no effect on receptor activity.

d.Inverse agonism affects pharmacodynamics by decreasing receptor activity below basal levels.




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