Meriden, CT
A 23-year-old female asked:
what are 5ht3 agonists used for?
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Dr. Patrick Tapia answered
Psychiatry 13 years experience
Agonists?: You may mean antagonists, the paradigmatic one being zofran, also known as ondansetron. This treats nausea. I am not familiar with agonists to this receptor being used in the clinical arena. Stay safe!
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See below: This is a very complicated and still not settled topic. I will refer you to a review of these receptors including their antagonist and their agonists. Best wishes.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2664614
keywords: serotonin receptor, ligand-gated ion channel, 5-ht 3 receptor, ligand binding, antagonist, agonist, pharmacology, disease. It is thought that these agonists attenuate the effect of serotonin at the receptor site.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Help me with understanding agonist and antagonist drug actions?
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Dr. Foster Carr answered
General Practice 33 years experience
Stimulating vs block: Agonists are stimulators of receptors and antagonists are blockers of receptors.
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CA
A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: agonist?
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Dr. Jennifer Letourneau answered
Critical Care 21 years experience
Activator: An agonist is a chemical that binds to a receptor on a cell and triggers a response by that cell. An agonist usually mimics the action of the naturally occuring substance. An antagonist does just the opposite, blocking the action of the agonist.
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India
A 24-year-old male asked:
How to clean your nervous system of agonists.Is there any Drug for that?
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Dr. Cyma Khalily answered
Psychiatry 35 years experience
NO IDEA: Sorry I have no idea what this means. One thing that you can consider a taking antioxidants like Omega 3 Fish Oil.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Why night you use an opioid agonist-antagonist?
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Dr. John Moranville answered
Psychiatry 36 years experience
Opiate addiction: Opioid agonist antagonist like buprenorphine are commonly used to help people addicted to heroin or other opiate agonists
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Dr. Harold Bacchus commented
Specializes in Occupational Medicine
don't forget intense psychosocial & spiritual therapy
May 31, 2015
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A 23-year-old female asked:
What is the safest 5ht4 agonist on the market?
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Dr. David Geffner answered
Endocrinology 54 years experience
None: mosapride, metoclopramide, renzapride, and zacopride all have side effects. Metoclopramide is the only one clinically available in the US
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