Opioid antagonist
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An opioid antagonist is an receptor antagonist that acts on opioid receptors.
Naloxone and naltrexone are opioid antagonist drugs which are competitive antagonists that bind to the opioid receptors with higher affinity than agonists but do not activate the receptors.
See also
- Opioid
- Buprenorphine, an opioid with both partial agonist and antagonist actions
External links
- David S, Lancaster T, Stead LF. [Opioid antagonists for smoking cessation] (Cochrane Review), The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2005. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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