A medication with antagonistic properties is one that:

A medication with antagonistic properties is one that:

A. produces a cumulative effect when mixed with the same type of medication.

B. stimulates receptor sites and allows other chemicals to attach to them.

C. blocks receptor sites and prevents other chemicals from attaching to them.

D. enhances the effects of another medication when given in a higher dose.

Ans. C. blocks receptor sites and prevents other chemicals from attaching to them.

A drug with antagonizing properties acts by either by blocking or inhibiting the sites that are receiving certain chemicals in the body’s system, so that those chemicals will not be capable of binding and triggering the receptors. The antagonists usually take on a task opposite of or rather balancing the other agents as they compete for the same receptor sites which they would otherwise occupy and block. This mode of functionality is widely used in drugs that are intended for various patients with the use of drugs that acts as an opioid antagonist to reverse opioid overdoses and antidepressants have selective block of also specific neurotransmitter receptors. Antagonists are a highly influential factor in modulating responses to biological processes and reestablishing a stable balance in the body’s systems.