agonist

Converse of object

• longer-act: These could include alternative forms of injectable opioid maintenance using longer-acting agonists such as methadone and partial agonists such as buprenorphine.
• act: The Nottingham team is now planning to do a similar study assessing response to longer acting beta-2 agonists.
• release: Gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonists: stimulate the release of natural sex hormones from the brain.

Adjective modifier

• beta-2: The Nottingham team is now planning to do a similar study assessing response to longer acting beta-2 agonists.
• adrenergic: Both vascular and airway smooth muscles relax in response to beta adrenergic agonists via cyclic AMP.
• 2: Short-acting ß2 agonists should be used as the initial treatment for COPD patients to relieve breathlessness.
• alpha-2: Detoxification using adrenergic alpha-2 agonists An excess of noradrenaline at the synapses is responsible for many of the withdrawal symptoms.
• cholinergic: Thus, the fact that lithium potentiates the epileptogenic effects of cholinergic agonists may be explained by its presynaptic effects.
• cb1: The main active constituent of cannabis - THC is one such CB1 receptor agonist.

Modifies a noun

• ligand: Antagonist ligands can disable the signaling of an agonist ligand.
• muscle: Weak antagonist muscles may limit speed of movement; consequently, strengthening them leads to an increase in agonist muscle movement speed.
• therapy: Potentially serious hypokalaemia may result from beta agonist therapy.
• drug: Like the LH-RH agonist drugs it cannot be predicted how long it will be effective for.
• treatment: Summary: Agonist maintenance treatment has become the first-line treatment for chronic opioid dependence.

Noun used with modifier

• dopamine: Research into dopamine agonist skin patches is in progress.
• gnrh: In general, GnRH agonists are not prescribed for more than six months.
• gonadotropin-releasing: A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist versus a low-dose oral contraceptive for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis.
• receptor: GABA A receptor agonists can also exacerbate absence seizures 86.
• serotonin: This medicine belongs to a group of drugs called serotonin agonists.
• apoptosis: More generally, over 100 molecules are in development as apoptosis agonists, although approaching 70 % of these remain in preclinical development.