Understanding Pharmacology: What types of drugs activate receptors?
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Approximately 36% of all FDA-approved drugs target a large family of proteins known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) [1.6.3]. But what types of drugs activate receptors to produce a therapeutic effect? The answer lies in a class of drugs called agonists, which bind to and activate receptors to initiate a biological response [1.2.1, 1.3.2].
