pharmacology: action

This term refers to the biochemical mechanism, usually at the cellular or molecular level, by which there is evidence a drug affects the disorder it is intended to cure or improve, or affects a related process.

Actions of psychoactive drugs:

• 5H₂ receptor antagonist
• acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor
• analeptic
• anticholinergic
• central nervous system depressant
• dopamine antagonist
• dopamine reuptake inhibitor (DopRI)
• monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
• noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (NARI)
• noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA)
• opiate agonist
• opiate antagonist
• reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A (RIMA)
• selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SDRI)
• selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
• selective serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)

Also: therapeutic effect

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