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How does "Functional Selectivity" broaden "the conventional definition of pharmacology"? --JWSchmidt 17:16, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Agonists

can we have a nice functional list of some examples of agonists? i believe it would be helpful, while also lengthening this article. --Alveolate 04:41, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There are simply too many to list in general. Rather than break it down here, it should be done on receptor pages. I recently updated the list of agonists and antagonists for acetylcholine receptors on the acetylcholine page.--Carlwfbird 05:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] We need a Pluto Talk

Agonists, inverse agonists, antagonists, functional selectivity. There are too many variations in individual definitions of all of these. I often hear inverse agonists being described as antagonists by knowledgable people in pharmacology, because when they were educated, there was nothing other than the on / off dogma associated with the terms. The problem in clarification extends too to binding sites of receptors. There should be a difference in name between agonists which work at the same binding site of a receptor and those which do not. I hereby motion that we raise this issue, whether it be here on wikipedia or in a conference to discuss this issue so that the confusion does not continue into the future.--Carlwfbird 05:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "An agonist is a chemical contestant or contender."

In what sense? I know that the term does link etymologically back, but a chemical agonist is not a "contestant".