Drugs - Agonist and Antagonist

NT’s
Effects
Risks
Benefits
Legalized or Illegal

Agonist
Antagonist

Acid
Agonist at the serotonin receptors

Increase in blood pressure and heart rate
Dizziness
Loss of appetite
Dry mouth
Sweating
Nausea
Numbness
Tremors
Becomes delusional
Hallucinations
Impaired depth/time/shape/size perceptions
Panic attacks
Severe depression
Losing control
May treat disorders like alcoholism, PTSD and anxiety
Should be illegal cause it is widely misused by many
Barbiturates

Antagonist at neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor
Lowers heart rate
Lowers blood pressure
Depress nerves in skeletal muscles
Cause erratic and unpredictable behavior
Slurred speech
May lead to pneumonia
Brain damage
Respiratory failure
Liver damage
Treats anxiety
Insomnia
Depression
Illegal for recreational used
Cocaine
Agonist at dopamine receptors

Irritability
Paranoia
Restlessness
Anxiety
Increasing sense of alertness
Elevated mood
Can caused a heart attack
Stroke
Lung damage
Kidney failure
Impaired ejaculation

Feel calm and relax
Feel one clear headed
Illegal
DMT
Agonist at the serotonin receptors

Hallucinations
Feeling as if time moves faster/slower
Distortion of colours
Double vision
Panic attackes
Bad/Goof trips
Mental Health
Emotional effects
Blood pressure

Illegal
Ecstasy
Agonist at norepinephrine receptors

Vomiting
High blood pressure
Increase in heartbeat
Nausea
Dilated pupils
Jaw and teeth clenching
Hallucination
Muscle stiffness
Depression
Insomnia
Anxiety
Paranoia

Treats patients that deals with psychiatric disorders
Illegal
GBH
Agonist at GHB and GABA receptors

Vomiting
Sweating
Sleepiness
Hallucinations
Memory lapses
Shallow breathing nausea muscle tremors diarrhoea Death
Seizures
Respiratory arrest
Works as anesthetics
Illegal
Heroin
Agonist at µ-opioid receptors

- feeling of euphoria
- users will go into an alternately wakeful and