When the drug binds to the receptor and causes action opposite to that of agonist is called as: (A) Complete agonist, (B) Paial agonist, (C) Inverse agonist, (D) Neutral agonist
Answer is C. In pharmacology, an inverse agonist is a drug that binds to the same receptor as an agonist but induces a pharmacological response opposite to that of the agonist Ref-KDT 7/e p42