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In medicine, an antagonist is a substance which inhibits the normal physiological function of a receptor. Many drugs work by blocking the action of endogenous receptor agonists such as hormones and neurotransmitters. Antagonists which compete with an agonist for a receptor are competitive antagonists. Those which antagonize by other means are non-competitive antagonists.
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