Effect of competitive antagonist on dose-response relationship

Effect of competitive antagonist on dose-response relationship

Dose-response curve for an agonist drug with and without the presence of a competitive antagonist. In the presence of a competitive antagonist, achievement of the same effect as originally achieved by the EC50 of agonist by itself requires an agonist concentration that is 100-fold higher (indicated by arrows).

Courtesy of Dr. Duncan C. Ferguson.