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Is Seroquel an agonist or antagonist? Psychology question?
I'm having to do a journal over a drug and how it affects teh chemicals in the brain. Can someone tell me if Seroquel is considered an antagonist for dopamine and serotonin?
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- toxdoc333Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Seroquel is primarily a dopamine antagonist, as are most antipsychotic medications. However (also like other antipsychotics), this drug also blocks or down-regulates norepinephrine, serotonin and certain histamine receptors.
Source(s): I am a forensic psychopharmacologist, taught neuropharm for 20 years, author of several texts and other treatises, lecturer. - MathieuLv 71 decade ago
Like I said for your other question yes it is an antagonist for both dopamine and serotonin.
Technically know one on Earth knows exactly how any drug works. The information we have is based on experiments but it could be wrong. Having said that it is an antagonist and that is what a teacher would want. But you might add that Seroquel is a fairly new drug and, like all drugs, is not fully understood.
So yes simple answer is it is a antagonist for dopamine and serotonin. Look at my last answer for the specifics.
Good luck
Source(s): I am a medical student at a university in Montréal, QC, Canada in psychiatry and internal medicine. I have a specialist degree (Hons. BSc) in pharmacology and I have interned under two psychiatrists, and one neurologist. I have also worked as a pharmacy assistant.
