A drug that fails to evoke a maximal response even though it occupies all available receptors is known as

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A drug that fails to evoke a maximal response even though it occupies all available receptors is known as a partial agonist. A competitive antagonist would compete with an agonist for the same binding site and reduce the effect of the agonist. A noncompetitive antagonist would bind irreversibly to the receptor and prevent activation by any agonist. A competitive agonist would bind to the same site as the agonist but produce less of an effect. An inverse agonist would produce the opposite effect of an agonist at the same receptor.

A Drug That Fails to Evoke a Maximal Response Even