– what does it mean when a drug is an inhibitor?

Question

Eg. Fluoxetine is an inhibitor of another medication. Does that mean it leaked the other medication work more or less?

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Answer 1

Inhibit means to stop something from doing what it wants to do. If you were jogging and I came up and held you in place, I’d be inhibiting you.

So if your medication says it inhibits X other medication, that means it stops that other medication from working, and your doctor should know that they probably shouldn’t prescribe both to you.

in short: makes it work less or not at all.

Obviously: this is not medical advice.