If you were asked to develop a medication for GHB overdose, which of the following pharmacological mechanisms should you persue?

a. An agonist for GHB receptors.
b. A drug that inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase.
c. A compound that substitutes for succinic semialdehyde.
d. An antagonist for GABAA receptors.


Ans: A

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