Heart (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Heart

Caption

Drugs vary in their ability to activate the 5-HT2B serotonin receptor. Some drugs (RED) strongly activate the receptor and cause potentially life-threatening valvular heart disease while others only weakly activate it (GREEN) and are less likely to cause serious side-effects.

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Roth Lab

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