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Drugs that act by mimicking the normal substrate of an enzyme, thereby blocking its active site, are called

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These types of drugs are known as competitive inhibitors. They work through various means to "compete" with the normal enzymatic substrate for the active site, hence the name. By taking the place of the substrate at the site, they prevent binding of the substrate
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