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Why are “paradoxical reactions” only possible with psychoactive drugs?

April 26, 2017drugs Mathematics Medicine possible psychoactive

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Why are “paradoxical reactions” only possible with psychoactive drugs?

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One possible explanation for a paradoxical reaction is the idea of inverse agonists. This was first noted in the benzodiazepine family, where a member of this family produced the opposite response than that expected, yet still bound to the same receptor site (presumably).