The document discusses metabolic blockers in drug design. Metabolic blockers inhibit enzymes to treat diseases by correcting enzyme deficiencies or excesses. Approximately 30-47% of drugs in clinical use and newly launched drugs work by blocking metabolic enzymes. Some examples provided are inhibiting xanthine oxidase to treat gout by reducing uric acid production and inhibiting GABA transferase to increase GABA levels and reduce seizures. The document also categorizes different types of enzyme inhibitors like competitive, non-competitive, and allosteric inhibitors and provides examples of each.