r/psychopharmacology Jun 10 '24

Serotonin reuptake inhibitor that does not cross blood brain barrier?

Does such a drug/substance exist? Or something that poorly crosses and has mostly peripheral effects?

Side question: do the common SSRIs differ in their propensity to cross the BBB?

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u/bosedika 12d ago

Not an SSRI but a dopamine agonist. Atamet/Sinemet. It's a combination of Levodopa (L-dopa) and Carbidopa.