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Does ssri work on guts serotonin or brain or both ?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

SSRI's: Affect serotonin all over the body, not just the brain. In fact there are even more serotonin receptors in the gut than in the brain . . . Which is why GI (gastro-intestinal) side effects are so common when taking ssri's.

Answered 4/13/2016

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