Chemistry:Peripherally selective drug

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Peripherally selective drugs have their primary mechanism of action outside of the central nervous system (CNS), usually because they are excluded from the CNS by the blood–brain barrier. By being excluded from the CNS, drugs may act on the rest of the body without producing side-effects related to their effects on the brain or spinal cord. For example, most opioids cause sedation when given at a sufficiently high dose, but peripherally selective opioids can act on the rest of the body without entering the brain and are less likely to cause sedation.[1] These peripherally selective opioids can be used as antidiarrheals, for instance loperamide (Imodium).[2] Mechanisms of peripheral selectivity include physicochemical hydrophilicity and large molecular size, which prevent drug permeation through the lipid bilayer cell membranes of the blood–brain barrier, and efflux out of the brain by blood–brain barrier transporters such as P-glycoprotein among many others.[2][3][4] Transport out of the brain by P-glycoprotein is thought to be responsible for the peripheral selectivity of many drugs, including loperamide, domperidone, fexofenadine, bilastine, cetirizine, ivermectin, and dexamethasone, among others.[2][5][6][7][8]

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  6. "Why Dexamethasone Poorly Penetrates in Brain". Stress 2 (1): 13–20. October 1997. doi:10.3109/10253899709014734. PMID 9787252. 
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