Selepressin

How it works

Vasopressin tuned to V1a, the vessel-tightening receptor, sparing the kidney's V2. Built to hold blood pressure in septic shock.

What it's made of

9 amino acids: a vasopressin analog with several changes so that it activates only the V1a receptor in blood vessels, and not the V2 receptor in the kidney.

What it's for

Prescribed for

Nothing.

Sold as

“A more refined vasopressin for septic shock, without its effects on water.”