Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressant drugs that specifically inhibit serotonin reuptake, having 300- to 3000-fold greater selectivity for the serotonin transporter, as compared to the norepinephrine transporter.Moreover, the SSRIs have little blocking activity at muscarinic, ?-adrenergic, and histaminic H1 receptors.