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If Gov. Matt Meyer signs this bill, a popular item on convenience store shelves will be illegal to sell in Delaware. Here's ...
Tianeptine, known as gas station heroin for its easy accessibility at local gas stations, is marketed as Coaxil or Stablon and is prescribed in some Latin American, Asian and European countries to ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine—a substance marketed as a dietary supplement but known on the street as "gas station heroin." ...
Mount Prospect is considering an ordinance that would ban the sale and possession of unregulated THC products and the ...
Mount Prospect trustees have banned the sale and possession of unregulated THC products, Kratom and Tianeptine within village limits. The restrictions take effect Friday, July 25, with a 90-day ...
In the US, tianeptine products are often marketed as dietary supplements that can improve brain function and treat conditions including anxiety, depression, pain and opioid use disorder, the FDA says.
Tianeptine’s emergence illustrates serious problems with how the FDA regulates the $46 billion dietary supplement industry. Unlike prescription drugs, supplements generally don’t need FDA ...
Emails obtained by Consumer Reports show that the FDA waited 9 months to warn the public on tianeptine. While the agency investigated, people were harmed, even killed by the opioidlike substance.
Tianeptine is an antidepressant prescribed in Europe, Asia and Latin America to treat major depressive disorder, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
Tianeptine, also called "gas station heroin," is an unregulated antidepressant "promoted by retailers as a mood booster and focus aid," The New York Times explained.
For cases of tianeptine misuse or abuse with one or more other substances, frequent co-exposures included phenibut (another nootropic), benzodiazepines, ethanol and prescription opioids.
Tianeptine is not approved by the FDA for medical use, and the agency said it does not qualify as a dietary supplement. Overseas, it is sometimes prescribed by doctors as an antidepressant.
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