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Popularly known as ‘gas station heroin,’ tianeptine is being sold as a dietary supplement – with deadly outcomes

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageNeptune's Fix, a tianeptine-containing "Elixir" as it's labeled, is one of the most common of these products.U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration is upping the urgency of its warnings for consumers to avoid purchasing or consuming tianeptine – commonly called “gas station heroin” – a synthetic...

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