The head of the Food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA) sounds the alarm on a dangerous medicine called “heroin of gas station”, which can cause severe damage, including death.
FDA’s commissioner Martin A. Makary sent a letter to his colleagues last week to draw attention to what he called a “dangerous and growing tendency” that the nation and young people faced. Makary said there is an increasing number of adverse events that include Tiaianptine products.
Tianeptina, often called “gas station heroin”, is sold to gas stations through various products, despite the fact that the drug is not approved by the FDA.
“I’m very worried,” Makary wrote. “I want the audience to be especially aware of this dangerous product and the serious and continuous risk of young people in America.”
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The “supplement” usually goes through the Zaza or Tianna Red brands. (Dekalb county sheriff office)
The products are usually sold in convenience stores, gas stations, vape shops and online retailers, and go through names such as Tianaa, Zaza, Neptune’s correction, Pegasus and TD Red.
Makary said that the FDA follows the distribution and sale of Tiaianptina products, but asked his colleagues to disseminate information on the drug while appreciating the magnitude of their underlying danger.
Tiaseptina is licensed and is commercialized in some countries as an atypical antidepressant, and in countries where it is approved, the typical dose labeled to treat depression is 12.5 mg orally, three times a day, said Makary.
When they take higher doses, they can produce euphoria. Some countries have taken measures to restrict the prescription or dispensation of Tiabeptina and have even reviewed the labels to warn the people of their potential addiction.
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The FDA is warning about the dangers of Tianeptina. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly/Photo photo)
In the United States, however, Tiaptina does not appear as part of the law of controlled substances.
The drug is often recreated, although if they stop abruptly, users could experiment with similar retirement symptoms to those associated with the removal of opioids: anxiety, sweating, diarrhea and much more.
If Tiaptí is ingested, Makary wrote, adverse events could include agitation, coma, confusion, death, drowsiness, hypertension, nausea, respiratory depression, sweating, tachycardia and vomiting.
Two years ago, New Jersey’s health officials warned that two products sold as dietary supplements to gas stations and online (Elixir and Zaza Red de Neptune) had caused a rise in diseases.
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New Jersey’s health officials raised their concern in 2023 on Neptune’s elixir, a product that contained Tiaianeptina, after a cluster of disease in relation to the product was notified. (FDA regulatory affairs office, sanitary fraud branch)
Between June and November 2023, there were 20 cases reported by Tianeptina that cause “serious clinical effects” in New Jersey, as observed on a alert of February 1 in the Centers of the United States for the control and prevention of diseases (CDC).
By 2023, the FDA published an alert warning of the dangers of Neptune’s correction or any other product contained in Tianeptina.
“The FDA has received serious reports of adverse events after the use of neptune fixed products, including seizures and loss of consciousness that lead to hospitalization,” said the agency.
“The FDA believes that Tiaptin is a substance that does not comply with the legal definition of a dietary ingredient and is a non -safe food additive. The FDA is aware of several serious reports of adverse events associated with Tiansptí.”
On January 28, 2024, Neptune Resources, LLC, the neptune correction manufacturer, issued a voluntary memory of his products due to Tiabeptina’s presence, but experts are warning that other products may also contain the drug.
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Anyone used Tiaptina or a product that contains tianeptine and with a retirement symptoms can call the National poison control center at 1-800-222-1222 or seek emergency medical assistance, as experts advised.
Fox News Digital Melissa Rudy contributed to this report.
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