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Increase Your Awareness with Basic Facts About Tianeptine
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The following highlights the facts. More information can be obtained through the sites listed below as well as many other informational sites regarding prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Medication facts can change. Make sure you have all up-to-date information.
Basic Facts about Tianeptine
Tianeptine is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for any medical use.
- Companies illegally market and sell products containing tianeptine
- Unproven and dangerous claims that tianeptine can improve brain function and treat anxiety, depression, pain, opioid use disorder and other conditions are used as marketing tools
- Other countries have approved tianeptine as a prescription drug along with other restrictions
- Warnings of possible addiction
U.S. reports of bad reactions and unwanted effects involving tianeptine are increasing.
Tianeptine use has safety risks
- A potential risk of abuse
- Difficulty stopping
- Withdrawal symptoms
- Can mimic opioid toxicity and withdrawal
Serious harmful effects can occur such as:
- Agitation
- Drowsiness
- Confusion
- Sweating
- Rapid heartbeat
- High blood pressure
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Slowed or stopped breathing
- Coma
- Death
FDA is taken steps to warn consumers that tianeptine is an unsafe food additive and not a dietary ingredient.
What you should do and be aware of:
- Avoid products containing tianeptine
- Check labels of any products you use
- Supplements and food additives may not be regulated by the FDA
- Tianeptine is not a dietary ingredient
- Research and verify what you are taking
- Question if you are unsure
- Remember, advertising may be misleading
- No matter where it is sold, it may not be regulated or approved by the U.S. FDA
- Approved treatment is available for opioid or other substance use disorders
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Sources used:
- MedlinePlus, Tianeptine, accessed September 11, 2024, 2024
- U.S. FDA, Tianeptine, accessed September 11, 2024
Note: All information in “Nikki’s Story” are based on detail journals covering seven years of Nikki’s life on prescription drugs.
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