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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

Tianeptine is sold in a number of countries as a government-approved treatment for depression. The FDA sent a warning letter to the maker of a product called Tianna in 2018. “That’s what tends to get people into trouble,” Dr. Hannah Hays of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

This post first appeared on March 6, 2018, during the first Trump administration's failed attempt to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency. Update: the NGC ceased operating in 2018.]