WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06) today introduced the Prohibiting Tianeptine and Other Dangerous Products Act, legislation that would prohibit tianeptine from being marketed to consumers.
Tianeptine is an unapproved drug that is marketed as a purported dietary supplement and sold under labels such as "Neptune's Fix." Ingestion of tianeptine has led to an increase in calls to poison control centers and severe adverse effects requiring visits to emergency rooms nationwide. According to America's Poison Control Centers, 391 tianeptine cases (https://www.nytimes....