MIAMI – Florida’s emergency rule to temporarily ban tianeptine, better known as “gas station heroin,” expires in about four months, so state lawmakers are working on a bill to make it permanent.
Attorney General Ashley Moody announced the emergency rule in late September and it expires on June 30. Rep. Rachel Saunders Plakon filed the bill in January.
House Bill 1595 adds tianeptine to the list of substances with a high potential for abuse and not accepted for medical use. On Friday, lawmakers added it to the second reading calendar.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings against the use of tianeptine, originally produced in Europe as an anti-depressant. Most recently, the FDA warned against the use of “Neptune’s Fix” warning of serious risks.