HealthDay (9/9, Norton) reports, “A growing number of Americans may be having serious reactions after taking phenibut – an unapproved anxiety” treatment “sold in some dietary supplements,” investigators concluded in a study that examined “calls to U.S. poison control centers.” Starting in 2015, investigators found “a sharp rise” in such calls, “going from a handful of calls each year to between 300 and 400 in 2018 and 2019.” What’s more, “the effects were sometimes life-threatening or fatal, said” one of the researchers. The findings were published online Sept. 4 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Related Links:
— “Dangerous Abuse of Anxiety Drug Phenibut Is on the Rise “Amy Norton, HealthDay, September 9, 2020