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The study concerns the use of a new antidepressant, tianeptine, as a treatment of depressive and/or amotival syndrome, in 30 drug addicts, detoxified from opiates. From a thymoanaleptic point of view, 85% of the patients exhibit a positive result after 28 days of treatment with 37.5 mg/day. These good results are confirmed by the evolution of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale global score, which significantly decreases from D0 to D14 and from D14 to D28. The acceptability of the antidepressant is good. Anticholinergic side-effects are very uncommon. Tianeptine appears devoid of any obvious psychostimulant or sedative effect. The drug compliance, estimated by counting the tablets, is very satisfying: there is no tendency to a spontaneous increase of dosing. The follow-up of the patients after drug cessation has not shown any symptoms suggesting psychological or physical dependence towards the drug. During this study in subjects particularly predisposed to the abuse of psychoactive drugs, tianeptine has not induced anything suggesting the possibility of drug abuse or tolerance.
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PMID:[Treatment with tianeptine of depressive disorders in drug addicts under withdrawal. Assessment of efficacy and study of dependence]. 332 2

Long-term use of morphine can cause neuronal dystrophic changes in specific areas of the brain. These changes may underlie the mechanism for developing morphine antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence. We evaluated the effect of tianeptine, an antidepressant with prominent neuroprotective and neuroplastic properties, on the development of morphine antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence. Male C57BL/6 mice were rendered tolerant to or dependent on morphine by subcutaneously injecting them with morphine (10 mg/kg) and intraperitoneally with saline or tianeptine (1, 3, or 5 mg/kg) twice daily for 6 days. The mice were given a daily tail-flick test 1 h after the first morphine injection to evaluate the development of their tolerance to morphine antinociception. To evaluate their physical dependence on morphine, 3 h after the final morphine injection on day 6, naloxone-HCl-precipitated (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) withdrawal symptoms were counted for 30 min, and body weight was checked 1 h after the naloxone injection. Tianeptine per se produced no antinociception, neither did it modify the antinociception produced by morphine, nor did it evoke the behavioral responses different from those in the saline controls. The combination of tianeptine with morphine significantly reduced the development of morphine antinociceptive tolerance and suppressed the incidence of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms. We conclude that tianeptine is an effective inhibitor of morphine-induced antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence in mice. Our results would imply that comedication with tianeptine and morphine might benefit those who need long-term morphine treatment.
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PMID:Tianeptine reduces morphine antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence. 2067 93

Tianeptine is a selective serotonin reuptake enhancer, possessing strong antidepressant and anxiolytic properties. Its relative lack of sedative, anticholinergic and cardiovascular side effects makes it a highly tolerable substance of abuse. However, physical dependence quickly develops and withdrawal symptoms are common. Abusers in Georgia and Armenia use tianeptine by intravenous injection. Drug abusing behaviour usually starts during puberty, since it stems from psychological, social and cultural circumstances. Sociodemographic studies show that drug abusing behaviour in Turkey varies according to region and substance. This paper investigates differences between Georgian foreigners and the local population in the eastern Black Sea region in terms of tianeptine abuse and discusses complications resulting from intravenous injection of tiapentine.
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PMID:The role of cultural interaction in Tianeptine Abuse and Different Tianeptine Application Methods. 2736 78