“There’s a very big obsession, I would say, in the field of getting rid of the addictive properties, but I think what we should focus on is just not killing people to start with [HERE]. If you get rid of respiratory depression [caused by traditional and synthetic opiates], you’re saving 18,000 lives a year from…
The first reports of pharmacological studies on mitragynine appeared in the literature in 1972 (Macko et al., 1972). Researchers at Smith, Kline, and French (SKF) were interested in finding a novel analgesic that would have less liability than the currently utilized opioids (i,e. morphine). Their studies were the most comprehensive at the time and still…
More than 50 leading kratom vendors and advocacy groups gathered to discuss the future of kratom in America at the first Kratom Leadership Summit on Monday, April 30, 2018. Henningfield told attendees that the FDA and those fighting to ban kratom are misguided in their understanding of the plant’s effects and its purported opioid-like qualities.…
By imposing an effective ban on importing kratom (including seizures at ports), the FDA forced manufacturers to shift from high-quality sources of the herb to lesser suppliers, thus increasing the potential for issues such as salmonella, which had never previously been an issue with kratom in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
The limited scientific data on the short-term effects of kratom in humans contrasts with the dire warnings of the DEA and FDA and indicates that no causal relationship has been established between kratom consumption and fatalities or psychosis.[6,7] Kratom is not a classical opioid; however, studies in rodents indicate that alkaloids in kratom bind to…
“The facility that my farmer used to produce his Kratom is FDA compliant and GMP, General good manufacturing practices.” “It is actually taken off the tree and it is hung out to dry and it is milled through they pulled out the stemming and the veining and they just make it into a flower-like consistency,”…
As a former nurse, I never dreamed that our government would encroach to this degree on the relationship patients have with their medical providers. *while opiates are being restricted to patients in pain, the reportedly relatively benign and effective pain reliever Kratom is already supporting millions of Americans in pain, safely, and effectively. Will the…
After Gottlieb’s statement [about Kratom], nine scientists who study substance addiction sent a letter to DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson, saying that the FDA was wrong in connecting kratom and opioids and that there remains no proof that the dietary supplement caused deaths. Rolling Stone reached out to Gottlieb for an interview, but a…
Unfortunately, the FDA is trying to pull a fast one on Americans, with no regard for the truth of their claims or the potential consequences of a ban on kratom … Simply put, the report makes clear that the FDA is being incredibly dishonest with the public in a blatant effort to demonize kratom. It’s…
I fear that by banning kratom, we are creating a significant issue by hindering research. I am a proponent of regulating kratom as limiting the excess, as controlling products that are entering the United States [to ensure] they show quality, that there is actually kratom inside when kratom is mentioned on the label. I support…
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