Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

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Discussion of current and past medical toxicology cases, issues, research. Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, but mostly drugs.

Science

Medicine

Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

ToxNow

22 minutes 16 seconds

7 years ago

Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

In this episode we talk to Ed Boyer about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects.

* Boyer et al Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth)
* FDA response to Kratom
* Bradford Hill Criteria

Take Home Points:

* Kratom is an opioid agonist
* Patients should not mix Kratom with other substances
* Patients at risk of seizures should not use Kratom
* Kratom will not show up on a typical urine drug screen