A herbal supplement taken to treat pain, anxiety or depression, as well as symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
I mean, what could be wrong with a harmless plant grown in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea?
In more than half of the (poisoning) cases identified in the study, the person exposed to kratom experienced moderate or serious health effects, including seizures, difficulty breathing, coma, kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Eleven of the patients died, and most of these deaths occurred among patients who used kratom with at least one other drug.
It’s not controlled by the FDA because it’s not considered to be a drug.
More @ Kratom 'poisonings' have increased 50-fold in recent years
