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I've pasted below a post from Colleen Young, Mayo Connect Director, explaining Kratom:
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Posted by Colleen Young, Connect Director @colleenyoung, Thu, Aug 24, 2017 5:18pm
In reply to @virtuous69 "Hello cpaul:. I'm Victorios 69. Read your post re:. Kratom. What exactly..." + (show)
IMPORTANT NOTE from Mayo Clinic pharmacist:
Kratom is a natural product but it does have significant risks and side effects. Because of these risks the FDA banned import of Kratom in August 2016 and issued a notice of intent to classify 2 chemicals in Kratom as Schedule 1 drugs (the same category as heroin).
Kratom can cause dependence and withdrawl symptoms including aggression, anxiety and other negative psychiatric effects, muscle aches, spasms, tremors, insomnia, fever and upset stomach. It can also cause dangerous slowed breathing and seizures. It can worsen psychiatric disease and may increase the risk of suicide. Kratom can impair liver function. Kratom interacts with other herbal medications including Jimson Weed. It interacts with sedating medications. It has the potential for many other drug interactions because of the way it is metabolized.
There are other medications and therapies for pain and withdrawal. Pain and withdrawal CAN be safely and effectively managed with prescription medications and other therapies by dedicated providers.Trying to manage serious medical conditions without your provider to guide you could make the condition worse.
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Centers use group therapy, physical and occupational therapy and biofeedback and work with each individual to optimize therapy. http://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/pain-rehabilitation-center/overview
This is a link to opiate addiction treatment centers and has further information on Kratom addiction. http://americanaddictioncenters.org/withdrawal-timelines-treatments/kratom/
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As far as I know, They did not ban the product. I know they tried but did not it banned. It is NOT addictive. Just like the stories of Marijuana this is a ploy to tell you how bad something can be without facts. Some people are addictive people. I never got addicted to Marijuana and I seriously think I would have any issues with Kratom. One of my pills I get through a prescription has gone up to just under 200.00. I cannot afford that. So I would turn to Marijuana if it were legal in Texas. My prescriptions are many and I reach the doonut hole by Sept 1. The government has NO right to tell us what we can or cannot take. I see doctors at the University and after about 1.5 years, I am beginning to feel I know more than they do. They TEST TEST TEST Today, I found out why I was not getting any relief from my shots in my neck and back. BECAUSE, they preform graduated tests to see which drug helped with your pain. Since none of them helped me....I guess I failed. Instead of helping my entire body aches for two days after the shots.