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Has anyone heard of Kratom or tried it?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Oct 1, 2023 | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
“mitragynine is not structurally similar to traditional opioid medications.”
difference between kratom and traditional opioids…lack beta-arrestin-2 recruitment, which may explain reduced side effects and risk of respiratory depression seen with kratom”
Volume 20, Issue 5
A Kratom Primer: Miracle Medicine or Herb of Abuse
Sept 2020
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But kratom can suppress the respiratory system if you have too much. Doses aren't regulated so that's why it's illegal to ship and was seized at the border on an episode of "To catch a smuggler". They also give it to heroin addicts that are having withdrawals.