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In this episode we talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/ToxInNewEngland" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed Boyer</a> about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects.
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<li>Boyer et al <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482427" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm584952.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FDA response to Kratom</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Hill_criteria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bradford Hill Criteria</a></li>
</ul>
Take Home Points:
<ul>
<li>Kratom is an opioid agonist</li>
<li>Patients should not mix Kratom with other substances</li>
<li>Patients at risk of seizures should not use Kratom</li>
<li>Kratom will not show up on a typical urine drug screen</li>
</ul>The post <a href="http://toxnow.org/archives/476">Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe</a> first appeared on <a href="http://toxnow.org">ToxNow</a>.

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&lt;p&gt;In this episode we talk to &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ToxInNewEngland" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ed Boyer&lt;/a&gt; about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Boyer et al &lt;a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482427" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm584952.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;FDA response to Kratom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Hill_criteria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Bradford Hill Criteria&lt;/a&gt; [...]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="http://toxnow.org/archives/476"&gt;Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="http://toxnow.org"&gt;ToxNow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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 C...

In this episode we talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/ToxInNewEngland" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed Boyer</a> about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects. 
 
* Boyer et al <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482427" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth)</a> 
* <a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm584952.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FDA response to Kratom</a> 
* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Hill_criteria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bradford Hill Criteria</a> 
 
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

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Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

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