Study: Kratom Linked To Serious, Life-Threatening Side Effects

There is a herbal medicine known as kratom which is often used by people for treating chronic pain or opioid withdrawal. Recent research by scientists shows that the plant generates hazardous side effects, like seizures and deaths.

A few people additionally seem to experience withdrawal when off kratom, much like ordinary narcotics. The Researchers analyzed the death certificate from the County Medical Examiner’s Office in New York State and found that kratom is the reason for four deaths.

The Food and Drug Administration had been alerting people and warning them about using kratom, indicating the CDC data and its own research that shows kratom work as an opioid in the brain.

Supplements of Kratom were also found dangerous as they could be infected with heavy metals and had been connected to outbreaks of the foodborne germ Salmonella.

Portions of the US government have campaigned for kratom to be delegated a Schedule I controlled substance, which would stop the plant from being lawfully utilized by anybody. More on this developing story later.