@tryptameanie 986071 wrote:
Not really much information I can give you my friend really. I use it but don’t know much about it. It stimu;ates the opioid receptors but is not an opioid and gives a very similar feeling. Doses start around 3 grams depending on the type of kratom (and there seem to be a few, red veined indica and god knows what else) and also extracts which I’ve never really tried) and as you increase the dise it’s vry much like increasing the dose of a painkiller to the point of nausea and vomiting. Pretty sure this plant is very very safe though
From what I’ve read the extract is the only thing you can run into trouble with because of how much you can take quickly, it’d be hard to take enough tea or whatever quickly enough to cause a problem and even if you did you’d just vomit it up. I’d steer far clear of the extract, similar to people smoking 100x salvia in regards to it being much different that the natural product.
AFAIK it hasn’t killed anyone directly from an acute complication in the 500+ years that its been used as a recreational drug, although when combined in poly drug use I’m sure it could contribute to a death given the wrong circumstances or combination since it depresses breathing etc.
That’s great to hear about someone cutting down on Tramadol because of Kratom, but them still being on 1 Tramadol a day empirically confirms my understanding that you can’t replace pain medication completely with Kratom if you have a pain problem although I’m agnostic to the possiblity. If you’re just using opioids to get high then Kratom could be a viable substitute and a silver bullet in the proper treatment plan.
