In a 2020 case report, a teenage girl intentionally overdosed on 45 kratom capsules (500mg each = 22.5 grams or 4/5 ounce). After suffering from severe depression, the 15 year old obtained the capsules from her father, and swallowed them in an attempted suicide. On exam, patient complained of dry mouth, dizziness, restlessness, palpitations, nausea, …
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Rod the Steelerworker is from Michigan and has been a steelworker for 24 years. As a young man his hobbies were skateboarding and 4-wheeling. As a result of those hobbies, a career doing repetitive physical labor, along with Degenerative Disk Disease, diverticulitis, and IBS, he suffers from chronic pain. A prescription to Norco led him …
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Georgia House Passes Bill Requiring Age Restrictions, Labeling Requirements for Kratom Following advocacy from the American Kratom Association as well as Georgian kratom consumers, the Georgia House of Representatives voted 164-1 to move forward on a bill regulating kratom in the state. House Bill 551, should it pass through the Georgia Senate and be signed …
