{"id":821,"date":"2018-08-22T04:55:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T04:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=821"},"modified":"2018-08-22T04:56:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T04:56:58","slug":"fda-should-take-a-fresh-look-at-kratom-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"FDA Should Take A Fresh Look At Kratom Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/286069743\/7692c24b25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online press conference today<\/a>, Dr. Jane Babin\u2014author of a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.wixstatic.com\/ugd\/9ba5da_54f08e1805c34c108ad7199481507d88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">white paper<\/a>\u00a0disclosing numerous errors, omission, and misstatements committed by the FDA in analyzing deaths it erroneously associates with kratom\u2014called upon FDA to &#8220;take a fresh look as scientists.&#8221;\u00a0 Dr. Babin provided a litany of FDA mistakes and missteps related to its data and conclusions, including miscounting deaths, failure to cite deadly toxic substances that had been used to contaminate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitragyna_speciosa\">kratom<\/a> and was found in decedents&#8217; bodies, and even cases of suicide and homicide that FDA attributed to kratom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AKA Online Press Conference\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/286069743?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Oliver Grundmann<\/span>\u00a0from the College of Pharmacy and Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the\u00a0<span class=\"xn-org\">University of Florida<\/span>criticized FDA&#8217;s representation that kratom is an opioid and may lead to addiction.\u00a0 &#8220;Mitragynine (the active ingredient in kratom) is unlikely to reach blood levels in unadulterated kratom products that would create adverse effects,&#8221; he said, explaining that while mitragynine binds to opioid receptors, the effects are &#8220;quite different&#8221; from classic opioids. \u00a0Those who use kratom are not inclined to use more, and research demonstrates that &#8220;those who have been using drugs before kratom seek out <a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/left-coast-kratom.com\/kratom-powder-leaf-online-discount-prices\">kratom powder<\/a> to mitigate their dependence on drugs.&#8221;\u00a0 According to Dr. Grundmann, &#8220;Kratom is used as a harm reduction agent\u2014an important step that speaks against (the FDA&#8217;s claim) that kratom is a gateway drug.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full press release from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americankratom.org\/\">American Kratom Association<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/fda-should-take-a-fresh-look-at-kratom-science-300700581.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an\u00a0online press conference today, Dr. Jane Babin\u2014author of a recent\u00a0white paper\u00a0disclosing numerous errors, omission, and misstatements committed by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-medicine","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}