What do you know about painkillers? Often our minds go to controlled substances or even abuse of the painkillers. However, many people neglect that there are painkillers that occur naturally and are built to help with pain. Kratom is a natural occurring painkiller that the DEA has reconsidered from classifying it as a Schedule I drug.
Key Takeaways:
- People like 27-year-old Jordan Dodson from Texas, a multiple transplant recipient who suffers from chronic pain, were also extremely concerned about losing access to a natural treatment that makes pain management possible without the use of dangerous and addictive prescription drugs.
- Kratom is a leafy herb grown mainly in Thailand that has been used for hundreds of years for its painkilling and stimulating effects. In recent years, it has become popular in western countries, and is now used to treat not only chronic pain, but also opioid addiction, anxiety and PTSD symptoms.
- Although kratom has few side effects and appears to be non-addictive, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced on August 31 that it planned to classify kratom as a Schedule I drug – in the same group as heroin, LSD and meth – by the end of September
“People like 27-year-old Jordan Dodson from Texas, a multiple transplant recipient who suffers from chronic pain, were also extremely concerned about losing access to a natural treatment that makes pain management possible without the use of dangerous and addictive prescription drugs.”
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