People often use it to try to get off opiates (or to relieve withdrawal symptoms), and I’m not sure how much kratom you need to take for it to kill you. So I’m wondering if your friend was struggling with opioid addiction and maybe it wasn’t the kratom that killed him.
Did he have a history of taking drugs or have an addictive personality? Because people with addictive personalities should not touch kratom. There are too many interactions that would make kratom dangerous for such people.
Not sure about that, sorry. Some people struggle to stay sober (I’m one of them, which is why I use cannabis), and will search for something legal that will allow them a little escape. So it is possible. But I think it’s much harder to die from just taking too large of a dose of meth than it is an opioid. Would prob be heart failure if the cause was meth. I’m honestly not sure what the LD50 for kratom is, but I think it’s pretty high.
I would try to confirm what the actual cause of death was (e.g. acute liver failure could be due to excess use of kratom [again not an expert], or they might find excessive meth or opioids in his system).
Without that info, I’d hold out on making assumptions. It could have been unrelated.
People often use it to try to get off opiates (or to relieve withdrawal symptoms), and I’m not sure how much kratom you need to take for it to kill you. So I’m wondering if your friend was struggling with opioid addiction and maybe it wasn’t the kratom that killed him.
What about getting off meth? He did long ago have a history of using that but as far as we know nothing recent.
Did he have a history of taking drugs or have an addictive personality? Because people with addictive personalities should not touch kratom. There are too many interactions that would make kratom dangerous for such people.
Not sure about that, sorry. Some people struggle to stay sober (I’m one of them, which is why I use cannabis), and will search for something legal that will allow them a little escape. So it is possible. But I think it’s much harder to die from just taking too large of a dose of meth than it is an opioid. Would prob be heart failure if the cause was meth. I’m honestly not sure what the LD50 for kratom is, but I think it’s pretty high.
I would try to confirm what the actual cause of death was (e.g. acute liver failure could be due to excess use of kratom [again not an expert], or they might find excessive meth or opioids in his system).
Without that info, I’d hold out on making assumptions. It could have been unrelated.