Wednesday Feb 12, 2025

E119 Matthew's Mom Sue

A study co-authored by Dr. Christopher McCurdy concludes "...the public needs to be warned about this public health problem and heed the Food and Drug Administration’s warning on kratom being a drug of concern." Link study: https://tinyurl.com/bdrewda6

The academic article provides evidence that kratom alone can cause death, though such cases are relatively rare compared to polysubstance kratom fatalities. It is possible that these numbers could represent an undercount as kratom is not universally tested for in all fatalities. It is possible that some but definitely not all of these cases may represent deaths where other substances, adulterated kratom, or health conditions may not have been detected.

Key findings supporting kratom causing death:

1) Sole Substance Deaths Analyzed:

* Among 551 mitragynine-positive cases, 36 (6.5%) had no other substances present at the time of death.

* In these cases, mitragynine was determined to be the sole cause of death through autopsy and toxicology.

2) Other Research Cited:

* Previous studies, such as Olsen et al. (2019), documented a few cases where mitragynine was the only substance detected in fatal intoxications.

* Additional case reports (e.g., Behonick et al. 2022) confirmed fatalities where kratom alone led to outcomes like cardiac arrest, seizures, or respiratory failure.

Journal of Addiction Medicine https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/abstract/9900/the_associations_of_kratom__mitragynine_,_opioids,.408.aspx

Links from this week's guests:

Kratom Danger Awareness: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DU1RfAvdd/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Documentary A Beautiful Life Stolen: https://abeautifullifestolen.com/documentary-1

Documentary Tampa Bay Times, Deadly Dose: https://youtu.be/ys01SU2BpWE

Sue's TikTok @krat0mdangers: https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0mdangers?_t=ZT-8ta2H2Dngwo&_r=1

Press conference of Sue with her lawyers: https://youtu.be/mUHECdNFIkc

Testimony in Tinley Park, Kratom banned: https://www.youtube.com/live/fJx1JzBRfJw?si=sj486Q982UvvvxnY

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