E32 Joseph’s Mother Wendy

Jacob interviews Wendy of Kratom Danger Awareness (KDA). Her son Joseph died at age 38 from mitragynine / kratom toxicity with no other substances or drugs in his system. 

Wendy's group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kratomdangerawareness 
https://kratomdangerawareness.org

Scientific studies discussed by Charlie at end about kratom as a cause of death:

* Papsun, D. M., Schroeder, W., Brower, J., & Logan, B. K. (2023). Forensic Implications of Kratom: Kratom Toxicity, Correlation with Mitragynine Concentrations, and Polypharmacy. Current Addiction Reports, 10(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00477-4 

* Suriaga, A. A., Tappen, R. M. McCurdy, C. R., and Newman, D. (2023) Increased Risk of Mitragynine Drug Intoxication is Associated with Opioid Use: A Retrospective Analysis.  SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4495146

* Tanna, R. S., Nguyen, J., Hadi, D. L., Layton, M. E., White, J. R., Cech, N. B., Oberlies, N. H., Rettie, A. E., Thummel, K. E., & Paine, M. F. (2023, March 28). Clinical Assessment of the Drug Interaction Potential of the Psychotropic Natural Product Kratom. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 113(6), 1315–1325. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.2891

* Li, X., Ndungu, P., Taneja, S. B., Chapin, M. R., Egbert, S. B., Akenapalli, K., Paine, M. F., Kane-Gill, S. L., & Boyce, R. D. (2023). An evaluation of adverse drug reactions and outcomes attributed to kratom in the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System from January 2004 through September 2021. Clinical and Translational Science, 16(6), 1002–1011. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13505

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