date:Nov 16, 2017
also associated with serious side effects such as seizures, withdrawal symptoms, and liver damage.
The FDA has a team of medical reviewers in their Center for Drug Evaluation and Research that evaluates whether botanicals can be used as drugs. The advisory states, To date, no marketer has sought to properly develop a drug that includes kratom.
There are no FDA-approved therapeutic uses of kratom. And the FDA has evidence to show that there are significant safety issues associated with its use.