FDA Continues Enforcement Action Against Kratom

 FDA has warned consumers for years against using products containing Mitragyna speciosa, a plant from Southeast Asia that is commonly known as kratom, or its psychoactive compounds, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, which affect the same opioid brain receptors as morphine.  Since identifying kratom on an import alert for unapproved drugs in 2012 and on a second import alert... Continue Reading