There is absolutely no way to overdose and die from plain leaf Kratom alone. You would probably need to consume half a kilo, and you would end up puking before you got 1/10th of the way there. Maybe there are some oddities out there? I mean paradoxical effects are fairly common, but there has yet to be a single Kratom OD I've come across, and believe me, I've been looking. The sensationalized "research articles" show a list of Kratom deaths. When further inspected, they failed to mention the Methadone, Fenatnyl, Benzos, alcohol, and or pyschiatric medications found in the blood.
It's like saying "Man Killed By Getting Kicked In Shin..."
read the entire article and find out he was shot 6 times as well.
Mitragynine does not suppress breathing, which is the main reason for opiate deaths. I'm not saying it wouldn't be dangerous for someone with no tolerance to anything, to take it alongside of alcohol and valium. Kratom od is basically feeling like shit for 3 hours. It's ceiling effect, mixed with its agonists and antagonists are what make it such a unique and safe drug. It's not 100 percent fool proof, but when I read about people saying it's worse than percs or dope, I want to laugh. Any withdrawal sucks. I don't care how much Kratom you're doing (again I'm sure there are outliers on both ends of spectrum), I'll take it over 300mg/day oxy dependency any day.
I've been taking the same dose range for years now. Any time I find myself taking more, I lower dose or frequency and it works better almost immediately.
I'm only here looking up tapentadol as a possible week long substitute, I can wean off, sure, but my chronic pain will make the vacation pointless if bringing kratom isn't an option. Sorry, I had to clear this up friend, especially since The FDA and their politicians are STILL going after it because of the very real danger it presents to THEIR opiate epidemic. The DEA let it go, but they won't. They can't have people taking their health into their own hands. They need that 6 year suboxone script and the endless scams of rehab and outpatient treatment centers.