What is Kratom?

Kratom is called an opioid by the FDA even though it seems to be more of an herbal supplement. Could it be safer to use than prescription opioids? Dr. Robert Ashley gives more information on Kratom.

Controlling pain is the purpose of the opioid epidemic in the medical community. Pain is always the enemy that searches for opiates as a cure. Having the potential of being an addictive drug, it has destroyed many lives. We are now using other medications to control our pain.

Kratom or Mitragyna speciosa is one of these found in southeast Asia and …read more