Thousands Say Kratom Cured Their Addiction, Government Says It’s Another Opioid

Re:Thousands Say Kratom Cured Their Addiction, Government Sa... by bfuller on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:29AM (#17497856)

Tianeptine is a lot different than kratom though. I know it works really well for some people, but its abuse potential is far higher than kratom. I could never have it around, no matter how well it treats depression, because as a former opiate addict having something cheap and legal that feels pretty much the same as oxycodone (in massive doses compared to its therapeutic dose) is a recipe for disaster.

If only tianeptine could be made available in the correct (12.5mg) doses, prescribed by a doctor, maybe I could use it. But as it stands, buying powder by the gram would lead to my demise.

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Re:Thousands Say Kratom Cured Their Addiction, Government Sa... by Zooper on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @03:20PM (#17501259)

Thank you for that input; yes, the solution is a narrow bridge that has to balance the needs of people who use it as medicine with the potential for addiction (especially in the case of previous opiate dependency). This balancing act, though, gets severely unbalanced in the presence of profit incentives, leading to the media maximization of the addiction potential (or any negative really).

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